N-CSRS 1 icon-ncsrs_033118.htm CERTIFIED SEMI-ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER REPORT
 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-07883

ICON Funds

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

5299 DTC Blvd. Suite 1200 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Brian D. Harding 5299 DTC Blvd. Suite 1200 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 303-790-1600

Date of fiscal year end: September 30, 2018

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2018

 

 

 

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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

 

 
 
 

 

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SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

 

March 31, 2018

   

Diversified Funds

 

ICON Equity Income Fund

ICON Flexible Bond Fund

ICON Fund

ICON Long/Short Fund

ICON Opportunities Fund

ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund

 

 

 

 

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About This Report (Unaudited) 2
   
Schedules of Investments (Unaudited)  
   
ICON Equity Income Fund 3
   
ICON Flexible Bond Fund 7
   
ICON Fund 10
   
ICON Long/Short Fund 12
   
ICON Opportunities Fund 14
   
ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund 16
   
Financial Statements (Unaudited) 21
   
Financial Highlights (Unaudited) 30
   
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) 46
   
Disclosure of Fund Expenses (Unaudited) 60
   
Additional Information (Unaudited) 62
   
Privacy Policy 63

 

 

 

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ICON Diversified Funds About this Report

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Historical Returns

 

All total returns mentioned in this Report account for the change in a Fund’s per-share price and the reinvestment of any dividends, capital gain distributions and adjustments for financial statement purposes. If your account is set up to receive Fund distributions in cash rather than to reinvest them, your actual return may differ from these figures. The Funds’ performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. The Adviser may have reimbursed certain fees or expenses of some of the Funds. If not for these reimbursements, performance would have been lower. Fund results shown, unless otherwise indicated, are at net asset value. If a sales charge (maximum 5.75%) had been deducted, results would have been lower.

 

Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance results represent past performance, and current performance may be higher or lower. Please call 1-800-764-0442 or visit www.iconfunds.com for performance results current to the most recent month-end.

 

Portfolio Data

 

This Report reflects ICON’s portfolio holdings as of March 31, 2018, the end of the reporting period. The information is not a complete analysis of every aspect of any sector, industry, security or the Funds.

 

There are risks associated with mutual fund investing, including the loss of principal. The likelihood of loss may be greater if you invest for a shorter period of time. There is no assurance that the investment process will consistently lead to successful results.

 

There are risks associated with selling short, including the risk that the ICON Long/Short Fund may have to cover its short position at a higher price than the short price, resulting in a loss. The ICON Long/Short Fund’s loss on a short sale is potentially unlimited as a loss occurs when the value of a security sold short increases. Call options involve certain risks, such as limited gains and lack of liquidity in the underlying securities, and are not suitable for all investors.

 

Investing in fixed income securities such as bonds involves interest rate risk. When interest rates rise, the value of fixed income securities generally decreases. The ICON Equity Income Fund and ICON Flexible Bond Fund may invest up to 25% and 35% of its assets in high-yield bonds that are below investment grade, respectively. ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund may invest up to 10% of its assets in high-yield bonds that are below investment grade. High-yield bonds involve a greater risk of default and price volatility than U.S. Government and other higher-quality bonds.

 

An investment concentrated in sectors and industries may involve greater risk and volatility than a more diversified investment.

 

Investments in foreign securities may entail unique risks, including political, market, and currency risks. Financial statements of foreign companies are governed by different accounting, auditing, and financial standards than U.S. companies and may be less transparent and uniform than in the United States. Many corporate governance standards, which help ensure the integrity of public information in the United States , do not exist in foreign countries. In general, there may be less governmental supervision of foreign stock exchanges and securities brokers and issuers. The ICON system relies on the integrity of the financial statements released to the market as part of our analysis.

 

Investments in other mutual fund companies may entail certain risks. For example, the Fund’s performance depends on the underlying funds in which it invests, and it is subject to the risks of the underlying funds. Additionally, an investment by the Fund or underlying fund in exchange-traded funds generally presents the same primary risks as an investment in a mutual fund.

 

The prospectus and statement of additional information contain this and other information about the Funds and are available by visiting www.iconfunds.com or calling 1-800-764-0442. Please read the prospectus and statement of additional information carefully.

 

Financial Intermediary

 

If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may influence the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

 

 

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ICON Equity Income Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Corporate Bonds (4.89%)          
Consumer Discretionary (0.84%)          
Lee Enterprises, Inc.          
9.50%, 03/15/22(a)   $250,000   $261,250 
Reliance Intermediate Holdings LP          
6.50%, 04/01/23(a)   400,000    415,480 
         676,730 
Consumer Staples (0.46%)          
Central Garden & Pet Co.          
6.13%, 11/15/23   100,000    104,375 
Kraft Heinz Foods Co.          
4.88%, 02/15/25(a)   250,000    260,613 
         364,988 
Energy (0.64%)          
MPLX LP          
5.50%, 02/15/23   500,000    513,125 
           
Health Care (0.25%)          
Molina Healthcare, Inc.          
5.38%, 11/15/22   200,000    197,500 
           
Industrials (1.37%)          
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.          
5.25%, 03/15/22   1,066,000    1,096,697 
           
Information Technology (0.32%)          
NXP BV / NXP Funding LLC          
4.63%, 06/01/23(a)   250,000    254,450 
           
Materials (0.32%)          
Westlake Chemical Corp.          
4.88%, 05/15/23   250,000    256,250 
           
Real Estate (0.12%)          
Iron Mountain, Inc.          
5.75%, 08/15/24   100,000    96,875 
           
Telecommunication Services (0.25%)          
Level 3 Parent LLC          
5.75%, 12/01/22   200,000    199,876 
           
Utilities (0.32%)          
DPL, Inc.          
6.75%, 10/01/19   250,000    258,125 
           
Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $3,974,590)
        3,914,616 
           
Common Stocks (81.74%)          
Auto Parts & Equipment (2.39%)          
Magna International, Inc.   34,000    1,915,900 
   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Brewers (1.02%)        
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Sponsored ADR  7,400   $813,556 
          
Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks (1.46%)         
Cummins, Inc.  7,200    1,167,048 
          
Consumer Finance (1.34%)         
American Express Co.  11,500    1,072,720 
          
Diversified Banks (5.83%)         
Bank of America Corp.  65,500    1,964,345 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  18,000    1,979,460 
U.S. Bancorp  14,400    727,200 
        4,671,005 
Diversified Chemicals (1.86%)         
Eastman Chemical Co.  14,100    1,488,678 
          
Electric Utilities (3.49%)         
Avangrid, Inc.  22,100    1,129,752 
Edison International  26,200    1,667,892 
        2,797,644 
Gas Utilities (1.88%)         
National Fuel Gas Co.  29,300    1,507,485 
          
Health Care REITs (1.56%)         
Senior Housing Properties Trust  79,800    1,249,668 
          
Homebuilding (2.62%)         
MDC Holdings, Inc.  26,400    737,088 
PulteGroup, Inc.  46,100    1,359,489 
        2,096,577 
Hotel & Resort REITs (1.29%)         
Hospitality Properties Trust  40,900    1,036,406 
          
Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines (0.86%)         
Wyndham Worldwide Corp.  6,000    686,580 
          
Housewares & Specialties (1.59%)         
Tupperware Brands Corp.  26,300    1,272,394 
          
Integrated Oil & Gas (2.34%)         
TOTAL SA, Sponsored ADR  32,500    1,874,925 
          
Integrated Telecommunication Services (1.98%)         
AT&T, Inc.  44,500    1,586,425 
          
Internet Software & Services (1.82%)         
LogMeIn, Inc.  12,600    1,455,930 
          
Investment Banking & Brokerage (2.45%)         
Morgan Stanley  36,400    1,964,144 


 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Equity Income Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
IT Consulting & Other Services (2.63%)         
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.  26,000   $1,006,720 
DXC Technology Co.  10,900    1,095,777 
        2,102,497 
Life & Health Insurance (1.74%)         
Sun Life Financial, Inc.(b)  33,900    1,393,968 
          
Multi-Utilities (3.80%)         
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.  35,700    978,180 
DTE Energy Co.  12,100    1,263,240 
Sempra Energy  7,200    800,784 
        3,042,204 
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services (1.00%)         
RPC, Inc.(b)  44,500    802,335 
          
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production (3.76%)         
Cimarex Energy Co.  3,900    364,650 
Diamondback Energy, Inc.(c)  13,500    1,708,020 
SRC Energy, Inc.(c)  100,300    945,829 
        3,018,499 
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing (2.32%)         
Andeavor  8,200    824,592 
Marathon Petroleum Corp.  14,100    1,030,851 
        1,855,443 
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation (1.05%)         
Pembina Pipeline Corp.  26,900    840,087 
          
Packaged Foods & Meats (1.14%)         
Hershey Co.  9,200    910,432 
          
Pharmaceuticals (5.79%)         
Eli Lilly & Co.  15,400    1,191,498 
Merck & Co., Inc.  29,600    1,612,312 
Pfizer, Inc.  51,700    1,834,833 
        4,638,643 
Property & Casualty Insurance (2.24%)         
Stewart Information Services Corp.  40,800    1,792,752 
          
Regional Banks (8.10%)         
Fifth Third Bancorp  58,400    1,854,200 
First Commonwealth Financial Corp.  83,100    1,174,203 
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.  35,100    863,109 
Valley National Bancorp  142,800    1,779,288 
Webster Financial Corp.  14,600    808,840 
        6,479,640 
Semiconductors (3.85%)         
Broadcom, Ltd.  5,600    1,319,640 
Cypress Semiconductor Corp.  104,000    1,763,840 
        3,083,480 
   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Specialized REITs (1.15%)         
EPR Properties  16,600   $919,640 
          
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (4.38%)      
Apple, Inc.  13,900    2,332,142 
HP, Inc.  53,600    1,174,912 
        3,507,054 
Tobacco (1.03%)         
Altria Group, Inc.  13,300    828,856 
          
Water Utilities (1.98%)         
Consolidated Water Co., Ltd.  109,196    1,588,802 
          
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $59,867,235)
       65,461,417 
          
Preferred Stocks (3.13%)         
Diversified Banks (0.38%)         
Wells Fargo & Co., Series V         
6.00%(b)(d)  11,786    307,025 
          
Diversified REITs (1.05%)         
Gramercy Property Trust, Inc., Series A         
7.13%(d)(e)  32,747    839,960 
          
Financial Services (0.23%)         
Cabco Series 2004-101 Trust Goldman Sachs Capital I, Series GS         
3M US L + 0.85%, 02/15/34(f)  7,865    180,895 
          
Property & Casualty Insurance (1.47%)         
Argo Group U.S., Inc.         
6.50%, 09/15/42  46,594    1,175,567 
          
Total Preferred Stocks
(Cost $2,516,368)
       2,503,447 
          
Convertible Preferred Stocks (1.73%)         
Diversified Banks (0.64%)         
Wells Fargo & Co., Series L         
7.50%(b)(d)  400    516,000 
          
Office REITs (1.09%)         
Equity Commonwealth, Series D         
6.50%(d)  33,473    869,963 
          
Total Convertible Preferred Stocks
(Cost $1,358,876)
       1,385,963 


 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Equity Income Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Closed-End Mutual Funds (5.13%)         
BlackRock Income Trust, Inc.  5,724   $33,600 
Deutsche Multi-Market Income Trust  80,270    704,771 
Eaton Vance High Income 2021 Target Term Trust  48,932    483,448 
Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund  7,381    98,610 
Managed Duration Investment Grade Municipal Fund  26,112    355,123 
Morgan Stanley Income Securities, Inc.(e)  82,760    1,558,371 
Nuveen High Income December 2018 Target Term Fund  78,960    773,018 
Nuveen High Income December 2019 Target Term Fund  10,000    98,500 
          
Total Closed-End Mutual Funds
(Cost $4,022,417)
       4,105,441 

 

Underlying Security/Expiration        
Date/Exercise Price/ Notional Amount  Contracts   Value 
Put Options Purchased (0.33%)          
S&P 500 Index          
04/20/18, 2,650, $9,243,045   35    180,250 
06/15/18, 2,500, $5,281,740   20    83,700 
         263,950 
           
Total Put Options Purchased
(Cost $129,335)
        263,950 

 

   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Collateral for Securities on Loan (4.77%)         
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio,         
7-Day Yield 1.73%  3,820,304    3,820,304 
          
Total Collateral for Securities on Loan
(Cost $3,820,304)
       3,820,304 
          
Total Investments (101.72%)
(Cost $75,689,125)
      $81,455,138 
          
Liabilities Less Other Assets (-1.72%)       (1,374,102)
          
Net Assets (100.00%)      $80,081,036 

Investment Abbreviations:

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

 

LIBOR Rates:

3M US L - 3 Month LIBOR as of March 31, 2018 was 2.31%

 

(a)Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933 and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration only to qualified institutional buyers. As of March 31, 2018, these securities had a total aggregate market value of $1,191,793.

(b)All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2018.

(c)Non-income producing security.

(d)This security has no contractual maturity date, is not redeemable and contractually pays an indefinite stream of interest.

(e)These securities are considered, by management, to be illiquid. The aggregate value of these securities at March 31, 2018 was $2,398,331, which represent 2.99% of the Fund’s net assets.

(f)Floating or variable rate security. The reference rate is described above. The Rate in effect as of March 31, 2018 is based on the reference rate plus the displayed spread as of the security’s last reset date.

 

Sector Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Financials   24.42%
Information Technology   13.00%
Utilities   11.47%
Energy   11.11%
Consumer Discretionary   8.30%
Real Estate   6.26%
Health Care   6.04%
Consumer Staples   3.65%
Industrials   2.83%
Telecommunication Services   2.23%
Materials   2.18%
    91.49%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks, preferred stocks, convertible preferred stocks and corporate bonds as a percentage of net assets.



 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Industry Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Regional Banks   8.10%
Diversified Banks   6.85%
Pharmaceuticals   5.79%
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals   4.38%
Semiconductors   4.17%
Multi-Utilities   3.80%
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production   3.76%
Property & Casualty Insurance   3.71%
Electric Utilities   3.49%
IT Consulting & Other Services   2.63%
Homebuilding   2.62%
Investment Banking & Brokerage   2.45%
Auto Parts & Equipment   2.39%
Integrated Oil & Gas   2.34%
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing   2.32%
Water Utilities   1.98%
Integrated Telecommunication Services   1.98%
Gas Utilities   1.88%
Diversified Chemicals   1.86%
Internet Software & Services   1.82%
Life & Health Insurance   1.74%
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation   1.69%
Housewares & Specialties   1.59%
Health Care REITs   1.56%
Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks   1.46%
Aerospace & Defense   1.37%
Consumer Finance   1.34%
Hotel & Resort REITs   1.29%
Specialized REITs   1.27%
Packaged Foods & Meats   1.14%
Office REITs   1.09%
Diversified REITs   1.05%
Tobacco   1.03%
Brewers   1.02%
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services   1.00%
Other Industries (each less than 1%)   3.53%
    91.49%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks, preferred stocks, convertible preferred stocks and corporate bonds as a percentage of net assets.

 



The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Flexible Bond Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Corporate Bonds (64.27%)          
Consumer Discretionary (9.94%)          
Dollar Tree, Inc.          
5.75%, 03/01/23   $250,000   $261,310 
Foot Locker, Inc.          
8.50%, 01/15/22   1,250,000    1,440,625 
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC          
3.66%, 09/08/24   750,000    722,862 
Lee Enterprises, Inc.          
9.50%, 03/15/22(a)(b)   1,400,000    1,463,000 
M/I Homes, Inc.          
6.75%, 01/15/21   816,000    839,460 
Nexteer Automotive Group, Ltd.          
5.88%, 11/15/21(a)   200,000    206,000 
Reliance Intermediate Holdings LP          
6.50%, 04/01/23(a)   4,000,000    4,154,800 
         9,088,057 
Consumer Staples (8.22%)          
Central Garden & Pet Co.          
6.13%, 11/15/23   1,750,000    1,826,562 
Darling Ingredients, Inc.          
5.38%, 01/15/22   1,369,000    1,392,958 
Kraft Heinz Foods Co.          
4.88%, 02/15/25(a)   4,121,000    4,295,946 
         7,515,466 
Energy (8.65%)          
Andeavor Logistics LP / Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp.          
6.25%, 10/15/22   2,522,000    2,645,074 
6.38%, 05/01/24   1,645,000    1,747,812 
Continental Resources, Inc.          
4.38%, 01/15/28(a)   500,000    487,500 
MPLX LP          
5.50%, 02/15/23   2,950,000    3,027,438 
         7,907,824 
Financial (10.25%)          
Credit Acceptance Corp.          
6.13%, 02/15/21   1,685,000    1,697,132 
Delphi Financial Group, Inc.          
7.88%, 01/31/20   800,000    864,833 
GFI Group, Inc.          
8.38%, 07/19/18   2,000,000    2,030,000 
International Lease Finance Corp.          
8.25%, 12/15/20   1,113,000    1,239,741 
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.          
7.88%, 04/01/33(a)   2,000,000    2,733,194 
Newbridge Bancorp, Series AI          
7.25%, 03/14/24(a)(c)   500,000    509,868 
Radian Group, Inc.          
5.50%, 06/01/19   293,000    298,128 
         9,372,896 
Health Care (4.90%)          
Catholic Health Initiatives          
2.95%, 11/01/22   1,000,000    978,314 
   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Health Care (continued)          
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.          
5.75%, 09/01/23(a)  $1,200,000   $1,242,000 
Horizon Pharma, Inc. / Horizon  Pharma USA, Inc.          
8.75%, 11/01/24(a)(b)   500,000    532,500 
Molina Healthcare, Inc.          
5.38%, 11/15/22   1,000,000    987,500 
Universal Health Services, Inc.          
4.75%, 08/01/22(a)   730,000    741,421 
         4,481,735 
Industrials (9.21%)          
Aircastle, Ltd.          
5.00%, 04/01/23   1,895,000    1,954,219 
Covanta Holding Corp.          
6.38%, 10/01/22   1,573,000    1,600,527 
EnPro Industries, Inc.          
5.88%, 09/15/22   722,000    746,368 
JB Poindexter & Co., Inc.          
9.00%, 04/01/22(a)   701,000    722,906 
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.          
5.25%, 03/15/22   2,392,000    2,460,880 
XPO Logistics, Inc.          
6.50%, 06/15/22(a)   900,000    928,125 
         8,413,025 
Information Technology (7.52%)          
Activision Blizzard, Inc.          
6.13%, 09/15/23(a)   1,750,000    1,830,451 
Amkor Technology, Inc.          
6.38%, 10/01/22   1,000,000    1,026,250 
Dell International LLC / EMC Corp.          
7.13%, 06/15/24(a)(b)   852,000    909,510 
NXP BV / NXP Funding LLC          
4.63%, 06/01/23(a)   3,050,000    3,104,290 
         6,870,501 
Materials (1.44%)          
Westlake Chemical Corp.          
4.88%, 05/15/23   1,285,000    1,317,125 
           
Real Estate (1.21%)          
Iron Mountain, Inc.          
5.75%, 08/15/24   1,144,000    1,108,250 
           
Telecommunication Services (0.22%)          
Level 3 Parent LLC          
5.75%, 12/01/22   200,000    199,876 
           
Utilities (2.71%)          
DPL, Inc.          
6.75%, 10/01/19   1,250,000    1,290,625 

 


 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Flexible Bond Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Utilities (continued)          
Dynegy, Inc.          
7.63%, 11/01/24   $1,100,000   $1,186,625 
         2,477,250 
           
Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $59,775,332)
        58,752,005 
           
Asset-Backed Securities (3.72%)          
SMB Private Education Loan Trust  Series 2014-A, Class C          
4.50%, 11/15/25(a)(c)   3,500,000    3,397,880 
Total Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $3,377,558)
        3,397,880 
           
Preferred Stocks (7.67%)          
Diversified Banks (1.49%)          
Wells Fargo & Co., Series V          
6.00%(b)(d)   52,448    1,366,270 
           
Diversified REITs (2.98%)          
Gramercy Property Trust, Series A          
7.13%(c)(d)   106,071    2,720,721 
           
Financial Services (0.32%)          
Cabco Series 2004-101 Trust Goldman Sachs Capital I, Series GS          
3M US L + 0.85%, 02/15/34(e)   12,884    296,332 
           
Property & Casualty Insurance (2.88%)          
Argo Group U.S., Inc.          
6.50%, 09/15/42   104,268    2,630,682 
           
Total Preferred Stocks
(Cost $7,034,833)
        7,014,005 
           
Convertible Preferred Stocks (1.93%)          
Office REITs (1.93%)          
Equity Commonwealth, Series D          
6.50%(b)(d)   67,992    1,767,112 
           
Total Convertible Preferred Stocks
(Cost $1,786,634)
        1,767,112 
           
Closed-End Mutual Funds (8.77%)          
Deutsche Multi-Market Income  Trust   34,644    304,174 
Deutsche Strategic Income Trust   11,313    138,811 
Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund(b)   16,395    219,037 
   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Closed-End Mutual Funds (continued)          
Managed Duration Investment  Grade Municipal Fund   106,621   $1,450,046 
MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust   31,385    294,705 
Morgan Stanley Income Securities, Inc.(c)   183,287    3,451,294 
Nuveen High Income December 2018 Target Term Fund   158,708    1,553,751 
Nuveen High Income December 2019 Target Term Fund   61,308    603,884 
           
Total Closed-End Mutual Funds
(Cost $7,954,008)
        8,015,702 
           
Collateral for Securities on Loan (2.55%)          
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio,          
7-Day Yield 1.73%   2,333,120    2,333,120 
           
Total Collateral for Securities on Loan
(Cost $2,333,120)
        2,333,120 
           
Total Investments (88.91%)
(Cost $82,261,485)
       $81,279,824 
           
Other Assets Less Liabilities (11.09%)        10,138,294 
           
Net Assets (100.00%)       $91,418,118 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

 

LIBOR Rates:

3M  US L - 3 Month LIBOR as of March 31, 2018 was 2.31%

 


 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Flexible Bond Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

(a)Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933 and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration only to qualified institutional buyers. As of March 31, 2018, these securities had a total aggregate market value of $27,259,391.

(b)All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2018.

(c)These securities are considered, by management, to be illiquid. The aggregate value of these securities at March 31, 2018 was $10,079,763, which represent 11.03% of the Fund’s net assets.

(d)This security has no contractual maturity date, is not redeemable and contractually pays an indefinite stream of interest.

(e)Floating or variable rate security. The reference rate is described above. The Rate in effect as of March 31, 2018 is based on the reference rate plus the displayed spread as of the security’s last reset date.

 

Credit Diversification (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Ba2   11.28%
Ba1   11.15%
B1   11.06%
Baa3   9.31%
Baa2   7.49%
NR*   4.28%
A3   2.99%
B3   2.96%
B2   2.81%
Ba3   1.85%
Baa1   1.07%
BBB   0.95%
BB-   0.79%
Total:   67.99%

 

Percentages are based upon corporate bond and asset-backed securities investments as a percentage of net assets. Ratings based on Moody’s Investors Service, Inc where available, otherwise on Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC.

 

* NR - Not Rated

 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Common Stocks (99.95%)          
Application Software (5.92%)          
Adobe Systems, Inc.(a)   14,000   $3,025,120 
           
Auto Parts & Equipment (2.62%)          
Magna International, Inc.   23,800    1,341,130 
           
Biotechnology (5.97%)          
Celgene Corp.(a)   18,500    1,650,385 
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)   8,600    1,401,628 
         3,052,013 
Building Products (3.09%)          
Masco Corp.   39,000    1,577,160 
           
Construction Materials (5.16%)          
Eagle Materials, Inc.   7,700    793,485 
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.   8,900    1,844,970 
         2,638,455 
Data Processing & Outsourced Services (3.07%)          
Total System Services, Inc.   18,200    1,569,932 
           
Diversified Banks (12.94%)          
Bank of America Corp.   182,000    5,458,180 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.   10,500    1,154,685 
         6,612,865 
Home Improvement Retail (5.65%)          
Home Depot, Inc.   16,200    2,887,488 
           
Homebuilding (4.47%)          
PulteGroup, Inc.   77,500    2,285,475 
           
Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines (5.45%)          
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.   11,500    1,354,010 
Wyndham Worldwide Corp.   12,500    1,430,375 
         2,784,385 
Household Appliances (2.16%)          
Whirlpool Corp.   7,200    1,102,392 
           
Internet Software & Services (1.91%)          
Facebook, Inc., Class A(a)   6,100    974,719 
           
Multi-line Insurance (2.05%)          
American International Group, Inc.   19,300    1,050,306 
           
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production (5.32%)          
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.   28,400    681,032 
Diamondback Energy, Inc.(a)   5,100    645,252 
Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A(a)   48,100    1,394,419 
         2,720,703 
Paper Packaging (3.14%)          
Avery Dennison Corp.   15,100    1,604,375 

 

   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Pharmaceuticals (2.98%)        
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)   10,100   $1,524,999 
           
Regional Banks (11.88%)          
Fifth Third Bancorp   18,500    587,375 
KeyCorp   58,000    1,133,900 
Signature Bank(a)   16,600    2,356,370 
SVB Financial Group(a)   8,300    1,992,083 
         6,069,728 
Semiconductor Equipment (2.43%)          
Applied Materials, Inc.   22,300    1,240,103 
           
Semiconductors (13.74%)          
Broadcom, Ltd.   2,400    565,560 
Cavium, Inc.(a)   5,300    420,714 
Micron Technology, Inc.(a)   31,600    1,647,624 
Qorvo, Inc.(a)   20,300    1,430,135 
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   29,500    2,957,670 
         7,021,703 
           
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $35,787,992)
        51,083,051 
           
Total Investments (99.95%)
(Cost $35,787,992)
       $51,083,051 
           
Other Assets Less Liabilities (0.05%)        25,631 
           
Net Assets (100.00%)       $51,108,682 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

 



The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. 

 

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ICON Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

     
Sector Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Information Technology   27.07%
Financials   26.87%
Consumer Discretionary   20.35%
Health Care   8.95%
Materials   8.30%
Energy   5.32%
Industrials   3.09%
    99.95%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.  

     
Industry Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Semiconductors   13.74%
Diversified Banks   12.94%
Regional Banks   11.88%
Biotechnology   5.97%
Application Software   5.92%
Home Improvement Retail   5.65%
Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines   5.45%
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production   5.32%
Construction Materials   5.16%
Homebuilding   4.47%
Paper Packaging   3.14%
Building Products   3.09%
Data Processing & Outsourced Services   3.07%
Pharmaceuticals   2.98%
Auto Parts & Equipment   2.62%
Semiconductor Equipment   2.43%
Household Appliances   2.16%
Multi-line Insurance   2.05%
Internet Software & Services   1.91%
    99.95%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.

 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Long/Short Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

  

  

Shares or
Principal
Amount

   Value 
Common Stocks (98.56%)         
Application Software (4.54%)         
Adobe Systems, Inc.(a)  5,900   $1,274,872 
          
Auto Parts & Equipment (2.57%)         
Magna International, Inc.  12,800    721,280 
          
Biotechnology (4.48%)         
Celgene Corp.(a)  7,700    686,917 
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)  3,500    570,430 
        1,257,347 
Building Products (2.82%)         
Masco Corp.  19,600    792,624 
          
Construction Materials (4.23%)         
Eagle Materials, Inc.  6,700    690,435 
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.  2,400    497,520 
        1,187,955 
Data Processing & Outsourced Services (4.99%)       
Mastercard, Inc., Class A  8,000    1,401,280 
          
Diversified Banks (9.43%)         
Bank of America Corp.  70,700    2,120,293 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  4,800    527,856 
        2,648,149 
Health Care Facilities (1.48%)         
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B  3,500    414,435 
          
Home Improvement Retail (2.73%)         
Home Depot, Inc.  4,300    766,432 
          
Homebuilding (5.15%)         
Installed Building Products, Inc.(a)  5,200    312,260 
PulteGroup, Inc.  38,500    1,135,365 
        1,447,625 
Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines (5.91%)         
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.  6,600    777,084 
Wyndham Worldwide Corp.  7,700    881,111 
        1,658,195 
Household Appliances (2.24%)         
Whirlpool Corp.  4,100    627,751 
          
Insurance Brokers (2.86%)         
Arthur J Gallagher & Co.  11,700    804,141 
          
Internet Software & Services (1.60%)         
SINA Corp.(a)  4,300    448,361 
          
Multi-line Insurance (1.49%)         
American International Group, Inc.  7,700    419,034 
  

Shares or
Principal
Amount 

   Value 
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production (4.56%)         
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.  14,500   $347,710 
Diamondback Energy, Inc.(a)  2,400    303,648 
Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A(a)  21,700    629,083 
        1,280,441 
Pharmaceuticals (2.64%)         
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(a)  4,900    739,851 
          
Railroads (2.28%)         
CSX Corp.  11,500    640,665 
          
Regional Banks (13.23%)         
Fifth Third Bancorp  8,400    266,700 
First Commonwealth Financial Corp.  35,500    501,615 
KeyCorp  28,500    557,175 
Signature Bank(a)  9,200    1,305,940 
SVB Financial Group(a)  4,500    1,080,045 
        3,711,475 
Semiconductor Equipment (3.74%)         
Applied Materials, Inc.  12,100    672,881 
Brooks Automation, Inc.  13,900    376,412 
        1,049,293 
Semiconductors (15.59%)         
Broadcom, Ltd.  900    212,085 
Cavium, Inc.(a)  9,000    714,420 
Cypress Semiconductor Corp.  48,800    827,648 
Micron Technology, Inc.(a)  20,400    1,063,656 
Qorvo, Inc.(a)  6,300    443,835 
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.  11,100    1,112,886 
        4,374,530 

Total Common Stocks 

(Cost $20,741,222) 

       27,665,736 
          

Total Investments (98.56%)

(Cost $20,741,222)

      $27,665,736 
          
Other Assets Less Liabilities (1.44%)       403,471 
          
Net Assets (100.00%)      $28,069,207

 

(a)Non-income producing security.


The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

  

Sector Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Information Technology   30.46%
Financials   27.01%
Consumer Discretionary   18.60%
Health Care   8.60%
Industrials   5.10%
Energy   4.56%
Materials   4.23%
    98.56%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.

 

Industry Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Semiconductors   15.59%
Regional Banks   13.23%
Diversified Banks   9.43%
Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines   5.91%
Homebuilding   5.15%
Data Processing & Outsourced Services   4.99%
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production   4.56%
Application Software   4.54%
Biotechnology   4.48%
Construction Materials   4.23%
Semiconductor Equipment   3.74%
Insurance Brokers   2.86%
Building Products   2.82%
Home Improvement Retail   2.73%
Pharmaceuticals   2.64%
Auto Parts & Equipment   2.57%
Railroads   2.28%
Household Appliances   2.24%
Internet Software & Services   1.60%
Multi-line Insurance   1.49%
Health Care Facilities   1.48%
    98.56%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.

 



The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Opportunities Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

  

  

Shares or
Principal
Amount

   Value 
Common Stocks (99.63%)         
Auto Parts & Equipment (7.88%)         
Modine Manufacturing Co.(a)  53,148   $1,124,080 
Tower International, Inc.  25,300    702,075 
        1,826,155 
Automobile Manufacturers (2.20%)         
Winnebago Industries, Inc.  13,548    509,405 
          
Biotechnology (2.69%)         
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)(b)  3,775    623,479 
          
Building Products (12.21%)         
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.(a)  9,100    512,330 
Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a)  43,500    863,040 
Patrick Industries, Inc.(a)  9,184    568,030 
PGT Innovations, Inc.(a)  47,700    889,605 
        2,833,005 
Communications Equipment (3.23%)         
ARRIS International PLC(a)  8,000    212,560 
Extreme Networks, Inc.(a)  48,500    536,895 
        749,455 
Electronic Equipment & Instruments (3.24%)         
Coherent, Inc.(a)  4,012    751,849 
          
Electronic Manufacturing Services (4.93%)         
IPG Photonics Corp.(a)  4,900    1,143,562 
          
Health Care Equipment (2.77%)         
NuVasive, Inc.(a)  12,300    642,183 
          
Health Care Services (1.99%)         
BioTelemetry, Inc.(a)  14,900    462,645 
          
Homebuilding (11.04%)         
KB Home  36,200    1,029,890 
LGI Homes, Inc.(a)(b)  10,800    762,156 
M/I Homes, Inc.(a)  24,200    770,770 
        2,562,816 
Leisure Products (2.94%)         
Brunswick Corp.  11,500    682,985 
          
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production (3.56%)         
Ring Energy, Inc.(a)  16,300    233,905 
Southwestern Energy Co.(a)  70,600    305,698 
SRC Energy, Inc.(a)  30,389    286,568 
        826,171 
Paper Packaging (1.69%)         
Avery Dennison Corp.  3,700    393,125 
          
Pharmaceuticals (2.27%)         
Innoviva, Inc.(a)  31,529    525,589 
  

Shares or
Principal
Amount

   Value 
Property & Casualty Insurance (2.19%)         
United Insurance Holdings Corp.  26,500   $507,210 
          
Regional Banks (9.07%)         
Bank of the Ozarks  12,100    584,067 
First Commonwealth Financial Corp.  40,000    565,200 
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.  14,427    354,760 
Webster Financial Corp.  10,800    598,320 
        2,102,347 
Semiconductor Equipment (9.03%)         
Nanometrics, Inc.(a)  24,500    659,050 
Photronics, Inc.(a)  47,300    390,225 
Teradyne, Inc.  22,909    1,047,170 
        2,096,445 
Semiconductors (6.75%)         
CEVA, Inc.(a)  6,800    246,160 
Cypress Semiconductor Corp.  33,600    569,856 
Diodes, Inc.(a)  18,813    573,044 
MACOM Technology Solutions
Holdings, Inc.(a)(b)
  10,594    175,861 
        1,564,921 
Specialty Stores (2.00%)         
Michaels Cos., Inc.(a)  23,565    464,466 
          
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (7.95%)         
BofI Holding, Inc.(a)  18,000    729,540 
Essent Group, Ltd.(a)  15,500    659,680 
HomeStreet, Inc.(a)  15,917    456,022 
        1,845,242 

Total Common Stocks

(Cost $18,386,727)

       23,113,055 
          
Collateral for Securities on Loan (6.78%)         
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 7-Day Yield 1.73%  1,571,815    1,571,815 
          

Total Collateral for Securities on Loan

(Cost $1,571,815)

       1,571,815 
          

Total Investments (106.41%)

(Cost $19,958,542)

      $24,684,870 
          
Liabilities Less Other Assets (-6.41%)       (1,487,063)
          
Net Assets (100.00%)      $23,197,807 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.
(b)All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2018.


The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Opportunities Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

  

Sector Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Information Technology   27.18%
Consumer Discretionary   26.06%
Financials   19.21%
Industrials   12.21%
Health Care   9.72%
Energy   3.56%
Materials   1.69%
    99.63%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.

 

Industry Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Building Products   12.21%
Homebuilding   11.04%
Regional Banks   9.07%
Semiconductor Equipment   9.03%
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance   7.95%
Auto Parts & Equipment   7.88%
Semiconductors   6.75%
Electronic Manufacturing Services   4.93%
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production   3.56%
Electronic Equipment & Instruments   3.24%
Communications Equipment   3.23%
Leisure Products   2.94%
Health Care Equipment   2.77%
Biotechnology   2.69%
Pharmaceuticals   2.27%
Automobile Manufacturers   2.20%
Property & Casualty Insurance   2.19%
Specialty Stores   2.00%
Health Care Services   1.99%
Paper Packaging   1.69%
    99.63%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.

 



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  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Corporate Bonds (17.76%)          
Consumer Discretionary (2.38%)          
Dollar Tree, Inc.          
5.75%, 03/01/23  $250,000   $261,310 
Lee Enterprises, Inc.          
9.50%, 03/15/22(a)   200,000    209,000 
Reliance Intermediate Holdings LP          
6.50%, 04/01/23(a)   300,000    311,610 
         781,920 
Consumer Staples (2.09%)          
Central Garden & Pet Co.          
6.13%, 11/15/23   160,000    167,000 
Darling Ingredients, Inc.          
5.38%, 01/15/22   100,000    101,750 
Kraft Heinz Foods Co.          
4.88%, 02/15/25(a)   400,000    416,981 
         685,731 
Energy (2.26%)          
Andeavor Logistics LP / Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp.          
6.25%, 10/15/22   314,000    329,323 
MPLX LP          
5.50%, 02/15/23   400,000    410,500 
         739,823 
Financial (5.13%)          
Citigroup, Inc.          
6.88%, 06/01/25   250,000    293,969 
Credit Acceptance Corp.          
6.13%, 02/15/21   105,000    105,756 
GFI Group, Inc.          
8.38%, 07/19/18   150,000    152,250 
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.          
7.88%, 04/01/33(a)   253,000    345,749 
RBC U.S.A. Holdco Corp.          
5.25%, 09/15/20   378,000    397,959 
SAFG Retirement Services, Inc.          
8.13%, 04/28/23   326,000    386,002 
         1,681,685 
Health Care (0.62%)          
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.          
5.75%, 09/01/23(a)   100,000    103,500 
Molina Healthcare, Inc.          
5.38%, 11/15/22   100,000    98,750 
         202,250 
Industrials (2.00%)          
Aircastle, Ltd.          
5.00%, 04/01/23   200,000    206,250 
Covanta Holding Corp.          
6.38%, 10/01/22   189,000    192,308 
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.          
5.25%, 03/15/22   250,000    257,199 
         655,757 
   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Information Technology (2.04%)          
Activision Blizzard, Inc.          
6.13%, 09/15/23(a)  $250,000   $261,493 
Amkor Technology, Inc.          
6.38%, 10/01/22   100,000    102,625 
NXP BV / NXP Funding LLC          
4.63%, 06/01/23(a)   300,000    305,340 
         669,458 
Real Estate (0.45%)          
Select Income REIT          
4.50%, 02/01/25   150,000    148,172 
           
Utilities (0.79%)          
DPL, Inc.          
6.75%, 10/01/19   250,000    258,125 
           
Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $5,930,320)
        5,822,921 
           
Asset-Backed Securities (0.74%)          
SMB Private Education Loan Trust          
Series 2014-A, Class C          
4.50%, 11/15/25(a)(b)   250,000    242,706 
           
Total Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $241,254)
        242,706 
           
U.S. Treasury Obligations (5.89%)          
U.S. Treasury Bond          
2.25%, 02/15/27   1,200,000    1,152,543 
U.S. Treasury Note          
1.88%, 05/31/22   800,000    779,828 
           
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(Cost $1,982,573)
        1,932,371 
           
Common Stocks (59.03%)          
Application Software (2.73%)          
Adobe Systems, Inc.(c)   2,380    514,270 
CDK Global, Inc.   6,001    380,103 
         894,373 
Auto Parts & Equipment (1.09%)          
Magna International, Inc.   6,353    357,992 
           
Automobile Manufacturers (1.00%)          
Thor Industries, Inc.   2,833    326,277 
           
Automotive Retail (1.57%)          
AutoZone, Inc.(c)   412    267,260 
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(c)   1,000    247,380 
         514,640 
Biotechnology (2.21%)          
AbbVie, Inc.   2,754    260,666 


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   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Biotechnology (continued)          
Celgene Corp.(c)   2,855   $254,695 
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(c)(d)   1,280    211,405 
         726,766 
Building Products (2.16%)          
Johnson Controls International PLC   6,800    239,632 
Masco Corp.   11,570    467,891 
         707,523 
Construction Materials (1.36%)          
Eagle Materials, Inc.   4,318    444,970 
           
Consumer Finance (1.00%)          
Ally Financial, Inc.   12,058    327,375 
           
Data Processing & Outsourced Services (3.29%)      
Mastercard, Inc., Class A   3,300    578,028 
Visa, Inc., Class A   4,200    502,404 
         1,080,432 
Diversified Banks (3.38%)          
Bank of America Corp.   18,478    554,155 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.   5,043    554,579 
         1,108,734 
Health Care Equipment (0.92%)          
Boston Scientific Corp.(c)   11,077    302,624 
           
Health Care Facilities (0.74%)          
HCA Healthcare, Inc.   2,500    242,500 
           
Home Entertainment Software (0.78%)          
Electronic Arts, Inc.(c)   2,098    254,361 
           
Home Improvement Retail (1.02%)          
Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   3,800    333,450 
           
Homebuilding (2.23%)          
DR Horton, Inc.   7,166    314,157 
PulteGroup, Inc.   14,126    416,576 
         730,733 
Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines (2.14%)          
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.   2,886    339,798 
Wyndham Worldwide Corp.   3,156    361,141 
         700,939 
Household Appliances (0.70%)          
Whirlpool Corp.   1,506    230,584 
           
Internet Software & Services (2.65%)          
Alphabet, Inc., Class C(c)   201    207,390 
Facebook, Inc., Class A(c)   2,323    371,192 
LogMeIn, Inc.   2,513    290,377 
         868,959 
Investment Banking & Brokerage (0.99%)          
Morgan Stanley   5,995    323,490 
   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
IT Consulting & Other Services (1.21%)          
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A   4,934   $397,187 
           
Leisure Products (1.19%)          
Brunswick Corp.   6,586    391,142 
           
Life & Health Insurance (0.89%)          
Lincoln National Corp.   4,000    292,240 
           
Life Sciences Tools & Services (3.42%)          
PerkinElmer, Inc.   4,491    340,058 
PRA Health Sciences, Inc.(c)   4,600    381,616 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   1,932    398,881 
         1,120,555 
Managed Health Care (0.88%)          
Cigna Corp.   1,728    289,855 
           
Multi-line Insurance (0.83%)          
American International Group, Inc.   4,974    270,685 
           
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production (3.51%)          
Cimarex Energy Co.   3,100    289,850 
Diamondback Energy, Inc.(c)   2,700    341,604 
Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A(c)   6,000    173,940 
SRC Energy, Inc.(c)   37,000    348,910 
         1,154,304 
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing (0.70%)          
Marathon Petroleum Corp.   3,152    230,443 
           
Paper Packaging (1.20%)          
Graphic Packaging Holding Co.   25,667    393,988 
           
Pharmaceuticals (1.29%)          
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(c)   2,810    424,282 
           
Railroads (2.36%)          
Canadian Pacific Railway, Ltd.   2,000    353,000 
Union Pacific Corp.   3,129    420,631 
         773,631 
Regional Banks (4.10%)          
KeyCorp   17,327    338,743 
Signature Bank(c)   3,503    497,251 
SVB Financial Group(c)   2,124    509,781 
         1,345,775 
Semiconductors (4.02%)          
Broadcom, Ltd.   2,000    471,300 
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.   3,419    395,818 
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   4,466    447,761 
         1,314,879 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (0.87%)      
Logitech International SA(d)   7,800    286,494 


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  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Trading Companies & Distributors (0.60%)          
Air Lease Corp.   4,644   $197,927 
           
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $17,562,045)
       19,360,109 
           
Preferred Stocks (2.21%)          
Diversified Banks (0.60%)          
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Series P          
5.45%(e)   696    17,546 
Wells Fargo & Co., Series V          
6.00%(d)(e)   6,788    176,827 
        194,373 
Diversified REITs (0.60%)          
Gramercy Property Trust, Series A          
7.13%(b)(e)   7,704    197,608 
           
Financial Services (0.10%)          
Cabco Series 2004-101 Trust Goldman Sachs Capital I, Series GS          
3M US L + 0.85%, 02/15/34(f)   1,452    33,396 
           
Property & Casualty Insurance (0.91%)          
Argo Group U.S., Inc.          
6.50%, 09/15/42   11,816    298,118 
           
Total Preferred Stocks
(Cost $724,502)
       723,495 
           
Convertible Preferred Stocks (0.35%)          
Office REITs (0.35%)          
Equity Commonwealth, Series D          
6.50%(e)   4,470    116,175 
           
Total Convertible Preferred Stocks
(Cost $116,320)
       116,175 
           
Closed-End Mutual Funds (8.93%)          
Asia Pacific Fund, Inc.   5,479    78,952 
BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc.   14,641    190,772 
BlackRock Income Trust, Inc.(d)   20,915    122,771 
Delaware Investments Dividend & Income Fund, Inc.   6,124    64,608 
Deutsche Multi-Market Income Trust   45,019    395,267 
Deutsche Strategic Income Trust   5,735    70,369 
Eaton Vance High Income 2021 Target Term Trust   8,381    82,804 
Madison Covered Call & Equity Strategy Fund   41,590    301,943 
   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Closed-End Mutual Funds (continued)          
Madison Strategic Sector Premium Fund   15,232   $171,208 
Managed Duration Investment Grade Municipal Fund   18,244    248,118 
MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust   11,639    109,290 
Morgan Stanley Income Securities, Inc.(b)   34,243    644,796 
Nuveen Build America Bond Fund   1,185    24,636 
Nuveen High Income December 2018 Target Term Fund   25,929    253,845 
Nuveen High Income December 2019 Target Term Fund   17,156    168,987 
           
Total Closed-End Mutual Funds
(Cost $2,918,810)
        2,928,366 
           
Underlying Security/Expiration
Date/Exercise Price/ Notional Amount
  Contracts   Value 
Put Options Purchased (0.13%)          
S&P 500 Index          
06/15/18, 2,500, $2,640,870   10    41,850 
           
Total Put Options Purchased
(Cost $27,519)
        41,850 

 

 

   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Collateral for Securities on Loan (1.38%)          
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 7-Day Yield 1.73%   451,122    451,122 
           
Total Collateral for Securities on Loan
(Cost $451,122)
        451,122 
           
Total Investments (96.42%)
(Cost $29,954,465)
       $31,619,115 
           
Other Assets Less Liabilities (3.58%)        1,175,423 
           
Net Assets (100.00%)       $32,794,538 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

 

LIBOR Rates:

3M  US L - 3 Month LIBOR as of March 31, 2018 was 2.31%



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(a)Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933 and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration only to qualified institutional buyers. As of March 31, 2018, these securities had a total aggregate market value of $2,196,379.

(b)These securities are considered, by management, to be illiquid. The aggregate value of these securities at March 31, 2018 was $1,085,110, which represent 3.31% of the Fund’s net assets.

(c)Non-income producing security.

(d)All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2018.

(e)This security has no contractual maturity date, is not redeemable and contractually pays an indefinite stream of interest.

(f)Floating or variable rate security. The reference rate is described above. The Rate in effect as of March 31, 2018 is based on the reference rate plus the displayed spread as of the security’s last reset date.

 

Sector Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Financials   17.93%
Information Technology   17.59%
Consumer Discretionary   13.32%
Health Care   10.08%
Industrials   7.12%
Energy   6.47%
Government   5.89%
Materials   2.56%
Consumer Staples   2.09%
Real Estate   1.40%
Utilities   0.79%
    85.24%

 

Percentages are based upon corporate bonds, U.S. Treasury obligations, common stocks, preferred stocks and convertible preferred stocks as a percentage of net assets.

Industry Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Sovereigns   5.89%
Regional Banks   5.31%
Semiconductors   4.95%
Diversified Banks   4.88%
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production   3.51%
Life Sciences Tools & Services   3.42%
Data Processing & Outsourced Services   3.29%
Application Software   2.73%
Internet Software & Services   2.65%
Railroads   2.36%
Homebuilding   2.23%
Biotechnology   2.21%
Building Products   2.16%
Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines   2.14%
Property & Casualty Insurance   1.97%
Home Entertainment Software   1.58%
Automotive Retail   1.57%
Investment Banking & Brokerage   1.45%
Construction Materials   1.36%
Consumer Finance   1.32%
Pharmaceuticals   1.29%
Financial Services   1.28%
Food & Beverage   1.27%
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation   1.25%
Health Care Equipment   1.24%
Trading Companies & Distributors   1.23%
IT Consulting & Other Services   1.21%
Paper Packaging   1.20%
Leisure Products   1.19%
Managed Health Care   1.18%
Auto Parts & Equipment   1.09%
Diversified REITs   1.05%
Home Improvement Retail   1.02%
Pipeline   1.01%
Automobile Manufacturers   1.00%
Other Industries (each less than 1%)   10.75%
    85.24%

 

Percentages are based upon corporate bonds, U.S. Treasury obligations, common stocks, preferred stocks and convertible preferred stocks as a percentage of net assets.



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Credit Diversification (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Aaa   5.89%
Baa3   3.29%
Ba1   2.56%
A3   2.27%
Ba2   2.20%
Baa1   2.07%
Baa2   2.07%
B1   2.05%
NR*   0.74%
B2   0.64%
Ba3   0.31%
B3   0.30%
Total:   24.39%

 

Percentages are based upon corporate bond, U.S. Treasury obligations and asset-backed securities investments as a percentage of net assets. Ratings based on Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

 

* NR - Not Rated



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ICON Diversified Funds Statements of Assets and Liabilities

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   ICON Equity Income
Fund
   ICON Flexible Bond
Fund
   ICON Fund 
Assets               
Investments, at cost  $75,689,125   $82,261,485   $35,787,992 
Investments, at value(a)   81,455,138    81,279,824    51,083,051 
Cash and cash equivalents   1,042,619    11,686,302    65,683 
Foreign currency, at value (Cost $10,176, $– and $–, respectively)   10,176         
Receivables:               
Investments sold   3,043,250    373,269     
Fund shares sold   697,485    349,802    656 
Expense reimbursements due from Adviser   32,341    39,165    1,738 
Interest   46,597    1,008,939     
Dividends   301,868    58,976    19,201 
Foreign tax reclaims   10,839         
Other assets   23,248    20,817    19,039 
Total assets   86,663,561    94,817,094    51,189,368 
                
Liabilities               
Payables:               
Payable for collateral received on securities loaned   3,820,304    2,333,120     
Loan payable, at value (Cost $955,641, $– and $–)   955,641         
Investments purchased   1,583,550    696,511     
Fund shares redeemed   96,095    26,421    957 
Distributions due to shareholders       244,635     
Advisory fees   51,353    45,991    33,714 
Transfer agent fees   19,305    6,866    8,745 
Fund accounting fees   9,399    13,411    4,771 
Accrued distribution fees   16,902    3,217    12,019 
Trustee fees and expenses   923    545    255 
Administration fees   3,423    3,833    2,245 
Accrued expenses   25,630    24,426    17,980 
Total liabilities   6,582,525    3,398,976    80,686 
Net Assets - all share classes  $80,081,036   $91,418,118   $51,108,682 
Net Assets - Class S  $50,205,247   $84,596,999   $33,494,804 
Net Assets - Class C  $16,424,815   $3,452,190   $12,241,743 
Net Assets - Class A  $13,450,974   $3,368,929   $5,372,135 
                
Net Assets Consists of               
Paid-in capital  $88,175,178   $95,268,352   $53,703,543 
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss)   (56,438)   71,367    (267,769)
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain/(loss)   (13,803,775)   (2,939,940)   (17,622,151)
Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)   5,766,071    (981,661)   15,295,059 
Net Assets  $80,081,036   $91,418,118   $51,108,682 
                
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized, no par value)               
Class S   2,797,273    9,121,111    1,684,992 
Class C   907,008    370,765    708,035 
Class A   751,283    364,980    287,488 
Net asset value (offering and redemption price per share)               
Class S  $17.95   $9.27   $19.88 
Class C  $18.11   $9.31   $17.29 
Class A  $17.90   $9.23   $18.69 
Class A maximum offering price (100%/ (100%-maximum sales charge)) of net asset value adjusted to the nearest cent per share  $19.00   $9.69   $19.83 
                
(a) Includes securities on loan of  $3,019,328   $2,263,391   $ 

 

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March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   ICON Long/Short
Fund
   ICON Opportunities
Fund
   ICON Risk-Managed
Balanced Fund
 
Assets               
Investments, at cost  $20,741,222   $19,958,542   $29,954,465 
Investments, at value(a)   27,665,736    24,684,870    31,619,115 
Cash and cash equivalents   541,160    110,054    1,526,496 
Receivables:               
Investments sold           85,782 
Fund shares sold   49,628    7,199    46,824 
Expense reimbursements due from Adviser   10,951        13,212 
Interest           103,177 
Dividends   13,993    5,285    15,444 
Foreign tax reclaims            
Other assets   16,064    6,179    17,994 
Total assets   28,297,532    24,813,587    33,428,044 
                
Liabilities               
Payables:               
Payable for collateral received on securities loaned       1,571,815    451,122 
Expense recoupment due to Adviser       5,842     
Investments purchased   174,061        75,052 
Fund shares redeemed       251    22,271 
Advisory fees   20,572    15,174    21,495 
Transfer agent fees   8,868    2,720    15,165 
Fund accounting fees   3,121    3,445    11,278 
Accrued distribution fees   6,101        15,232 
Trustee fees and expenses   105    120    524 
Administration fees   1,208    1,010    1,433 
Accrued expenses   14,289    15,403    19,934 
Total liabilities   228,325    1,615,780    633,506 
Net Assets - all share classes  $28,069,207   $23,197,807   $32,794,538 
Net Assets - Class S  $15,568,155   $   $10,306,607 
Net Assets - Class C  $5,114,438   $   $15,982,717 
Net Assets - Class A  $7,386,614   $   $6,505,214 
                
Net Assets Consists of               
Paid-in capital  $41,882,390   $18,010,575   $42,220,718 
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss)   (178,505)   (187,217)   30,907 
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain/(loss)   (20,559,192)   648,121    (11,121,740)
Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)   6,924,514    4,726,328    1,664,653 
Net Assets  $28,069,207   $23,197,807   $32,794,538 
                
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized, no par value)        1,228,277      
Class S   579,838        655,036 
Class C   217,396        1,109,984 
Class A   284,603        423,860 
Net asset value (offering and redemption price per share)       $18.89      
Class S  $26.85   $   $15.73 
Class C  $23.53   $   $14.40 
Class A  $25.95   $   $15.35 
Class A maximum offering price (100%/ (100%-maximum sales charge)) of net asset value adjusted to the nearest cent per share  $27.54   $   $16.28 
                
(a) Includes securities on loan of  $   $1,561,495   $446,399 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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ICON Diversified Funds Statements of Operations

Period Ended March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   ICON Equity Income
Fund
   ICON Flexible Bond
Fund
   ICON Fund 
Investment Income               
Interest  $113,057   $1,597,279   $56 
Dividends   1,383,326    464,065    258,355 
Foreign taxes withheld   (27,681)       (2,160)
Income from securities lending, net   25,509    5,886    89 
Other income   970    99     
Total investment income   1,495,181    2,067,329    256,340 
                
Expenses               
Advisory fees   317,329    267,041    196,754 
Administration fees   21,153    22,250    13,104 
Transfer agent fees   50,363    26,882    25,640 
Distribution fees:               
Class C   81,109    15,068    64,484 
Class A   17,659    4,526    6,666 
Registration fees   20,123    16,374    17,189 
Audit and tax service expense   9,032    9,019    8,021 
Fund accounting fees   19,553    21,877    11,081 
Trustee fees and expenses   10,004    10,155    5,901 
Insurance expense   4,280    4,318    2,479 
Custody fees   4,133    5,112    1,776 
Printing fees   9,031    7,704    5,318 
Interest expense   1,222        673 
Recoupment of previously reimbursed expenses           1,664 
Other expenses   18,490    19,625    11,944 
Total expenses before expense reimbursement   583,481    429,951    372,694 
Expense reimbursement by Adviser due to expense limitation agreement   (64,798)   (76,499)   (4,181)
Net Expenses   518,683    353,452    368,513 
Net Investment Income/(Loss)   976,498    1,713,877    (112,173)
                
Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss)               
Net realized gain/(loss) on:               
Investments and foreign currency translations   1,753,412    (734,514)   1,124,897 
    1,753,412    (734,514)   1,124,897 
Change in unrealized net appreciation/(depreciation) on:               
Investments and foreign currency   406,746    (805,257)   2,145,389 
    406,746    (805,257)   2,145,389 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   2,160,158    (1,539,771)   3,270,286 
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting From Operations  $3,136,656   $174,106   $3,158,113 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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ICON Diversified Funds Statements of Operations

Period Ended March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   ICON Long/Short
Fund
   ICON Opportunities
Fund
   ICON Risk-Managed
Balanced Fund
 
Investment Income               
Interest  $181   $127   $222,557 
Dividends   131,579    56,680    213,810 
Foreign taxes withheld   (877)       (807)
Income from securities lending, net   15    2,904    1,195 
Other income           373 
Total investment income   130,898    59,711    437,128 
                
Expenses               
Advisory fees   110,357    82,685    133,500 
Administration fees   6,483    5,506    8,904 
Transfer agent fees   24,099    12,548    32,042 
Distribution fees:               
Class C   24,789        82,471 
Class A   9,161        8,321 
Registration fees   16,847    8,008    16,991 
Audit and tax service expense   8,779    8,014    9,786 
Fund accounting fees   5,967    5,676    12,872 
Trustee fees and expenses   2,792    2,355    4,323 
Insurance expense   1,150    888    1,855 
Custody fees   1,385    1,467    3,506 
Printing fees   2,577    2,748    4,291 
Interest expense   129    44    47 
Recoupment of previously reimbursed expenses       8,103     
Other expenses   6,866    5,458    10,232 
Total expenses before expense reimbursement   221,381    143,500    329,141 
Expense reimbursement by Adviser due to expense limitation agreement   (21,751)       (24,922)
Net Expenses   199,630    143,500    304,219 
Net Investment Income/(Loss)   (68,732)   (83,789)   132,909 
                
Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss)               
Net realized gain/(loss) on:               
Investments and foreign currency translations   314,209    801,695    708,723 
    314,209    801,695    708,723 
Change in unrealized net appreciation/(depreciation) on:               
Investments and foreign currency   1,349,951    (621,466)   (691,083)
    1,349,951    (621,466)   (691,083)
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   1,664,160    180,229    17,640 
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting From Operations  $1,595,428   $96,440   $150,549 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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ICON Diversified Funds Statements of Changes in Net Assets
             
   ICON Equity Income Fund   ICON Flexible Bond Fund 
   Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30, 2017
   Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited) (a)
   Year Ended
September 30, 2017
 
Operations                    
Net investment income/(loss)  $976,498   $2,681,634   $1,713,877   $3,209,047 
Net realized gain/(loss)   1,753,412    4,311,704    (734,514)   (397,218)
Net realized gain/(loss) on long-term capital gain distributions from other investment companies       880,899        701,891 
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)   406,746    3,717,072    (805,257)   (1,372,818)
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   3,136,656    11,591,309    174,106    2,140,902 
                     
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders                    
Net investment income                    
Class S   (860,963)   (1,775,156)   (1,580,607)   (2,969,591)
Class C   (178,559)   (329,600)   (55,132)   (127,097)
Class A   (206,159)   (437,435)   (66,146)   (194,557)
Net decrease from dividends and distributions   (1,245,681)   (2,542,191)   (1,701,885)   (3,291,245)
                     
Fund Share Transactions                    
Shares sold                    
Class S   6,463,578    29,442,641    12,562,531    30,021,531 
Class C   1,333,577    6,193,719    276,399    852,689 
Class A   814,663    3,883,597    183,790    1,653,201 
Reinvested dividends and distributions                    
Class S   822,987    1,707,580    1,454,179    2,665,363 
Class C   160,753    284,548    47,125    106,129 
Class A   177,078    372,453    60,433    125,313 
Shares repurchased                    
Class S   (15,436,081)   (17,771,448)   (8,484,780)   (27,853,530)
Class C   (1,250,458)   (2,642,506)   (547,859)   (1,757,578)
Class A   (2,041,590)   (8,549,319)   (670,750)   (3,943,785)
Net increase/(decrease) from fund share transactions   (8,955,493)   12,921,265    4,881,068    1,869,333 
                     
Total net increase/(decrease) in net assets   (7,064,518)   21,970,383    3,353,289    718,990 
                     
Net Assets                    
Beginning of period   87,145,554    65,175,171    88,064,829    87,345,839 
End of period  $80,081,036   $87,145,554   $91,418,118   $88,064,829 
                     
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss)  $(56,438)  $212,745   $71,367   $59,375 

 

(a)Prior to January 23, 2018, the ICON Flexible Bond Fund was known as the ICON Bond Fund.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. 

 

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ICON Diversified Funds Statements of Changes in Net Assets
             
   ICON Equity Income Fund   ICON Flexible Bond Fund 
   Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30, 2017
   Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited) (a)
   Year Ended
September 30, 2017
 
Transactions in Fund Shares                    
Shares sold                    
Class S   357,262    1,767,858    1,343,925    3,177,562 
Class C   73,049    366,818    29,370    90,115 
Class A   45,266    232,232    19,732    176,894 
Issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions                    
Class S   45,696    100,137    155,652    282,927 
Class C   8,849    16,505    5,022    11,215 
Class A   9,858    21,926    6,496    13,352 
Shares repurchased                    
Class S   (846,673)   (1,052,089)   (907,303)   (2,956,814)
Class C   (68,805)   (157,844)   (58,186)   (185,691)
Class A   (112,714)   (522,274)   (72,097)   (420,853)
Net increase/(decrease)   (488,212)   773,269    522,611    188,707 
Shares outstanding, beginning of period   4,943,776    4,170,507    9,334,245    9,145,538 
Shares outstanding, end of period   4,455,564    4,943,776    9,856,856    9,334,245 

 

(a)Prior to January 23, 2018, the ICON Flexible Bond Fund was known as the ICON Bond Fund.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Diversified Funds Statements of Changes in Net Assets
             
   ICON Fund  ICON Long/Short Fund
   Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30, 2017
  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30, 2017
Operations            
Net investment income/(loss)  $(112,173)  $(181,146)  $(68,732)  $(102,810)
Net realized gain/(loss)   1,124,897    1,912,935    314,209    558,053 
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)   2,145,389    11,527,848    1,349,951    5,059,321 
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   3,158,113    13,259,637    1,595,428    5,514,564 
                     
Fund Share Transactions                    
Shares sold                    
Class S   1,709,318    8,371,228    4,878,196    4,418,722 
Class C   149,629    737,337    561,092    231,078 
Class A   388,025    726,755    1,061,622    2,993,488 
Shares repurchased                    
Class S   (3,204,937)   (12,871,498)   (1,408,189)   (2,770,776)
Class C   (1,313,309)   (2,880,211)   (411,129)   (1,023,107)
Class A   (480,832)   (2,547,491)   (1,141,087)   (3,071,503)
Net increase/(decrease) from fund share transactions   (2,752,106)   (8,463,880)   3,540,505    777,902 
                     
Total net increase in net assets   406,007    4,795,757    5,135,933    6,292,466 
                     
Net Assets                    
Beginning of period   50,702,675    45,906,918    22,933,274    16,640,808 
End of period  $51,108,682   $50,702,675   $28,069,207   $22,933,274 
                     
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss)  $(267,769)  $(155,596)  $(178,505)  $(109,773)
                     
Transactions in Fund Shares                    
Shares sold                    
Class S   85,798    507,732    184,177    192,376 
Class C   8,703    48,906    24,054    11,293 
Class A   20,561    45,694    41,026    138,114 
Shares repurchased                    
Class S   (161,207)   (800,369)   (52,390)   (124,649)
Class C   (75,529)   (198,758)   (17,683)   (53,192)
Class A   (26,080)   (165,063)   (44,285)   (142,928)
Net increase/(decrease)   (147,754)   (561,858)   134,899    21,014 
Shares outstanding, beginning of period   2,828,269    3,390,127    946,938    925,924 
Shares outstanding, end of period   2,680,515    2,828,269    1,081,837    946,938 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Diversified Funds Statements of Changes in Net Assets
             
   ICON Opportunities Fund  ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund
   Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30, 2017
  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30, 2017
Operations            
Net investment income/(loss)  $(83,789)  $(133,644)  $132,909   $376,709 
Net realized gain/(loss)   801,695    255,312    708,723    1,047,257 
Net realized gain/(loss) on long-term capital gain distributions from other investment companies               192,193 
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)   (621,466)   4,385,735    (691,083)   1,967,456 
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   96,440    4,507,403    150,549    3,583,615 
                     
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders                    
Net investment income                  
Class S           (62,824)   (228,027)
Class C           (23,509)   (107,326)
Class A           (27,604)   (98,195)
Net realized gains   (307,810)   (221,532)          
Net decrease from dividends and distributions   (307,810)   (221,532)   (113,937)   (433,548)
                     
Fund Share Transactions                    
Shares sold   5,808,923    2,342,771           
Class S           1,193,596    5,789,710 
Class C           1,816,995    4,874,335 
Class A           819,115    742,396 
Reinvested dividends and distributions   305,435    221,332           
Class S           57,853    209,620 
Class C           21,452    94,575 
Class A           25,779    90,299 
Shares repurchased   (2,074,583)   (3,539,469)          
Class S           (6,255,793)   (12,045,261)
Class C           (2,431,664)   (4,806,459)
Class A           (1,428,966)   (3,493,476)
Net increase/(decrease) from fund share transactions   4,039,775    (975,366)   (6,181,633)   (8,544,261)
                     
Total net increase/(decrease) in net assets   3,828,405    3,310,505    (6,145,021)   (5,394,194)
                     
Net Assets                    
Beginning of period   19,369,402    16,058,897    38,939,559    44,333,753 
End of period  $23,197,807   $19,369,402   $32,794,538   $38,939,559 
                     
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss)  $(187,217)  $(103,428)  $30,907   $11,935 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Diversified Funds Statements of Changes in Net Assets
             
   ICON Opportunities Fund  ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund
   Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30, 2017
  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30, 2017
Transactions in Fund Shares            
Shares sold   292,825    139,548           
Class S           73,982    386,228 
Class C           124,289    350,409 
Class A           52,088    50,434 
Issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions   15,481    13,488           
Class S           3,640    13,840 
Class C           1,468    6,868 
Class A           1,663    6,124 
Shares repurchased   (105,723)   (216,490)          
Class S           (392,686)   (819,237)
Class C           (165,737)   (349,264)
Class A           (91,165)   (239,935)
Net increase/(decrease)   202,583    (63,454)   (392,458)   (594,533)
Shares outstanding, beginning of period   1,025,694    1,089,148    2,581,338    3,175,871 
Shares outstanding, end of period   1,228,277    1,025,694    2,188,880    2,581,338 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Equity Income Fund Financial Highlights

For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class S  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30,
2017
  Year Ended
September 30,
2016
  Year Ended
September 30,
2015
  Year Ended
September 30,

2014
  Year Ended
September 30,

2013
Net asset value, beginning of period  $17.61   $15.62   $14.36   $14.87   $13.80   $12.18 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   0.23    0.61    0.60    0.56    0.52    0.47 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   0.40    1.95    1.27    (0.56)   1.04    1.65 
Total from investment operations   0.63    2.56    1.87    (0.00)(c)   1.56    2.12 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income   (0.29)   (0.57)   (0.61)   (0.51)   (0.49)   (0.50)
Total dividends and distributions   (0.29)   (0.57)   (0.61)   (0.51)   (0.49)   (0.50)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $17.95   $17.61   $15.62   $14.36   $14.87   $13.80 
                               
Total Return   3.58%(d)   16.53%   13.30%   (0.17)%   11.36%   17.76%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $50,205   $57,062   $37,868   $22,779   $8,022   $5,116 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.13%(e)   1.15%   1.24%   1.25%   1.38%   1.53%
After expense limitation(f)   0.99%(e)   1.05%(g)   1.20%   1.20%   1.20%   1.21%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   2.40%(e)   3.50%   3.91%   3.52%   3.36%   3.28%
After expense limitation(f)   2.54%(e)   3.60%   3.95%   3.57%   3.54%   3.60%
Portfolio turnover rate   75%(d)   206%   145%   174%   148%   163%

  

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.

(b)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(c)Amount less than $(0.005).

(d)Not Annualized.

(e)Annualized.

(f)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

(g)Effective January 26, 2017, the annual expense limitation rate changed from 1.20% to 0.99%.

  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Class C  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
  Year Ended
September 30,
2017
  Year Ended
September 30,

2016
  Year Ended
September 30,

2015
  Year Ended
September 30,
2014
  Year Ended
September 30,

2013
Net asset value, beginning of period  $17.76   $15.76   $14.45   $14.96   $13.88   $12.25 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   0.14    0.45    0.45    0.40    0.36    0.35 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   0.41    1.95    1.28    (0.56)   1.06    1.65 
Total from investment operations   0.55    2.40    1.73    (0.16)   1.42    2.00 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income   (0.20)   (0.40)   (0.42)   (0.35)   (0.34)   (0.37)
Total dividends and distributions   (0.20)   (0.40)   (0.42)   (0.35)   (0.34)   (0.37)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $18.11   $17.76   $15.76   $14.45   $14.96   $13.88 
                               
Total Return(c)   3.10%(d)   15.34%   12.15%   (1.16)%   10.26%   16.58%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $16,425   $15,878   $10,532   $6,825   $5,481   $5,423 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   2.15%(e)   2.20%   2.34%   2.34%   2.45%   2.42%
After expense limitation(f)   1.99%(e)   2.05%(g)   2.20%   2.20%   2.20%   2.21%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.41%(e)   2.49%   2.80%   2.40%   2.21%   2.49%
After expense limitation(f)   1.57%(e)   2.64%   2.94%   2.54%   2.46%   2.70%
Portfolio turnover rate   75%(d)   206%   145%   174%   148%   163%

  

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.

(b)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(c)The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.

(d)Not Annualized.

(e)Annualized.

(f)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.
(g)Effective January 26, 2017, the annual expense limitation rate changed from 2.20% to 1.99%.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class A  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $17.56   $15.58   $14.29   $14.79   $13.73   $12.12 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   0.21    0.54    0.56    0.50    0.47    0.45 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   0.40    1.96    1.26    (0.53)   1.04    1.63 
Total from investment operations   0.61    2.50    1.82    (0.03)   1.51    2.08 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income   (0.27)   (0.52)   (0.53)   (0.47)   (0.45)   (0.47)
Total dividends and distributions   (0.27)   (0.52)   (0.53)   (0.47)   (0.45)   (0.47)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $17.90   $17.56   $15.58   $14.29   $14.79   $13.73 
                               
Total Return(c)   3.46%(d)   16.20%   12.97%   (0.38)%   11.07%   17.49%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $13,451   $14,206   $16,775   $13,039   $13,847   $12,798 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.45%(e)   1.45%   1.54%   1.52%   1.59%   1.68%
After expense limitation(f)   1.24%(e)   1.31%(g)   1.45%   1.45%   1.45%   1.46%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   2.08%(e)   3.06%   3.64%   3.14%   3.08%   3.24%
After expense limitation(f)   2.29%(e)   3.20%   3.73%   3.21%   3.22%   3.45%
Portfolio turnover rate   75%(d)   206%   145%   174%   148%   163%

  

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.

(b)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(c)The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.

(d)Not Annualized.

(e)Annualized.

(f)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.
(g)Effective January 26, 2017, the annual expense limitation rate changed from 1.45% to 1.24%.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Class S  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited) (a)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $9.43   $9.55   $9.20   $9.90   $9.89   $10.51 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(b)(c)   0.18    0.37    0.34    0.41    0.43(d)   0.24 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   (0.16)   (0.11)   0.34    (0.44)   0.15    (0.32)
Total from investment operations   0.02    0.26    0.68    (0.03)   0.58    (0.08)
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income   (0.18)   (0.38)   (0.33)   (0.51)   (0.44)   (0.24)
Distributions from net realized gains               (0.13)   (0.13)   (0.30)
Return of capital               (0.03)        
Total dividends and distributions   (0.18)   (0.38)   (0.33)   (0.67)   (0.57)   (0.54)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $9.27   $9.43   $9.55   $9.20   $9.90   $9.89 
                               
Total Return   0.22%(e)   2.82%   7.54%   (0.28)%   6.01%   (0.84)%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $84,597   $80,467   $76,656   $73,152   $87,675   $88,313 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   0.90%(f)   0.91%   0.93%   0.91%   0.86%   0.89%
After expense limitation(g)   0.75%(f)   0.75%   0.75%   0.75%   0.75%   0.75%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   3.75%(f)   3.80%   3.43%   4.10%   4.22%   2.19%
After expense limitation(g)   3.90%(f)   3.96%   3.61%   4.26%   4.33%(d)   2.33%
Portfolio turnover rate   82%(e)   169%   141%   153%   176%   97%

  

(a)Prior to January 23, 2018, the ICON Flexible Bond Fund was known as the ICON Bond Fund.
(b)Calculated using the average shares method.

(c)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(d)Investment income per share of Class S reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $0.07 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets would have been 3.59% for Class S.
(e)Not Annualized.

(f)Annualized.

(g)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Flexible Bond Fund Financial Highlights

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Class C  Period Ended March 31, 2018 (Unaudited) (a)   Year Ended September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $9.48   $9.58   $9.24   $9.94   $9.93   $10.55 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(b)(c)   0.14    0.29    0.26    0.32    0.34(d)   0.15 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   (0.16)   (0.10)   0.34    (0.43)   0.15    (0.32)
Total from investment operations   (0.02)   0.19    0.60    (0.11)   0.49    (0.17)
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income   (0.15)   (0.29)   (0.26)   (0.43)   (0.35)   (0.15)
Distributions from net realized gains               (0.13)   (0.13)   (0.30)
Return of capital               (0.03)        
Total dividends and distributions   (0.15)   (0.29)   (0.26)   (0.59)   (0.48)   (0.45)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $9.31   $9.48   $9.58   $9.24   $9.94   $9.93 
                               
Total Return(e)   (0.26)%(f)   2.05%   6.59%   (1.10)%   5.10%   (1.66)%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $3,452   $3,739   $4,590   $4,142   $2,879   $3,008 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   2.11%(g)   2.13%   2.10%   2.19%   2.27%   2.06%
After expense limitation(h)   1.60%(g)   1.60%   1.60%   1.60%   1.60%   1.60%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   2.53%(g)   2.58%   2.28%   2.76%   2.75%   1.02%
After expense limitation(h)   3.04%(g)   3.11%   2.78%   3.35%   3.42%(d)   1.48%
Portfolio turnover rate   82%(f)   169%   141%   153%   176%   97%

  

(a)Prior to January 23, 2018, the ICON Flexible Bond Fund was known as the ICON Bond Fund.
(b)Calculated using the average shares method.

(c)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.
(d)Investment income per share of Class C reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $0.06 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 2.84% for Class C.
(e)The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.
(f)Not Annualized.

(g)Annualized.

(h)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Class A  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited) (a)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $9.39   $9.51   $9.17   $9.86   $9.89   $10.51 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(b)(c)   0.17    0.33    0.31    0.36    0.43(d)   0.21 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   (0.16)   (0.10)   0.34    (0.41)   0.12    (0.32)
Total from investment operations   0.01    0.23    0.65    (0.05)   0.55    (0.11)
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income   (0.17)   (0.35)   (0.31)   (0.48)   (0.45)   (0.21)
Distributions from net realized gains               (0.13)   (0.13)   (0.30)
Return of capital               (0.03)        
Total dividends and distributions   (0.17)   (0.35)   (0.31)   (0.64)   (0.58)   (0.51)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $9.23   $9.39   $9.51   $9.17   $9.86   $9.89 
                               
Total Return(e)   0.10%(f)   2.48%   7.25%   (0.44)%   5.77%   (1.08)%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $3,369   $3,859   $6,100   $7,838   $4,278   $6,792 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.45%(g)   1.41%   1.38%   1.36%   1.44%   1.34%
After expense limitation(h)   1.00%(g)   1.00%   1.00%   1.00%   1.00%   1.00%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   3.19%(g)   3.13%   2.98%   3.50%   3.84%   1.71%
After expense limitation(h)   3.64%(g)   3.54%   3.36%   3.86%   4.28%(d)   2.06%
Portfolio turnover rate   82%(f)   169%   141%   153%   176%   97%

  

(a)Prior to January 23, 2018, the ICON Flexible Bond Fund was known as the ICON Bond Fund.
(b)Calculated using the average shares method.

(c)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.
(d)Investment income per share of Class A reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $0.08 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 3.55% for Class A.
(e)The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.
(f)Not Annualized.

(g)Annualized.

(h)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Class S  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $18.68   $14.08   $13.83   $14.52   $14.00   $11.34 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   (0.01)   (0.01)   0.05    (0.02)   0.00(c)   0.07 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   1.21    4.61    0.20    (0.67)   0.52    2.66 
Total from investment operations   1.20    4.60    0.25    (0.69)   0.52    2.73 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income                       (0.07)
Total dividends and distributions                       (0.07)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $19.88   $18.68   $14.08   $13.83   $14.52   $14.00 
                               
Total Return   6.42%(d)   32.67%   1.81%   (4.75)%   3.71%   24.27%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $33,495   $32,883   $28,897   $33,695   $41,577   $6,986 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.07%(e)   1.10%   1.12%   1.09%   1.10%   1.23%
After expense limitation(f)   1.07%(e)   1.10%   1.12%   1.09%   1.10%   1.23%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   (0.09)%(e)   (0.04)%   0.39%   (0.11)%   0.02%   0.59%
After expense limitation(f)   (0.09)%(e)   (0.04)%   0.39%   (0.11)%   0.02%   0.59%
Portfolio turnover rate   9%(d)   15%   31%   54%   65%   33%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.
(b)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.
(c) Amount less than $0.005.
(d)Not Annualized.
(e)Annualized.
(f)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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Class C  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $16.34   $12.46   $12.38   $13.15   $12.82   $10.42 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   (0.11)   (0.17)   (0.09)   (0.18)   (0.14)   (0.07)
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   1.06    4.05    0.17    (0.59)   0.47    2.47 
Total from investment operations   0.95    3.88    0.08    (0.77)   0.33    2.40 
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $17.29   $16.34   $12.46   $12.38   $13.15   $12.82 
                               
Total Return(c)   5.81%(d)   31.14%   0.65%   (5.86)%   2.57%   23.03%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $12,242   $12,663   $11,520   $13,745   $17,050   $18,848 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   2.26%(e)   2.31%   2.41%   2.27%   2.26%   2.32%
After expense limitation(f)   2.25%(e)   2.25%   2.26%   2.25%   2.25%   2.26%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   (1.29)%(e)   (1.25)%   (0.90)%   (1.29)%   (1.09)%   (0.64)%
After expense limitation(f)   (1.28)%(e)   (1.19)%   (0.75)%   (1.27)%   (1.08)%   (0.58)%
Portfolio turnover rate   9%(d)   15%   31%   54%   65%   33%

 

(a) Calculated using the average shares method.
(b) The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.
(c) The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.
(d) Not Annualized.
(e) Annualized.
(f) The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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ICON Fund Financial Highlights
  For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class A  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $17.60   $13.31   $13.13   $13.84   $13.39   $10.85 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   (0.05)   (0.07)   0.00(c)   (0.08)   (0.05)   0.02 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   1.14    4.36    0.18    (0.63)   0.50    2.56 
Total from investment operations   1.09    4.29    0.18    (0.71)   0.45    2.58 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income                       (0.04)
Total dividends and distributions                       (0.04)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $18.69   $17.60   $13.31   $13.13   $13.84   $13.39 
                               
Total Return(d)   6.19%(e)   32.23%   1.37%   (5.13)%   3.36%   23.90%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $5,372   $5,156   $5,490   $6,994   $8,076   $10,000 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.63%(f)   1.66%   1.67%   1.55%   1.56%   1.58%
After expense limitation(g)   1.50%(f)   1.50%   1.51%   1.50%   1.50%   1.51%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   (0.65)%(f)   (0.60)%   (0.16)%   (0.57)%   (0.38)%   0.12%
After expense limitation(g)   (0.52)%(f)   (0.44)%   0.00%(h)   (0.52)%   (0.32)%   0.19%
Portfolio turnover rate   9%(e)   15%   31%   54%   65%   33%

 

(a) Calculated using the average shares method.
(b) The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.
(c) Amount less than $0.005.
(d) The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.
(e) Not Annualized.
(f) Annualized.
(g) The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.
(h) Less than 0.005% of average net assets.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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ICON Long/Short Fund Financial Highlights
  For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class S  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $25.13   $18.70   $18.39   $18.41   $17.48   $14.56 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   (0.03)   (0.04)   0.04    (0.09)   (0.06)   0.01 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   1.75    6.47    0.27    0.07    0.99    2.91 
Total from investment operations   1.72    6.43    0.31    (0.02)   0.93    2.92 
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $26.85   $25.13   $18.70   $18.39   $18.41   $17.48 
                               
Total Return   6.84%(c)   34.39%   1.69%   (0.11)%   5.32%   20.05%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $15,568   $11,259   $7,114   $17,196   $16,465   $4,774 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.34%(d)   1.50%   1.63%   1.37%   1.45%   1.53%
After expense limitation(e)   1.25%(d)   1.25%   1.28%   1.28%   1.32%   1.32%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   (0.33)%(d)   (0.43)%   (0.11)%   (0.52)%   (0.47)%   (0.14)%
After expense limitation(e)   (0.24)%(d)   (0.18)%   0.24%   (0.43)%   (0.34)%   0.07%
Portfolio turnover rate   9%(c)   24%   20%   74%   65%   33%

 

(a) Calculated using the average shares method.
(b) The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.
(c) Not Annualized.
(d) Annualized.
(e) The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense or dividends on short positions, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense and dividends on short positions, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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ICON Long/Short Fund Financial Highlights
  For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class C  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $22.13   $16.65   $16.54   $16.74   $16.05   $13.52 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   (0.15)   (0.25)   (0.13)   (0.27)   (0.24)   (0.14)
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   1.55    5.73    0.24    0.07    0.93    2.67 
Total from investment operations   1.40    5.48    0.11    (0.20)   0.69    2.53 
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $23.53   $22.13   $16.65   $16.54   $16.74   $16.05 
                               
Total Return(c)   6.33%(d)   32.91%   0.67%   (1.19)%   4.30%   18.71%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $5,114   $4,671   $4,211   $6,300   $6,932   $6,108 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   2.55%(e)   2.75%   2.76%   2.53%   2.57%   2.62%
After expense limitation(f)   2.30%(e)   2.30%   2.33%   2.33%   2.38%   2.37%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   (1.55)%(e)   (1.69)%   (1.21)%   (1.68)%   (1.58)%   (1.21)%
After expense limitation(f)   (1.30)%(e)   (1.24)%   (0.78)%   (1.48)%   (1.39)%   (0.96)%
Portfolio turnover rate   9%(d)   24%   20%   74%   65%   33%

 

(a) Calculated using the average shares method.
(b) The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.
(c) The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.
(d) Not Annualized.
(e) Annualized.
(f) The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense or dividends on short positions, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense and dividends on short positions, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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ICON Long/Short Fund Financial Highlights
  For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class A  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $24.33   $18.16   $17.91   $17.99   $17.13   $14.31 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   (0.07)   (0.11)   (0.01)   (0.15)   (0.12)   (0.02)
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   1.69    6.28    0.26    0.07    0.98    2.84 
Total from investment operations   1.62    6.17    0.25    (0.08)   0.86    2.82 
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $25.95   $24.33   $18.16   $17.91   $17.99   $17.13 
                               
Total Return(c)   6.66%(d)   33.98%   1.40%   (0.44)%   5.02%   19.71%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $7,387   $7,003   $5,316   $9,186   $11,160   $8,813 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.81%(e)   1.93%   1.95%   1.73%   1.81%   1.91%
After expense limitation(f)   1.55%(e)   1.55%   1.58%   1.58%   1.63%   1.61%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   (0.81)%(e)   (0.87)%   (0.40)%   (0.89)%   (0.82)%   (0.45)%
After expense limitation(f)   (0.55)%(e)   (0.49)%   (0.03)%   (0.74)%   (0.64)%   (0.16)%
Portfolio turnover rate   9%(d)   24%   20%   74%   65%   33%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.

(b)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(c)The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.

(d)Not Annualized.

(e)Annualized.

(f)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense or dividends on short positions, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense and dividends on short positions, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.  
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ICON Opportunities Fund Financial Highlights
  For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

   Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
  

Year Ended
September 30,

2015

   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013 (a)
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $18.88   $14.74   $13.32   $13.04   $13.02   $10.00 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(b)   (0.07)   (0.13)   (0.03)   (0.09)   (0.12)   (0.01)
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   0.37    4.48    1.46    0.58    0.41(c)   3.03 
Total from investment operations   0.30    4.35    1.43    0.49    0.29    3.02 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Distributions from net realized gains   (0.29)   (0.21)   (0.01)   (0.21)   (0.27)    
Total dividends and distributions   (0.29)   (0.21)   (0.01)   (0.21)   (0.27)    
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $18.89   $18.88   $14.74   $13.32   $13.04   $13.02 
                               
Total Return   1.55%(d)   29.75%   10.76%   3.75%   2.19%   30.20%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $23,198   $19,369   $16,059   $11,047   $12,133   $442 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.30%(e)   1.47%   1.53%   1.58%   2.44%   12.47%
After expense limitation(f)   1.30%(e)   1.45%(g)   1.51%   1.50%   1.50%   1.52%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   (0.76)%(e)   (0.80)%   (0.27)%   (0.72)%   (1.81)%   (11.02)%
After expense limitation(f)   (0.76)%(e)   (0.78)%   (0.25)%   (0.65)%   (0.87)%   (0.07)%
Portfolio turnover rate   27%(d)   26%   95%   76%   46%   52%

 

(a)Commenced operations on October 1, 2012.

(b)Calculated using the average shares method.

(c)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to capital transactions.

(d)Not Annualized.

(e)Annualized.

(f)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

(g)Effective June 30, 2017, the annual expense limitation rate changed from 1.50% to 1.30%.

 

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ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund Financial Highlights
  For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class S  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $15.74   $14.46   $14.02   $13.98   $13.40   $12.32 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   0.10    0.21    0.19    0.18    0.24    0.24 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   (0.02)   1.30    0.42    0.01    0.56    1.04 
Total from investment operations   0.08    1.51    0.61    0.19    0.80    1.28 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income   (0.09)   (0.23)   (0.17)   (0.15)   (0.22)   (0.20)
Total dividends and distributions   (0.09)   (0.23)   (0.17)   (0.15)   (0.22)   (0.20)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $15.73   $15.74   $14.46   $14.02   $13.98   $13.40 
                               
Total Return   0.48%(c)   10.53%   4.39%   1.35%   6.02%   10.51%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $10,307   $15,272   $20,087   $26,677   $20,071   $43,350 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.40%(d)   1.36%   1.27%   1.34%   1.22%   1.43%
After expense limitation(e)   1.20%(d)   1.20%   1.20%   1.20%   1.20%   1.21%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.04%(d)   1.26%   1.27%   1.09%   1.72%   1.65%
After expense limitation(e)   1.24%(d)   1.42%   1.34%   1.23%   1.74%   1.87%
Portfolio turnover rate   54%(c)   83%   109%   119%   137%   98%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.

(b)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(c)Not Annualized.

(d)Annualized.

(e)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

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ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund Financial Highlights
  For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class C  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $14.42   $13.27   $12.89   $12.90   $12.39   $11.41 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   0.02    0.06    0.04    0.03    0.09    0.09 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   (0.02)   1.19    0.39    0.01    0.54    0.98 
Total from investment operations   (0.00)   1.25    0.43    0.04    0.63    1.07 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income   (0.02)   (0.10)   (0.05)   (0.05)   (0.12)   (0.09)
Total dividends and distributions   (0.02)   (0.10)   (0.05)   (0.05)   (0.12)   (0.09)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $14.40   $14.42   $13.27   $12.89   $12.90   $12.39 
                               
Total Return(c)   %(d)   9.44%   3.35%   0.31%   5.06%   9.45%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $15,983   $16,583   $15,151   $13,061   $9,469   $5,667 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   2.27%(e)   2.30%   2.29%   2.38%   2.33%   2.72%
After expense limitation(f)   2.20%(e)   2.20%   2.20%   2.20%   2.20%   2.22%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   0.20%(e)   0.35%   0.24%   0.06%   0.61%   0.22%
After expense limitation(f)   0.27%(e)   0.45%   0.33%   0.24%   0.74%   0.72%
Portfolio turnover rate   54%(d)   83%   109%   119%   137%   98%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.

(b)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(c)The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.

(d)Not Annualized.

(e)Annualized.

(f)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.  
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Class A  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $15.36   $14.11   $13.68   $13.69   $13.12   $12.06 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   0.08    0.17    0.15    0.14    0.20    0.18 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   (0.02)   1.27    0.42    0.00(c)   0.57    1.05 
Total from investment operations   0.06    1.44    0.57    0.14    0.77    1.23 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income   (0.07)   (0.19)   (0.14)   (0.15)   (0.20)   (0.17)
Total dividends and distributions   (0.07)   (0.19)   (0.14)   (0.15)   (0.20)   (0.17)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $15.35   $15.36   $14.11   $13.68   $13.69   $13.12 
                               
Total Return(d)   0.36%(e)   10.29%   4.18%   1.00%   5.88%   10.28%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $6,505   $7,084   $9,095   $8,446   $7,014   $7,819 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.66%(f)   1.64%   1.60%   1.70%   1.65%   2.12%
After expense limitation(g)   1.45%(f)   1.45%   1.45%   1.45%   1.45%   1.47%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   0.81%(f)   0.98%   0.93%   0.71%   1.29%   0.81%
After expense limitation(g)   1.02%(f)   1.17%   1.08%   0.96%   1.49%   1.46%
Portfolio turnover rate   54%(e)   83%   109%   119%   137%   98%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.

(b)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(c)Amount less than $0.005.

(d)The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.

(e)Not Annualized.

(f)Annualized.

(g)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

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1. ORGANIZATION

 

 

The ICON Equity Income Fund (“Equity Income Fund”), ICON Flexible Bond Fund (“Flexible Bond Fund”)(prior to January 23, 2018, known as the ICON Bond Fund), ICON Fund (“ICON Fund”), ICON Long/Short Fund (“Long/ Short Fund”), ICON Opportunities Fund (“Opportunities Fund”) and ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund (“Risk-Managed Balanced Fund”) are a series of funds (individually a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). The Funds are part of the ICON Funds (the “Trust”), a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) as an open-end investment management company. Each Fund, with the exception of the Opportunities Fund, offers three classes of shares: Class S, Class C and Class A. The Opportunities Fund is a single-class fund. All classes have equal rights as to earnings, assets and voting privileges except that each Class may bear different distribution fees, registration costs, legal costs, mailing and printing costs and shareholder servicing costs and each Class has exclusive voting rights with respect to its distribution plan. There are currently eleven other active Funds within the Trust. Those Funds are covered by separate prospectuses and shareholder reports.

 

Each Fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of no par shares. The investment objective of the Equity Income Fund is modest capital appreciation and income. The investment objective of the Flexible Bond Fund is to maximize total return. The investment objective of the ICON Fund is long-term capital appreciation with a secondary objective of capital preservation to provide long-term growth. The investment objective of the Opportunities Fund is to provide capital appreciation. The investment objective of the Long/Short Fund is to provide capital appreciation. The investment objective of the Risk-Managed Balanced Fund is modest capital appreciation and income.

 

The Funds, like all investments in securities, have elements of risk, including risk of loss of principal. There is no assurance that the Funds will achieve their investment objectives and may underperform funds with similar investment objectives. An investment concentrated in sectors and industries involves greater risk and volatility than a more diversified investment. Securities of small companies generally involve greater risks than investments in larger companies. Small company securities tend to be more volatile and less liquid than equity securities of larger companies. Investing in fixed income securities such as bonds involves interest rate risk. When interest rates rise, the value of fixed income securities generally decreases. Additionally, the Equity Income Fund, Flexible Bond Fund and Risk-Managed Balanced Fund may invest in medium-and lower-quality debt securities. High-yield bonds, also known as “junk bonds” are speculative investments and involve a greater risk of default and price volatility than U.S. government and other high-quality bonds. Junk bonds are also less liquid (more difficult to sell) than equities and higher credit bonds. Reduced liquidity may adversely affect the market price of, and ability of a Fund to value and sell particular securities at certain times, thereby making it difficult to make specific valuation determinations.

 

The Equity Income Fund, Flexible Bond Fund and Risk-Managed Balanced Fund may invest in mortgage-related securities, which are interests in pools of mortgage loans made to residential home buyers, including mortgage loans made by savings and loan institutions, mortgage bankers, commercial banks and others. Pools of mortgage loans are assembled as securities for sale to investors by various governmental and government-related organizations. The Equity Income Fund, Flexible Bond Fund and Risk-Managed Balanced Fund also may invest in debt securities that are secured with collateral consisting of mortgage related securities (a Collateralized Mortgage Obligations or “CMO”), and in other types of mortgage-related or other asset-backed securities. CMOs are debt obligations of a legal entity that are collateralized by whole mortgage loans or private mortgage bonds and divided into classes. CMOs are typically structured into multiple classes, often referred to as “tranches,” with each class bearing a different stated maturity and entitled to a different schedule for payments of principal and interest, including prepayments. CMOs may be less liquid and may exhibit greater price volatility than other types of mortgage-related or asset-backed securities. Many of the risks of investing in mortgage-related securities secured by commercial mortgage loans reflect the effects of local and other economic conditions on real estate markets, the ability of tenants to make lease payments, and the ability of a property to attract and retain tenants. These securities may be less liquid and may exhibit greater price volatility than other types of mortgage-related or other asset-backed securities. Other asset-backed securities are created from many types of assets, including auto loans, credit card receivables, home equity loans, and student loans. The ICON Fund and Long/Short Fund also may invest in such securities for temporary defensive purposes.

 

The Long/Short Fund may engage in short selling; there are risks associated with selling short, including the risk that the Long/Short Fund may have to cover its short position at a higher price than the short sale, resulting in a loss. The Long/Short Fund’s loss on a short sale is potentially unlimited as a loss occurs when the value of a security sold short increases.

 

The Risk-Managed Balanced Fund invests in call options; selling/writing call options involves certain risks, such as limiting gains and lack of liquidity of the underlying securities, and are not suitable for all investors.

 

Investments in foreign securities and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with those of U.S. dollar-denominated transactions as a result of, among other factors, the possibility of less government supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets and the possibility of political or economic instability. Financial statements of foreign companies are governed by different accounting, auditing, and financial standards than U.S. companies and may be less transparent and uniform than in the United States. Many corporate governance standards, which help ensure the integrity of public information in the United States, may not exist in some foreign

 

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countries. In general, there may be less governmental supervision of foreign stock exchanges and securities brokers and issuers. There are also risks associated with small- and mid-cap investing, including limited product lines, less liquidity and small market share.

 

The Equity Income Fund has a significant weighting in the Financials sector, the ICON Fund has a significant weighting in the Information Technology, Financials and Consumer Discretionary sectors, the Long/Short Fund has a significant weighting in the Information Technology and Financial sectors, the Opportunities Fund has a significant weighting in the Information Technology and Consumer Discretionary sectors which may cause the Funds’ performance to be susceptible to the economic, business and/or other developments that may affect those sectors.

 

In the normal course of business, the Funds may enter into various agreements that provide for general indemnifications. Each Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as any potential exposure involving future claims that may be made against each Fund is unknown. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.

 

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

 

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements. The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), which requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from these estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies in the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946.

 

Investment Valuation

 

The Funds’ securities and other assets, excluding options on securities indexes, are valued at the closing price as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) (normally 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time) each day the NYSE is open, except that securities traded primarily on the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) are normally valued by the Funds at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price provided by NASDAQ each business day. If the NYSE closes unexpectedly and there is active trading on other exchanges, the securities will be valued at the Valuation Time based off of those exchanges. Options on securities indexes are valued at the close of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (normally 4:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time) on each day the NYSE is open for trading.

 

The Funds use pricing services to obtain the fair value of securities in their portfolios. If a pricing service is not able to provide a price, or the pricing service’s valuation is considered inaccurate or does not, in the Funds’ judgment, reflect the fair value of the security, prices may be obtained through market quotations from independent broker/dealers. If market quotations from these sources are not readily available, the Funds’ securities or other assets are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Funds’ Pricing Committee pursuant to procedures approved by the Funds’ Board of Trustees (the “Board”).

 

Lacking any sales that day, a security is valued at the current closing bid price (or yield equivalent thereof) or based on quotes obtained from dealers making a market for the security. Exchange traded options are valued at the composite price, using the National Best Bid and Offer quotes (“NBBO”). NBBO consists of the highest bid price and lowest ask price across any of the exchanges on which an option is quoted, thus providing a view across the entire U.S. options marketplace. Debt securities with a remaining maturity of greater than 60 days are valued using the evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service. The evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service is based upon a matrix valuation system which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings. Short-term debt securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost or original cost plus accrued interest, which approximates fair value. Currency rates as of the close of the NYSE are used to convert foreign security values into U.S. dollars.

 

Mortgage-related and asset-backed securities are typically issued as separate tranches, or classes, of securities within each deal. These securities are also normally valued by pricing service providers that use broker-dealer quotations, reported trades or valuation estimates from their internal pricing models. The pricing models for these securities usually consider tranche level attributes, current market data, estimated cash flows and market based yield spreads for each tranche, and incorporate deal collateral performance, as available. Mortgage-related and asset-backed securities that use similar valuation techniques and inputs as described above are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

Securities of investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded. Investments in shares of funds, including money market funds, that are not traded on an exchange are valued at the end of day net asset value (“NAV”) per share of such fund. Securities in the underlying funds, including restricted securities are valued in accordance with the valuation policy of such fund.

 

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The Funds’ securities traded in countries outside of the Western Hemisphere are fair valued daily by utilizing the quotations of an independent pricing service, unless the Funds’ Pricing Committee determines that use of another valuation methodology is appropriate. The purposes of daily fair valuation are to avoid stale prices and to take into account, among other things, any significant events occurring after the close of foreign markets. The pricing service uses statistical analyses and quantitative models to adjust local market prices using factors such as subsequent movements and changes in the prices of indexes, securities and exchange rates in other markets to determine fair value as of the time a Fund calculates its NAV. The valuation assigned to fair-value securities for purposes of calculating each Fund’s NAV may differ from the security’s most recent closing market price and from the prices used by other mutual funds to calculate their NAVs.

 

Various inputs are used to determine the value of the Funds’ investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

  Level 1 —    quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
  Level 2 —    significant observable inputs other than Level 1 quoted prices (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, and credit risk).
  Level 3 —    significant unobservable inputs.

 

Observable inputs are those based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Funds, and unobservable inputs reflect the Funds’ own assumptions based on the best information available. The input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investments at that level. For example, non-U.S. equity securities actively traded in foreign markets may be reflected in Level 2 despite the availability of closing prices, because the Funds evaluate and determine whether those closing prices reflect fair value at the close of the NYSE or require adjustment, as described above. The following table summarizes the Funds’ investments, based on the inputs used to determine their values on March 31, 2018:

 

ICON Equity 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  $   $3,914,616   $   $3,914,616 
Common Stocks   65,461,417            65,461,417 
Preferred Stocks   2,503,447            2,503,447 
Convertible Preferred Stocks   1,385,963            1,385,963 
Closed-End Mutual Funds   4,105,441            4,105,441 
Put Options Purchased   263,950            263,950 
Collateral for Securities on Loan       3,820,304        3,820,304 
Total  $73,720,218   $7,734,920   $   $81,455,138 

 

ICON Flexible Bond 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  $   $58,752,005   $   $58,752,005 
Asset-Backed Securities       3,397,880        3,397,880 
Preferred Stocks   7,014,005            7,014,005 
Convertible Preferred Stocks   1,767,112            1,767,112 
Closed-End Mutual Funds   8,015,702            8,015,702 
Collateral for Securities on Loan       2,333,120        2,333,120 
Total  $16,796,819   $64,483,005   $   $81,279,824 

 

ICON Fund                
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  $51,083,051   $   $   $51,083,051 
Total  $51,083,051   $   $   $51,083,051 

 

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ICON Long/Short Fund                
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  $27,665,736   $   $   $27,665,736 
Total  $27,665,736   $   $   $27,665,736 

 

ICON Opportunities Fund                
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  $23,113,055   $   $   $23,113,055 
Collateral for Securities on Loan       1,571,815        1,571,815 
Total  $23,113,055   $1,571,815   $   $24,684,870 

 

ICON Risk-Managed Balanced 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  $   $5,822,921   $   $5,822,921 
Asset-Backed Securities       242,706        242,706 
U.S. Treasury Obligations       1,932,371        1,932,371 
Common Stocks   19,360,109            19,360,109 
Preferred Stocks   723,495            723,495 
Convertible Preferred Stocks   116,175            116,175 
Closed-End Mutual Funds   2,928,366            2,928,366 
Put Options Purchased   41,850            41,850 
Collateral for Securities on Loan       451,122        451,122 
Total  $23,169,995   $8,449,120   $   $31,619,115 

 

*Please refer to the Schedule of Investments and the Sector/Industry Classification and Credit Diversification tables for additional security details.

 

There were no Level 3 securities held in any of the Funds at March 31, 2018.

 

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, there was no transfer activity between Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3.

 

The end of period timing recognition is used for transfers between levels of each Fund’s assets and liabilities.

 

Fund Share Valuation

 

Fund shares are sold and redeemed on a daily basis at the NAV. NAV per share is determined daily as of the close of trading on the NYSE on each day the NYSE is open for trading. The NAV is computed by dividing the total value of each Fund’s investments and other assets, less liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

Idle cash may be swept into various overnight demand deposits and is classified as cash and cash equivalents on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The Funds maintain cash in bank deposit accounts which, at times, may exceed United States federally insured limits. Amounts swept overnight are available on the next business day.

 

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Foreign Currency Translation

 

The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated daily into U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange. Income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the respective dates of the transactions. Purchases and sales of securities are translated into U.S. dollars at the contractual currency exchange rates established at the time of each trade.

 

The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Net unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments and foreign currency translations arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities resulting from changes in the exchange rates and changes in market prices of securities held.

 

Options Transactions

 

The Funds’ use of derivatives for the six months ended March 31, 2018 was limited to purchased options.

 

The Risk-Managed Balanced Fund’s primary investment strategy involves the use of options. Each of the other Funds may also purchase and/or write (sell) call and put options on any security in which it may invest. A Fund may use derivatives to hedge risks inherent in its portfolio, to enhance the potential return of its portfolio, to diversify its portfolio, as a substitute for taking a position in an underlying asset, to reduce transaction costs associated with managing a portfolio, or to implement an investment strategy through investments that may be more tax-efficient than a direct equity investment.

 

Option contracts involve market risk and liquidity risk and can be highly volatile. Should prices of securities or securities indexes move in an unexpected manner, the Funds may not achieve the desired benefits and may realize losses and thus be in a worse position than if such strategies had not been utilized.

 

When a Fund writes a put or call option, an amount equal to the premium received is included on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as a liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current fair value of the option. If an option expires on its stipulated expiration date or if the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, a gain or loss is realized. If a written call option on an individual security is exercised, a gain or loss is realized for the sale of the underlying security, and the proceeds from the sale are increased by the premium originally received. If a written call option on a securities index is exercised, a gain or loss is realized as determined by the premium originally received, the exercise price and the fair value of the index. If a written put option on an individual security is exercised, the cost of the security acquired is decreased by the premium originally received. As a writer of an option, a Fund bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the individual security or securities index underlying the written option. Additionally, written call options may involve the risk of limiting gains.

 

Each Fund may also purchase put and call options. When a Fund purchases a put or call option, an amount equal to the premium paid is included on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an investment, and is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current fair value of the option. If an option expires on the stipulated expiration date or if the Fund enters into a closing purchase or sale transaction, a gain or loss is realized. If the Fund exercises a call option on an individual security, the cost of the security acquired is increased by the premium paid for the call. If the Fund exercises a put option on an individual security, a gain or loss is realized from the sale of the underlying security, and the proceeds from such a sale are decreased by the premium originally paid. If the Fund exercises a put or a call option on a security index, a gain or loss is realized as determined by the premium originally paid, the exercise price and the fair value of the index. Written and purchased options are non-income producing securities.

 

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the Equity Income Fund engaged in purchased put option transactions and the Risk-Managed Balanced Fund engaged in purchased put options transactions. All open option contracts are included on each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The Risk-Managed Balanced Fund’s written options, if any, were collateralized by cash and/or securities held in a segregated account at the Fund’s custodian during the year. The securities pledged as collateral would be included on the Schedule of Investments if they were held at year end. Such collateral is restricted from the Fund’s use. The cash collateral held for the custodian and/or borrowings from the custodian, if any, is included on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

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The following is a summary of how these derivatives are treated in the financial statements and their impact on the Funds: 

 

ICON Equity Income Fund  Asset Derivatives   Liability Derivatives 
Risk Exposure 

Statements of Assets and

Liabilities Location

   Fair Value  

Statements of Assets and

Liabilities Location

   Fair Value 
Equity Contracts (Purchased Options)  Investments, at value  $263,950   N/A   N/A 
Total     $263,950      $ 

  

ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund  Asset Derivatives   Liability Derivatives 
Risk Exposure  Statements of Assets and Liabilities Location   Fair Value   Statements of Assets and Liabilities Location   Fair Value 
Equity Contracts (Purchased Options)  Investments, at value  $41,850   N/A   N/A 
Total     $41,850      $ 

  

ICON Equity Income Fund

 

Risk Exposure 

  Statements of Operations Location  Realized Gain/(Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income   Change in Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income 
Equity Contracts (Purchased Options)  Net realized gain/(loss) on Investments and foreign currency translations/ Change in unrealized net appreciation/(depreciation) on Investments and foreign currency  $(58,796)  $276,831 
Total     $(58,796)  $276,831 

  

ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund

 

Risk Exposure 

  Statements of Operations Location  Realized Gain/(Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income   Change in Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income 
Equity Contracts (Purchased Options)  Net realized gain/(loss) on Investments and foreign currency translations/ Change in unrealized net appreciation/(depreciation) on Investments and foreign currency  $(75,404)  $54,507 
Total     $(75,404)  $54,507 

 

 

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The average purchased and written option contracts during the six months ended March 31, 2018, was as follows:

 

ICON Equity Income Fund

 

Derivative Type Unit of Measurement Average Contracts+ Days Held
Purchased Options Contracts 78 182

 

ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund

 

Derivative Type Unit of Measurement Average Contracts+ Days Held
Purchased Options Contracts 14 182

 

+The average is calculated based on the actual number of days with outstanding derivatives.

 

The Funds value derivatives at fair value, as described above, and recognize changes in fair value currently in the results of operations. Accordingly, the Funds do not follow hedge accounting, even for derivatives employed as economic hedges.

 

Short Sales

 

The Long/Short Fund may engage in short sales (selling securities it does not own) as part of its normal investment activities. The Long/Short Fund enters into short positions in equity securities identified as being overvalued in management’s opinion.

 

Short sales involve market risk. If a security sold short increases in price, the Long/Short Fund may have to cover its short position at a higher price than the short sale price, resulting in a loss. These short sales are collateralized by cash and/or securities held with the Fund’s prime broker and in a segregated account at the Funds’ prime broker. The collateral required is determined daily by reference to the fair value of the short positions. Such collateral for the Fund is restricted from use. The cash collateral that is restricted from use is included on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as “Deposits for short sales.” The securities pledged as collateral that are restricted from use are included on the Schedule of Investments. Dividends received on short sales are treated as an expense on the Statements of Operations. Liabilities for securities sold short are closed out by purchasing the applicable securities for delivery to the Fund’s prime broker. As of and for the six months ended March 31, 2018, the Long/Short Fund did not engage in short selling.

 

Securities Lending

 

Under procedures adopted by the Board, the Funds may lend securities to certain approved brokers, dealers and other financial institutions to earn additional income. Cash collateral is received in exchange for securities on loan in the amount of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned or at least 105% of the value of non-U.S. securities loaned, marked to market daily. The Funds retain certain benefits of owning the securities, including receipt of dividends or interest generated by the security, but give up other rights including the right to vote proxies. The Funds retain the ability to recall the loans at any time and could do so in order to vote proxies or to sell the loaned securities. Each loan is collateralized by cash that generally exceeds the value of the securities on loan. The fair value of the loaned securities is determined daily at the close of business of the Funds and any additional required collateral is delivered to each Fund on the next business day. 

 

Generally, in the event of borrower default, the Funds have the right to use the collateral to offset any losses incurred. In the event the Funds are delayed or prevented from exercising their rights to dispose of the collateral, there may be a potential loss to the Funds. Some of these losses may be indemnified by the lending agent.

 

The Funds have elected to invest the cash collateral received from lending in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio which is disclosed on the Schedules of Investments. The Funds bear the risk of loss with respect to the investment of collateral. The net securities lending income earned by the Funds for the six months ended March 31, 2018, is included in the Statements of Operations.

 

 

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The following table indicates the total amount of securities loaned by type, reconciled to gross liability payable upon return of the securities loaned by the Funds as of March 31, 2018:

 

   Remaining contractual maturity of the lending agreement         
   Overnight & Continuous   Up to 30 days   30-90 days   Greater than 90 days   Fair Value   Collateral Received   Excess amount due to counterparty 
Securities Lending Transactions                               
ICON Equity Income Fund                                   
Equity Securities  $3,019,328   $   $   $   $3,019,328   $3,019,328   $800,976 
ICON Flexible Bond Fund                                   
Corporate Securities   821,455                821,455    821,455    39,968 
Equity Securities   1,441,936                1,441,936    1,441,936    29,761 
Total                    2,263,391    2,263,391    69,729 
ICON Opportunites Fund                                   
Equity Securities   1,561,495                1,561,495    1,561,495    10,320 
ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund                               
Equity Securities   446,399                446,399    446,399    4,723 

  

Income Taxes, Dividends, and Distributions

 

The Funds intend to continue to qualify as regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and, accordingly, the Funds will generally not be subject to federal and state income taxes or federal excise taxes to the extent that they intend to make sufficient distributions of net investment income and net realized capital gains. As of and during the six months ended March 31, 2018, the Funds did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. The Funds recognize the interest and penalties, if any, related to the unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statements of Operations. During the period, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.

  

Dividends paid by the Funds from net investment income and distributions of net realized short-term gains are, for federal income tax purposes, taxable as ordinary income to shareholders.

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded by the Funds on the ex-dividend/distribution date. The Flexible Bond Fund distributes net investment income, if any, to shareholders monthly. The Equity Income Fund and the Risk-Managed Balanced Fund intend to distribute net investment income, if any, to shareholders quarterly. The other Funds distribute income, if any, annually. The Funds distribute net realized capital gains, if any, to shareholders at least annually, if not offset by capital loss carryforwards. The Funds may utilize equalization accounting for tax purposes and designate earnings and profits, including net realized gains distributed to shareholders on redemption of shares, as part of the dividends paid deduction for income tax purposes. Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

 

Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax periods and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements.

 

The Funds file U.S. tax returns. While the statute of limitations remains open to examine the Funds’ U.S. tax returns filed for the past three years, no examinations are in progress or anticipated at this time. The Funds are not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.

 

Certain foreign countries impose a capital gains tax which is accrued by the Funds based on the unrealized appreciation, if any, on affected securities. Any accrual would reduce a Fund’s NAV. The tax is paid when the gain is realized and is included in capital gains tax in the Statements of Operations.

 

Investment Income

 

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Interest income is accrued as earned. Certain dividends from foreign securities are recorded as soon as the Funds are informed of the dividend if such information is obtained subsequent to the ex-dividend date. Discounts and premiums on fixed income securities purchased are accreted or amortized to income over the life of the respective securities based on the effective yield. Paydown gains and losses on mortgage-related and other asset-backed securities are recorded as components of interest income on the Statements of Operations. 

 

 

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Investment Transactions

 

Security transactions are accounted for no later than one business day after the trade date. However, for financial reporting purposes, security transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

 

Withholding Tax

 

Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Funds’ understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. The ability of issuers of debt securities held by the Funds to meet their obligations may be affected by economic and political developments in specific country or region.

 

Other

 

The Funds hold certain investments which pay dividends to their shareholders based upon available funds from operations. It is possible for these dividends to exceed the underlying investments’ taxable earnings and profits resulting in the excess portion of such dividends being designated as a return of capital. Distributions received from investments in securities that represent a return of capital or capital gains are recorded as a reduction of the cost of investments or as a realized gain, respectively.

 

Allocation of Expenses

 

Each class of a Fund’s shares bears expenses incurred specifically on its behalf and, in addition, each class bears a portion of general expenses, based upon relative net assets of each class or number of shareholder accounts. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed to a specific Fund in the Trust are apportioned between all Funds in the Trust based upon relative net assets or number of shareholder accounts. In calculating the net asset value per share of each class, investment income, realized and unrealized gains and losses and expenses other than class-specific expenses are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon the proportion of net assets.

 

Below are additional class level expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2018 that are included on the Statements of Operations: 

 

Fund  Printing Fees*   Transfer Agent Fees*   Registration Fees 
ICON Equity Income Fund               
Class S  $2,959   $25,974   $8,964 
Class C   576    7,598    4,995 
Class A   699    8,379    6,164 
ICON Flexible Bond Fund               
Class S   2,300    17,400    7,958 
Class C   179    3,034    4,414 
Class A   208    2,500    4,002 
ICON Fund               
Class S   1,744    5,696    6,767 
Class C   457    10,879    4,803 
Class A   297    4,635    5,619 
ICON Long/Short Fund               
Class S   537    8,267    5,028 
Class C   263    5,046    4,735 
Class A   438    7,686    7,084 
ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund               
Class S   1,073    13,160    5,425 
Class C   684    8,456    5,617 
Class A   399    4,320    5,949 

 

*Printing and Transfer agent out of pocket fees are a Fund level expense.

 

 

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3. FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

 

 

Investment Advisory Fees

 

ICON Advisers, Inc. (“ICON Advisers”) serves as investment adviser to the Funds and is responsible for managing the Funds’ portfolios of securities. ICON Advisers receives a monthly management fee that is computed daily at an annual rate of 0.60% of average daily net assets of the Flexible Bond Fund, 0.75% of average daily net assets of the Equity Income Fund, ICON Fund, Opportunities Fund and Risk-Managed Balanced Fund, and 0.85% of average daily net assets of the Long/Short Fund. 

 

ICON Advisers has contractually agreed to limit the Funds’ expenses (exclusive of brokerage, interest, taxes, dividends on short sales, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses) to the extent necessary to ensure that the Funds’ expenses do not exceed the following amounts:

 

Fund  Fund  Class S  Class C  Class A
ICON Equity Income Fund       0.99%   1.99%   1.24%
ICON Flexible Bond Fund       0.75%   1.60%   1.00%
ICON Fund       1.25%   2.25%   1.50%
ICON Long/Short Fund       1.25%   2.30%   1.55%
ICON Opportunities Fund   1.30%            
ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund       1.20%   2.20%   1.45%

 

The Funds’ expense limitations, excluding the Flexible Bond Fund Class A, all classes of the Equity Income Fund, all classes of the ICON Fund and the Opportunities Fund, will continue in effect until at least January 31, 2021. The expense limitations for the Flexible Bond Fund Class A, all classes of the Equity Income Fund, and all classes of the ICON Fund will continue in effect until at least January 31, 2019. The expense limitation for the Opportunities Fund will continue in effect until at least January 31, 2019. To the extent ICON Advisers reimburses or absorbs fees and expenses, it may seek payment of such amounts for up to three years after the expenses were reimbursed or absorbed. A Fund will make no such payment, however, if the total Fund operating expenses exceed the expense limits in effect at the time these payments are proposed. 

 

As of March 31, 2018, the following amounts were available for recoupment by ICON Advisers based upon their potential expiration dates: 

 

Fund 

Expires

2018

  

Expires

2019

  

Expires

2020

  

Expires

2021

 
ICON Equity Income Fund  $19,263   $35,317   $92,199   $64,798 
ICON Flexible Bond Fund   105,383    180,193    162,616    76,499 
ICON Fund   2,172    27,727    16,031    4,181 
ICON Long/Short Fund   30,862    80,331    66,063    21,751 
ICON Opportunities Fund   724    3,029    3,673     
ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund   61,973    44,620    53,919    24,922 

 

Accounting, Custody and Transfer Agent Fees 

 

ALPS Fund Services, Inc. (“ALPS”) serves as the fund accounting agent for the Trust. For its services, the Trust pays ALPS a fee that is calculated daily and paid monthly at an annual rate based on the aggregate average daily net assets of the Trust. 

 

State Street is the custodian of the Trust’s investments. For its services, the Trust pays State Street asset-based fees that vary according to the number of positions and transactions, plus out-of-pocket expenses. 

 

ALPS is the Trust’s transfer agent. For these services, the Trust pays an annual fee plus annual base fee per Fund, per account fees and out-of-pocket expenses.

 

Administrative Services

 

The Trust has entered into an administrative services agreement with ICON Advisers pursuant to which ICON Advisers oversees the administration of the Trust’s business and affairs. This agreement provides for an annual fee of 0.05% on the Trust’s first $1.5 billion of average daily net assets, 0.045% on the next $1.5 billion of average daily net assets, 0.040% on the next $2 billion of average daily net assets and 0.030% on average daily net assets over $5 billion. For the six months ended March 31, 2018, each Fund’s payment for administrative services to ICON Advisers is included on the Statements of Operations. The administrative services agreement provides that ICON Advisers will not be liable for any error of judgment,

 

 

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mistake of law, or any loss suffered by the Trust in connection with matters to which the administrative services agreement relates, except for a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence by ICON Advisers in the performance of its duties.

  

ICON Advisers has a sub-administration agreement, with ALPS, under which ALPS assists ICON Advisers with the administration and business affairs of the Trust. For its services, ICON Advisers pays ALPS a fee that is calculated daily and paid monthly at an annual rate based on the aggregate average daily net assets of the Trust.

 

Distribution Fees 

 

ICON Distributors, Inc. (“IDI” or “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICON Management and Research and affiliate of ICON Advisers, Inc., serves the Trust as Distributor. The Trust has adopted a Distribution Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (“12b-1 Plan”) under which the Funds are authorized to compensate or reimburse the Distributor for the sale and distribution of shares and for other shareholder services. The Flexible Bond Fund Class C shareholders pay an annual distribution fee of 0.85% of average daily net assets and Class A shareholders pay an annual distribution fee of 0.25% of average daily net assets. The shareholders of the other Funds pay an annual distribution fee of 1.00% of average daily net assets for Class C shares and an annual distribution fee of 0.25% of average daily net assets for Class A shares. There is no annual distribution fee for Class S shares. The total amount paid by each Fund under the 12b-1 Plan is shown on the Statements of Operations.

 

Class A Shares are subject to an initial sales charge and the public offering price of Class A shares equals net asset value plus the applicable sales charge, which is a maximum of 5.75% (4.75% for Class A shares of the ICON Flexible Bond Fund). For the six months ended March 31, 2018, IDI collected sales charges on purchases of Class A Shares, the majority of which were paid out as concessions to financial intermediaries, as follows: 

 

Fund  Sales Charges Collected (Unaudited) 
ICON Equity Income Fund Class A  $3,558   
ICON Flexible Bond Fund Class A   316   
ICON Fund Class A   1,379   
ICON Long/Short Fund Class A   2,595   
ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund Class A   939   

  

In addition, IDI receives a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% of the purchase price on redemptions of Class C shares made within one year following the date of purchase. A 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge may also apply to certain redemptions of Class A shares made within one year following the purchase of $1 million or more without an initial sales charge. For the six months ended March 31, 2018, IDI collected the following contingent deferred sales charges:

  

Fund  Contingent Deferred Sales Charges Collected (Unaudited) 
ICON Equity Income Fund Class C  $310   
ICON Flexible Bond Fund Class C   83   
ICON Fund Class C   476   
ICON Long/Short Fund Class C   6   
ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund Class C   767   

  

Other Related Parties

 

Certain Officers and Directors of ICON Advisers are also Officers and Trustees of the Funds; however, such Officers and Trustees (with the exception of the Chief Compliance Officer, “CCO”) receive no compensation from the Funds. The Trust pays a portion of the CCO’s salary and the remaining portion, along with other employee related expenses, is paid by ICON Advisers. For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the total related amounts paid by the Funds under this arrangement are included in Other Expenses on the Statements of Operations. 

 

The Funds may reimburse ICON Advisers for legal work performed for the Funds by its attorneys outside of the advisory and administration contracts. The Board reviews and approves such reimbursements. For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the total related amounts accrued or paid by the Funds under this arrangement was $1,563 and is included in Other Expenses on the Statements of Operations. 

 

During the six months ended March 31, 2018, the Funds did not engaged in a cross trade transaction, pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act, with an investment portfolio that is sub-advised by ICON Advisers. Generally, cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds or investment portfolios to which the Adviser serves as the investment adviser or sub-adviser. The Board previously adopted procedures that apply to transactions between the Funds and its affiliates pursuant to Rule 17a-7. At its regularly scheduled meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most current calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements set forth by Rule 17a-7 and the Funds’ procedures. The 

 

 

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procedures require that the transactions be a purchase or sale for no consideration other than cash payment against prompt delivery of a security for which market quotations are readily available, and be consistent with the investment policies of each Fund.

 

4. BORROWINGS

 

 

The Trust has entered into an uncommitted, unsecured, revolving Line of Credit agreement/arrangement with State Street to provide temporary funding for redemption requests. The maximum borrowing limit is $50 million. Interest on domestic borrowings is charged at a rate quoted and determined by State Street. The interest rate as of March 31, 2018 was 3.13%. The Line of Credit agreement/arrangement expires on March 19, 2019. 

 

As of March 31, 2018, the Equity Income Fund had an outstanding borrowing in the amount of $955,641. 

 

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the average outstanding loan by Fund was as follows: 

 

Fund 

Maximum Borrowing

 (10/01/17 - 03/31/18)

  

Average Borrowing

 (10/01/17 - 03/31/18)^

  

Average Interest Rates

 (10/01/17 - 03/31/18)^

 
ICON Equity Income Fund  $1,436,361   $791,410    2.84%
ICON Fund*   362,520    98,568    2.65%
ICON Long/Short Fund*   267,280    187,622    2.77%
ICON Opportunities Fund*   113,570    35,255    2.85%
ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund*   498,101    348,552    2.66%

 

*There were no outstanding borrowings under this agreement/arrangement as of March 31, 2018.

^The average is calculated based on the actual number of days with outstanding borrowings.

 

5.  PURCHASES AND SALES OF INVESTMENT SECURITIES

 

 

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities (excluding securities sold short, short-term securities and written options contracts) was as follows:

 

Fund  Purchases of Securities   Proceeds from Sales of Securities   Purchases of Long Term U.S. Government Obligations   Proceeds from Sales of Long Term U.S. Government Obligations 
ICON Equity Income Fund  $62,423,356   $73,049,428   $   $ 
ICON Flexible Bond Fund   63,282,060    65,749,644    6,419,560    9,350,234 
ICON Fund   4,902,325    7,560,699         
ICON Long/Short Fund   5,601,822    2,366,591         
ICON Opportunities Fund   9,431,537    5,795,675         
ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund   17,291,308    19,566,508    1,283,031    4,166,340 

 

6. FEDERAL INCOME TAX

 

 

The following information is presented on an income tax basis. Differences between GAAP and federal income tax purposes that are permanent in nature are reclassified within the capital accounts. Temporary differences do not require reclassification. Temporary and permanent differences do not impact the NAVs of the Funds. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments for items such as deferrals of wash sale losses, foreign currency transactions, expiring capital losses, partnership adjustments, net investment losses, and the treatment of TIPS, trust preferred securities, and paydowns. 

 

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) capital losses generated by a Fund may be carried over indefinitely, but these losses must be used prior to the utilization of any pre-enactment capital losses. Since pre-enactment capital losses may only be carried forward for eight years there may be a greater likelihood that all or a portion of each Fund’s pre-enactment capital losses will expire unused. 

 

 

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For the year ended September 30, 2017, the following Funds had capital loss carryforwards: 

 

Fund  Expiring in 2018 
ICON Equity Income Fund  $15,697,877 
ICON Fund   17,897,797 
ICON Long/Short Fund   19,325,857 
ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund   11,869,984 

 

Future capital loss carryforward utilization in any given year may be limited if there are substantial shareholder redemptions or contributions. During the year ended September 30, 2017, the following Funds utilized capital loss carryforwards:

  

Fund  Amount 
ICON Equity Income Fund  $3,326,391 
ICON Flexible Bond Fund   67,069 
ICON Fund   584,499 
ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund   1,106,682 

  

The following Funds elect to defer to the period ending September 30, 2018, capital losses recognized during the period November 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017:

  

Fund  Capital Losses Recognized 
ICON Flexible Bond Fund  $180,901 
ICON Opportunities Fund   65,537 

  

The following Funds elect to defer to the period ending September 30, 2018, late year ordinary losses:

 

Fund  Ordinary Losses Recognized 
ICON Fund  $155,596 
ICON Long/Short Fund   24,615 
ICON Opportunities Fund   103,428 

 

The capital losses with no expiration were as follows:

 

Fund  Short-Term   Long-Term 
ICON Flexible Bond Fund  $710,170   $1,305,310 
ICON Fund   849,251     
ICON Long/Short Fund   1,547,544     

  

The tax characteristics of distributions paid to shareholders during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

Fund  Ordinary Income   Long-Term Capital Gains 
ICON Equity Income Fund  $2,542,191   $ 
ICON Flexible Bond Fund   3,291,245     
ICON Opportunities Fund       221,532 
ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund   433,548     

  

 

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As of September 30, 2017, the components of accumulated earnings/(deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

 

Fund  Undistributed Ordinary Income   Accumulated Capital Gains/(Losses)   Other Cumulative Effect of Timing Differences   Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)*   Total Accumulated Earnings/(Deficit) 
ICON Equity Income Fund  $209,345   $(15,697,877)  $3,400   $5,500,015   $(9,985,117)
ICON Flexible Bond Fund   64,493    (2,196,381)   (5,118)   (185,449)   (2,322,455)
ICON Fund       (18,747,048)   (155,596)   13,149,670    (5,752,974)
ICON Long/Short Fund       (20,873,401)   (24,615)   5,489,405    (15,408,611)
ICON Opportunities Fund       227,029    (168,965)   5,340,538    5,398,602 
ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund   10,980    (11,869,984)   955    2,395,257    (9,462,792)

  

*Differences between the book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) are attributable primarily to tax deferral of losses on wash sales and mark-to-market adjustments on passive foreign investment companies and options.

 

As of March 31, 2018, cost on investments for federal income tax purposes and the amount of net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) were as follows: 

 

Fund  Gross Appreciation (excess of value over tax cost)   Gross Depreciation (excess of tax cost over value)   Net Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation)   Cost of Investments for Income Tax Purposes 
ICON Equity Income Fund  $7,218,368   $(1,452,355)  $5,766,013   $75,689,125 
ICON Flexible Bond Fund   207,037    (1,201,844)   (994,807)   82,274,631 
ICON Fund   15,784,075    (489,016)   15,295,059    35,787,992 
ICON Long/Short Fund   7,256,205    (331,691)   6,924,514    20,741,222 
ICON Opportunities Fund   5,783,611    (1,057,283)   4,726,328    19,958,542 
ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund   2,554,032    (891,592)   1,662,440    29,956,675 

  

 

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Disclosure of Fund Expenses 

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Example

 

As a shareholder of a Fund you may pay two types of fees: transaction fees and fund-related fees. Certain funds charge transaction fees, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, or other distributions; redemption fees; and exchange fees. Funds also incur various ongoing expenses, including management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses, which are indirectly paid by shareholders. 

 

This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the various ICON Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. This Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the six-month period (10/01/17 – 3/31/18).

 

Actual Expenses

 

The first line in the table for each Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. The Example includes, but is not limited to, management fees, 12b-1 fees, fund accounting, custody and transfer agent fees. However, the Example does not include client specific fees, such as the $15 fee charged to IRA accounts, or the $15 fee charged for wire redemptions. You may use this information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for each Fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. 

 

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

 

The second line in the table for each Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees that may be charged by other funds. Therefore, this information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. 

 

  Beginning Account Value
October 1, 2017
   Ending Account
Value
March 31, 2018
   Expense Ratio(a)  Expenses Paid
During period
October 1, 2017 -
March 31, 2018(b)
ICON Equity Income Fund                       
Class S                       
Actual  $1,000.00     $1,035.80     0.99%  $5.02 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $1,000.00     $1,020.00     0.99%  $4.99 
Class C                       
Actual  $1,000.00     $1,031.00     1.99%  $10.08 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $1,000.00     $1,015.01     1.99%  $10.00 
Class A                       
Actual  $1,000.00     $1,034.60     1.24%  $6.29 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $1,000.00     $1,018.75     1.24%  $6.24 
                        
ICON Flexible Bond Fund                       
Class S                       
Actual  $1,000.00     $1,002.20     0.75%  $3.74 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $1,000.00     $1,021.19     0.75%  $3.78 
Class C                       
Actual  $1,000.00     $997.40     1.60%  $7.97 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $1,000.00     $1,016.95     1.60%  $8.05 
Class A                       
Actual  $1,000.00     $1,001.00     1.00%  $4.99 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $1,000.00     $1,019.95     1.00%  $5.04 
                        

 

 

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ICON Diversified Funds Disclosure of Fund Expenses 

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

  Beginning Account Value
October 1, 2017
   Ending Account
Value
March 31, 2018
  Expense Ratio(a)  Expenses Paid
During period
October 1, 2017 -
March 31, 2018(b)
ICON Fund                       
Class S                       
Actual  $1,000.00     $1,064.20     1.07%  $5.51 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $1,000.00     $1,019.60     1.07%  $5.39 
Class C                       
Actual  $1,000.00     $1,058.10     2.25%  $11.55 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $1,000.00     $1,013.71     2.25%  $11.30 
Class A                       
Actual  $1,000.00     $1,061.90     1.50%  $7.71 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $1,000.00     $1,017.45     1.50%  $7.54 
                        
ICON Long/Short Fund                       
Class S                       
Actual  $1,000.00     $1,068.40     1.25%  $6.45 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $1,000.00     $1,018.70     1.25%  $6.29 
Class C                       
Actual  $1,000.00     $1,063.30     2.30%  $11.83 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $1,000.00     $1,013.46     2.30%  $11.55 
Class A                       
Actual  $1,000.00     $1,066.60     1.55%  $7.99 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $1,000.00     $1,017.20     1.55%  $7.80 
                        
ICON Opportunities Fund                       
Actual  $1,000.00     $1,015.50     1.30%  $6.53 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $1,000.00     $1,018.45     1.30%  $6.54 
                        
ICON Risk-Managed Balanced Fund                       
Class S                       
Actual  $1,000.00     $1,004.80     1.20%  $6.00 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $1,000.00     $1,018.95     1.20%  $6.04 
Class C                       
Actual  $1,000.00     $1,000.00     2.20%  $10.97 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $1,000.00     $1,013.96     2.20%  $11.05 
Class A                       
Actual  $1,000.00     $1,003.60     1.45%  $7.24 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $1,000.00     $1,017.70     1.45%  $7.29 

  

(a)The Fund’s expense ratios have been 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 182/365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

Total returns exclude applicable sales charges. If sales charges were included (maximum 5.75%), returns would be lower.

 

 

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ICON Diversified Funds

Additional Information

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

  

Portfolio Holdings 

 

Information related to the 10 largest portfolio holdings of each Fund is made available at www.iconfunds.com within approximately 10 business days after month-end. Additionally, a complete list of each Fund’s holdings is made available approximately 30 days after month-end. Each ICON Fund also files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of its fiscal year with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on Form N-Q. The ICON Funds’ Forms N-Q are available at www.sec.gov or may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. 

  

Proxy Voting

 

A summarized description of the policies and procedures the ICON Funds use to vote proxies is available free of charge at www.iconfunds.com or by calling 1-800-764-0442.

 

Information about how the ICON Funds voted proxies related to each Fund’s portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30 is available free of charge at www.iconfunds.com or on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. 

 

For More Information

 

This report is for the general information of the Funds’ shareholders and is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus. You may obtain a copy of the prospectus, which contains information about the investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses, and share classes of each ICON Fund, by visiting www.iconfunds.com or by calling 1-800-764-0442. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

 

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ICON Diversified Funds Privacy Policy
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

FACTS WHAT DOES ICON DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
Why? Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.
What? The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:
   
 

●      Social Security number and account balances

●      income and transaction history
●      checking account information and wire transfer instructions

   
  When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.
How? All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons ICON chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

 

Reasons we can share your personal information Does ICON share?   Can you limit this sharing?
For our everyday business purposes — such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus Yes   No
For our marketing purposes — to offer our products and services to you No   We don’t share
For joint marketing with other financial companies No   We don’t share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your transactions and experiences No   We don’t share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness No   We don’t share
For nonaffiliates to market to you No   We don’t share

 

Questions? Call 1-800-764-0442 for the ICON Funds and 1-800-828-4881 for ICON Advisers, Inc. and ICON Distributors, Inc.

 

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ICON Diversified Funds Privacy Policy
March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Who We Are
Who is providing this notice? ICON Funds, ICON Advisers, Inc., and ICON Distributors, Inc. (collectively “ICON”)
What We Do
How does ICON protect my personal information? To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.
   
  Contracts with our service providers require them to restrict access to your non-public  personal information, and to maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards against unintended disclosure.
How does ICON collect my personal information?

We collect your personal information, for example, when you

 

open an account or enter into an investment advisory contract
provide account information or give us your contact information
make a wire transfer
   
We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies.
Why can’t I limit all sharing?

Federal law gives you the right to limit only

 

  sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about
    your creditworthiness
  affiliates from using your information to market to you
  sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you
 

 

State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.

Definitions
Affiliates Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and
  nonfinancial companies.
   
  Our affiliates include financial companies such as ICON Funds, ICON Advisers, Inc., and ICON Distributors, Inc.
Nonaffiliates Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
   
  Nonaffiliates we share with can include financial companies such as  custodians, transfer agents, registered representatives, financial advisers and nonfinancial companies such as fulfillment, proxy voting, and class action service providers
Joint marketing A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
   
  ICON doesn’t jointly market

 

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For more information about the ICON Funds, contact us:
   
By Telephone 1-800-764-0442
By E-Mail info@iconadvisers.com
By Mail ICON Funds | P.O. Box 1920 | Denver, CO 80201
In Person ICON Funds | 5299 DTC Boulevard, 12th Floor
  Greenwood Village, CO 80111
On the Internet www.iconfunds.com

 

 

 
 

 

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SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

 

March 31, 2018

(GRAPHIC) 

 

International Funds

 

ICON Emerging Markets Fund
ICON International Equity Fund

 

 

 

 

(ICON EDELIVERY LOGO) 

 

You can now sign up for electronic delivery of ICON Fund shareholder reports, including prospectuses, annual reports, semiannual reports and proxy statements.

 

When these materials are available, you will receive an email from ICON with instructions on how to view the documents. Statements, transaction confirmations and other documents that are not available online will continue to be sent to you by U.S. mail.

 

Visit ICON’s website at www.iconfunds.com to learn more and sign up.

 

You may change or cancel your participation in eDelivery by visiting www.iconfunds.com, or you can request a hard copy of any of the materials free of charge by calling ICON Funds at 1-800-764-0442.

 

 
1-800-764-0442     ●     www.iconfunds.com
 

 

 

 

 

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About This Report (Unaudited) 2
   
Schedules of Investments (Unaudited)  
   
ICON Emerging Markets Fund 3
   
ICON International Equity Fund 6
   
Financial Statements (Unaudited) 10
   
Financial Highlights (Unaudited) 13
   
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) 18
   
Disclosure of Fund Expenses (Unaudited) 27
   
Additional Information (Unaudited) 28
   
Privacy Policy 29

 

 

 

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ICON International Funds About This Report
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Historical Returns

 

All total returns mentioned in this Report account for the change in a Fund’s per-share price and the reinvestment of any dividends, capital gain distributions and adjustments for financial statement purposes. If your account is set up to receive Fund distributions in cash rather than to reinvest them, your actual return may differ from these figures. The Funds’ performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. The Adviser may have reimbursed certain fees or expenses of some of the Funds. If not for these reimbursements, performance would have been lower. Fund results shown, unless otherwise indicated, are at net asset value. If a sales charge (maximum 5.75%) had been deducted, results would have been lower.

 

Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance results represent past performance, and current performance may be higher or lower. Please call 1-800-764-0442 or visit www.iconfunds.com for performance results current to the most recent month-end.

 

Portfolio Data

 

This Report reflects ICON’s portfolio holdings as of March 31, 2018, the end of the reporting period. The information is not a complete analysis of every aspect of any sector, industry, security or the Funds.

 

There are risks associated with mutual fund investing, including the loss of principal. The likelihood of loss may be greater if you invest for a shorter period of time. There is no assurance that the investment process will consistently lead to successful results.

 

An investment in a region fund may involve greater risk and volatility than a diversified fund. An investment concentrated in sectors and industries may involve greater risk and volatility than a more diversified investment.

 

Investments in foreign securities may entail unique risks, including political, market, and currency risks. Financial statements of foreign companies are governed by different accounting, auditing, and financial standards than U.S. companies and may be less transparent and uniform than in the United States. Many corporate governance standards, which help ensure the integrity of public information in the United States, do not exist in foreign countries. In general, there may be less governmental supervision of foreign stock exchanges and securities brokers and issuers. The ICON system relies on the integrity of the financial statements released to the market as part of our analysis.

 

The prospectus and statement of additional information contain this and other information about the Funds and are available by visiting www.iconfunds.com or calling 1-800-764-0442. Please read the prospectus and statement of additional information carefully.

 

Financial Intermediary

 

If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may influence the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

 

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ICON Emerging Markets Fund Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares or Principal Amount   Value 
Common Stocks (95.50%)          
Building Products (1.69%)          
China Lesso Group Holdings, Ltd.   1,460,000   $1,116,136 
           
Coal & Consumable Fuels (3.62%)          
Bukit Asam Persero Tbk PT   5,050,000    1,085,611 
Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk PT   630,000    1,307,498 
         2,393,109 
Commodity Chemicals (2.80%)          
Hanwha Chemical Corp.   20,000    559,645 
Indorama Ventures PLC   190,000    346,121 
Mexichem SAB de CV   170,246    522,069 
PTT Global Chemical PCL   140,000    425,562 
         1,853,397 
Construction & Engineering (2.90%)          
PP Persero Tbk PT   3,177,573    606,019 
Waskita Karya Persero Tbk PT   4,266,000    769,598 
Wijaya Karya Persero Tbk PT   4,381,809    537,437 
         1,913,054 
Construction Materials (5.17%)          
China Resources Cement Holdings, Ltd.   664,000    580,836 
Cimsa Cimento Sanayi VE Ticaret AS   142,000    483,958 
Waskita Beton Precast Tbk PT   21,000,000    635,030 
West China Cement, Ltd.(a)   9,000,000    1,718,575 
         3,418,399 
Diversified Banks (22.50%)          
Agricultural Bank of China, Ltd., Class H   3,364,000    1,931,755 
Akbank Turk AS   360,000    875,353 
Banco do Brasil SA   20,500    256,696 
Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk PT   524,000    331,845 
Bank of China, Ltd., Class H   3,462,000    1,891,150 
Bank Pan Indonesia Tbk PT(a)   13,827,400    1,077,088 
China Construction Bank Corp., Class H   1,750,000    1,827,882 
Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV, Class O   55,000    333,570 
Industrial Bank of Korea   52,000    765,929 
Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.   563,179    927,389 
OTP Bank PLC   18,000    808,774 
Sberbank of Russia PJSC, Sponsored ADR   88,000    1,643,611 
Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd.   28,000    1,194,460 
Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS   360,000    998,220 
         14,863,722 
Electronic Components (1.42%)          
Sunny Optical Technology Group Co., Ltd.   50,000    938,215 
   Shares or Principal Amount   Value 
Electronic Equipment & Instruments (2.59%)          
China Railway Signal & Communication Corp., Ltd., Class H   797,000   $625,843 
SFA Engineering Corp.   33,000    1,085,911 
         1,711,754 
Electronic Manufacturing Services (1.28%)          
AAC Technologies Holdings, Inc.   46,000    842,930 
           
Environmental & Facilities Services (1.21%)          
China Everbright International, Ltd.   566,000    799,180 
           
Highways & Railtracks (1.30%)          
Shenzhen Expressway Co., Ltd., Class H   840,000    857,943 
           
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders (1.76%)          
Aboitiz Power Corp.   642,000    477,609 
Electricity Generating PCL   94,000    689,128 
        1,166,737 
Industrial Machinery (2.18%)          
China Conch Venture Holdings, Ltd.   470,000    1,442,268 
           
Integrated Oil & Gas (6.99%)          
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Class H   1,574,000    1,396,269 
LUKOIL PJSC, Sponsored ADR   20,000    1,380,871 
MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC   77,600    846,670 
Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC, GDR   182,000    999,706 
         4,623,516 
Internet Software & Services (5.64%)          
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd., Sponsored ADR(a)   4,400    807,576 
Momo, Inc., Sponsored ADR(a)   34,000    1,270,920 
SINA Corp.(a)   3,728    388,719 
Tencent Holdings, Ltd.   23,545    1,263,886 
         3,731,101 
IT Consulting & Other Services (0.96%)          
Infosys, Ltd.   36,244    634,205 
           
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production (3.14%)          
CNOOC, Ltd.   1,053,000    1,559,166 
Diamondback Energy, Inc.(a)   4,075    515,569 
         2,074,735 
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing (4.62%)          
Petron Corp.   6,350,000    1,125,725 
SK Innovation Co., Ltd.   5,500    1,093,173 
Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS   30,000    837,949 
         3,056,847 


 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Emerging Markets Fund Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares or Principal Amount   Value 
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation (1.10%)          
Sinopec Kantons Holdings, Ltd.   1,470,000   $729,467 
           
Paper Packaging (2.63%)          
DS Smith PLC   54,000    356,838 
Smurfit Kappa Group PLC   34,000    1,380,314 
         1,737,152 
Paper Products (4.55%)          
Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing, Ltd.   1,387,000    1,481,010 
Mondi PLC   26,000    698,832 
Nine Dragons Paper Holdings, Ltd.   544,000    824,488 
         3,004,330 
Regional Banks (5.54%)          
Bank Tabungan Negara Persero Tbk PT   1,424,000    394,309 
Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB de CV   223,800    1,383,054 
DGB Financial Group, Inc.   127,000    1,398,178 
Grupo Financiero Interacciones SA de CV, Class O   98,666    479,762 
         3,655,303 
Renewable Electricity (1.59%)          
China Everbright Greentech, Ltd.(a)   1,004,792    1,010,301 
Energy Development Corp.   375,361    40,295 
         1,050,596 
Semiconductor Equipment (0.60%)          
ASM Pacific Technology, Ltd.   28,000    394,473 
           
Semiconductors (2.06%)          
Nanya Technology Corp   292,000    935,595 
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.   50,000    423,510 
         1,359,105 
Steel (2.03%)          
POSCO   4,200    1,340,643 
           
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (0.53%)          
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.   150    350,471 
           
Water Utilities (0.93%)          
TTW PCL   1,599,400    613,208 
           
Wireless Telecommunication Services (2.17%)          
China Mobile, Ltd.   71,000    650,743 
TIM Participacoes SA   72,000    313,608 
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS   120,000    459,837 
         1,424,188 

Total Common Stocks

(Cost $56,241,138)

        63,096,184 
   Shares or Principal Amount   Value 
Preferred Stocks (1.82%)          
Diversified Banks (0.61%)          
Banco Bradesco SA  $34,000   $406,997 
           
Integrated Telecommunication Services (1.21%)          
Telefonica Brasil SA   52,000    798,401 
           

Total Preferred Stocks

(Cost $1,181,894)

        1,205,398 
           

Total Investments (97.32%)

(Cost $57,423,032)

       $64,301,582 
           
Other Assets Less Liabilities (2.68%)        1,771,220 
           
Net Assets (100.00%)       $66,072,802 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

 

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

GDR - Global Depositary Receipt



 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Emerging Markets Fund Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Country Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
China   30.08%
South Korea   11.79%
Indonesia   10.21%
Hong Kong   9.80%
Russia   6.09%
Turkey   5.54%
Mexico   4.12%
Philippines   3.88%
Thailand   3.13%
Brazil   2.69%
Hungary   2.50%
Ireland   2.09%
Taiwan   2.06%
United Kingdom   1.60%
India   0.96%
United States   0.78%
    97.32%

 

Percentages are based upon common and preferred stocks as a percentage of net assets.

 

Sector Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Financials   28.65%
Energy   19.47%
Materials   17.18%
Information Technology   15.08%
Industrials   9.28%
Utilities   4.28%
Telecommunication Services   3.38%
    97.32%

 

Percentages are based upon common and preferred stocks as a percentage of net assets.

Industry Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Diversified Banks   23.11%
Integrated Oil & Gas   6.99%
Internet Software & Services   5.64%
Regional Banks   5.54%
Construction Materials   5.17%
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing   4.62%
Paper Products   4.55%
Coal & Consumable Fuels   3.62%
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production   3.14%
Construction & Engineering   2.90%
Commodity Chemicals   2.80%
Paper Packaging   2.63%
Electronic Equipment & Instruments   2.59%
Industrial Machinery   2.18%
Wireless Telecommunication Services   2.17%
Semiconductors   2.06%
Steel   2.03%
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders   1.76%
Building Products   1.69%
Renewable Electricity   1.59%
Electronic Components   1.42%
Highways & Railtracks   1.30%
Electronic Manufacturing Services   1.28%
Environmental & Facilities Services   1.21%
Integrated Telecommunication Services   1.21%
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation   1.10%
Other Industries (each less than 1%)   3.02%
    97.32%

 

Percentages are based upon common and preferred stocks as a percentage of net assets.



 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON International Equity Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares or   
   Principal   
   Amount  Value
Common Stocks (96.26%)          
Aerospace & Defense (0.43%)          
Airbus SE   2,000   $231,516 
           
Apparel Retail (0.35%)          
IT, Ltd.   400,000    186,097 
           
Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods (0.77%)          
adidas AG   1,322    321,640 
Nameson Holdings, Ltd.   420,000    90,393 
         412,033 
Application Software (1.10%)          
Open Text Corp.   17,000    591,408 
           
Asset Management & Custody Banks (0.36%)          
Amundi SA   2,400    192,738 
           
Automotive Retail (0.59%)          
China ZhengTong Auto Services Holdings, Ltd.   430,000    315,847 
           
Building Products (4.22%)          
China Lesso Group Holdings, Ltd.   950,000    726,253 
Cie de Saint-Gobain   12,800    675,905 
Sanwa Holdings Corp.   22,000    283,679 
Tyman PLC   139,054    581,377 
         2,267,214 
Commodity Chemicals (1.75%)          
Hanwha Chemical Corp.   12,700    355,374 
Indorama Ventures PLC   100,000    182,169 
Mexichem SAB de CV   82,654    253,463 
PTT Global Chemical PCL   50,000    151,987 
         942,993 
Construction & Engineering (1.28%)          
PP Persero Tbk PT   2,542,527    484,905 
Waskita Karya Persero Tbk PT   1,140,000    205,659 
         690,564 
Construction Materials (3.01%)          
Buzzi Unicem SpA(a)   8,600    201,439 
Cimsa Cimento Sanayi VE Ticaret AS   55,000    187,449 
Waskita Beton Precast Tbk PT   16,950,000    512,560 
West China Cement, Ltd.(b)   3,780,000    721,801 
         1,623,249 
Diversified Banks (15.68%)          
ABN AMRO Group NV   7,200    217,104 
Agricultural Bank of China, Ltd., Class H   500,000    287,122 
Akbank Turk AS   183,000    444,971 
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA   16,000    126,713 
Banco do Brasil SA   12,800    160,279 
Banco Santander SA   115,000    752,719 
Bank of China, Ltd., Class H   1,060,000    579,035 
   Shares or   
   Principal   
   Amount  Value
Diversified Banks (continued)          
BNP Paribas SA   6,200   $459,797 
Danske Bank A/S   6,800    254,784 
DNB ASA   7,700    151,669 
HSBC Holdings PLC   35,000    328,675 
ING Groep NV   19,600    330,754 
KB Financial Group, Inc.   8,200    475,577 
Lloyds Banking Group PLC   286,000    260,154 
Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.   125,150    206,085 
OTP Bank PLC   8,000    359,455 
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd.   34,000    334,934 
Sberbank of Russia PJSC, Sponsored ADR   42,000    784,451 
Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd.   3,200    136,510 
Societe Generale SA   4,400    238,966 
Swedbank AB, Class A   13,500    303,350 
Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS   126,000    349,377 
UniCredit SpA(b)   43,584    910,956 
         8,453,437 
Diversified Chemicals (0.94%)          
BASF SE   5,000    507,087 
           
Diversified Metals & Mining (0.28%)          
Rio Tinto PLC   3,000    152,232 
           
Electric Utilities (2.84%)          
CK Infrastructure Holdings, Ltd.   54,000    442,600 
Enel SpA   46,000    281,484 
Iberdrola SA   110,000    808,874 
         1,532,958 
Electronic Components (0.52%)          
Sunny Optical Technology Group Co., Ltd.   15,000    281,465 
           
Electronic Equipment & Instruments (1.64%)          
China Railway Signal & Communication Corp., Ltd., Class H   660,000    518,264 
SFA Engineering Corp.   11,200    368,551 
         886,815 
Electronic Manufacturing Services (0.75%)          
AAC Technologies Holdings, Inc.   22,000    403,141 
           
Environmental & Facilities Services (1.28%)          
China Everbright International, Ltd.   486,000    686,221 
           
Gold (1.86%)          
Randgold Resources, Ltd.   7,500    623,071 
SEMAFO, Inc.(b)   131,000    377,234 
         1,000,305 


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ICON International Equity Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares or   
   Principal   
   Amount  Value
Highways & Railtracks (1.18%)          
Shenzhen Expressway Co., Ltd., Class H   620,000   $633,243 
           
Home Improvement Retail (0.37%)          
Kingfisher PLC   48,000    196,911 
           
Homebuilding (0.39%)          
Redrow PLC   25,000    208,896 
           
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders (2.28%)          
Aboitiz Power Corp.   290,000    215,743 
Electric Power Development Co., Ltd.   24,400    628,933 
Electricity Generating PCL   52,000    381,219 
         1,225,895 
Industrial Machinery (1.03%)          
China Conch Venture Holdings, Ltd.   180,000    552,358 
           
Integrated Oil & Gas (5.81%)          
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Class H   638,000    565,959 
LUKOIL PJSC, Sponsored ADR   6,700    462,591 
MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC   21,600    235,671 
Repsol SA   8,200    145,760 
Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC, GDR   75,700    415,812 
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class B   19,500    627,480 
TOTAL SA(a)   11,700    670,641 
         3,123,914 
Integrated Telecommunication Services (0.79%)    
Telecom Italia SpA(b)   450,000    427,273 
           
Internet Software & Services (2.40%)          
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd., Sponsored ADR(b)   1,500    275,310 
Momo, Inc., Sponsored ADR(b)   10,000    373,800 
SINA Corp.(b)   1,172    122,204 
Tencent Holdings, Ltd.   9,700    520,692 
         1,292,006 
Leisure Products (0.40%)          
Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc.   6,700    216,837 
           
Life & Health Insurance (1.54%)          
Legal & General Group PLC   99,000    358,703 
NN Group NV   5,986    265,958 
Prudential PLC   8,200    204,907 
         829,568 
Metal & Glass Containers (1.50%)          
RPC Group PLC   74,000    804,522 
           
Multi-line Insurance (4.59%)          
Allianz SE   4,500    1,017,258 
Assicurazioni Generali SpA   28,300    543,990 
   Shares or   
   Principal   
   Amount  Value
Multi-line Insurance (continued)          
Aviva PLC   77,000   $537,390 
AXA SA   14,000    372,163 
         2,470,801 
Multi-Utilities (0.43%)          
RWE AG(b)   9,400    232,351 
           
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production (4.42%)          
CNOOC, Ltd.   282,000    417,554 
Diamondback Energy, Inc.(b)   2,076    262,656 
Encana Corp.   35,100    386,050 
Jagged Peak Energy, Inc.(a)(b)   17,000    240,210 
Newfield Exploration Co.(b)   14,200    346,764 
Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A(b)   11,530    334,255 
Seven Generations Energy, Ltd., Class A(b)   31,200    387,472 
         2,374,961 
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing (4.60%)          
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.   9,300    355,825 
JXTG Holdings, Inc.   134,000    816,942 
Petron Corp.   2,780,000    492,837 
SK Innovation Co., Ltd.   2,400    477,021 
Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS   11,700    326,800 
         2,469,425 
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation (2.39%)          
Pembina Pipeline Corp.   13,000    405,635 
Sinopec Kantons Holdings, Ltd.   1,780,000    883,301 
         1,288,936 
Other Diversified Financial Services (0.87%)          
ORIX Corp.   26,000    465,945 
           
Paper Packaging (3.45%)          
DS Smith PLC   117,300    775,131 
Smurfit Kappa Group PLC   26,700    1,083,953 
         1,859,084 
Paper Products (4.05%)          
Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing, Ltd.   410,000    437,790 
Mondi PLC   31,800    854,725 
Nine Dragons Paper Holdings, Ltd.   586,000    888,143 
         2,180,658 
Regional Banks (2.11%)          
Banregio Grupo Financiero SAB de CV   66,000    407,871 
DGB Financial Group, Inc.   38,000    418,353 
Grupo Financiero Interacciones SA de CV, Class O   62,955    306,118 
         1,132,342 
Renewable Electricity (1.30%)          
China Everbright Greentech, Ltd.(b)   695,009    698,820 

 



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ICON International Equity Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares or Principal Amount   Value 
Semiconductor Equipment (2.99%)          
ASM Pacific Technology, Ltd.   42,000   $591,710 
SUMCO Corp.   38,900    1,015,973 
         1,607,683 
Semiconductors (0.73%)          
Nanya Technology Corp   122,000    390,899 
           
Specialty Chemicals (3.16%)          
Borregaard ASA   39,128    370,913 
Covestro AG   1,400    137,854 
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.   11,400    1,189,125 
         1,697,892 
Steel (0.83%)          
POSCO   1,400    446,881 
           
Tobacco (1.36%)          
British American Tobacco PLC   12,700    734,148 
           
Wireless Telecommunication Services (1.64%)          
SoftBank Group Corp.   9,200    686,240 
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS   50,000    191,599 
         877,839 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $51,352,562)
        51,797,408 
           
Preferred Stocks (0.42%)          
Diversified Banks (0.42%)          
Banco Bradesco SA   18,800    225,045 
           
Total Preferred Stocks
(Cost $217,101)
        225,045 
           
           
Collateral for Securities on Loan (0.82%)          
State Street Navigator Securities          
Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 7-Day Yield 1.73%   438,918    438,918 
           

Total Collateral for Securities on Loan

(Cost $438,918)

        438,918 
           

Total Investments (97.50%)

(Cost $52,008,581)

       $52,461,371 
           
Other Assets Less Liabilities (2.50%)        1,345,034 
           
Net Assets (100.00%)       $53,806,405 

 

(a)All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2018.

(b)Non-income producing security.

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

GDR - Global Depositary Receipt

 



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ICON International Equity Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Country Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
China   13.56%
United Kingdom   12.32%
Japan   10.53%
Hong Kong   9.12%
France   5.28%
South Korea   4.97%
Italy   4.38%
Germany   4.12%
Canada   3.99%
Spain   3.41%
Russia   3.09%
Turkey   2.80%
Indonesia   2.23%
United States   2.20%
Ireland   2.01%
Mexico   1.80%
Philippines   1.70%
Netherlands   1.50%
Thailand   1.33%
Jersey   1.16%
Hungary   1.11%
Norway   0.97%
Taiwan   0.73%
Brazil   0.72%
Singapore   0.62%
Sweden   0.56%
Denmark   0.47%
    96.68%

 

Percentages are based upon common and preferred stocks as a percentage of net assets.

 

Sector Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Financials   25.57%
Materials   20.83%
Energy   17.22%
Information Technology   10.13%
Industrials   9.42%
Utilities   6.85%
Consumer Discretionary   2.87%
Telecommunication Services   2.43%
Consumer Staples   1.36%
    96.68%

 

Percentages are based upon common and preferred stocks as a percentage of net assets.

 

Industry Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Diversified Banks   16.10%
Integrated Oil & Gas   5.81%
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing   4.60%
Multi-line Insurance   4.59%
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production   4.42%
Building Products   4.22%
Paper Products   4.05%
Paper Packaging   3.45%
Specialty Chemicals   3.16%
Construction Materials   3.01%
Semiconductor Equipment   2.99%
Electric Utilities   2.84%
Internet Software & Services   2.40%
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation   2.39%
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders   2.28%
Regional Banks   2.11%
Gold   1.86%
Commodity Chemicals   1.75%
Electronic Equipment & Instruments   1.64%
Wireless Telecommunication Services   1.64%
Life & Health Insurance   1.54%
Metal & Glass Containers   1.50%
Tobacco   1.36%
Renewable Electricity   1.30%
Construction & Engineering   1.28%
Environmental & Facilities Services   1.28%
Highways & Railtracks   1.18%
Application Software   1.10%
Industrial Machinery   1.03%
Other Industries (each less than 1%)   9.80%
    96.68%

 

Percentages are based upon common and preferred stocks as a percentage of net assets.

 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON International Funds Statements of Assets and Liabilities
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   ICON Emerging Markets Fund   ICON International Equity Fund 
Assets        
Investments, at cost  $57,423,032   $52,008,581 
Investments, at value(a)   64,301,582    52,461,371 
Cash and cash equivalents   648,453    479,372 
Foreign currency, at value (Cost $622,413 and $142,602, respectively)   618,025    142,046 
Receivables:          
Investments sold   565,993    962,398 
Fund shares sold   200,922    33,551 
Expense reimbursements due from Adviser   4,125    5,538 
Dividends   362,916    228,549 
Foreign tax reclaims       55,715 
Other assets   17,219    21,550 
Total assets   66,719,235    54,390,090 
           
Liabilities          
Payables:          
Payable for collateral received on securities loaned       438,918 
Investments purchased   398,229    780 
Capital gains tax   16,380    4,871 
Fund shares redeemed   76,129    10,966 
Advisory fees   56,205    46,247 
Transfer agent fees   26,581    6,652 
Fund accounting fees   21,760    29,667 
Accrued distribution fees   2,495    2,593 
Trustee fees and expenses   524    105 
Administration fees   2,808    2,311 
Accrued expenses   45,322    40,575 
Total liabilities   646,433    583,685 
Net Assets - all share classes  $66,072,802   $53,806,405 
Net Assets - Class S  $54,420,840   $49,158,229 
Net Assets - Class C  $   $2,419,595 
Net Assets - Class A  $11,651,962   $2,228,581 
           
Net Assets Consists of          
Paid-in capital  $58,051,209   $85,491,477 
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss)   57,711    (82,926)
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain/(loss)   1,103,760    (32,052,747)
Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)   6,860,122    450,601 
Net Assets  $66,072,802   $53,806,405 
           
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized, no par value)          
Class S   3,116,037    3,556,698 
Class C       199,057 
Class A   672,256    164,393 
Net asset value (offering and redemption price per share)          
Class S  $17.46   $13.82 
Class C  $   $12.16 
Class A  $17.33   $13.56 
Class A maximum offering price (100%/ (100%-maximum sales charge)) of net asset value adjusted to the nearest cent per share  $18.39   $14.38 
           
(a) Includes securities on loan of  $   $446,104 

 

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ICON International Funds Statements of Operations
  Period Ended March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   ICON Emerging Markets Fund   ICON International Equity Fund 
Investment Income        
Interest  $545   $1,615 
Dividends   682,985    485,581 
Foreign taxes withheld   (104,316)   (58,258)
Income from securities lending, net   514    3,341 
Total investment income   579,728    432,279 
           
Expenses          
Advisory fees   325,674    264,248 
Administration fees   16,268    13,201 
Transfer agent fees   65,820    20,519 
Distribution fees:          
Class C       12,700 
Class A   15,054    2,903 
Registration fees   16,558    17,566 
Audit and tax service expense   11,047    11,045 
Fund accounting fees   25,634    30,477 
Trustee fees and expenses   7,502    5,787 
Insurance expense   3,167    2,435 
Custody fees   18,639    15,068 
Printing fees   8,251    4,691 
Interest expense   2,098     
Recoupment of previously reimbursed expenses   355    7,877 
Other expenses   22,678    21,637 
Total expenses before expense reimbursement   538,745    430,154 
Expense reimbursement by Adviser due to expense limitation agreement   (16,752)   (17,017)
Net Expenses   521,993    413,137 
Net Investment Income/(Loss)   57,735    19,142 
           
Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss)          
Net realized gain/(loss) on:          
Investments and foreign currency translations   1,125,317    2,925,359 
Capital gains tax   (21,557)   (10,856)
    1,103,760    2,914,503 
Change in unrealized net appreciation/(depreciation) on:          
Investments and foreign currency   5,064,536    (450,036)
Capital gains tax   (16,380)   (3,297)
    5,048,156    (453,333)
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   6,151,916    2,461,170 
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting From Operations  $6,209,651   $2,480,312 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON International Funds Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

   ICON Emerging Markets Fund   ICON International Equity Fund 
   Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 
                 
Operations                    
Net investment income/(loss)  $57,735   $235,593   $19,142   $127,641 
Net realized gain/(loss)   1,103,760    4,069,531    2,914,503    2,500,826 
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)   5,048,156    794,783    (453,333)   1,846,476 
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   6,209,651    5,099,907    2,480,312    4,474,943 
                     
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders                    
Net investment income                    
Class S   (100,052)            
Class A   (478)            
Net decrease from dividends and distributions   (100,530)            
                     
Fund Share Transactions                    
Shares sold                    
Class S   10,118,861    26,312,322    4,771,738    4,368,367 
Class C(a)       43,641    88,936    123,670 
Class A(a)   2,086,401    9,477,499    37,231    168,244 
Reinvested dividends and distributions                    
Class S   95,422             
Class A   424             
Shares repurchased                    
Class S   (12,590,996)   (24,352,508)   (3,015,333)   (13,299,835)
Class C(a)       (995,637)   (267,260)   (784,395)
Class A(a)   (4,466,049)   (6,735,963)   (193,644)   (921,210)
Net increase/(decrease) from fund share transactions   (4,755,937)   3,749,354    1,421,668    (10,345,159)
                     
Total net increase/(decrease) in net assets   1,353,184    8,849,261    3,901,980    (5,870,216)
                     
Net Assets                    
Beginning of period   64,719,618    55,870,357    49,904,425    55,774,641 
End of period  $66,072,802   $64,719,618   $53,806,405   $49,904,425 
                     
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss)  $57,711   $100,506   $(82,926)  $(102,068)
                     
Transactions in Fund Shares                    
Shares sold                    
Class S   595,570    1,779,885    349,100    350,531 
Class C(a)       3,312    7,502    11,284 
Class A(a)   124,326    652,238    2,699    13,905 
Issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions                    
Class S   5,942             
Class A   26             
Shares repurchased                    
Class S   (745,144)   (1,727,057)   (220,635)   (1,110,895)
Class C(a)       (78,688)   (21,847)   (73,749)
Class A(a)   (269,262)   (474,151)   (14,235)   (78,612)
Net increase/(decrease)   (288,542)   155,539    102,584    (887,536)
Shares outstanding, beginning of period   4,076,835    3,921,296    3,817,564    4,705,100 
Shares outstanding, end of period   3,788,293    4,076,835    3,920,148    3,817,564 

 

(a)Emerging Markets Fund Class C shares merged into Class A shares on January 10, 2017. The information presented includes the activity for Class C prior to the merger as well as Class C shares redeemed, 67,738 shares, and Class A shares issued, 63,928 shares, in connection with the merger of $853,918.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class S  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $15.90   $14.28   $12.95   $13.72   $13.51   $12.21 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   0.02    0.07    (0.00)(c)   (0.03)   (0.03)   0.06 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   1.57    1.55    1.33    (0.74)   0.27    1.33 
Total from investment operations   1.59    1.62    1.33    (0.77)   0.24    1.39 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income   (0.03)               (0.03)   (0.09)
Total dividends and distributions   (0.03)               (0.03)   (0.09)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $17.46   $15.90   $14.28   $12.95   $13.72   $13.51 
                               
Total Return   10.03%(d)   11.34%   10.27%   (5.61)%   1.78%   11.44%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $54,421   $51,833   $45,786   $16,123   $8,942   $29,053 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.58%(e)   1.72%   1.85%   2.44%   2.11%   1.64%
After expense limitation   1.56%(e)(f)   1.55%(f)   1.55%(f)   1.55%(f)   1.88%(g)   1.64%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   0.21%(e)   0.29%   (0.32)%   (1.08)%   (0.42)%   0.46%
After expense limitation   0.23%(e)(f)   0.46%(f)   (0.02)%(f)   (0.19)%(f)   (0.19)%(g)   0.46%
Portfolio turnover rate   40%(d)   169%   156%   76%   92%   60%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.

(b)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(c)Amount less than $(0.005).

(d)Not Annualized.

(e)Annualized.

(f)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

(g)Effective May 5, 2014, Class S’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, were contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3 of the 2014 Annual Report. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Class A(a)  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $15.77   $14.20   $12.91   $13.71   $13.51   $12.17 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(b)(c)   (0.01)   0.06    (0.01)   (0.07)   (0.04)   0.04 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   1.57    1.51    1.30    (0.73)   0.27    1.33 
Total from investment operations   1.56    1.57    1.29    (0.80)   0.23    1.37 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income   (0.00)(d)               (0.03)   (0.03)
Total dividends and distributions   (0.00)               (0.03)   (0.03)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $17.33   $15.77   $14.20   $12.91   $13.71   $13.51 
                               
Total Return(e)   9.90%(f)   11.06%   9.99%   (5.84)%   1.68%   11.29%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $11,652   $12,887   $9,072   $725   $305   $789 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.97%(g)   2.12%   2.16%   4.75%   4.32%   2.97%
After expense limitation(h)   1.81%(g)   1.80%   1.80%   1.80%   1.95%   1.81%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   (0.23)%(g)   0.08%   (0.43)%   (3.44)%   (2.65)%   (0.82)%
After expense limitation(h)   (0.07)%(g)   0.40%   (0.07)%   (0.49)%   (0.28)%   0.34%
Portfolio turnover rate   40%(f)   169%   156%   76%   92%   60%

 

(a)Class C shares were merged into Class A on January 10, 2017. The amounts presented represent the results of the Class A shares for the periods prior to the merger and the results of the combined share class for the period subsequent to the merger.

(b)Calculated using the average shares method.

(c)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(d)Amount less than $(0.005).

(e)The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.

(f)Not Annualized.

(g)Annualized.

(h)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Class S  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $13.17   $11.94   $11.37   $11.75   $11.81   $11.05 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   0.01    0.04    0.05    0.00(c)   0.06    0.07 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   0.64    1.19    0.52    (0.37)   (0.12)   0.74 
Total from investment operations   0.65    1.23    0.57    (0.37)   (0.06)   0.81 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income               (0.01)       (0.00)(d)
Distributions from net realized gains                       (0.05)
Total dividends and distributions               (0.01)       (0.05)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $13.82   $13.17   $11.94   $11.37   $11.75   $11.81 
                               
Total Return   4.94%(e)   10.30%   5.01%   (3.15)%   (0.51)%   7.33%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $49,158   $45,144   $50,005   $67,201   $80,356   $42,105 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.50%(f)   1.57%   1.45%   1.41%   1.41%   1.45%
After expense limitation(g)   1.50%(f)   1.55%   1.45%   1.41%   1.41%   1.45%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   0.14%(f)   0.31%   0.45%   0.00%(h)   0.44%   0.65%
After expense limitation(g)   0.14%(f)   0.33%   0.45%   0.00%(h)   0.44%   0.65%
Portfolio turnover rate   66%(e)   209%   198%   204%   193%   138%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.

(b)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(c)Amount less than $0.005.

(d)Amount less than $(0.005).

(e)Not Annualized.

(f)Annualized.

(g)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

(h)Less than 0.005% of average net assets.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Class C  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $11.64   $10.66   $10.27   $10.72   $10.89   $10.26 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   (0.06)   (0.07)   (0.09)   (0.12)   (0.08)   (0.04)
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   0.58    1.05    0.48    (0.33)   (0.09)   0.67 
Total from investment operations   0.52    0.98    0.39    (0.45)   (0.17)   0.63 
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $12.16   $11.64   $10.66   $10.27   $10.72   $10.89 
                               
Total Return(c)   4.47%(d)   9.19%   3.80%   (4.20)%   (1.56)%   6.14%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $2,420   $2,484   $2,941   $3,299   $4,597   $5,657 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   3.17%(e)   3.35%   3.13%   2.96%   2.82%   2.77%
After expense limitation(f)   2.55%(e)   2.55%   2.55%   2.55%   2.56%   2.56%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   (1.57)%(e)   (1.48)%   (1.40)%   (1.56)%   (0.99)%   (0.63)%
After expense limitation(f)   (0.95)%(e)   (0.68)%   (0.82)%   (1.15)%   (0.73)%   (0.42)%
Portfolio turnover rate   66%(d)   209%   198%   204%   193%   138%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.

(b)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(c)The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.

(d)Not Annualized.

(e)Annualized.

(f)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Class A  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $12.94   $11.76   $11.24   $11.65   $11.75   $10.99 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   (0.01)   0.01    0.05    (0.04)   0.00(c)   0.04 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   0.63    1.17    0.47    (0.37)   (0.10)   0.73 
Total from investment operations   0.62    1.18    0.52    (0.41)   (0.10)   0.77 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income                       (0.00)(d)
Distributions from net realized gains                       (0.01)
Total dividends and distributions                       (0.01)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $13.56   $12.94   $11.76   $11.24   $11.65   $11.75 
                               
Total Return(e)   4.79%(f)   10.03%   4.63%   (3.52)%   (0.85)%   7.03%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $2,229   $2,276   $2,829   $3,725   $4,089   $5,043 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   2.59%(g)   2.67%   2.43%   2.25%   2.12%   2.19%
After expense limitation(h)   1.80%(g)   1.80%   1.80%   1.80%   1.81%   1.81%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   (0.99)%(g)   (0.80)%   (0.19)%   (0.77)%   (0.27)%   (0.06)%
After expense limitation(h)   (0.20)%(g)   0.07%   0.44%   (0.32)%   0.04%   0.32%
Portfolio turnover rate   66%(f)   209%   198%   204%   193%   138%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.
(b)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.
(c)Amount less than $0.005.
(d)Amount less than $(0.005).
(e)The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.
(f)Not Annualized.
(g)Annualized.
(h)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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ICON International Funds Notes to Financial Statements

 

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

1. ORGANIZATION

 

 

The ICON Emerging Markets Fund (“Emerging Markets Fund”) and ICON International Equity Fund (“International Equity Fund”) are series funds (individually a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). The Funds are part of the ICON Funds (the “Trust”), a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) as an open-end investment management company. Each Fund offers two classes of shares: Class S and Class A. The International Equity Fund also offers a Class C share. On January 10, 2017, the Class C shares of the Emerging Markets Fund merged into the Class A shares of the Emerging Markets Fund. The Class C shares of the Emerging Markets Fund were closed. The merger activity is shown in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets. All classes have equal rights as to earnings, assets and voting privileges except that each Class may bear different distribution fees, registration costs, legal costs, mailing and printing costs and shareholder servicing costs and each Class has exclusive voting rights with respect to its distribution plan. There are currently fifteen other active Funds within the Trust. Those Funds are covered by separate prospectuses and shareholder reports.

 

Each Fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of no par shares. The Funds primarily invest in foreign securities; the Emerging Markets Fund primarily invests in securities of issuers whose principal activities are in emerging markets, or are economically tied to an emerging market country. The International Equity Fund primarily invests in foreign equity securities. Foreign equity securities refer to securities of issuers, wherever organized, whose securities are listed or traded principally on a recognized stock exchange or over-the-counter market outside the United States. The investment objective of each Fund is to provide long-term capital appreciation.

 

The Funds, like all investments in securities, have elements of risk, including risk of loss of principal. There is no assurance that the Funds will achieve their investment objectives and may underperform funds with similar investment objectives. An investment concentrated in sectors and industries involves greater risk and volatility than a more diversified investment. Investments in foreign securities and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with those of U.S. dollar-denominated transactions as a result of, among other factors, the possibility of less government supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets and the possibility of political or economic instability. Financial statements of foreign companies are governed by different accounting, auditing, and financial standards than U.S. companies and may be less transparent and uniform than in the United States. Many corporate governance standards, which help ensure the integrity of public information in the United States, may not exist in some foreign countries. In general, there may be less governmental supervision of foreign stock exchanges and securities brokers and issuers. Securities of emerging or developing market companies may be less liquid and more volatile than securities in countries with more mature markets. There are also risks associated with small-and mid-cap investing, including limited product lines, less liquidity, and small market share.

 

In the normal course of business, the Funds may enter into various agreements that provide for general indemnifications. Each Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as any potential exposure involving future claims that may be made against each Fund is unknown. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.

 

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

 

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements. The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), which requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from these estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies in the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946.

 

Investment Valuation

 

The Funds’ securities and other assets, excluding options on securities indexes, are valued at the closing price as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) (normally 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time) each day the NYSE is open, except that securities traded primarily on the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) are normally valued by the Funds at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price provided by NASDAQ each business day. If the NYSE closes unexpectedly and there is active trading on other exchanges, the securities will be valued at the Valuation Time based off of those exchanges. Options on securities indexes are valued at the close of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (normally 4:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time) on each day the NYSE is open for trading.

 

The Funds use pricing services to obtain the fair value of securities in their portfolios. If a pricing service is not able to provide a price, or the pricing service’s valuation is considered inaccurate or does not, in the Funds’ judgment, reflect the fair value of the security, prices may be obtained through market quotations from independent broker/dealers. If market quotations from these sources are not readily available, the Funds’ securities or other assets are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Funds’ Pricing Committee pursuant to procedures approved by the Funds’ Board of Trustees (the “Board”).

 

 

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March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Lacking any sales that day, a security is valued at the current closing bid price (or yield equivalent thereof) or based on quotes obtained from dealers making a market for the security. Exchange traded options are valued at the composite price, using the National Best Bid and Offer quotes (“NBBO”). NBBO consists of the highest bid price and lowest ask price across any of the exchanges on which an option is quoted, thus providing a view across the entire U.S. options marketplace. Debt securities with a remaining maturity of greater than 60 days are valued using the evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service. The evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service is based upon a matrix valuation system which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings. Short-term debt securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost or original cost plus accrued interest, which approximates fair value. Currency rates as of the close of the NYSE are used to convert foreign security values into U.S. dollars.

 

Securities of investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded. Investments in shares of funds, including money market funds, that are not traded on an exchange are valued at the end of day net asset value (“NAV”) per share of such fund. Securities in the underlying funds, including restricted securities are valued in accordance with the valuation policy of such fund.

 

The Funds’ securities traded in countries outside of the Western Hemisphere are fair valued daily by utilizing the quotations of an independent pricing service, unless the Funds’ Pricing Committee determines that use of another valuation methodology is appropriate. The purposes of daily fair valuation are to avoid stale prices and to take into account, among other things, any significant events occurring after the close of foreign markets. The pricing service uses statistical analyses and quantitative models to adjust local market prices using factors such as subsequent movements and changes in the prices of indexes, securities and exchange rates in other markets to determine fair value as of the time a Fund calculates its NAV. The valuation assigned to fair-value securities for purposes of calculating a Fund’s NAV may differ from the security’s most recent closing market price and from the prices used by other mutual funds to calculate their NAVs.

 

Various inputs are used to determine the value of the Funds’ investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below: 

 

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

Level 2 — significant observable inputs other than Level 1 quoted prices (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, and credit risk).

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs.

 

Observable inputs are those based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Funds, and unobservable inputs reflect the Funds’ own assumptions based on the best information available. The input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investments at that level. For example, non-U.S. equity securities actively traded in foreign markets may be reflected in Level 2 despite the availability of closing prices, because the Funds evaluate and determine whether those closing prices reflect fair value at the close of the NYSE or require adjustment, as described above. The following table summarizes the Funds’ investments, based on the inputs used to determine their values on March 31, 2018:

 

ICON Emerging Markets Fund

  

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                    
Commodity Chemicals  $522,069   $1,331,328   $   $1,853,397 
Diversified Banks   590,266    14,273,456        14,863,722 
Internet Software & Services   2,467,215    1,263,886        3,731,101 
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production   515,569    1,559,166        2,074,735 
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing   1,125,725    1,931,122        3,056,847 
Regional Banks   1,862,816    1,792,487        3,655,303 
Wireless Telecommunication Services   313,608    1,110,580        1,424,188 
Other       32,436,891        32,436,891 
Preferred Stocks   1,205,398            1,205,398 
Total  $8,602,666   $55,698,916   $   $64,301,582 

 

 

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ICON International Funds Notes to Financial Statements

 

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ICON International Equity Fund

 

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                    
Building Products  $581,377   $1,685,837   $   $2,267,214 
Commodity Chemicals   253,463    689,530        942,993 
Diversified Banks   160,279    8,293,158        8,453,437 
Gold   377,234    623,071        1,000,305 
Internet Software & Services   771,314    520,692        1,292,006 
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production   1,957,407    417,554        2,374,961 
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing   492,837    1,976,588        2,469,425 
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation   405,635    883,301        1,288,936 
Regional Banks   713,989    418,353        1,132,342 
Other   591,408    29,984,381        30,575,789 
Preferred Stocks   225,045            225,045 
Collateral for Securities on Loan       438,918        438,918 
Total  $6,529,988   $45,931,383   $   $52,461,371 

 

*Please refer to the Schedule of Investments and the Sector/Industry Classification and Country Composition tables for additional security details.

 

There were no Level 3 securities held in any of the Funds at March 31, 2018.

 

For the Emerging Markets Fund and International Equity Fund, there was no transfer activity between Level 1 and Level 2 for the six months ended March 31, 2018.

 

The end of period timing recognition is used for the transfers between levels of each Fund’s assets and liabilities.

 

Fund Share Valuation

 

Fund shares are sold and redeemed on a daily basis at NAV. NAV per share is determined daily as of the close of trading on the NYSE on each day the NYSE is open for trading. The NAV is computed by dividing the total value of the Fund’s investments and other assets, less liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

Idle cash may be swept into various overnight demand deposits and is classified as cash and cash equivalents on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The Funds maintain cash in bank deposit accounts which, at times, may exceed United States federally insured limits. Amounts swept overnight are available on the next business day.

 

Foreign Currency Translation

 

The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated daily into U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange. Income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the respective dates of the transactions. Purchases and sales of securities are translated into U.S. dollars at the contractual currency exchange rates established at the time of each trade.

 

The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Net unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments and foreign currency translations arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities resulting from changes in the exchange rates and changes in market prices of securities held.

 

 

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ICON International Funds Notes to Financial Statements

 

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

 

The Funds may enter into short-term forward foreign currency contracts. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between contracting parties to exchange an amount of currency at some future time at an agreed upon rate. The Funds may use forward foreign currency contracts to manage foreign currency exposure with respect to transactional hedging, positional hedging, cross hedging and proxy hedging.

 

These contracts involve market risk and do not eliminate fluctuations in the prices of portfolio securities or prevent losses if the prices of those securities decline. The Funds could be exposed to risk if the value of the currency changes unfavorably. Additionally, the Funds could be exposed to counterparty risk if the counterparties are unable to meet the terms of the contracts.

 

These contracts are marked-to-market daily. Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent disposition of foreign currencies, and the difference between the amount recorded at the time of the transaction and the U.S. dollar amount actually received. Any realized gain or loss incurred by the Funds due to foreign currency translation is included on the Statements of Operations. At March 31, 2018 and for the six months then ended, the Emerging Markets Fund and International Equity Fund had no outstanding forward foreign currency contracts.

 

Securities Lending

 

Under procedures adopted by the Board, the Funds may lend securities to certain approved brokers, dealers and other financial institutions to earn additional income. Cash collateral is received in exchange for securities on loan in the amount of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned or at least 105% of the value of non-U.S. securities loaned, marked to market daily. The Funds retain certain benefits of owning the securities, including receipt of dividends or interest generated by the security, but give up other rights including the right to vote proxies. The Funds retain the ability to recall the loans at any time and could do so in order to vote proxies or to sell the loaned securities. Each loan is collateralized by cash that generally exceeds the value of the securities on loan. The fair value of the loaned securities is determined daily at the close of business of the Funds and any additional required collateral is delivered to each Fund on the next business day.

 

Generally, in the event of borrower default, the Funds have the right to use the collateral to offset any losses incurred. In the event the Funds are delayed or prevented from exercising their rights to dispose of the collateral, there may be a potential loss to the Funds. Some of these losses may be indemnified by the lending agent.

 

The Funds have elected to invest the cash collateral received from lending in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio which is disclosed on the Schedules of Investments. The Funds bear the risk of loss with respect to the investment of collateral. The net securities lending income earned by the Funds for the six months ended March 31, 2018, is included in the Statements of Operations.

 

The value of the collateral could include collateral held for securities that were sold on or before March 31, 2018. It may also include collateral received from the pre-funding of security loans.

 

The following table indicates the total amount of securities loaned by type, reconciled to gross liability payable upon return of the securities loaned by the Fund as of March 31, 2018:

  

   Remaining contractual maturity of the lending agreement 
   Overnight & Continuous  Up to 30 days   30-90 days   Greater than 90 days   Fair Value   Collateral Received   Amount due from counterparty 
Securities Lending Transactions                                   
ICON International Equity Fund                                   
Equity Securities  $ 446,104  $   $   $   $446,104   $438,918   $(7,186)

 

Income Taxes, Dividends, and Distributions

 

The Funds intend to continue to qualify as regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and, accordingly, the Funds will generally not be subject to federal and state income taxes or federal excise taxes to the extent that they intend to make sufficient distributions of net investment income and net realized capital gains. As of and during the six months ended March 31, 2018, the Funds did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. The Funds recognize the interest and penalties, if any, related to the unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statements of Operations. During the period, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.

 

Dividends paid by the Funds from net investment income and distributions of net realized short-term gains are, for federal income tax purposes, taxable as ordinary income to shareholders.

 

 

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ICON International Funds Notes to Financial Statements

 

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Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded by the Funds on the ex-dividend/distribution date. The Funds distribute income and net realized capital gains, if any, to shareholders at least annually, if not offset by capital loss carryforward. The Funds may utilize equalization accounting for tax purposes and designate earnings and profits, including net realized gains distributed to shareholders on redemption of shares, as part of the dividends paid deduction for income tax purposes. Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

 

Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements.

 

The Funds file U.S. tax returns. While the statute of limitations remains open to examine the Funds’ U.S. tax returns filed for the past three years, no examinations are in progress or anticipated at this time. The Funds are not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.

 

Certain foreign countries impose a capital gains tax which is accrued by the Funds based on the unrealized appreciation, if any, on affected securities. Any accrual would reduce a Fund’s NAV. The tax is paid when the gain is realized and is included in capital gains tax in the Statements of Operations.

 

Investment Income

 

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Interest income is accrued as earned. Certain dividends from foreign securities are recorded as soon as the Funds are informed of the dividend if such information is obtained subsequent to the ex-dividend date. Discounts and premiums on fixed income securities purchased are accreted or amortized to income over the life of the respective securities based on effective yield.

 

Investment Transactions

 

Security transactions are accounted for no later than one business day after the trade date. However, for financial reporting purposes, security transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

 

Withholding Tax

 

Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Funds’ understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. The ability of issuers of debt securities held by the Funds to meet their obligations may be affected by economic and political developments in specific country or region.

 

Other

 

The Funds hold certain investments which pay dividends to their shareholders based upon available funds from operations. It is possible for these dividends to exceed the underlying investments’ taxable earnings and profits resulting in the excess portion of such dividends being designated as a return of capital. Distributions received from investments in securities that represent a return of capital or capital gains are recorded as a reduction of the cost of investments or as a realized gain, respectively.

 

Allocation of Expenses

 

Each class of a Fund’s shares bears expenses incurred specifically on its behalf and, in addition, each class bears a portion of general expenses, based upon relative net assets of each class or number of shareholder accounts. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed to a specific Fund in the Trust are apportioned between all Funds in the Trust based upon relative net assets or number of shareholder accounts. In calculating the net asset value per share of each class, investment income, realized and unrealized gains and losses and expenses other than class-specific expenses are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon the proportion of net assets.

 

 

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ICON International Funds Notes to Financial Statements
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Below are additional class level expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2018 that are included on the Statements of Operations:

 

Fund  Printing Fees*   Transfer Agent Fees*   Registration Fees 
ICON Emerging Markets Fund               
Class S  $3,571   $41,335   $8,959 
Class A   758    12,067    7,599 
ICON International Equity Fund               
Class S   1,271    7,380    7,433 
Class C   158    5,016    4,600 
Class A   282    5,068    5,533 

 

*Printing and Transfer agent out of pocket fees are a Fund level expense.

 

3. FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

 

 

Investment Advisory Fees

 

ICON Advisers, Inc. (“ICON Advisers”) serves as investment adviser to the Funds and is responsible for managing the Funds’ portfolios of securities. ICON Advisers receives a monthly management fee that is computed daily at an annual rate of 1.00% of each Fund’s average daily net assets.

 

ICON Advisers has contractually agreed to limit the Funds’ operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses) to the extent necessary to ensure that the Funds’ expenses do not exceed the following amounts:

 

Fund  Class S  Class C  Class A
ICON Emerging Markets Fund  1.55%    1.80%
ICON International Equity Fund  1.55%  2.55%  1.80%

 

The Funds’ expense limitations will continue in effect until at least January 31, 2021 for the Emerging Markets Fund Class A and all classes of the International Equity Fund. The expense limitation for the Emerging Markets Fund Class S will continue in effect until at least January 31, 2019. To the extent ICON Advisers reimburses or absorbs fees and expenses, it may seek payment of such amounts for up to three years after the expenses were reimbursed or absorbed. A Fund will make no such payment, however, if the total Fund operating expenses exceed the expense limits in effect at the time these payments are proposed.

 

As of March 31, 2018, the following amounts were available for recoupment by ICON Advisers based upon their potential expiration dates:

 

Fund 

Expires

2018

  

Expires

2019

  

Expires

2020

  

Expires

2021

 
ICON Emerging Markets Fund  $54,836   $106,751   $106,329(a)  $16,753 
ICON International Equity Fund   19,055    38,568    41,389    17,017 

 

(a)Emerging Markets Fund Class C shares merged into Class A shares on January 10, 2017. The Class C amount is not available for recoupment.

 

Accounting, Custody and Transfer Agent Fees

 

ALPS Fund Services, Inc. (“ALPS”) serves as the fund accounting agent for the Trust. For its services, the Trust pays ALPS a fee that is calculated daily and paid monthly at an annual rate based on the aggregate average daily net assets of the Trust.

 

State Street is the custodian of the Trust’s investments. For its services, the Trust pays State Street asset-based fees that vary according to the number of positions and transactions, plus out-of-pocket expenses.

 

ALPS is the Trust’s transfer agent. For these services, the Trust pays an annual fee plus annual base fee per Fund, per account fees and out-of-pocket expenses. 

 

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  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Administrative Services

 

The Trust has entered into an administrative services agreement with ICON Advisers pursuant to which ICON Advisers oversees the administration of the Trust’s business and affairs. This agreement provides for an annual fee of 0.05% on the Trust’s first $1.5 billion of average daily net assets, 0.045% on the next $1.5 billion of average daily net assets, 0.040% on the next $2 billion of average daily net assets and 0.030% on average daily net assets over $5 billion. For the six months ended March 31, 2018, each Fund’s payment for administrative services to ICON Advisers is included on the Statements of Operations. The administrative services agreement provides that ICON Advisers will not be liable for any error of judgment, mistake of law, or any loss suffered by the Trust in connection with matters to which the administrative services agreement relates, except for a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence by ICON Advisers in the performance of its duties.

 

ICON Advisers has a sub-administration agreement, with ALPS, under which ALPS assists ICON Advisers with the administration and business affairs of the Trust. For its services, ICON Advisers pays ALPS a fee that is calculated daily and paid monthly at an annual rate based on the aggregate average daily net assets of the Trust.

 

Distribution Fees

 

ICON Distributors, Inc. (“IDI” or “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICON Management and Research and affiliate of ICON Advisers, Inc., serves the Trust as Distributor. The Trust has adopted a Distribution Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (“12b-1 Plan”) under which the Funds are authorized to compensate or reimburse the Distributor for the sale and distribution of shares and for other shareholder services. The shareholders of the Funds pay an annual distribution fee of 1.00% of average daily net assets for Class C shares and an annual distribution fee of 0.25% of average daily net assets for Class A shares. There is no annual distribution fee for Class S shares. The total amount paid by each Fund under the 12b-1 Plan is shown on the Statements of Operations.

 

Class A Shares are subject to an initial sales charge and the public offering price of Class A shares equals net asset value plus the applicable sales charge, which is a maximum of 5.75%. For the six months ended March 31, 2018, IDI collected sales charges on purchases of Class A Shares, the majority of which were paid out as concessions to financial intermediaries, as follows:

 

Fund  Sales Charges Collected (Unaudited) 
ICON Emerging Markets Fund Class A  $914 
ICON International Equity Fund Class A   102 

 

In addition, IDI receives a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% of the purchase price on redemptions of Class C shares made within one year following the date of purchase. A 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge may also apply to certain redemptions of Class A shares made within one year following the purchase of $1 million or more without an initial sales charge. For the six months ended March, 31, 2018, IDI collected the following contingent deferred sales charges:

 

Fund  Contingent Deferred Sales
Charges Collected (Unaudited)
 
ICON International Equity Fund Class C  $2 

 

Other Related Parties

 

Certain Officers and Directors of ICON Advisers are also Officers and Trustees of the Funds; however, such Officers and Trustees (with the exception of the Chief Compliance Officer, “CCO”) receive no compensation from the Funds. The Trust pays a portion of the CCO’s salary and the remaining portion, along with other employee related expenses, is paid by ICON Advisers. For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the total related amounts paid by the Funds under this arrangement are included in Other Expenses on the Statements of Operations.

 

The Funds may reimburse ICON Advisers for legal work performed for the Funds by its attorneys outside of the advisory and administration contracts. The Board of Trustees reviews and approves such reimbursements. For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the total related amounts accrued or paid by the Funds under this arrangement was $616 and is included in Other Expenses on the Statements of Operations.

 

The Funds did not engage in cross trades with each other, during the six months ended March 31, 2018, pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act. Generally, cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which the Adviser serves as the investment adviser. The Board previously adopted procedures that apply to transactions between the Funds and its affiliates pursuant to Rule 17a-7. At its regularly scheduled meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most current calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements set forth by Rule 17a-7 and the Funds’ procedures. The procedures require that the transactions be a purchase or sale for no consideration other than cash payment against prompt delivery of a security for which market quotations are readily available, and be consistent with the investment policies of each Fund.

 

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ICON International Funds Notes to Financial Statements
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

4. BORROWINGS

 

 

The Trust has entered into an uncommitted, unsecured, revolving Line of Credit agreement/arrangement with State Street to provide temporary funding for redemption requests. The maximum borrowing limit is $50 million. Interest on domestic borrowings is charged at a rate quoted and determined by State Street. The interest rate as of March 31, 2018 was 3.13%. The Line of Credit agreement/arrangement expires on March 19, 2019.

 

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the average outstanding loan by Fund was as follows: 

 

Fund 

Maximum Borrowing (10/01/17 –
03/31/18)

  

Average Borrowing (10/01/17 – 03/31/18)*

  

Average Interest Rates (10/01/17 – 03/31/18)*

 
ICON Emerging Markets Fund  $1,130,391   $473,060    2.70%

 

 

*The average is calculated based on the actual number of days with outstanding borrowings.

 

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, there were no outstanding borrowings under this agreement/arrangement for these funds.

 

5. PURCHASES AND SALES OF INVESTMENT SECURITIES

 

 

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities (excluding short-term securities) was as follows:

 

Fund 

Purchases of Securities

  

Proceeds from Sales of Securities

 
ICON Emerging Markets Fund  $25,600,583   $30,306,804 
ICON International Equity Fund   33,280,716    32,958,841 

 

6. FEDERAL INCOME TAX

 

 

The following information is presented on an income tax basis. Differences between GAAP and federal income tax purposes that are permanent in nature are reclassified within the capital accounts. Temporary differences do not require reclassification. Temporary and permanent differences do not impact the NAVs of the Funds. These differences are due to differing treatments for items such as passive foreign investment companies, foreign currency transactions, foreign capital gain tax treatment, expiring capital loss carryforwards and net investment losses.

 

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) capital losses generated by a Fund may be carried over indefinitely, but these losses must be used prior to the utilization of any pre-enactment capital losses. Since pre-enactment capital losses may only be carried forward for eight years there may be a greater likelihood that all or a portion of each Fund’s pre-enactment capital losses will expire unused.

 

For the year ended September 30, 2017 the following Funds had capital loss carryforwards:

 

Fund  Expiring in 2018 
ICON International Equity Fund  $27,012,993 

 

For Emerging Markets Fund and the International Equity Fund, the capital loss carryovers used during the year ended September 30, 2017 were $4,083,021 and $1,685,270, respectively.

 

For International Equity Fund, the short-term and long-term capital losses with no expiration were $4,016,565 and $3,533,938, respectively.

 

The International Equity Fund elects to defer to the period ending September 30, 2018, capital losses recognized during the period November 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017 in the amount of $403,754.

 

The International Equity Fund elects to defer to the period ending September 30, 2018, late year ordinary losses in the amount of $102,068.

 

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The Funds did not pay distributions to shareholders during the fiscal years ended September 30, 2017.

 

As of September 30, 2017, the components of accumulated earnings/(deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Fund 

Undistributed  

Ordinary Income

   Accumulated Capital Gains/(Losses)  

Other Cumulative 

 Effect of Timing Differences

   Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)   Total Accumulated Earnings/(Deficit) 
ICON Emerging Markets Fund  $100,506   $   $   $1,811,966   $1,912,472 
ICON International Equity Fund       (34,967,250)   (102,068)   903,934    (34,165,384)

 

As of March 31, 2018, cost on investments for federal income tax purposes and the amount of net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) were as follows:

 

Fund  Gross Appreciation (excess of value over tax cost)   Gross Depreciation (excess of tax cost over value)   Net Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation)   Cost of Investments for Income Tax Purposes 
ICON Emerging Markets Fund  $8,825,097   $(1,946,547)  $6,878,550   $57,423,032 
ICON International Equity Fund   3,432,491    (2,979,701)   452,790    52,008,581 

   

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ICON International Funds Disclosure of Fund Expenses
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Example

 

As a shareholder of a Fund you may pay two types of fees: transaction fees and fund-related fees. Certain funds charge transaction fees, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, or other distributions; redemption fees; and exchange fees. Funds also incur various ongoing expenses, including management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses, which are indirectly paid by shareholders.

 

This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the various ICON Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. This Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the six-month period (10/01/17 – 03/31/18).

 

Actual Expenses

 

The first line in the table for each Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. The Example includes, but is not limited to, management fees, 12b-1 fees, fund accounting, custody and transfer agent fees. However, the Example does not include client specific fees, such as the $15 fee charged to IRA accounts, or the $15 fee charged for wire redemptions. You may use this information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for each Fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

 

The second line in the table for each Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees that may be charged by other funds. Therefore, this information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. 

 

    Beginning Account Value October 1, 2017   Ending Account Value March 31, 2018   Expense Ratio(a)   Expenses Paid
During period
October 1, 2017 -
March 31, 2018(b)
ICON Emerging Markets Fund                
Class S                
Actual   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,100.30   1.56%   $8.17
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,017.15   1.56%   $7.85
Class A                
Actual   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,099.00   1.81%   $9.47
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,015.91   1.81%   $9.10
                 
ICON International Equity Fund                
Class S                
Actual   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,049.40   1.50%   $7.66
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,017.45   1.50%   $7.54
Class C                
Actual   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,044.70   2.55%     $13.00
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,012.22   2.55%     $12.79
Class A                
Actual   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,047.90   1.80%   $9.19
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,015.96   1.80%   $9.05

 

(a)The Fund’s expense ratios have been 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 182/365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

Total returns exclude applicable sales charges. If sales charges were included (maximum 5.75%), returns would be lower.

 

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ICON International Funds Additional Information
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Portfolio Holdings

 

Information related to the 10 largest portfolio holdings of each Fund is made available at www.iconfunds.com within approximately 10 business days after month-end. Additionally, a complete list of each Fund’s holdings is made available approximately 30 days after month-end. Each ICON Fund also files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of its fiscal year with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on Form N-Q. The ICON Funds’ Forms N-Q are available at www.sec.gov or may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

Proxy Voting

 

A summarized description of the policies and procedures the ICON Funds use to vote proxies is available free of charge at www.iconfunds.com or by calling 1-800-764-0442.

 

Information about how the ICON Funds voted proxies related to each Fund’s portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30 is available free of charge at www.iconfunds.com or on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

For More Information

 

This report is for the general information of the Funds’ shareholders and is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus. You may obtain a copy of the prospectus, which contains information about the investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses, and share classes of each ICON Fund, by visiting www.iconfunds.com or by calling 1-800-764-0442. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing. 

 

ICON Distributors, Inc., Distributor.

 

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ICON International Funds Privacy Policy
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

FACTS WHAT DOES ICON DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
Why? Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.
What? The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:
   
 

●      Social Security number and account balances

●      income and transaction history
●      checking account information and wire transfer instructions

   
  When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.
How? All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons ICON chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

 

Reasons we can share your personal information Does ICON share?   Can you limit this sharing?
For our everyday business purposes — such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus Yes   No
For our marketing purposes — to offer our products and services to you No   We don’t share
For joint marketing with other financial companies No   We don’t share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your transactions and experiences No   We don’t share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness No   We don’t share
For nonaffiliates to market to you No   We don’t share

 

Questions? Call 1-800-764-0442 for the ICON Funds and 1-800-828-4881 for ICON Advisers, Inc. and ICON Distributors, Inc.

 

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ICON International Funds Privacy Policy
March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Who We Are
Who is providing this notice? ICON Funds, ICON Advisers, Inc., and ICON Distributors, Inc. (collectively “ICON”)
What We Do
How does ICON protect my personal information? To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.
   
  Contracts with our service providers require them to restrict access to your non-public  personal information, and to maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards against unintended disclosure.
How does ICON collect my personal information?

We collect your personal information, for example, when you

 

open an account or enter into an investment advisory contract
provide account information or give us your contact information
make a wire transfer
   
We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies.
Why can’t I limit all sharing? Federal law gives you the right to limit only
   
  sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness
  affiliates from using your information to market to you
  sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you
     
  State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.
Definitions
Affiliates Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
   
  Our affiliates include financial companies such as ICON Funds, ICON Advisers, Inc., and ICON Distributors, Inc.
Nonaffiliates Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
   
  Nonaffiliates we share with can include financial companies such as  custodians, transfer agents, registered representatives, financial advisers and nonfinancial companies such as fulfillment, proxy voting, and class action service providers
Joint marketing A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
   
  ICON doesn’t jointly market

 

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For more information about the ICON Funds, contact us:
   
By Telephone 1-800-764-0442
By E-Mail info@iconadvisers.com
By Mail ICON Funds | P.O. Box 1920 | Denver, CO 80201
In Person ICON Funds | 5299 DTC Boulevard, 12th Floor
  Greenwood Village, CO 80111
On the Internet www.iconfunds.com

 

 

 

 
 

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SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

 

March 31, 2018

   

Sector Funds

 

ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund

ICON Consumer Staples Fund

ICON Energy Fund

ICON Financial Fund

ICON Healthcare Fund

ICON Industrials Fund

ICON Information Technology Fund

ICON Natural Resources Fund

ICON Utilities Fund

 

 

 

(GRAPHIC) 

 

You can now sign up for electronic delivery of ICON Fund shareholder reports, including prospectuses, annual reports, semiannual reports and proxy statements.

 

When these materials are available, you will receive an email from ICON with instructions on how to view the documents. Statements, transaction confirmations and other documents that are not available online will continue to be sent to you by U.S. mail.

 

Visit ICON’s website at www.iconfunds.com to learn more and sign up.

 

You may change or cancel your participation in eDelivery by visiting www.iconfunds.com, or you can request a hard copy of any of the materials free of charge by calling ICON Funds at 1-800-764-0442.

 

1-800-764-0442    ●   www.iconfunds.com

 

 

 

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About This Report (Unaudited) 2
   
Schedules of Investments (Unaudited)  
   
ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund 3
   
ICON Consumer Staples Fund 5
   
ICON Energy Fund 6
   
ICON Financial Fund 7
   
ICON Healthcare Fund 9
   
ICON Industrials Fund 10
   
ICON Information Technology Fund 11
   
ICON Natural Resources Fund 13
   
ICON Utilities Fund 15
   
Financial Statements (Unaudited) 16
   
Financial Highlights (Unaudited) 28
   
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) 48
   
Disclosure of Fund Expenses (Unaudited) 61
   
Additional Information (Unaudited) 64
   
Privacy Policy 65

 

 

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ICON Sector Funds About This Report
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Historical Returns

 

All total returns mentioned in this Report account for the change in a Fund’s per-share price and the reinvestment of any dividends, capital gain distributions and adjustments for financial statement purposes. If your account is set up to receive Fund distributions in cash rather than to reinvest them, your actual return may differ from these figures. The Funds’ performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. The Adviser may have reimbursed certain fees or expenses of some of the Funds. If not for these reimbursements, performance would have been lower. Fund results shown, unless otherwise indicated, are at net asset value. If a sales charge (maximum 5.75%) had been deducted, results would have been lower.

 

Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance results represent past performance, and current performance may be higher or lower. Please call 1-800-764-0442 or visit www.iconfunds.com for performance results current to the most recent month-end.

 

Portfolio Data

 

This Report reflects ICON’s portfolio holdings as of March 31, 2018, the end of the reporting period. The information is not a complete analysis of every aspect of any sector, industry, security or the Funds.

 

There are risks associated with mutual fund investing, including the loss of principal. The likelihood of loss may be greater if you invest for a shorter period of time. There is no assurance that the investment process will consistently lead to successful results.

 

An investment concentrated in sectors and industries may involve greater risk and volatility than a more diversified investment. Investments in foreign securities may entail unique risks, including political, market, and currency risks. Financial statements of foreign companies are governed by different accounting, auditing, and financial standards than U.S. companies and may be less transparent and uniform than in the United States. Many corporate governance standards, which help ensure the integrity of public information in the United States, do not exist in foreign countries. In general, there may be less governmental supervision of foreign stock exchanges and securities brokers and issuers. The ICON system relies on the integrity of the financial statements released to the market as part of our analysis.

 

The prospectus and statement of additional information contain this and other information about the Funds and are available by visiting www.iconfunds.com or calling 1-800-764-0442. Please read the prospectus and statement of additional information carefully.

 

Financial Intermediary

 

If you purchase the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may influence the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

 

 
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ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares or Principal Amount   Value 
Common Stocks (94.61%)         
Apparel Retail (7.90%)         
Ross Stores, Inc.  8,500   $662,830 
TJX Cos., Inc.  13,801    1,125,609 
        1,788,439 
Auto Parts & Equipment (3.39%)         
Horizon Global Corp.(a)  37,100    305,704 
Modine Manufacturing Co.(a)  21,800    461,070 
        766,774 
Automotive Retail (10.56%)         
AutoZone, Inc.(a)  500    324,345 
Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A  4,800    482,496 
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)  6,400    1,583,232 
        2,390,073 
Broadcasting (8.85%)         
CBS Corp., Class B  25,200    1,295,028 
Gray Television, Inc.(a)  18,500    234,950 
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A  7,100    472,150 
        2,002,128 
Cable & Satellite (7.38%)         
Comcast Corp., Class A  48,900    1,670,913 
          
Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks (1.61%)         
Meritor, Inc.(a)  17,700    363,912 
          
Home Improvement Retail (6.18%)         
Home Depot, Inc.  4,200    748,608 
Lowe’s Cos., Inc.  7,400    649,350 
        1,397,958 
Homebuilding (8.18%)         
DR Horton, Inc.  10,000    438,400 
Lennar Corp., Class A  9,400    554,036 
M/I Homes, Inc.(a)  7,600    242,060 
PulteGroup, Inc.  8,200    241,818 
Toll Brothers, Inc.  5,100    220,575 
TopBuild Corp.(a)  2,000    153,040 
        1,849,929 
Homefurnishing Retail (4.18%)         
Aaron’s, Inc.  20,300    945,980 
          
Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines (2.26%)         
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Ltd.(a)  5,000    264,850 
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.  2,100    247,254 
        512,104 
Movies & Entertainment (10.98%)         
Time Warner, Inc.  7,600    718,808 
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A  7,600    278,844 
Viacom, Inc., Class B  11,300    350,978 
Walt Disney Co.  11,300    1,134,972 
        2,483,602 
   Shares or Principal Amount   Value 
Restaurants (6.57%)        
Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.(a)  5,282   $220,471 
McDonald’s Corp.  8,100    1,266,678 
        1,487,149 
Specialty Stores (14.46%)         
Michaels Cos., Inc.(a)  70,500    1,389,555 
Party City Holdco, Inc.(a)(b)  36,601    570,976 
Tractor Supply Co.  4,000    252,080 
Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)  5,200    1,062,204 
        3,274,815 
Tires & Rubber (2.11%)         
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.  18,000    478,440 
          
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $22,095,990)
       21,412,216 
          
          
Collateral for Securities on Loan (0.88%)         
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 7-Day Yield 1.73%  198,510    198,510 
          
Total Collateral for Securities on Loan
(Cost $198,510)
       198,510 
          
Total Investments (95.49%)
(Cost $22,294,500)
      $21,610,726 
          
Other Assets Less Liabilities (4.51%)       1,020,541 
          
Net Assets (100.00%)      $22,631,267 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

(b)All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2018.


 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Sector Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Consumer Discretionary   93.00%
Industrials   1.61%
    94.61%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.

 

Industry Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)    
     
Specialty Stores   14.46%
Movies & Entertainment   10.98%
Automotive Retail   10.56%
Broadcasting   8.85%
Homebuilding   8.18%
Apparel Retail   7.90%
Cable & Satellite   7.38%
Restaurants   6.57%
Home Improvement Retail   6.18%
Homefurnishing Retail   4.18%
Auto Parts & Equipment   3.39%
Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines   2.26%
Tires & Rubber   2.11%
Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks   1.61%
    94.61%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.

 



The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Consumer Staples Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares or Principal Amount   Value 
Common Stocks (98.08%)         
Brewers (4.53%)         
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, Sponsored ADR  4,073   $447,786 
          
Distillers & Vintners (3.03%)         
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A  1,315    299,715 
          
Drug Retail (5.99%)         
CVS Health Corp.  5,100    317,271 
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.  4,200    274,974 
        592,245 
Food Distributors (3.13%)         
Performance Food Group Co.(a)  939    28,029 
Sysco Corp.  2,300    137,908 
U.S. Foods Holding Corp.(a)  4,400    144,188 
        310,125 
Food Retail (0.97%)         
Kroger Co.  4,000    95,760 
          
Household Products (12.52%)         
Colgate-Palmolive Co.  7,200    516,096 
Procter & Gamble Co.  9,100    721,448 
        1,237,544 
Hypermarkets & Super Centers (0.27%)         
Wal-Mart, Inc.  300    26,691 
          
Managed Health Care (0.85%)         
Cigna Corp.  500    83,870 
          
Packaged Foods & Meats (37.81%)         
Conagra Foods, Inc.  20,838    768,505 
J.M. Smucker Co.  1,400    173,614 
Kellogg Co.  4,500    292,545 
Kraft Heinz Co.  1,400    87,206 
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.  5,405    314,679 
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A  20,100    838,773 
Pinnacle Foods, Inc.  8,800    476,080 
Post Holdings, Inc.(a)  6,600    500,016 
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A  3,900    285,441 
        3,736,859 
Pharmaceuticals (2.72%)         
Johnson & Johnson  2,100    269,115 
          
Soft Drinks (9.57%)         
Coca-Cola Co.  4,200    182,406 
National Beverage Corp.  1,086    96,676 
PepsiCo, Inc.  6,100    665,815 
        944,897 
Tobacco (16.69%)         
Altria Group, Inc.  9,000    560,880 
British American Tobacco PLC, Sponsored ADR  7,500    432,675 
   Shares or Principal Amount   Value 
Tobacco (continued)         
Philip Morris International, Inc.  6,600   $656,040 
        1,649,595 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $10,010,602)
       9,694,202 
          
Total Investments (98.08%)
(Cost $10,010,602)
      $9,694,202 
          
Other Assets Less Liabilities (1.92%)       189,435 
          
Net Assets (100.00%)      $9,883,637 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

 

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Sector Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Consumer Staples   94.51%
Health Care   3.57%
    98.08%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.

 

Industry Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Packaged Foods & Meats   37.81%
Tobacco   16.69%
Household Products   12.52%
Soft Drinks   9.57%
Drug Retail   5.99%
Brewers   4.53%
Food Distributors   3.13%
Distillers & Vintners   3.03%
Pharmaceuticals   2.72%
Other Industries (each less than 1%)   2.09%
    98.08%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.



 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Energy Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares or
Principal Amount
   Value 
Common Stocks (99.05%)         
Integrated Oil & Gas (22.54%)         
Chevron Corp.  139,100   $15,862,964 
Exxon Mobil Corp.  251,700    18,779,337 
TOTAL SA, Sponsored ADR  115,300    6,651,657 
        41,293,958 
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services (5.76%)         
RPC, Inc.(a)  316,300    5,702,889 
Smart Sand, Inc.(a)(b)  296,500    1,725,630 
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.(a)  122,800    3,133,856 
        10,562,375 
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production (52.08%)         
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.  325,600    7,807,888 
Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.(b)  418,800    6,700,800 
Centennial Resource Development, Inc., Class A(b)  155,900    2,860,765 
Chesapeake Energy Corp.(a)(b)  890,450    2,689,159 
Cimarex Energy Co.  93,900    8,779,650 
Concho Resources, Inc.(b)  12,500    1,879,125 
Diamondback Energy, Inc.(b)  124,250    15,720,110 
EQT Corp.  114,200    5,425,642 
Laredo Petroleum, Inc.(b)  587,950    5,121,044 
Matador Resources Co.(b)  107,300    3,209,343 
Newfield Exploration Co.(b)  293,800    7,174,596 
Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A(b)  287,200    8,325,928 
Ring Energy, Inc.(b)  474,100    6,803,335 
SM Energy Co.  104,800    1,889,544 
SRC Energy, Inc.(b)  1,061,850    10,013,246 
W&T Offshore, Inc.(b)  228,800    1,013,584 
        95,413,759 
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing (13.31%)         
Andeavor  56,200    5,651,472 
HollyFrontier Corp.  44,700    2,184,042 
Marathon Petroleum Corp.  86,400    6,316,704 
Phillips 66  28,900    2,772,088 
Valero Energy Corp.  80,300    7,449,431 
        24,373,737 
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation (5.36%)         
Magellan Midstream Partners LP  74,000    4,317,900 
Pembina Pipeline Corp.(a)  176,100    5,499,603 
        9,817,503 
          
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $182,297,626)
       181,461,332 

 

Underlying Security/Expiration        
Date/Exercise Price/ Notional Amount  Contracts   Value 
Put Options Purchased (0.03%)         
SPDR® S&P® Oil & Gas Exploration & Production 04/20/18, 36, $1,408,800  400    54,400 
          
Total Put Options Purchased
(Cost $43,054)
       54,400 
Underlying Security/Expiration        
Date/Exercise Price/ Notional Amount  Contracts   Value 
Collateral for Securities on Loan (8.20%)         
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 7-Day Yield 1.73%  15,023,763   $15,023,763 
          
Total Collateral for Securities on Loan
(Cost $15,023,763)
       15,023,763 
          
Total Investments (107.28%)
(Cost $197,364,443)
      $196,539,495 
          
Liabilities Less Other Assets (-7.28%)       (13,329,110)
          
Net Assets (100.00%)      $183,210,385 

 

(a)All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2018.

(b)Non-income producing security.

 

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

 

Sector Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Energy   99.05%
    99.05%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.

 

Industry Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production   52.08%
Integrated Oil & Gas   22.54%
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing   13.31%
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services   5.76%
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation   5.36%
    99.05%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.



 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Financial Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Common Stocks (96.54%)        
Asset Management & Custody Banks (5.31%)         
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.  5,600   $828,464 
Financial Engines, Inc.  18,400    644,000 
State Street Corp.  9,600    957,408 
        2,429,872 
Consumer Finance (8.52%)         
Ally Financial, Inc.  34,100    925,815 
American Express Co.  15,400    1,436,512 
Discover Financial Services  21,400    1,539,302 
        3,901,629 
Diversified Banks (34.44%)         
Bank of America Corp.  156,200    4,684,438 
Citigroup, Inc.  46,300    3,125,250 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  43,300    4,761,701 
U.S. Bancorp  38,100    1,924,050 
Wells Fargo & Co.  24,300    1,273,563 
        15,769,002 
Financial Exchanges & Data (1.93%)         
MSCI, Inc.  5,900    881,873 
          
Insurance Brokers (2.73%)         
Health Insurance Innovations, Inc., Class A(a)  43,200    1,248,480 
          
Investment Banking & Brokerage (6.51%)         
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.  5,600    1,410,416 
Morgan Stanley  29,100    1,570,236 
        2,980,652 
Life & Health Insurance (6.79%)         
CNO Financial Group, Inc.  55,200    1,196,184 
Lincoln National Corp.  13,300    971,698 
Sun Life Financial, Inc.(b)  22,900    941,648 
        3,109,530 
Multi-line Insurance (1.66%)         
American International Group, Inc.  14,000    761,880 
          
Other Diversified Financial Services (2.55%)         
Voya Financial, Inc.  23,100    1,166,550 
          
Property & Casualty Insurance (3.72%)         
Stewart Information Services Corp.  13,800    606,372 
United Insurance Holdings Corp.  57,400    1,098,636 
        1,705,008 
Regional Banks (16.40%)         
Bank of the Ozarks  17,500    844,725 
Fifth Third Bancorp  32,600    1,035,050 
First Horizon National Corp.  60,200    1,133,566 
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.  46,200    1,136,058 
KeyCorp  57,100    1,116,305 
Synovus Financial Corp.  18,700    933,878 

 

   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Regional Banks (continued)         
Webster Financial Corp.  23,600   $1,307,440 
        7,507,022 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (5.98%)         
BofI Holding, Inc.(a)(b)  24,800    1,005,144 
Essent Group, Ltd.(a)  20,400    868,224 
Radian Group, Inc.  45,400    864,416 
        2,737,784 
          
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $35,059,213)
       44,199,282 
          
Collateral for Securities on Loan (4.28%)         
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 7-Day Yield 1.73%  1,960,950    1,960,950 
          
Total Collateral for Securities on Loan
(Cost $1,960,950)
       1,960,950 
          
Total Investments (100.82%)
(Cost $37,020,163)
      $46,160,232 
          
Liabilities Less Other Assets (-0.82%)       (376,805)
          
Net Assets (100.00%)      $45,783,427 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2018.

 

Sector Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)

 

 

Financials    96.54%
     96.54%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.



The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Financial Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Industry Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited) 
      
Diversified Banks   34.44%
Regional Banks   16.40%
Consumer Finance   8.52%
Life & Health Insurance   6.79%
Investment Banking & Brokerage   6.51%
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance   5.98%
Asset Management & Custody Banks   5.31%
Property & Casualty Insurance   3.72%
Insurance Brokers   2.73%
Other Diversified Financial Services   2.55%
Financial Exchanges & Data   1.93%
Multi-line Insurance   1.66%
    96.54%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.



The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.  
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ICON Healthcare Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Common Stocks (97.76%)         
Biotechnology (25.35%)         
AbbVie, Inc.  41,600   $3,937,440 
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)  36,400    4,057,144 
Celgene Corp.(a)  27,600    2,462,196 
Exelixis, Inc.(a)  74,149    1,642,400 
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)  3,000    1,033,080 
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)  26,253    4,278,714 
        17,410,974 
Health Care Equipment (16.33%)         
Abbott Laboratories  54,374    3,258,090 
Becton, Dickinson and Co.  10,300    2,232,010 
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)  13,000    1,813,760 
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(a)  17,000    940,780 
Medtronic PLC  22,723    1,822,839 
NuVasive, Inc.(a)  6,500    339,365 
Teleflex, Inc.  3,200    815,936 
        11,222,780 
Health Care Facilities (1.11%)         
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B  6,419    760,074 
          
Health Care Services (8.87%)         
BioTelemetry, Inc.(a)  132,595    4,117,075 
Premier, Inc., Class A(a)  63,132    1,976,663 
        6,093,738 
Life Sciences Tools & Services (17.48%)         
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)  17,238    1,691,220 
PRA Health Sciences, Inc.(a)  59,100    4,902,936 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.  26,200    5,409,252 
        12,003,408 
Managed Health Care (18.81%)         
Aetna, Inc.  6,056    1,023,464 
Anthem, Inc.  9,100    1,999,270 
Centene Corp.(a)  11,211    1,198,120 
Cigna Corp.  6,300    1,056,762 
Humana, Inc.  7,100    1,908,693 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.  23,300    4,986,200 
WellCare Health Plans, Inc.(a)  3,881    751,478 
        12,923,987 
Pharmaceuticals (9.81%)         
Eli Lilly & Co.  21,200    1,640,244 
Merck & Co., Inc.  83,000    4,521,010 
Mylan NV(a)  14,000    576,380 
        6,737,634 
          
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $63,008,451)
       67,152,595 

 

  

Value
 
Total Investments (97.76%)
(Cost $63,008,451)
  $67,152,595 
      
Other Assets Less Liabilities (2.24%)   1,537,015 
      
Net Assets (100.00%)  $68,689,610 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

 

Sector Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited) 
      
Health Care   97.76%
    97.76%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.

 

Industry Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited) 
      
Biotechnology   25.35%
Managed Health Care   18.81%
Life Sciences Tools & Services   17.48%
Health Care Equipment   16.33%
Pharmaceuticals   9.81%
Health Care Services   8.87%
Health Care Facilities   1.11%
    97.76%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.



The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.  
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ICON Industrials Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Common Stocks (98.42%)         
Air Freight & Logistics (8.82%)         
FedEx Corp.  2,000   $480,220 
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B  9,000    941,940 
        1,422,160 
Building Products (14.43%)         
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.(a)  5,000    281,500 
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.  16,500    971,685 
Masco Corp.  26,500    1,071,660 
        2,324,845 
Commercial Printing (9.13%)         
Deluxe Corp.  10,700    791,907 
RR Donnelley & Sons Co.  78,000    680,940 
        1,472,847 
Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks (24.32%)       
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.  38,400    1,499,904 
Cummins, Inc.  8,000    1,296,720 
PACCAR, Inc.  17,000    1,124,890 
        3,921,514 
Construction Materials (2.56%)         
Eagle Materials, Inc.  4,000    412,200 
          
Diversified Support Services (2.51%)         
Matthews International Corp., Class A  8,000    404,800 
          
Human Resource & Employment Services (1.07%)         
ManpowerGroup, Inc.  1,500    172,650 
          
Industrial Conglomerates (4.53%)         
Carlisle Cos., Inc.  7,000    730,870 
          
Industrial Machinery (7.75%)         
Ingersoll-Rand PLC  6,000    513,060 
Snap-on, Inc.  5,000    737,700 
        1,250,760 
Railroads (18.09%)         
Canadian Pacific Railway, Ltd.  4,700    829,550 
CSX Corp.  14,000    779,940 
Kansas City Southern  7,500    823,875 
Union Pacific Corp.  3,600    483,948 
        2,917,313 
Trading Companies & Distributors (5.21%)         
Air Lease Corp.  12,000    511,440 
United Rentals, Inc.(a)  1,900    328,187 
        839,627 
          
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $15,200,670)
       15,869,586 

 

  

Value
 
Total Investments (98.42%)
(Cost $15,200,670)
  $15,869,586 
      
Other Assets Less Liabilities (1.58%)   254,238 
      
Net Assets (100.00%)  $16,123,824 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

 

Sector Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited) 
      
Industrials   95.86%
Materials   2.56%
    98.42%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.

 

Industry Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited) 
      
Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks   24.32%
Railroads   18.09%
Building Products   14.43%
Commercial Printing   9.13%
Air Freight & Logistics   8.82%
Industrial Machinery   7.75%
Trading Companies & Distributors   5.21%
Industrial Conglomerates   4.53%
Construction Materials   2.56%
Diversified Support Services   2.51%
Human Resource & Employment Services   1.07%
    98.42%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.



The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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ICON Information Technology Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Common Stocks (97.56%)         
Application Software (3.15%)         
CDK Global, Inc.  31,800   $2,014,212 
          
Communications Equipment (2.07%)         
Extreme Networks, Inc.(a)  119,400    1,321,758 
          
Data Processing & Outsourced Services (14.39%)         
Alliance Data Systems Corp.  3,500    745,010 
Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a)  19,300    1,523,156 
Genpact, Ltd.  43,000    1,375,570 
Global Payments, Inc.  9,700    1,081,744 
Mastercard, Inc., Class A  9,100    1,593,956 
Visa, Inc., Class A  24,180    2,892,412 
        9,211,848 
Electronic Equipment & Instruments (4.04%)         
Coherent, Inc.(a)  5,900    1,105,660 
Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.(a)  76,600    1,480,678 
        2,586,338 
Electronic Manufacturing Services (5.54%)         
KEMET Corp.(a)  88,200    1,599,066 
Methode Electronics, Inc.  49,700    1,943,270 
        3,542,336 
Internet Software & Services (13.29%)         
Blucora, Inc.(a)  56,800    1,397,280 
Facebook, Inc., Class A(a)  22,000    3,515,380 
LogMeIn, Inc.  15,500    1,791,025 
Momo, Inc., Sponsored ADR(a)  48,200    1,801,716 
        8,505,401 
IT Consulting & Other Services (9.89%)         
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.  34,000    1,316,480 
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A  25,200    2,028,600 
DXC Technology Co.  19,900    2,000,547 
Leidos Holdings, Inc.  15,000    981,000 
        6,326,627 
Semiconductor Equipment (11.93%)         
Applied Materials, Inc.  29,600    1,646,056 
Ichor Holdings, Ltd.(a)(b)  45,200    1,094,292 
Lam Research Corp.  4,800    975,168 
MKS Instruments, Inc.  10,900    1,260,585 
Rudolph Technologies, Inc.(a)  26,000    720,200 
Teradyne, Inc.  16,900    772,499 
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(a)  60,600    1,166,550 
        7,635,350 
Semiconductors (11.69%)         
Broadcom, Ltd.  5,600    1,319,640 
Diodes, Inc.(a)  36,000    1,096,560 
Micron Technology, Inc.(a)  11,100    578,754 
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.  6,500    752,505 
Qorvo, Inc.(a)  19,600    1,380,820 
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.  9,900    992,574 

 

   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Semiconductors (continued)         
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Sponsored ADR  31,000   $1,356,560 
        7,477,413 
Technology Distributors (6.11%)         
CDW Corp.  18,400    1,293,704 
Insight Enterprises, Inc.(a)  36,000    1,257,480 
ScanSource, Inc.(a)  19,500    693,225 
Systemax, Inc.  23,400    668,070 
        3,912,479 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (15.46%)
Apple, Inc.  46,800    7,852,104 
HP, Inc.  29,700    651,024 
NCR Corp.(a)  19,500    614,640 
Western Digital Corp.  8,400    775,068 
        9,892,836 
          
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $53,153,685)
       62,426,598 
          
Collateral for Securities on Loan (1.68%)         
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 7-Day Yield 1.73%  1,073,500    1,073,500 
          
Total Collateral for Securities on Loan
(Cost $1,073,500)
       1,073,500 
          
Total Investments (99.24%)
(Cost $54,227,185)
      $63,500,098 
          
Other Assets Less Liabilities (0.76%)       485,642 
          
Net Assets (100.00%)      $63,985,740 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

(b)All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2018.

 

ADR - American Depositary Receipt 

     
Sector Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Information Technology   97.56%
    97.56%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.

 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Information Technology Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Industry Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals   15.46%
Data Processing & Outsourced Services   14.39%
Internet Software & Services   13.29%
Semiconductor Equipment   11.93%
Semiconductors   11.69%
IT Consulting & Other Services   9.89%
Technology Distributors   6.11%
Electronic Manufacturing Services   5.54%
Electronic Equipment & Instruments   4.04%
Application Software   3.15%
Communications Equipment   2.07%
    97.56%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.

 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Natural Resources Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Common Stocks (98.79%)         
Building Products (2.14%)         
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.  14,500   $853,905 
Masco Corp.  25,000    1,011,000 
        1,864,905 
Coal & Consumable Fuels (8.81%)         
Adaro Energy Tbk PT  27,000,000    4,206,864 
Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk PT  1,678,700    3,483,965 
        7,690,829 
Commodity Chemicals (1.89%)         
Koppers Holdings, Inc.(a)  20,000    822,000 
Olin Corp.  27,339    830,832 
        1,652,832 
Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks (2.10%)         
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.  47,000    1,835,820 
          
Construction Materials (5.33%)         
Buzzi Unicem SpA(b)  60,000    1,405,392 
Eagle Materials, Inc.  16,000    1,648,800 
Vulcan Materials Co.  14,000    1,598,380 
        4,652,572 
Diversified Chemicals (9.37%)         
BASF SE  33,000    3,346,776 
DowDuPont, Inc.  28,745    1,831,344 
Eastman Chemical Co.  20,000    2,111,600 
Huntsman Corp.  30,000    877,500 
        8,167,220 
Diversified Metals & Mining (2.67%)         
Rio Tinto PLC  46,000    2,334,229 
          
Integrated Oil & Gas (19.84%)         
BP PLC  140,000    944,316 
Gazprom PJSC, Sponsored ADR(a)  820,000    3,998,439 
LUKOIL PJSC, Sponsored ADR  60,000    4,142,612 
MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC  240,000    2,618,568 
Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC, GDR  674,000    3,702,207 
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A, Sponsored ADR  30,000    1,914,300 
        17,320,442 
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production (17.56%)         
Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.(a)  80,000    1,280,000 
Cimarex Energy Co.  22,000    2,057,000 
CNOOC, Ltd.  1,900,000    2,813,309 
Diamondback Energy, Inc.(a)  18,700    2,365,924 
Newfield Exploration Co.(a)  50,000    1,221,000 
Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A(a)  95,000    2,754,050 
SRC Energy, Inc.(a)  300,000    2,829,000 
        15,320,283 
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing (6.31%)         
Andeavor  10,000    1,005,600 
Marathon Petroleum Corp.  15,000    1,096,650 
   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing (continued)         
Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS  122,000   $3,407,660 
        5,509,910 
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation (2.77%)         
Sinopec Kantons Holdings, Ltd.  4,876,000    2,419,648 
          
Paper Packaging (4.31%)         
DS Smith PLC  176,000    1,163,027 
Smurfit Kappa Group PLC  64,000    2,598,239 
        3,761,266 
Paper Products (10.99%)         
Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing, Ltd.  2,930,000    3,128,593 
Mondi PLC  150,000    4,031,720 
Nine Dragons Paper Holdings, Ltd.  1,601,000    2,426,480 
        9,586,793 
Steel (4.70%)         
POSCO, Sponsored ADR  52,000    4,100,200 
          
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $81,020,020)
       86,216,949 
          
Collateral for Securities on Loan (0.17%)         
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 7-Day Yield 1.73%  148,892    148,892 
          
Total Collateral for Securities on Loan
(Cost $148,892)
       148,892 
          
Total Investments (98.96%)
(Cost $81,168,912)
      $86,365,841 
          
Other Assets Less Liabilities (1.04%)       903,417 
          
Net Assets (100.00%)      $87,269,258 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

(b)All or a portion of the security was on loan as of March 31, 2018.

 

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

GDR - Global Depositary Receipt

 



The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Country Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
United States   32.13%
Russia   13.57%
United Kingdom   9.70%
Hong Kong   9.14%
Indonesia   8.81%
South Korea   4.70%
Turkey   3.90%
Germany   3.84%
China   3.22%
Hungary   3.00%
Ireland   2.98%
Netherlands   2.19%
Italy   1.61%
    98.79%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.  

     
Sector Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Energy   55.29%
Materials   39.26%
Industrials   4.24%
    98.79%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.  

     
Industry Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Integrated Oil & Gas   19.84%
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production   17.56%
Paper Products   10.99%
Diversified Chemicals   9.37%
Coal & Consumable Fuels   8.81%
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing   6.31%
Construction Materials   5.33%
Steel   4.70%
Paper Packaging   4.31%
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation   2.77%
Diversified Metals & Mining   2.67%
Building Products   2.14%
Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks   2.10%
Commodity Chemicals   1.89%
    98.79%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.

 


The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Utilities Fund Schedule of Investments
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)
   Shares or
Principal
Amount
   Value 
Common Stocks (99.75%)         
Electric Utilities (41.23%)         
American Electric Power Co., Inc.  15,100   $1,035,709 
Avangrid, Inc.  39,300    2,009,016 
Edison International  36,600    2,329,956 
Eversource Energy  44,000    2,592,480 
OGE Energy Corp.  45,200    1,481,204 
Otter Tail Corp.  24,400    1,057,740 
PPL Corp.  38,100    1,077,849 
Westar Energy, Inc.  39,800    2,093,082 
        13,677,036 
Gas Utilities (6.65%)         
Atmos Energy Corp.  7,100    598,104 
National Fuel Gas Co.  31,300    1,610,385 
        2,208,489 
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders (1.03%)
AES Corp.  30,000    341,100 
          
Integrated Telecommunication Services (1.99%)
AT&T, Inc.  18,500    659,525 
          
Multi-Utilities (34.68%)         
Ameren Corp.  29,500    1,670,585 
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.  72,600    1,989,240 
CMS Energy Corp.  33,576    1,520,657 
Dominion Resources, Inc.  16,700    1,126,081 
DTE Energy Co.  22,500    2,349,000 
NiSource, Inc.  57,300    1,370,043 
Sempra Energy  13,300    1,479,226 
        11,504,832 
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production (8.07%)         
Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.(a)  17,300    276,800 
Cimarex Energy Co.  5,900    551,650 
Diamondback Energy, Inc.(a)  7,600    961,552 
SRC Energy, Inc.(a)  94,300    889,249 
        2,679,251 
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation (1.44%)         
TransCanada Corp.  11,600    479,196 
          
Water Utilities (2.82%)         
Consolidated Water Co., Ltd.  64,346    936,234 
          
Wireless Telecommunication Services (1.84%)         
T-Mobile U.S., Inc.(a)  10,000    610,400 
          

Total Common Stocks

(Cost $31,579,658)

       33,096,063 

 

 

 

   Value 
Total Investments (99.75%)
(Cost $31,579,658)
  $33,096,063 
      
Other Assets Less Liabilities (0.25%)   81,733 
      
Net Assets (100.00%)  $33,177,796 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

 

Sector Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Utilities   86.41%
Energy   9.51%
Telecommunication Services   3.83%
    99.75%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.  

 

Industry Composition (March 31, 2018) (Unaudited)     
      
Electric Utilities   41.23%
Multi-Utilities   34.68%
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production   8.07%
Gas Utilities   6.65%
Water Utilities   2.82%
Integrated Telecommunication Services   1.99%
Wireless Telecommunication Services   1.84%
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation   1.44%
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders   1.03%
    99.75%

 

Percentages are based upon common stocks as a percentage of net assets.

 



The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. 

 

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ICON Sector Funds Statements of Assets and Liabilities

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund  ICON Consumer
Staples Fund
  ICON Energy Fund
Assets         
Investments, at cost  $22,294,500   $10,010,602   $197,364,443 
Investments, at value(a)   21,610,726    9,694,202    196,539,495 
Cash and cash equivalents   452,012    349,415    1,441,331 
Receivables:               
Investments sold   772,849        2,348,441 
Fund shares sold   15,911    1,415    78,432 
Expense reimbursements due from Adviser   919    24,809    2,101 
Dividends   10,779    24,418    103,454 
Foreign tax reclaims           24,280 
Other assets   14,253    13,478    68,807 
Total assets   22,877,449    10,107,737    200,606,341 
                
Liabilities               
Payables:               
Payable for collateral received on securities loaned   198,510        15,023,763 
Investments purchased       36,438    1,793,563 
Fund shares redeemed   560    136,634    211,175 
Advisory fees   20,756    8,160    157,315 
Transfer agent fees   6,939    23,240    130,002 
Fund accounting fees   3,069    2,248    14,658 
Accrued distribution fees   238    636    5,945 
Trustee fees and expenses   170    1,366    3,314 
Administration fees   1,037    408    7,842 
Accrued expenses   14,903    14,970    48,379 
Total liabilities   246,182    224,100    17,395,956 
Net Assets - all share classes  $22,631,267   $9,883,637   $183,210,385 
Net Assets - Class S  $21,553,359   $6,193,393   $171,016,861 
Net Assets - Class C  $   $   $5,166,354 
Net Assets - Class A  $1,077,908   $3,690,244   $7,027,170 
                
Net Assets Consists of               
Paid-in capital  $24,344,074   $10,479,919   $365,243,005 
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss)   (63,173)   54,753    (1,159,925)
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain/(loss)   (965,860)   (334,635)   (180,047,809)
Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)   (683,774)   (316,400)   (824,886)
Net Assets  $22,631,267   $9,883,637   $183,210,385 
                
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized, no par value)               
Class S   1,719,103    944,825    14,947,523 
Class C           476,286 
Class A   90,244    566,211    618,770 
Net asset value (offering and redemption price per share)               
Class S  $12.54   $6.56   $11.44 
Class C  $   $   $10.85 
Class A  $11.94   $6.52   $11.36 
Class A maximum offering price (100%/ (100%-maximum sales charge)) of net asset value adjusted to the nearest cent per share  $12.67   $6.92   $12.05 
                
(a) Includes securities on loan of  $190,570   $   $14,947,323 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Sector Funds Statements of Assets and Liabilities

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   ICON Financial Fund  ICON Healthcare
Fund
  ICON Industrials
Fund
Assets         
Investments, at cost  $37,020,163   $63,008,451   $15,200,670 
Investments, at value(a)   46,160,232    67,152,595    15,869,586 
Cash and cash equivalents   1,550,085    62,576    153,502 
Foreign currency, at value (Cost $6,874, $– and $–, respectively)   6,874         
Receivables:               
Investments sold       1,472,216    594,718 
Fund shares sold   51,189    60,264    4,174 
Expense reimbursements due from Adviser   1,052    1,008    9,450 
Dividends   39,156    63,107    6,647 
Foreign tax reclaims       3,493     
Other assets   16,378    18,589    13,014 
Total assets   47,824,966    68,833,848    16,651,091 
                
Liabilities               
Payables:               
Payable for collateral received on securities loaned   1,960,950         
Investments purchased           485,320 
Fund shares redeemed   10,617    19,681    455 
Advisory fees   39,774    60,871    13,844 
Transfer agent fees   5,984    27,252    9,486 
Fund accounting fees   5,208    6,887    2,860 
Accrued distribution fees   495    679    288 
Trustee fees and expenses   37    1,205    249 
Administration fees   1,989    3,045    691 
Accrued expenses   16,485    24,618    14,074 
Total liabilities   2,041,539    144,238    527,267 
Net Assets - all share classes  $45,783,427   $68,689,610   $16,123,824 
Net Assets - Class S  $43,527,848   $65,660,743   $14,822,704 
Net Assets - Class A  $2,255,579   $3,028,867   $1,301,120 
                
Net Assets Consists of               
Paid-in capital  $79,486,796   $65,052,197   $29,327,549 
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss)   57,659    (256,563)   (39,666)
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain/(loss)   (42,901,097)   (250,168)   (13,832,980)
Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)   9,140,069    4,144,144    668,921 
Net Assets  $45,783,427   $68,689,610   $16,123,824 
                
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized, no par value)               
Class S   4,044,607    4,088,786    1,000,366 
Class A   209,120    197,098    89,041 
Net asset value (offering and redemption price per share)               
Class S  $10.76   $16.06   $14.82 
Class A  $10.79   $15.37   $14.61 
Class A maximum offering price (100%/ (100%-maximum sales charge)) of net asset value adjusted to the nearest cent per share  $11.44   $16.30   $15.50 
                
(a) Includes securities on loan of  $1,946,792   $   $ 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Sector Funds Statements of Assets and Liabilities

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   ICON Information Technology Fund  ICON Natural
Resources Fund
  ICON Utilities Fund
Assets         
Investments, at cost  $54,227,185   $81,168,912   $31,579,658 
Investments, at value(a)   63,500,098    86,365,841    33,096,063 
Cash and cash equivalents   1,631,138    1,095,990    580,203 
Receivables:               
Fund shares sold   19,036    92,382    284,840 
Expense reimbursements due from Adviser   1,434        32,190 
Dividends   13,896    452,297    159,730 
Foreign tax reclaims       2,572    3,047 
Other assets   17,983    20,030    14,970 
Total assets   65,183,585    88,029,112    34,171,043 
                
Liabilities               
Payables:               
Payable for collateral received on securities loaned   1,073,500    148,892     
Investments purchased       447,123    658,330 
Fund shares redeemed   21,371    11,285    260,198 
Advisory fees   56,895    86,237    27,765 
Transfer agent fees   14,066    31,611    18,156 
Fund accounting fees   6,274    8,400    3,725 
Accrued distribution fees   514    2,561    1,358 
Trustee fees and expenses   843        1,094 
Administration fees   2,841    3,724    1,388 
Accrued expenses   21,541    20,021    21,233 
Total liabilities   1,197,845    759,854    993,247 
Net Assets - all share classes  $63,985,740   $87,269,258   $33,177,796 
Net Assets - Class S  $61,705,196   $80,309,911   $26,609,088 
Net Assets - Class C  $   $1,570,332   $ 
Net Assets - Class A  $2,280,544   $5,389,015   $6,568,708 
                
Net Assets Consists of               
Paid-in capital  $49,436,984   $75,753,898   $32,840,981 
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss)   (703,143)   236,922    44,433 
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain/(loss)   5,978,986    6,080,477    (1,224,040)
Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)   9,272,913    5,197,961    1,516,422 
Net Assets  $63,985,740   $87,269,258   $33,177,796 
                
Shares outstanding (unlimited shares authorized, no par value)               
Class S   3,840,881    5,042,927    3,141,729 
Class C       103,712     
Class A   147,254    342,256    789,143 
Net asset value (offering and redemption price per share)               
Class S  $16.07   $15.93   $8.47 
Class C  $   $15.14   $ 
Class A  $15.49   $15.75   $8.32 
Class A maximum offering price (100%/ (100%-maximum sales charge)) of net asset value adjusted to the nearest cent per share  $16.43   $16.71   $8.83 
                
(a) Includes securities on loan of  $1,094,292   $141,006   $ 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Sector Funds Statements of Operations

Period Ended March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

  

   ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund  ICON Consumer
Staples Fund
  ICON Energy Fund
Investment Income               
Interest  $951   $218   $4,636 
Dividends   129,014    155,477    1,748,566 
Foreign taxes withheld           (11,310)
Income from securities lending, net   8,632    11,867    183,714 
Total investment income   138,597    167,562    1,925,606 
                
Expenses               
Advisory fees   131,005    71,698    1,072,810 
Administration fees   6,547    3,605    53,623 
Transfer agent fees   21,719    39,886    272,193 
Distribution fees:               
Class C           31,456 
Class A   1,641    3,753    9,929 
Registration fees   11,204    12,497    21,356 
Audit and tax service expense   8,018    8,019    22,632 
Fund accounting fees   6,202    3,789    42,831 
Trustee fees and expenses   2,995    2,731    26,254 
Insurance expense   1,296    1,381    10,846 
Custody fees   1,904    1,788    5,492 
Printing fees   3,957    3,526    30,214 
Interest expense   100    2,227    341 
Other expenses   6,999    6,022    45,541 
Total expenses before expense reimbursement   203,587    160,922    1,645,518 
Expense reimbursement by Adviser due to expense limitation agreement   (1,817)   (48,115)   (4,470)
Net Expenses   201,770    112,807    1,641,048 
Net Investment Income/(Loss)   (63,173)   54,755    284,558 
                
Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss)               
Net realized gain/(loss) on:               
Investments and foreign currency translations   (965,844)   38,303    (7,523,878)
    (965,844)   38,303    (7,523,878)
Change in unrealized net appreciation/(depreciation) on:               
Investments and foreign currency   (750,878)   (216,298)   (7,405,839)
    (750,878)   (216,298)   (7,405,839)
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1,716,722)   (177,995)   (14,929,717)
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting From Operations  $(1,779,895)  $(123,240)  $(14,645,159)

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Sector Funds Statements of Operations

Period Ended March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   ICON Financial Fund  ICON Healthcare
Fund
  ICON Industrials
Fund
Investment Income               
Interest  $635   $1,734   $386 
Dividends   384,675    314,187    129,897 
Foreign taxes withheld   (2,438)       (622)
Income from securities lending, net   12,907    866    12 
Total investment income   395,779    316,787    129,673 
                
Expenses               
Advisory fees   228,862    398,975    87,129 
Administration fees   11,437    19,959    4,352 
Transfer agent fees   24,216    69,185    22,171 
Distribution fees:               
Class A   2,775    4,377    2,253 
Registration fees   10,788    12,789    11,925 
Audit and tax service expense   8,018    8,015    8,019 
Fund accounting fees   10,256    16,744    4,710 
Trustee fees and expenses   4,917    9,824    2,078 
Insurance expense   2,032    4,385    888 
Custody fees   2,004    3,453    1,531 
Printing fees   4,916    9,017    3,620 
Interest expense   19    474    73 
Other expenses   10,123    18,156    5,436 
Total expenses before expense reimbursement   320,363    575,353    154,185 
Expense reimbursement by Adviser due to expense limitation agreement   (2,249)   (2,003)   (21,245)
Net Expenses   318,114    573,350    132,940 
Net Investment Income/(Loss)   77,665    (256,563)   (3,267)
                
Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss)               
Net realized gain/(loss) on:               
Investments and foreign currency translations   1,308,362    (250,164)   672,784 
    1,308,362    (250,164)   672,784 
Change in unrealized net appreciation/(depreciation) on:               
Investments and foreign currency   2,161,401    (1,513,138)   (867,914)
    2,161,401    (1,513,138)   (867,914)
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   3,469,763    (1,763,302)   (195,130)
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting From Operations  $3,547,428   $(2,019,865)  $(198,397)

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Sector Funds Statements of Operations
 

Period Ended March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   ICON Information Technology Fund   ICON Natural Resources Fund   ICON Utilities Fund 
Investment Income               
Interest  $910   $2,163   $260 
Dividends   214,539    987,020    723,692 
Foreign taxes withheld       (95,529)   (12,832)
Income from securities lending, net   2,387    2,979    1,010 
Other income       150     
Total investment income   217,836    896,783    712,130 
                
Expenses               
Advisory fees   348,734    429,398    192,132 
Administration fees   17,434    21,451    9,610 
Transfer agent fees   42,795    86,419    43,257 
Distribution fees:               
Class C       8,502     
Class A   3,206    6,838    9,201 
Registration fees   13,353    17,279    13,385 
Audit and tax service expense   8,018    8,015    8,019 
Fund accounting fees   14,868    18,937    8,518 
Trustee fees and expenses   8,325    8,894    5,209 
Insurance expense   3,478    3,549    2,279 
Custody fees   3,110    3,192    2,620 
Printing fees   7,266    10,333    6,218 
Interest expense   483        523 
Recoupment of previously reimbursed expenses       24,604     
Other expenses   15,546    17,099    10,565 
Total expenses before expense reimbursement   486,616    664,510    311,536 
Expense reimbursement by Adviser due to expense limitation agreement   (2,683)   (4,649)   (67,781)
Net Expenses   483,933    659,861    243,755 
Net Investment Income/(Loss)   (266,097)   236,922    468,375 
                
Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss)               
Net realized gain/(loss) on:               
Investments and foreign currency translations   5,996,003    6,080,484    (1,212,858)
    5,996,003    6,080,484    (1,212,858)
Change in unrealized net appreciation/(depreciation) on:               
Investments and foreign currency   (2,217,813)   (2,251,848)   (77,979)
    (2,217,813)   (2,251,848)   (77,979)
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   3,778,190    3,828,636    (1,290,837)
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting From Operations  $3,512,093   $4,065,558   $(822,462)

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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ICON Sector Funds Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

   ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund   ICON Consumer Staples Fund 
   Period Ended
March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Period Ended
March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)
   Year Ended September 30,
2017
 
Operations                
Net investment income/(loss)  $(63,173)  $(155,209)  $54,755   $57,811 
Net realized gain/(loss)   (965,844)   1,102,738    38,303    1,494,029 
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)   (750,878)   2,370,464    (216,298)   (51,630)
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   (1,779,895)   3,317,993    (123,240)   1,500,210 
                     
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders                    
Net investment income                    
Class S           (7,627)   (73,624)
Class A           (2,158)   (7,526)
Net realized gains                    
Class S   (897,131)   (2,138,950)   (815,295)   (3,218,507)
Class A   (49,825)   (116,512)   (330,540)   (543,760)
Net decrease from dividends and distributions   (946,956)   (2,255,462)   (1,155,620)   (3,843,417)
                     
Fund Share Transactions                    
Shares sold                    
Class S   3,557,532    9,497,500    2,489,751    11,907,619 
Class A   21,375    246,883    1,307,080    2,671,835 
Reinvested dividends and distributions                    
Class S   890,044    2,120,009    813,554    3,170,250 
Class A   45,382    100,528    281,512    405,750 
Shares repurchased                    
Class S   (4,861,676)   (25,345,622)   (20,248,586)   (20,882,818)
Class A   (334,395)   (1,272,734)   (1,023,381)   (7,594,959)
Net decrease from fund share transactions   (681,738)   (14,653,436)   (16,380,070)   (10,322,323)
                     
Total net decrease in net assets   (3,408,589)   (13,590,905)   (17,658,930)   (12,665,530)
                     
Net Assets                    
Beginning of period   26,039,856    39,630,761    27,542,567    40,208,097 
End of period  $22,631,267   $26,039,856   $9,883,637   $27,542,567 
                     
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss)  $(63,173)  $   $54,753   $9,783 
                     
Transactions in Fund Shares                    
Shares sold                    
Class S   259,377    681,550    338,804    1,568,687 
Class A   1,669    18,527    199,261    359,812 
Issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions                    
Class S   62,768    155,218    117,058    450,960 
Class A   3,357    7,662    40,681    57,882 
Shares repurchased                    
Class S   (361,908)   (1,827,935)   (2,749,271)   (2,764,087)
Class A   (25,097)   (97,189)   (143,244)   (1,004,810)
Net decrease   (59,834)   (1,062,167)   (2,196,711)   (1,331,556)
Shares outstanding, beginning of period   1,869,181    2,931,348    3,707,747    5,039,303 
Shares outstanding, end of period   1,809,347    1,869,181    1,511,036    3,707,747 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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ICON Sector Funds Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

   ICON Energy Fund   ICON Financial Fund 
   Period Ended
March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Period Ended
March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 
Operations                
Net investment income/(loss)  $284,558   $1,268,204   $77,665   $118,093 
Net realized gain/(loss)   (7,523,878)   (10,044,040)   1,308,362    4,547,025 
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)   (7,405,839)   4,187,058    2,161,401    8,265,316 
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   (14,645,159)   (4,588,778)   3,547,428    12,930,434 
                     
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders                    
Net investment income                    
Class S   (3,237,108)   (1,879,265)   (92,213)   (509,224)
Class C   (89,725)   (30,917)        
Class A   (119,376)   (67,792)   (2,629)   (21,428)
Net decrease from dividends and distributions   (3,446,209)   (1,977,974)   (94,842)   (530,652)
                     
Fund Share Transactions                    
Shares sold                    
Class S   9,040,463    46,169,160    5,981,647    8,827,182 
Class C   191,175    443,280         
Class A   901,842    1,527,261    478,168    1,061,317 
Reinvested dividends and distributions                    
Class S   3,129,585    1,809,660    90,005    500,838 
Class C   77,225    26,876         
Class A   82,657    51,520    2,397    18,938 
Shares repurchased                    
Class S   (46,984,189)   (146,633,212)   (4,908,369)   (25,448,695)
Class C   (1,894,590)   (3,069,723)        
Class A   (2,594,786)   (6,674,244)   (504,180)   (2,063,563)
Net increase/(decrease) from fund share transactions   (38,050,618)   (106,349,422)   1,139,668    (17,103,983)
                     
Total net increase/(decrease) in net assets   (56,141,986)   (112,916,174)   4,592,254    (4,704,201)
                     
Net Assets                    
Beginning of period   239,352,371    352,268,545    41,191,173    45,895,374 
End of period  $183,210,385   $239,352,371   $45,783,427   $41,191,173 
                     
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss)  $(1,159,925)  $2,001,726   $57,659   $74,836 
                     
Transactions in Fund Shares                    
Shares sold                    
Class S   725,821    3,633,098    570,370    997,694 
Class C   16,178    35,320         
Class A   75,788    120,649    42,690    116,684 
Issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions                    
Class S   251,574    137,774    8,357    54,796 
Class C   6,533    2,223         
Class A   6,692    3,966    222    2,061 
Shares repurchased                    
Class S   (3,807,358)   (11,866,130)   (459,783)   (2,780,941)
Class C   (161,876)   (256,061)        
Class A   (212,099)   (538,667)   (46,048)   (236,075)
Net increase/(decrease)   (3,098,747)   (8,727,828)   115,808    (1,845,781)
Shares outstanding, beginning of period   19,141,326    27,869,154    4,137,919    5,983,700 
Shares outstanding, end of period   16,042,579    19,141,326    4,253,727    4,137,919 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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ICON Sector Funds Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

   ICON Healthcare Fund   ICON Industrials Fund 
   Period Ended
March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Period Ended
March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 
Operations                
Net investment income/(loss)  $(256,563)  $(295,023)  $(3,267)  $(76,821)
Net realized gain/(loss)   (250,164)   2,483,501    672,784    3,708,253 
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)   (1,513,138)   7,387,024    (867,914)   196,291 
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   (2,019,865)   9,575,502    (198,397)   3,827,723 
                     
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders                    
Net realized gains                    
Class S   (1,986,286)   (1,138,922)        
Class A   (90,235)   (76,949)        
Net decrease from dividends and distributions   (2,076,521)   (1,215,871)        
                     
Fund Share Transactions                    
Shares sold                    
Class S   3,409,798    22,175,488    3,766,017    15,170,976 
Class A   67,430    1,114,090    144,895    3,385,400 
Reinvested dividends and distributions                    
Class S   1,910,895    1,092,964         
Class A   81,619    69,063         
Shares repurchased                    
Class S   (18,993,367)   (24,240,347)   (4,213,575)   (27,048,093)
Class A   (912,800)   (2,487,427)   (1,262,648)   (2,403,341)
Net decrease from fund share transactions   (14,436,425)   (2,276,169)   (1,565,311)   (10,895,058)
                     
Total net increase/(decrease) in net assets   (18,532,811)   6,083,462    (1,763,708)   (7,067,335)
                     
Net Assets                    
Beginning of period   87,222,421    81,138,959    17,887,532    24,954,867 
End of period  $68,689,610   $87,222,421   $16,123,824   $17,887,532 
                     
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss)  $(256,563)  $   $(39,666)  $(36,399)
                     
Transactions in Fund Shares                    
Shares sold                    
Class S   202,260    1,440,106    247,596    1,120,214 
Class A   4,230    74,903    9,833    250,786 
Issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions                    
Class S   116,648    73,403         
Class A   5,202    4,823         
Shares repurchased                    
Class S   (1,133,903)   (1,557,432)   (281,103)   (2,039,881)
Class A   (57,224)   (166,432)   (83,469)   (170,333)
Net decrease   (862,787)   (130,629)   (107,143)   (839,214)
Shares outstanding, beginning of period   5,148,671    5,279,300    1,196,550    2,035,764 
Shares outstanding, end of period   4,285,884    5,148,671    1,089,407    1,196,550 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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ICON Sector Funds Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

   ICON Information Technology Fund   ICON Natural Resources Fund 
   Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30, 2017
   Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30, 2017
 
Operations                    
Net investment income/(loss)  $(266,097)  $(348,460)  $236,922   $27,777 
Net realized gain/(loss)   5,996,003    14,152,932    6,080,484    6,414,936 
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)   (2,217,813)   1,556,770    (2,251,848)   7,243,434 
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   3,512,093    15,361,242    4,065,558    13,686,147 
                     
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders                    
Net investment income                    
Class S   (271,418)           (388,278)
Class C               (5,892)
Class A   (467)           (22,709)
Net realized gains                    
Class S   (13,017,409)   (8,893,473)   (926,151)    
Class C           (20,983)    
Class A   (488,196)   (461,260)   (64,170)    
Net decrease from dividends and distributions   (13,777,490)   (9,354,733)   (1,011,304)   (416,879)
                     
Fund Share Transactions                    
Shares sold                    
Class S   4,020,616    28,195,461    19,349,674    23,396,295 
Class C           187,875    537,226 
Class A   280,455    801,128    710,565    3,523,369 
Reinvested dividends and distributions                    
Class S   12,849,470    8,699,541    896,662    378,212 
Class C           19,514    5,266 
Class A   431,663    403,556    54,020    19,756 
Shares repurchased                    
Class S   (16,508,564)   (20,398,791)   (12,167,586)   (32,337,540)
Class C           (450,553)   (496,670)
Class A   (906,893)   (1,206,856)   (1,214,691)   (3,138,040)
Net increase/(decrease) from fund share transactions   166,747    16,494,039    7,385,480    (8,112,126)
                     
Total net increase/(decrease) in net assets   (10,098,650)   22,500,548    10,439,734    5,157,142 
                     
Net Assets                    
Beginning of period   74,084,390    51,583,842    76,829,524    71,672,382 
End of period  $63,985,740   $74,084,390   $87,269,258   $76,829,524 
                     
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss)  $(703,143)  $(165,161)  $236,922   $ 

 

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ICON Sector Funds Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

   ICON Information Technology Fund   ICON Natural Resources Fund
   Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 
Transactions in Fund Shares                    
Shares sold                    
Class S   227,637    1,640,887    1,216,598    1,669,498 
Class C           12,247    39,885 
Class A   16,177    48,922    44,198    251,811 
Issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions                    
Class S   798,104    574,606    57,149    27,073 
Class C           1,304    391 
Class A   27,778    27,453    3,481    1,425 
Shares repurchased                    
Class S   (906,723)   (1,219,807)   (762,372)   (2,294,834)
Class C           (29,689)   (36,440)
Class A   (49,595)   (73,420)   (76,414)   (231,822)
Net increase/(decrease)   113,378    998,641    466,502    (573,013)
Shares outstanding, beginning of period   3,874,757    2,876,116    5,022,393    5,595,406 
Shares outstanding, end of period   3,988,135    3,874,757    5,488,895    5,022,393 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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ICON Sector Funds Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

   ICON Utilities Fund 
   Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30, 2017
 
Operations        
Net investment income/(loss)  $468,375   $1,419,409 
Net realized gain/(loss)   (1,212,858)   2,393,910 
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)   (77,979)   556,216 
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   (822,462)   4,369,535 
           
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders          
Net investment income          
Class S   (531,924)   (1,153,157)
Class A   (117,970)   (256,453)
Net realized gains          
Class S   (1,706,037)   (3,388,000)
Class A   (394,368)   (880,434)
Net decrease from dividends and distributions   (2,750,299)   (5,678,044)
           
Fund Share Transactions          
Shares sold          
Class S   2,982,819    17,370,144 
Class A   322,436    2,115,878 
Reinvested dividends and distributions          
Class S   2,174,851    4,286,520 
Class A   287,137    729,618 
Shares repurchased          
Class S   (11,452,473)   (28,830,643)
Class A   (1,673,988)   (9,984,766)
Net decrease from fund share transactions   (7,359,218)   (14,313,249)
           
Total net decrease in net assets   (10,931,979)   (15,621,758)
           
Net Assets          
Beginning of period   44,109,775    59,731,533 
End of period  $33,177,796   $44,109,775 
           
Accumulated undistributed net investment income/(loss)  $44,433   $225,952 
           
Transactions in Fund Shares          
Shares sold          
Class S   332,906    1,896,662 
Class A   37,415    234,414 
Issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions          
Class S   249,472    482,202 
Class A   33,501    83,540 
Shares repurchased          
Class S   (1,296,041)   (3,147,439)
Class A   (189,093)   (1,107,673)
Net decrease   (831,840)   (1,558,294)
Shares outstanding, beginning of period   4,762,712    6,321,006 
Shares outstanding, end of period   3,930,872    4,762,712 

 

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ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund Financial Highlights
  For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class S  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $13.97   $13.55   $14.27   $15.55   $14.50   $11.82 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   (0.03)   (0.06)   (0.03)   (0.07)   (0.07)   (0.03)
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   (0.90)   1.25    0.65    1.03    1.12    2.73 
Total from investment operations   (0.93)   1.19    0.62    0.96    1.05    2.70 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income                       (0.02)
Distributions from net realized gains   (0.50)   (0.77)   (1.34)   (2.24)        
Total dividends and distributions   (0.50)   (0.77)   (1.34)   (2.24)       (0.02)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $12.54   $13.97   $13.55   $14.27   $15.55   $14.50 
                               
Total Return   (7.05)%(c)   8.93%   4.49%   5.80%   7.24%   22.91%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $21,553   $24,566   $37,263   $44,913   $55,476   $39,883 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.52%(d)   1.46%   1.42%   1.43%   1.46%   1.38%
After expense limitation(e)   1.52%(d)   1.46%   1.42%   1.43%   1.46%   1.38%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   (0.46)%(d)   (0.43)%   (0.22)%   (0.44)%   (0.47)%   (0.21)%
After expense limitation(e)   (0.46)%(d)   (0.43)%   (0.22)%   (0.44)%   (0.47)%   (0.21)%
Portfolio turnover rate   74%(c)   152%   158%   201%   202%   87%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.

(b)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(c)Not Annualized.

(d)Annualized.

(e)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.  
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  For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class A(a)  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $13.36   $13.06   $13.88   $15.24   $14.25   $11.65 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(b)(c)   (0.06)   (0.13)   (0.10)   (0.14)   (0.12)   (0.09)
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   (0.86)   1.20    0.62    1.02    1.11    2.69 
Total from investment operations   (0.92)   1.07    0.52    0.88    0.99    2.60 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Distributions from net realized gains   (0.50)   (0.77)   (1.34)   (2.24)        
Total dividends and distributions   (0.50)   (0.77)   (1.34)   (2.24)        
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $11.94   $13.36   $13.06   $13.88   $15.24   $14.25 
                               
Total Return(d)   (7.31)%(e)   8.32%   3.86%   5.34%   6.95%   22.42%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $1,078   $1,474   $2,368   $2,999   $2,492   $4,699 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   2.27%(f)   2.22%   2.13%   1.91%   1.76%   1.78%
After expense limitation(g)   1.99%(f)   1.99%   1.99%   1.91%   1.76%   1.78%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   (1.22)%(f)   (1.20)%   (0.92)%   (0.97)%   (0.80)%   (0.66)%
After expense limitation(g)   (0.94)%(f)   (0.97)%   (0.78)%   (0.97)%   (0.80)%   (0.66)%
Portfolio turnover rate   74%(e)   152%   158%   201%   202%   87%

 

(a)Class C shares were merged into Class A on September 25, 2015. The amounts presented represent the results of the Class A shares for the periods prior to the merger and the results of the combined share class for the period subsequent to the merger.

(b)Calculated using the average shares method.

(c)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(d)The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.

(e)Not Annualized.

(f)Annualized.

(g)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.  
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ICON Consumer Staples Fund Financial Highlights
  For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class S  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $7.43   $7.98   $9.20   $11.55   $11.18   $10.20 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   0.03    0.02    0.02    0.04    0.11    0.21 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   (0.06)   0.41    0.96    0.98    1.31    0.98 
Total from investment operations   (0.03)   0.43    0.98    1.02    1.42    1.19 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income   (0.01)   (0.02)   (0.00)(c)   (0.22)   (0.03)   (0.21)
Distributions from net realized gains   (0.83)   (0.96)   (2.20)   (3.15)   (1.02)    
Total dividends and distributions   (0.84)   (0.98)   (2.20)   (3.37)   (1.05)   (0.21)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $6.56   $7.43   $7.98   $9.20   $11.55   $11.18 
                               
Total Return   (1.00)%(d)   6.15%   12.09%   8.66%   13.32%   11.75%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $6,193   $24,069   $31,799   $8,651   $25,731   $33,813 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   2.25%(e)   1.70%   1.74%   1.87%   1.45%   1.51%
After expense limitation(f)   1.53%(e)   1.50%   1.51%   1.51%   1.45%   1.51%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   0.06%(e)   0.04%   0.00%(g)   (0.01)%   0.94%   1.92%
After expense limitation(f)   0.78%(e)   0.24%   0.23%   0.35%   0.94%   1.92%
Portfolio turnover rate   33%(d)   118%   125%   16%   52%   91%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.

(b)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(c)Amount less than $(0.005).

(d)Not Annualized.

(e)Annualized.

(f)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.
(g)Less than 0.005% of average net assets.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.  
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ICON Consumer Staples Fund Financial Highlights
  For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class A(a)  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $7.40   $7.96   $9.19   $11.58   $11.23   $10.24 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(b)(c)   0.03    (0.01)   (0.00)(d)   0.02    0.07    0.14 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   (0.07)   0.42    0.97    0.97    1.32    1.03 
Total from investment operations   (0.04)   0.41    0.97    0.99    1.39    1.17 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income   (0.01)   (0.01)   (0.00)(d)   (0.23)   (0.02)   (0.18)
Distributions from net realized gains   (0.83)   (0.96)   (2.20)   (3.15)   (1.02)    
Total dividends and distributions   (0.84)   (0.97)   (2.20)   (3.38)   (1.04)   (0.18)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $6.52   $7.40   $7.96   $9.19   $11.58   $11.23 
                               
Total Return(e)   (1.19)%(f)   5.91%   11.93%   8.32%   12.99%   11.52%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $3,690   $3,473   $8,409   $3,602   $2,740   $2,744 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   2.31%(g)   1.97%   1.97%   2.12%   2.04%   1.84%
After expense limitation(h)   1.78%(g)   1.75%   1.76%   1.76%   1.75%   1.75%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   0.20%(g)   (0.30)%   (0.23)%   (0.15)%   0.35%   1.20%
After expense limitation(h)   0.73%(g)   (0.08)%   (0.02)%   0.21%   0.64%   1.29%
Portfolio turnover rate   33%(f)   118%   125%   16%   52%   91%

 

(a)Class C shares were merged into Class A on September 25, 2015. The amounts presented represent the results of the Class A shares for the periods prior to the merger and the results of the combined share class for the period subsequent to the merger.

(b)Calculated using the average shares method.

(c)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(d)Amount less than $(0.005).

(e)The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.
(f)Not Annualized.

(g)Annualized.

(h)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.  
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ICON Energy Fund Financial Highlights
  For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class S  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $12.53   $12.66   $11.17   $22.30   $22.59   $19.18 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   0.02    0.06    0.24    0.11    0.11    0.18 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   (0.91)   (0.11)   1.36    (7.42)   0.33    3.51 
Total from investment operations   (0.89)   (0.05)   1.60    (7.31)   0.44    3.69 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income   (0.20)   (0.08)   (0.11)   (0.09)   (0.06)   (0.28)
Distributions from net realized gains               (3.73)   (0.67)    
Total dividends and distributions   (0.20)   (0.08)   (0.11)   (3.82)   (0.73)   (0.28)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $11.44   $12.53   $12.66   $11.17   $22.30   $22.59 
                               
Total Return   (7.25)%(c)   (0.44)%   14.55%   (36.37)%   1.92%   19.55%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $171,017   $222,707   $327,497   $320,486   $615,541   $659,581 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.49%(d)   1.41%   1.44%   1.42%   1.28%   1.29%
After expense limitation(e)   1.49%(d)   1.41%   1.44%   1.42%   1.28%   1.29%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   0.30%(d)   0.46%   2.04%   0.74%   0.46%   0.85%
After expense limitation(e)   0.30%(d)   0.46%   2.04%   0.74%   0.46%   0.85%
Portfolio turnover rate   31%(c)   74%   99%   154%   97%   88%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.

(b)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(c)Not Annualized.

(d)Annualized.

(e)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

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ICON Energy Fund Financial Highlights
  For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class C  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $11.92   $12.14   $10.77   $21.74   $22.21   $18.87 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   (0.04)   (0.07)   0.11    (0.04)   (0.15)   (0.05)
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   (0.86)   (0.11)   1.31    (7.20)   0.35    3.48 
Total from investment operations   (0.90)   (0.18)   1.42    (7.24)   0.20    3.43 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income   (0.17)   (0.04)   (0.05)           (0.09)
Distributions from net realized gains               (3.73)   (0.67)    
Total dividends and distributions   (0.17)   (0.04)   (0.05)   (3.73)   (0.67)   (0.09)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $10.85   $11.92   $12.14   $10.77   $21.74   $22.21 
                               
Total Return(c)   (7.70)%(d)   (1.46)%   13.31%   (36.99)%   0.83%   18.30%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $5,166   $7,333   $10,124   $9,972   $17,170   $14,691 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   2.58%(e)   2.47%   2.49%   2.43%   2.38%   2.35%
After expense limitation(f)   2.50%(e)   2.47%   2.49%   2.43%   2.38%   2.35%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   (0.77)%(e)   (0.61)%   0.99%   (0.26)%   (0.65)%   (0.25)%
After expense limitation(f)   (0.69)%(e)   (0.61)%   0.99%   (0.26)%   (0.65)%   (0.25)%
Portfolio turnover rate   31%(d)   74%   99%   154%   97%   88%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.

(b)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(c)The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.

(d)Not Annualized.

(e)Annualized.

(f)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

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ICON Energy Fund Financial Highlights
  For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class A  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $12.44   $12.60   $11.11   $22.20   $22.50   $19.12 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   0.00(c)   0.02    0.21    0.07    0.04    0.11 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   (0.89)   (0.11)   1.35    (7.39)   0.35    3.51 
Total from investment operations   (0.89)   (0.09)   1.56    (7.32)   0.39    3.62 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income   (0.19)   (0.07)   (0.07)   (0.04)   (0.02)   (0.24)
Distributions from net realized gains               (3.73)   (0.67)    
Total dividends and distributions   (0.19)   (0.07)   (0.07)   (3.77)   (0.69)   (0.24)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $11.36   $12.44   $12.60   $11.11   $22.20   $22.50 
                               
Total Return(d)   (7.29)%(e)   (0.76)%   14.19%   (36.55)%   1.67%   19.21%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $7,027   $9,312   $14,648   $14,588   $26,695   $26,170 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.80%(f)   1.72%   1.73%   1.66%   1.55%   1.61%
After expense limitation(g)   1.75%(f)   1.72%   1.73%   1.66%   1.55%   1.61%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   0.01%(f)   0.15%   1.77%   0.50%   0.19%   0.51%
After expense limitation(g)   0.06%(f)   0.15%   1.77%   0.50%   0.19%   0.51%
Portfolio turnover rate   31%(e)   74%   99%   154%   97%   88%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.

(b)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(c)Amount less than $0.005.

(d)The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.

(e)Not Annualized.

(f)Annualized.

(g)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

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ICON Financial Fund Financial Highlights
  For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class S  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $9.95   $7.67   $7.74   $7.83   $7.47   $6.04 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   0.02    0.03    0.08    0.04    0.00(c)   0.04 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   0.81    2.34    (0.15)   (0.08)   0.54    1.44 
Total from investment operations   0.83    2.37    (0.07)   (0.04)   0.54    1.48 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income   (0.02)   (0.09)       (0.05)   (0.18)   (0.05)
Total dividends and distributions   (0.02)   (0.09)       (0.05)   (0.18)   (0.05)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $10.76   $9.95   $7.67   $7.74   $7.83   $7.47 
                               
Total Return   8.37%(d)   30.96%   (0.90)%   (0.55)%   7.27%   24.68%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $43,528   $39,072   $43,354   $49,106   $32,286   $11,853 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.37%(e)   1.40%   1.40%   1.49%   1.64%   1.47%
After expense limitation(f)   1.37%(e)   1.40%   1.40%   1.49%   1.50%   1.47%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   0.36%(e)   0.28%   1.00%   0.52%   (0.20)%   0.65%
After expense limitation(f)   0.36%(e)   0.28%   1.00%   0.52%   (0.06)%   0.65%
Portfolio turnover rate   18%(d)   68%   49%   51%   79%   95%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.

(b)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(c)Amount less than $0.005.

(d)Not Annualized.

(e)Annualized.

(f)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

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For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class A(a)  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $9.99   $7.71   $7.82   $7.89   $7.37   $5.99 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(b)(c)   (0.00)(d)   (0.01)   0.05    0.02    (0.02)   0.06 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   0.81    2.37    (0.16)   (0.07)   0.54    1.38 
Total from investment operations   0.81    2.36    (0.11)   (0.05)   0.52    1.44 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income   (0.01)   (0.08)       (0.02)       (0.06)
Total dividends and distributions   (0.01)   (0.08)       (0.02)       (0.06)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $10.79   $9.99   $7.71   $7.82   $7.89   $7.37 
                               
Total Return(e)   8.14%(f)   30.68%   (1.41)%   (0.69)%   7.20%   24.20%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $2,256   $2,119   $2,542   $1,974   $541   $936 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.95%(g)   2.05%   2.12%   2.19%   2.35%   1.88%
After expense limitation(h)   1.75%(g)   1.75%   1.75%   1.75%   1.75%   1.76%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   (0.22)%(g)   (0.37)%   0.26%   (0.15)%   (0.86)%   0.82%
After expense limitation(h)   (0.02)%(g)   (0.07)%   0.63%   0.29%   (0.26)%   0.94%
Portfolio turnover rate   18%(f)   68%   49%   51%   79%   95%

 

(a)Class C shares were merged into Class A on September 25, 2015. The amounts presented represent the results of the Class A shares for the periods prior to the merger and the results of the combined share class for the period subsequent to the merger.

(b)Calculated using the average shares method.

(c)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(d)Amount less than $(0.005).

(e)The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.

(f)Not Annualized.

(g)Annualized.

(h)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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ICON Healthcare Fund Financial Highlights

For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class S  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $16.97   $15.40   $17.83   $22.42   $22.17   $17.56 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   (0.05)   (0.05)   (0.04)   (0.09)   (0.11)   0.03 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   (0.44)   1.86    1.54    1.02    6.18    4.75 
Total from investment operations   (0.49)   1.81    1.50    0.93    6.07    4.78 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income                   (0.03)   (0.17)
Distributions from net realized gains   (0.42)   (0.24)   (3.93)   (5.52)   (5.79)    
Total dividends and distributions   (0.42)   (0.24)   (3.93)   (5.52)   (5.82)   (0.17)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $16.06   $16.97   $15.40   $17.83   $22.42   $22.17 
                               
Total Return   (2.95)%(c)   11.94%   9.44%   2.55%   32.27%   27.48%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $65,661   $83,234   $76,218   $95,109   $148,261   $92,171 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.42%(d)   1.41%   1.44%   1.36%   1.36%   1.39%
After expense limitation(e)   1.42%(d)   1.41%   1.44%   1.36%   1.36%   1.39%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   (0.63)%(d)   (0.33)%   (0.26)%   (0.45)%   (0.53)%   0.13%
After expense limitation(e)   (0.63)%(d)   (0.33)%   (0.26)%   (0.45)%   (0.53)%   0.13%
Portfolio turnover rate   26%(c)   174%   107%   141%   188%   112%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.

(b)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(c)Not Annualized.

(d)Annualized.

(e)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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ICON Healthcare Fund Financial Highlights

For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class A(a)  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $16.29   $14.84   $17.37   $22.01   $21.92   $17.42 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(b)(c)   (0.08)   (0.10)   (0.09)   (0.14)   (0.14)   (0.03)
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   (0.42)   1.79    1.49    1.02    6.03    4.69 
Total from investment operations   (0.50)   1.69    1.40    0.88    5.89    4.66 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income                   (0.01)   (0.16)
Distributions from net realized gains   (0.42)   (0.24)   (3.93)   (5.52)   (5.79)    
Total dividends and distributions   (0.42)   (0.24)   (3.93)   (5.52)   (5.80)   (0.16)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $15.37   $16.29   $14.84   $17.37   $22.01   $21.92 
                               
Total Return(d)   (3.13)%(e)   11.58%   9.03%   2.33%   31.72%   26.95%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $3,029   $3,989   $4,921   $15,317   $10,878   $3,748 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.86%(f)   1.86%   1.79%   1.62%   1.62%   1.69%
After expense limitation(g)   1.75%(f)   1.75%   1.75%   1.62%   1.62%   1.69%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   (1.08)%(f)   (0.78)%   (0.63)%   (0.69)%   (0.66)%   (0.15)%
After expense limitation(g)   (0.97)%(f)   (0.67)%   (0.59)%   (0.69)%   (0.66)%   (0.15)%
Portfolio turnover rate   26%(e)   174%   107%   141%   188%   112%

 

(a)Class C shares were merged into Class A on September 25, 2015. The amounts presented represent the results of the Class A shares for the periods prior to the merger and the results of the combined share class for the period subsequent to the merger.

(b)Calculated using the average shares method.

(c)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(d)The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.

(e)Not Annualized.

(f)Annualized.

(g)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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ICON Industrials Fund Financial Highlights

For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class S  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $14.97   $12.26   $10.94   $11.67   $10.56   $8.26 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   (0.00)(c)   (0.04)   (0.02)   0.01    0.01    0.06 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   (0.15)   2.75    1.34    (0.73)   1.16    2.35 
Total from investment operations   (0.15)   2.71    1.32    (0.72)   1.17    2.41 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income               (0.01)   (0.06)   (0.11)
Total dividends and distributions               (0.01)   (0.06)   (0.11)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $14.82   $14.97   $12.26   $10.94   $11.67   $10.56 
                               
Total Return   (1.00)%(d)   22.10%   12.07%   (6.15)%   11.14%   29.52%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $14,823   $15,482   $23,957   $14,251   $35,883   $34,409 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.71%(e)   1.69%   1.73%   1.53%   1.41%   1.46%
After expense limitation(f)   1.50%(e)   1.51%   1.50%   1.50%   1.41%   1.46%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   (0.22)%(e)   (0.50)%   (0.37)%   0.07%   0.07%   0.60%
After expense limitation(f)   (0.01)%(e)   (0.32)%   (0.14)%   0.10%   0.07%   0.60%
Portfolio turnover rate   59%(d)   75%   87%   23%   30%   46%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.

(b)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(c)Amount less than $(0.005).

(d)Not Annualized.

(e)Annualized.

(f)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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ICON Industrials Fund Financial Highlights

For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class A(a)  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $14.79   $12.14   $10.86   $11.58   $10.45   $8.10 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(b)(c)   (0.02)   (0.07)   (0.04)   (0.02)   (0.03)   0.00(d)
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   (0.16)   2.72    1.32    (0.70)   1.16    2.36 
Total from investment operations   (0.18)   2.65    1.28    (0.72)   1.13    2.36 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income                       (0.01)
Total dividends and distributions                       (0.01)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $14.61   $14.79   $12.14   $10.86   $11.58   $10.45 
                               
Total Return(e)   (1.22)%(f)   21.83%   11.79%   (6.22)%   10.81%   29.20%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $1,301   $2,406   $998   $596   $298   $4,322 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   2.30%(g)   2.05%   2.96%   2.67%   2.02%   2.09%
After expense limitation(h)   1.75%(g)   1.76%   1.75%   1.75%   1.75%   1.75%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   (0.83)%(g)   (0.79)%   (1.59)%   (1.11)%   (0.56)%   (0.32)%
After expense limitation(h)   (0.28)%(g)   (0.50)%   (0.38)%   (0.19)%   (0.29)%   0.02%
Portfolio turnover rate   59%(f)   75%   87%   23%   30%   46%

 

(a)Class C shares were merged into Class A on September 25, 2015. The amounts presented represent the results of the Class A shares for the periods prior to the merger and the results of the combined share class for the period subsequent to the merger.

(b)Calculated using the average shares method.

(c)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(d)Amount less than $0.005.

(e)The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.

(f)Not Annualized.

(g)Annualized.

(h)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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ICON Information Technology Fund Financial Highlights

For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class S  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $19.14   $17.96   $14.95   $13.55   $11.44   $10.72 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   (0.07)   (0.10)   (0.07)   (0.09)   (0.07)   (0.02)
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   0.94    4.53    3.08    1.49    2.18    0.74 
Total from investment operations   0.87    4.43    3.01    1.40    2.11    0.72 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income   (0.08)                    
Distributions from net realized gains   (3.86)   (3.25)                
Total dividends and distributions   (3.94)   (3.25)                
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $16.07   $19.14   $17.96   $14.95   $13.55   $11.44 
                               
Total Return   4.53%(c)   29.46%   20.13%   10.33%   18.44%   6.72%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $61,705   $71,249   $48,953   $45,343   $50,363   $73,851 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.37%(d)   1.42%   1.49%   1.44%   1.40%   1.38%
After expense limitation(e)   1.37%(d)   1.42%   1.49%   1.44%   1.40%   1.38%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   (0.75)%(d)   (0.58)%   (0.46)%   (0.62)%   (0.56)%   (0.22)%
After expense limitation(e)   (0.75)%(d)   (0.58)%   (0.46)%   (0.62)%   (0.56)%   (0.22)%
Portfolio turnover rate   49%(c)   116%   94%   43%   48%   52%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.

(b)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(c)Not Annualized.

(d)Annualized.

(e)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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ICON Information Technology Fund Financial Highlights

For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class A(a)  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $18.55   $17.55   $14.65   $13.32   $11.30   $10.65 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(b)(c)   (0.10)   (0.15)   (0.11)   (0.14)   (0.11)   (0.05)
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   0.90    4.40    3.01    1.47    2.13    0.70 
Total from investment operations   0.80    4.25    2.90    1.33    2.02    0.65 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income   (0.00)(d)                    
Distributions from net realized gains   (3.86)   (3.25)                
Total dividends and distributions   (3.86)   (3.25)                
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $15.49   $18.55   $17.55   $14.65   $13.32   $11.30 
                               
Total Return(e)   4.29%(f)   29.08%   19.80%   9.99%   17.88%   6.10%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $2,281   $2,836   $2,631   $3,170   $455   $2,330 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.96%(g)   2.01%   2.17%   1.90%   1.94%   2.23%
After expense limitation(h)   1.75%(g)   1.75%   1.75%   1.75%   1.75%   1.75%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   (1.33)%(g)   (1.16)%   (1.12)%   (1.07)%   (1.10)%   (0.94)%
After expense limitation(h)   (1.12)%(g)   (0.90)%   (0.70)%   (0.92)%   (0.91)%   (0.45)%
Portfolio turnover rate   49%(f)   116%   94%   43%   48%   52%

 

(a)Class C shares were merged into Class A on September 25, 2015. The amounts presented represent the results of the Class A shares for the periods prior to the merger and the results of the combined share class for the period subsequent to the merger.

(b)Calculated using the average shares method.

(c)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(d)Amount less than $(0.005).

(e)The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.

(f)Not Annualized.

(g)Annualized.

(h)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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ICON Natural Resources Fund Financial Highlights

For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class S  Period Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2017
   Year Ended
September 30,
2016 (a)
   Year Ended
September 30,
2015
   Year Ended
September 30,
2014
   Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $15.32   $12.82   $11.86   $15.09   $13.43   $11.12 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(b)(c)   0.05    0.01    0.10    0.04    0.04    0.09 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   0.75    2.56    1.80    (3.23)   1.68    2.40 
Total from investment operations   0.80    2.57    1.90    (3.19)   1.72    2.49 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income       (0.07)   (0.06)   (0.04)   (0.06)   (0.18)
Distributions from net realized gains   (0.19)       (0.88)            
Total dividends and distributions   (0.19)   (0.07)   (0.94)   (0.04)   (0.06)   (0.18)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $15.93   $15.32   $12.82   $11.86   $15.09   $13.43 
                               
Total Return   5.24%(d)   20.13%   17.24%   (21.22)%   12.85%   22.73%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $80,310   $69,444   $65,787   $60,404   $93,610   $65,782 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.50%(e)   1.52%   1.59%   1.42%   1.36%   1.45%
After expense limitation(f)   1.50%(e)   1.50%   1.50%   1.42%   1.36%   1.45%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   0.59%(e)   0.06%   0.70%   0.27%   0.26%   0.72%
After expense limitation(f)   0.59%(e)   0.08%   0.79%   0.27%   0.26%   0.72%
Portfolio turnover rate   68%(d)   68%   81%   48%   33%   56%

 

(a)Prior to January 22, 2016, the ICON Natural Resources Fund was known as the ICON Materials Fund.

(b)Calculated using the average shares method.

(c)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.

(d)Not Annualized.

(e)Annualized.

(f)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. 

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Class C 

Period Ended

March 31, 2018

(Unaudited)

  

Year Ended
September 30,

2017

  

Year Ended

September 30,

2016 (a)

  

Year Ended
September 30,

2015

  

Year Ended
September 30,

2014

  

Year Ended
September 30,

2013

 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $14.65   $12.36   $11.51   $14.77   $13.24   $10.94 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(b)(c)   (0.04)   (0.13)   (0.03)   (0.11)   (0.12)   (0.04)
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   0.72    2.47    1.76    (3.15)   1.65    2.38 
Total from investment operations   0.68    2.34    1.73    (3.26)   1.53    2.34 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income       (0.05)               (0.04)
Distributions from net realized gains   (0.19)       (0.88)            
Total dividends and distributions   (0.19)   (0.05)   (0.88)           (0.04)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $15.14   $14.65   $12.36   $11.51   $14.77   $13.24 
                               
Total Return(d)   4.66%(e)   18.97%   16.11%   (22.07)%   11.56%   21.43%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $1,570   $1,756   $1,435   $834   $675   $218 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   2.73%(f)   2.85%   3.01%   2.94%   4.17%   4.12%
After expense limitation(g)   2.50%(f)   2.50%   2.51%   2.50%   2.50%   2.50%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   (0.72)%(f)   (1.27)%   (0.73)%   (1.22)%   (2.51)%   (1.95)%
After expense limitation(g)   (0.49)%(f)   (0.92)%   (0.23)%   (0.78)%   (0.84)%   (0.33)%
Portfolio turnover rate   68%(e)   68%   81%   48%   33%   56%

  

(a)Prior to January 22, 2016, the ICON Natural Resources Fund was known as the ICON Materials Fund.
(b)Calculated using the average shares method.
(c)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.
(d)The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.
(e)Not Annualized.
(f)Annualized.
(g)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Class A 

Period Ended

March 31, 2018

(Unaudited)

  

Year Ended
September 30,

2017

  

Year Ended
September 30,

2016 (a)

  

Year Ended
September 30,

2015

  

Year Ended
September 30,

2014

  

Year Ended
September 30,

2013

 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $15.17   $12.73   $11.75   $14.96   $13.36   $11.07 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(b)(c)   0.02    (0.03)   0.06    (0.01)   (0.01)   0.05 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   0.75    2.54    1.81    (3.20)   1.67    2.38 
Total from investment operations   0.77    2.51    1.87    (3.21)   1.66    2.43 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income       (0.07)   (0.01)       (0.06)   (0.14)
Distributions from net realized gains   (0.19)       (0.88)            
Total dividends and distributions   (0.19)   (0.07)   (0.89)       (0.06)   (0.14)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $15.75   $15.17   $12.73   $11.75   $14.96   $13.36 
                               
Total Return(d)   5.09%(e)   19.81%   17.05%   (21.46)%   12.47%   22.24%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $5,389   $5,629   $4,451   $3,078   $8,229   $1,883 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.85%(f)   1.91%   2.02%   1.76%   1.72%   2.02%
After expense limitation(g)   1.75%(f)   1.75%   1.75%   1.75%   1.72%   1.75%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   0.21%(f)   (0.35)%   0.24%   (0.06)%   (0.07)%   0.17%
After expense limitation(g)   0.31%(f)   (0.19)%   0.51%   (0.05)%   (0.07)%   0.44%
Portfolio turnover rate   68%(e)   68%   81%   48%   33%   56%

 

(a)Prior to January 22, 2016, the ICON Natural Resources Fund was known as the ICON Materials Fund.
(b)Calculated using the average shares method.

(c)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.
(d)The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.
(e)Not Annualized.

(f)Annualized.

(g)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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  For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented

 

Class S 

Period Ended

March 31, 2018

(Unaudited)

  

Year Ended
September 30,

2017

  

Year Ended
September 30,

2016

  

Year Ended
September 30,

2015

  

Year Ended
September 30,

2014

  

Year Ended
September 30,

2013

 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $9.29   $9.49   $8.03   $7.90   $7.22   $6.81 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(a)(b)   0.11    0.27    0.30    0.28    0.22    0.20 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   (0.29)   0.59    1.43    0.11    0.69    0.43 
Total from investment operations   (0.18)   0.86    1.73    0.39    0.91    0.63 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income   (0.16)   (0.27)   (0.27)   (0.26)   (0.23)   (0.22)
Distributions from net realized gains   (0.48)   (0.79)                
Total dividends and distributions   (0.64)   (1.06)   (0.27)   (0.26)   (0.23)   (0.22)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $8.47   $9.29   $9.49   $8.03   $7.90   $7.22 
                               
Total Return   (2.05)%(c)   9.88%   21.74%   4.93%   12.69%   9.25%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $26,609   $35,816   $43,864   $19,107   $17,920   $29,117 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.58%(d)   1.54%   1.59%   1.70%   1.52%   1.62%
After expense limitation(e)   1.22%(d)   1.44%(f)   1.50%   1.50%   1.50%   1.51%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   2.13%(d)   2.83%   3.15%   3.12%   2.84%   2.71%
After expense limitation(e)   2.49%(d)   2.93%   3.24%   3.32%   2.86%   2.81%
Portfolio turnover rate   49%(c)   160%   168%   243%   107%   121%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.
(b)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.
(c)Not Annualized.
(d)Annualized.
(e)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.
(f)Effective July 1, 2017, the annual expense limitation rate changed from 1.50% to 1.22%.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Class A(a) 

Period Ended

March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)

  

Year Ended
September 30,

2017

  

Year Ended
September 30,

2016

  

Year Ended
September 30,

2015

  

Year Ended
September 30,

2014

  

Year Ended
September 30,

2013

 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $9.14   $9.35   $7.92   $7.81   $7.14   $6.73 
Income/(loss) from investment operations:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(b)(c)   0.10    0.24    0.28    0.26    0.21    0.18 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments   (0.30)   0.59    1.40    0.11    0.68    0.42 
Total from investment operations   (0.20)   0.83    1.68    0.37    0.89    0.60 
                               
Less dividends and distributions:                              
Dividends from net investment income   (0.14)   (0.25)   (0.25)   (0.26)   (0.22)   (0.19)
Distributions from net realized gains   (0.48)   (0.79)                
Total dividends and distributions   (0.62)   (1.04)   (0.25)   (0.26)   (0.22)   (0.19)
                               
Net asset value, end of period  $8.32   $9.14   $9.35   $7.92   $7.81   $7.14 
                               
Total Return(d)   (2.22)%(e)   9.63%   21.29%   4.63%   12.44%   8.96%
                               
Ratios and Supplemental Data                              
Net assets, end of period (in 000s)  $6,569   $8,293   $15,868   $5,679   $2,517   $2,402 
                               
Ratio of expenses to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.78%(f)   1.84%   1.79%   1.89%   1.81%   1.74%
After expense limitation(g)   1.47%(f)   1.69%(h)   1.75%   1.75%   1.75%   1.74%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets                              
Before expense limitation   1.93%(f)   2.48%   3.10%   3.04%   2.69%   2.55%
After expense limitation(g)   2.24%(f)   2.63%   3.14%   3.18%   2.75%   2.55%
Portfolio turnover rate   49%(e)   160%   168%   243%   107%   121%

 

(a)Class C shares were merged into Class A on September 25, 2015. The amounts presented represent the results of the Class A shares for the periods prior to the merger and the results of the combined share class for the period subsequent to the merger.
(b)Calculated using the average shares method.
(c)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.
(d)The total return calculation excludes any sales charges.
(e)Not Annualized.

(f)Annualized.
(g)The Fund’s operating expenses, not including interest expense, are contractually limited to the amounts discussed in Note 3. The ratios in these financial highlights reflect the limitation, including the interest expense, when applicable.
(h)Effective July 1, 2017, the annual expense limitation rate changed from 1.75% to 1.47%.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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ICON Sector Funds Notes to Financial Statements

 

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

1. ORGANIZATION

 

  

The ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund (“Consumer Discretionary Fund”), ICON Consumer Staples Fund (“Consumer Staples Fund”), ICON Energy Fund (“Energy Fund”), ICON Financial Fund (“Financial Fund”), ICON Healthcare Fund (“Healthcare Fund”), ICON Industrials Fund (“Industrials Fund”), ICON Information Technology Fund (“Information Technology Fund”), ICON Natural Resources Fund (formerly ICON Materials Fund) (“Natural Resources Fund”) and ICON Utilities Fund (“Utilities Fund”) are series funds (individually a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). The Funds are part of the ICON Funds (the “Trust”), a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) as an open-end non-diversified investment management company. Each Fund offers two classes of shares: Class S and Class A. The Energy Fund and the Natural Resources Fund also offer a Class C share. All classes have equal rights as to earnings, assets, and voting privileges except that each Class may bear different distribution fees, registration costs, legal costs, mailing and printing costs and shareholder servicing costs and each Class has exclusive voting rights with respect to its distribution plan. There are currently eight other active Funds within the Trust. Those Funds are covered by separate prospectuses and shareholder reports. 

 

Each Fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of no par shares. The Funds invest primarily in securities of companies whose principal business activities fall within specific sectors and industries. The investment objective of each Fund is to provide long-term capital appreciation. 

 

The Funds, like all investments in securities, have elements of risk, including risk of loss of principal. There is no assurance that the Funds will achieve their investment objectives and may underperform funds with similar investment objectives. An investment concentrated in sectors and industries involves greater risk and volatility than a more diversified investment. Investments in foreign securities and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with those of U.S. dollar-denominated transactions as a result of, among other factors, the possibility of lower government supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets and the possibility of political or economic instability. Financial statements of foreign companies are governed by different accounting, auditing, and financial standards than U.S. companies and may be less transparent and uniform than in the United States. Many corporate governance standards, which help ensure the integrity of public information in the United States, may not exist in some foreign countries. In general, there may be less governmental supervision of foreign stock exchanges and securities brokers and issuers. There are also risks associated with small-and mid-cap investing, including limited product lines, less liquidity and small market share. 

 

The Consumer Staples Fund has a significant weighting in the Packaged Foods & Meats industry, the Energy Fund has a significant weighting in the Oil & Gas Exploration & Production industry and the Integrated Oil & Gas Industry, the Financial Fund has a significant weighting in the Diversified Banks industry, the Healthcare Fund has a significant weighting in the Biotechnology industry, the Industrials Fund has a significant weighting in the Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks industry and the Utilities Fund has a significant weighting in the Electric Utilities industry and the Multi-Utilities industry which may cause the Funds’ performance to be susceptible to the economic, business and/or other developments that may affect those industries. 

 

In the normal course of business, the Funds may enter into various agreements that provide for general indemnifications. Each Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as any potential exposure involving future claims that may be made against each Fund is unknown. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote. 

 

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

 

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements. The financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), which requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from these estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies in the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946. 

 

Investment Valuation

  

The Funds’ securities and other assets, excluding options on securities indexes, are valued at the closing price as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) (normally 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time) each day the NYSE is open, except that securities traded primarily on the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) are normally valued by the Funds at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price provided by NASDAQ each business day. If the NYSE closes unexpectedly and there is active trading on other exchanges, the securities will be valued at the Valuation Time based off of those exchanges. Options on securities indexes are valued at the close of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (normally 4:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time) on each day the NYSE is open for trading.

 

 

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The Funds use pricing services to obtain the fair value of securities in their portfolios. If a pricing service is not able to provide a price, or the pricing service’s valuation is considered inaccurate or does not, in the Funds’ judgment, reflect the fair value of the security, prices may be obtained through market quotations from independent broker/dealers. If market quotations from these sources are not readily available, the Funds’ securities or other assets are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Funds’ Pricing Committee pursuant to procedures approved by the Funds’ Board of Trustees (the “Board”). 

 

Lacking any sales that day, a security is valued at the current closing bid price (or yield equivalent thereof) or based on quotes obtained from dealers making a market for the security. Exchange traded options are valued at the composite price, using the National Best Bid and Offer quotes (“NBBO”). NBBO consists of the highest bid price and lowest ask price across any of the exchanges on which an option is quoted, thus providing a view across the entire U.S. options marketplace. Debt securities with a remaining maturity of greater than 60 days are valued using the evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service. The evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service is based upon a matrix valuation system which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings. Short-term debt securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost or original cost plus accrued interest, which approximates fair value. Currency rates as of the close of the NYSE are used to convert foreign security values into U.S. dollars. 

 

Securities of investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded. Investments in shares of funds, including money market funds, that are not traded on an exchange are valued at the end of day net asset value (“NAV”) per share of such fund. Securities in the underlying funds, including restricted securities are valued in accordance with the valuation policy of such fund. 

 

The Funds’ securities traded in countries outside of the Western Hemisphere are fair valued daily by utilizing the quotations of an independent pricing service, unless the Funds’ Pricing Committee determines that use of another valuation methodology is appropriate. The purposes of daily fair valuation are to avoid stale prices and to take into account, among other things, any significant events occurring after the close of foreign markets. The pricing service uses statistical analyses and quantitative models to adjust local market prices using factors such as subsequent movements and changes in the prices of indexes, securities and exchange rates in other markets to determine fair value as of the time a Fund calculates its NAV. The valuation assigned to fair-value securities for purposes of calculating a Fund’s NAV may differ from the security’s most recent closing market price and from the prices used by other mutual funds to calculate their NAVs. 

 

Various inputs are used to determine the value of the Funds’ investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below: 

 

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

Level 2 —   significant observable inputs other than Level 1 quoted prices (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, and credit risk).

Level 3 —   significant unobservable inputs.

  

Observable inputs are those based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Funds, and unobservable inputs reflect the Funds’ own assumptions based on the best information available. The input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investments at that level. For example, non-U.S. equity securities actively traded in foreign markets may be reflected in Level 2 despite the availability of closing prices, because the Funds evaluate and determine whether those closing prices reflect fair value at the close of the NYSE or require adjustment, as described above. The following table summarizes the Funds’ investments, based on the inputs used to determine their values on March 31, 2018: 

 

ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund

 

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  $21,412,216   $   $   $21,412,216 
Collateral for Securities on Loan       198,510        198,510 
Total  $21,412,216   $198,510   $   $21,610,726 

 

ICON Consumer Staples Fund

 

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  $9,694,202   $   $   $9,694,202 
Total  $9,694,202   $   $   $9,694,202 

 

 

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ICON Energy Fund 

 

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  $181,461,332   $   $   $181,461,332 
Put Options Purchased   54,400            54,400 
Collateral for Securities on Loan       15,023,763        15,023,763 
Total  $181,515,732   $15,023,763   $   $196,539,495 

  

ICON Financial Fund 

 

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  $44,199,282   $   $   $44,199,282 
Collateral for Securities on Loan       1,960,950        1,960,950 
Total  $44,199,282   $1,960,950   $   $46,160,232 

  

ICON Healthcare Fund

  

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  $67,152,595   $   $   $67,152,595 
Total  $67,152,595   $   $   $67,152,595 

  

ICON Industrials Fund

 

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  $15,869,586   $   $   $15,869,586 
Total  $15,869,586   $   $   $15,869,586 

 

ICON Information Technology Fund 

 

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  $62,426,598   $   $   $62,426,598 
Collateral for Securities on Loan       1,073,500        1,073,500 
Total  $62,426,598   $1,073,500   $   $63,500,098 

 

ICON Natural Resources Fund 

 

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                    
Construction Materials  $3,247,180   $1,405,392   $   $4,652,572 
Diversified Chemicals   4,820,444    3,346,776        8,167,220 
Integrated Oil & Gas   1,914,300    15,406,142        17,320,442 
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production   12,506,974    2,813,309        15,320,283 
Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing   2,102,250    3,407,660        5,509,910 
Other   9,453,757    25,792,765        35,246,522 
Collateral for Securities on Loan       148,892        148,892 
Total  $34,044,905   $52,320,936   $   $86,365,841 

 

 

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ICON Utilities Fund 

 

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  $33,096,063   $   $   $33,096,063 
Total  $33,096,063   $   $   $33,096,063 

  

*Please refer to the Schedule of Investments and the Sector/Industry Classification tables for additional security details.

 

There were no Level 3 securities held in any of the Funds at March 31, 2018. 

 

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, there was no transfer activity between Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3. 

 

The end of period timing recognition is used for the transfers between levels of each Fund’s assets and liabilities. 

 

Fund Share Valuation

 

Fund shares are sold and redeemed on a daily basis at NAV. NAV per share is determined daily as of the close of trading on the NYSE on each day the NYSE is open for trading. The NAV is computed by dividing the total value of the Fund’s investments and other assets, less liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

Idle cash may be swept into various overnight demand deposits and is classified as cash and cash equivalents on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The Funds maintain cash in bank deposit accounts which, at times, may exceed United States federally insured limits. Amounts swept overnight are available on the next business day. 

 

Foreign Currency Translation

 

The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated daily into U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange. Income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the respective dates of the transactions. Purchases and sales of securities are translated into U.S. dollars at the contractual currency exchange rates established at the time of each trade. 

 

The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Net unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments and foreign currency translations arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities resulting from changes in the exchange rates and changes in market prices of securities held.

 

Options Transactions

 

The Funds’ use of derivatives for the six months ended March 31, 2018 was limited to purchased options.

 

The Funds may purchase and/or write (sell) call and put options on any security in which it may invest. The Funds utilize options to hedge against changes in market conditions or to provide market exposure while trying to reduce transaction costs.

 

Option contracts involve market risk and liquidity risk and can be highly volatile. Should prices of securities or securities indexes move in an unexpected manner, the Funds may not achieve the desired benefits and may realize losses and thus be in a worse position than if such strategies had not been utilized.

 

When a Fund writes a put or call option, an amount equal to the premium received is included on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as a liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current fair value of the option. If an option expires on its stipulated expiration date or if the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, a gain or loss is realized. If a written call option on an individual security is exercised, a gain or loss is realized for the sale of the underlying security, and the proceeds from the sale are increased by the premium originally received. If a written call option on a securities index is exercised, a gain or loss is realized as determined by the premium originally received, the exercise price and the fair value of the index. If a written put option on an individual security is exercised, the cost of the security acquired is decreased by the premium originally received. As a writer of an option, a Fund bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the

 

 

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price of the individual security or securities index underlying the written option. Additionally, written call options may involve the risk of limiting gains. 

 

Each Fund may also purchase put and call options. When a Fund purchases a put or call option, an amount equal to the premium paid is included on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an investment, and is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current fair value of the option. If an option expires on the stipulated expiration date or if the Fund enters into a closing purchase or sale transaction, a gain or loss is realized. If the Fund exercises a call option on an individual security, the cost of the security acquired is increased by the premium paid for the call. If the Fund exercises a put option on an individual security, a gain or loss is realized from the sale of the underlying security, and the proceeds from such a sale are decreased by the premium originally paid. If the Fund exercises a put or a call option on a security index, a gain or loss is realized as determined by the premium originally paid, the exercise price and the fair value of the index. Written and purchased options are non-income producing securities. 

 

As of March 31, 2018, the Energy Fund engaged in purchased option transactions. All open option contracts are included on each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. 

 

ICON Energy FundAsset Derivatives  Liability Derivatives
Risk Exposure  Statements of Assets and Liabilities Location  Fair Value  Statements of Assets and Liabilities Location  Fair Value
Equity Contracts (Purchased Options)  Investments, at value  $54,400   N/A   N/A 
Total     $54,400      $ 

  

The following is a summary of how these derivatives are treated in the financial statements and their impact on the Funds:

 

 

ICON Energy Fund         
Risk Exposure  Statements of Operations Location   

Realized

Gain/(Loss) on Derivatives
Recognized
in Income

    Change in
Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation)
on Derivatives Recognized
in Income
 
Equity Contracts
(Purchased Options)
  Net realized gain/(loss) on Investments and foreign currency translations/ Change in unrealized net appreciation/(depreciation) on Investments and foreign currency  $234,618   $11,346 
Total     $234,618   $11,346 

 

The average purchased option contracts during the six months ended March 31, 2018, was as follows:

 

 

ICON Energy Fund         
Derivative Type  Unit of Measurement  Average Contracts+  Days Held
Purchased Options   Contracts    678    61 

  

+The average is calculated based on the actual number of days with outstanding derivatives.

 

The Funds value derivatives at fair value, as described above, and recognize changes in fair value currently in the results of operations. Accordingly the Funds do not follow hedge accounting, even for derivatives employed as economic hedges. 

 

Securities Lending 

 

Under procedures adopted by the Board, the Funds may lend securities to certain approved brokers, dealers and other financial institutions to earn additional income. Cash collateral is received in exchange for securities on loan in the amount of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned or at least 105% of the value of non-U.S. securities loaned, marked to market daily. The Funds retain certain benefits of owning the securities, including receipt of dividends or interest generated by the security, but give up other rights including the right to vote proxies. The Funds retain the ability to recall the loans at any time and could do so in order to vote proxies or to sell the loaned securities. Each loan is collateralized by cash that

 

 

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generally exceeds the value of the securities on loan. The fair value of the loaned securities is determined daily at the close of business of the Funds and any additional required collateral is delivered to each Fund on the next business day.

 

Generally, in the event of borrower default, the Funds have the right to use the collateral to offset any losses incurred. In the event the Funds are delayed or prevented from exercising their rights to dispose of the collateral, there may be a potential loss to the Funds. Some of these losses may be indemnified by the lending agent.

 

The Funds have elected to invest the cash collateral received from lending in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio which is disclosed on the Schedules of Investments. The Funds bear the risk of loss with respect to the investment of collateral. The net securities lending income earned by the Funds for the six months ended March 31, 2018, is included in the Statements of Operations. 

 

The following table indicates the total amount of securities loaned by type, reconciled to gross liability payable upon return of the securities loaned by the Funds as of March 31, 2018: 

 

   Remaining contractual maturity of the lending agreement     
   Overnight & Continuous  Up to 30 days  30-90 days  Greater than 90 days  Fair Value  Collateral Received  Excess amount due to / (from) counterparty
Securities Lending Transactions                                   
ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund                                   
Equity Securities  $190,570   $   $   $   $190,570   $190,570   $7,940 
ICON Energy Fund                                   
Equity Securities   14,947,323                14,947,323    14,947,323    76,440 
ICON Financial Fund                                   
Equity Securities   1,946,792                1,946,792    1,946,792    14,158 
ICON Information Technology                                   
Equity Securities   1,094,292                1,094,292    1,073,500    (20,792)
ICON Natural Resources                                   
Equity Securities   141,006                141,006    141,006    7,886 
  

Income Taxes, Dividends, and Distributions

 

The Funds intend to continue to qualify as regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and, accordingly, the Funds will generally not be subject to federal and state income taxes or federal excise taxes to the extent that they intend to make sufficient distributions of net investment income and net realized capital gains. As of and during the six months ended March 31, 2018, the Funds did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. The Funds recognize the interest and penalties, if any, related to the unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statements of Operations. During the period, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.

 

Dividends paid by the Funds from net investment income and distributions of net realized short-term gains are, for federal income tax purposes, taxable as ordinary income to shareholders. 

 

Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded by the Funds on the ex-dividend/distribution date. The Funds distribute income and net realized capital gains, if any, to shareholders at least annually, if not offset by capital loss carryforward. The Funds may utilize equalization accounting for tax purposes and designate earnings and profits, including net realized gains distributed to shareholders on redemption of shares, as part of the dividends paid deduction for income tax purposes. Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. 

 

Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax periods and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. 

 

The Funds file U.S. tax returns. While the statute of limitations remains open to examine the Funds’ U.S. tax returns filed for the past three years, no examinations are in progress or anticipated at this time. The Funds are not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.

 

Certain foreign countries impose a capital gains tax which is accrued by the Funds based on the unrealized appreciation, if any, on affected securities. Any accrual would reduce a Fund’s NAV. The tax is paid when the gain is realized and is included in capital gains tax in the Statements of Operations.

 

 

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Investment Income 

 

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Interest income is accrued as earned. Certain dividends from foreign securities are recorded as soon as the Funds are informed of the dividend if such information is obtained subsequent to the ex-dividend date. Discounts and premiums on fixed income securities purchased are accreted or amortized to income over the life of the respective securities based on the effective yield.

 

Investment Transactions 

 

Security transactions are accounted for no later than one business day after the trade date. However, for financial reporting purposes, security transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

 

Withholding Tax

 

Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Funds’ understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. The ability of issuers of debt securities held by the Funds to meet their obligations may be affected by economic and political developments in specific country or region.

 

Other 

 

The Funds hold certain investments which pay dividends to their shareholders based upon available funds from operations. It is possible for these dividends to exceed the underlying investments' taxable earnings and profits resulting in the excess portion of such dividends being designated as a return of capital. Distributions received from investments in securities that represent a return of capital or capital gains are recorded as a reduction of the cost of investments or as a realized gain, respectively. 

 

Allocation of Expenses

 

Each class of a Fund’s shares bears expenses incurred specifically on its behalf and, in addition, each class bears a portion of general expenses, based upon relative net assets of each class or number of shareholder accounts. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed to a specific Fund in the Trust are apportioned between all Funds in the Trust based upon relative net assets or number of shareholder accounts. In calculating the net asset value per share of each class, investment income, realized and unrealized gains and losses and expenses other than class-specific expenses are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon the proportion of net assets. 

 

 

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Below are additional class level expenses for the six months ended March 31, 2018 that are included on the Statements of Operations: 

 

Fund  Printing Fees*  Transfer Agent Fees*  Registration Fees
ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund               
Class S  $2,476   $17,179   $8,439 
Class A   130    1,857    2,765 
ICON Consumer Staples Fund               
Class S   2,067    32,469    8,778 
Class A   286    4,100    3,719 
ICON Energy Fund               
Class S   17,563    218,174    13,008 
Class C   571    5,369    4,473 
Class A   776    7,542    3,875 
ICON Financial Fund               
Class S   2,543    18,979    7,851 
Class A   181    2,066    2,937 
ICON Healthcare Fund               
Class S   4,513    52,659    9,668 
Class A   267    3,015    3,121 
ICON Industrials Fund               
Class S   2,475    18,189    7,510 
Class A   133    1,753    4,415 
ICON Information Technology Fund               
Class S   3,496    33,310    9,539 
Class A   166    2,089    3,814 
ICON Natural Resources Fund               
Class S   5,681    68,597    10,399 
Class C   102    1,135    3,086 
Class A   400    6,074    3,794 
ICON Utilities Fund               
Class S   3,215    32,301    9,288 
Class A   730    3,766    4,097 

 

*Printing and Transfer agent out of pocket fees are a Fund level expense.

  

3. FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

 

 

Investment Advisory Fees 

 

ICON Advisers, Inc. (“ICON Advisers”) serves as investment adviser to the Funds and is responsible for managing the Funds’ portfolios of securities. ICON Advisers receives a monthly management fee that is computed daily at an annual rate of 1.00% on the first $500 million of average daily net assets, 0.95% on the next $250 million, 0.925% on the next $750 million, 0.90% on the next $3.5 billion, and 0.875% on average daily net assets over $5 billion.

 

 

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ICON Advisers has contractually agreed to limit its Funds’ expenses (exclusive of brokerage, interest, taxes, dividends on short sales, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses) to the extent necessary to ensure that the Funds’ operating expenses do not exceed the following amounts:

 

Fund  Class S  Class C  Class A
ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund  1.74%      1.99%
ICON Consumer Staples Fund  1.50%      1.75%
ICON Energy Fund  1.50%    2.50%  1.75%
ICON Financial Fund  1.50%      1.75%
ICON Healthcare Fund  1.50%      1.75%
ICON Industrials Fund  1.50%      1.75%
ICON Information Technology Fund  1.50%      1.75%
ICON Natural Resources Fund  1.50%    2.50%  1.75%
ICON Utilities Fund  1.22%      1.47%

 

The Funds’ expense limitations will continue in effect until at least January 31, 2019. To the extent ICON Advisers reimburses or absorbs fees and expenses, it may seek payment of such amounts for up to three years after the expenses were reimbursed or absorbed. A Fund will make no such payment, however, if the total Fund operating expenses exceed the expense limits in effect at the time these payments are proposed.

 

As of March 31, 2018, the following amounts were available for recoupment by ICON Advisers based upon their potential expiration dates:

 

Fund  Expires
2018
   Expires
2019
   Expires
2020
   Expires
2021
 
ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund  $   $3,370   $4,198   $1,817 
ICON Consumer Staples Fund   24,357    51,650    63,487    48,115 
ICON Energy Fund               4,470 
ICON Financial Fund   1,477    8,903    6,790    2,249 
ICON Healthcare Fund       1,898    4,986    2,003 
ICON Industrials Fund   4,177    44,625    44,703    21,245 
ICON Information Technology Fund   918    8,637    6,814    2,683 
ICON Natural Resources Fund   1,585    32,171    26,508    4,649 
ICON Utilities Fund   10,689    31,946    57,017    67,781 

 

Accounting, Custody and Transfer Agent Fees

 

ALPS Fund Services (“ALPS”) serves as the fund accounting agent for the Trust. For its services, the Trust pays ALPS a fee that is calculated daily and paid monthly at an annual rate based on the aggregate average daily net assets of the Trust.

 

State Street is the custodian of the Trust’s investments. For its services, the Trust pays State Street asset-based fees that vary according to the number of positions and transactions, plus out-of-pocket expenses.

 

ALPS is the Trust’s transfer agent. For these services, the Trust pays an annual fee plus annual base fee per Fund, per account fees and out-of-pocket expenses.

 

Administrative Services

 

The Trust has entered into an administrative services agreement with ICON Advisers pursuant to which ICON Advisers oversees the administration of the Trust’s business and affairs. This agreement provides for an annual fee of 0.05% on the Trust’s first $1.5 billion of average daily net assets, 0.045% on the next $1.5 billion of average daily net assets, 0.040% on the next $2 billion of average daily net assets and 0.030% on average daily net assets over $5 billion. For the six months ended March 31, 2018, each Fund’s payment for administrative services to ICON Advisers is included on the Statements of Operations. The administrative services agreement provides that ICON Advisers will not be liable for any error of judgment, mistake of law, or any loss suffered by the Trust in connection with matters to which the administrative services agreement relates, except for a loss resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence by ICON Advisers in the performance of its duties.

 

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ICON Advisers has a sub-administration agreement, with ALPS, under which ALPS assists ICON Advisers with the administration and business affairs of the Trust. For its services, ICON Advisers pays ALPS a fee that is calculated daily and paid monthly at an annual rate based on the aggregate average daily net assets of the Trust.

 

Distribution Fees

 

ICON Distributors, Inc. (“IDI” or “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICON Management and Research and affiliate of ICON Advisers, Inc., serves the Trust as Distributor. The Trust has adopted a Distribution Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act (“12b-1 Plan”) under which the Funds are authorized to compensate or reimburse the Distributor for the sale and distribution of shares and for other shareholder services. The shareholders of the Funds pay an annual distribution fee of 1.00% of average daily net assets for Class C shares and an annual distribution fee of 0.25% of average daily net assets for Class A shares. There is no annual distribution fee for Class S shares. The total amount paid by each Fund under the 12b-1 Plan is shown on the Statements of Operations.

 

Class A Shares are subject to an initial sales charge and the public offering price of Class A shares equals net asset value plus the applicable sales charge, which is a maximum of 5.75%. For the six months ended March 31, 2018, IDI collected sales charges on purchases of Class A Shares, the majority of which were paid out as concessions to financial intermediaries, as follows:

 

Fund  Sales Charges Collected (Unaudited)
ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund Class A  $100 
ICON Consumer Staples Fund Class A   407 
ICON Energy Fund Class A   723 
ICON Financial Fund Class A   2,352 
ICON Healthcare Fund Class A   262 
ICON Industrials Fund Class A   192 
ICON Information Technology Fund Class A   1,197 
ICON Natural Resources Fund Class A   2,340 
ICON Utilities Fund Class A   824 

 

In addition, IDI receives a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% of the purchase price on redemptions of Class C shares made within one year following the date of purchase. A 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge may also apply to certain redemptions of Class A shares made within one year following the purchase of $1 million or more without an initial sales charge. For the six months ended March 31, 2018, IDI collected the following contingent deferred sales charges:

 

Fund  Contingent Deferred
Sales Charges Collected (Unaudited)
ICON Energy Fund Class C  $190 
ICON Natural Resources Fund Class C   40 

 

Other Related Parties

 

Certain Officers and Directors of ICON Advisers are also Officers and Trustees of the Funds; however, such Officers and Trustees (with the exception of the Chief Compliance Officer, “CCO”) receive no compensation from the Funds. The Trust pays a portion of the CCO’s salary and the remaining portion, along with other employee related expenses, is paid by ICON Advisers. For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the total related amounts paid by the Funds under this arrangement are included in Other Expenses on the Statements of Operations.

 

The Funds may reimburse ICON Advisers for legal work performed for the Funds by its attorneys outside of the advisory and administration contracts. The Board reviews and approves such reimbursements. For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the total related amounts accrued or paid by the Funds under this arrangement was $2,821 and is included in Other Expenses on the Statements of Operations.

 

The Funds did not engage in cross trades with each other, during the six months ended March 31, 2018, pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act. Generally, cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which the Adviser serves as the investment adviser. The Board previously adopted procedures that apply to transactions between the Funds and its affiliates pursuant to Rule 17a-7. At its regularly scheduled meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most current calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements set forth by Rule 17a-7 and the Funds’ procedures. The procedures require that the transactions be a purchase or sale for no consideration other than cash payment against prompt delivery of a security for which market quotations are readily available, and be consistent with the investment policies of each Fund.

 

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4. BORROWINGS

 

 

The Trust has entered into an uncommitted, unsecured, revolving Line of Credit agreement/arrangement with State Street to provide temporary funding for redemption requests. The maximum borrowing limit is $50 million. Interest on domestic borrowings is charged at a rate quoted and determined by State Street. The interest rate as of March 31, 2018 was 3.13%. The Line of Credit agreement/arrangement expires on March 19, 2019.

 

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the average outstanding loan by Fund was as follows:

 

Fund  Maximum Borrowing
(10/01/17 - 03/31/18)
   Average Borrowing
(10/01/17 - 03/31/18)^
   Average Interest Rates
(10/01/17 - 03/31/18)^
ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund*  $1,150,488   $642,715    3.12%
ICON Consumer Staples Fund*   3,387,748    559,575    2.67%
ICON Energy Fund*   2,652,175    606,745    2.66%
ICON Financial Fund*   156,560    55,359    2.49%
ICON Healthcare Fund*   1,984,721    502,207    2.86%
ICON Industrials Fund*   437,192    172,983    2.67%
ICON Information Technology Fund*   937,636    482,240    2.77%
ICON Utilities Fund*   515,104    181,168    2.75%

 

*There were no outstanding borrowings under this agreement/arrangement as of March 31, 2018.

^The average is calculated based on the actual number of days with outstanding borrowings.

 

5. PURCHASES AND SALES OF INVESTMENT SECURITIES

 

 

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities (excluding short-term securities) was as follows:

 

Fund  Purchases of
Securities
   Proceeds from Sales
of Securities
 
ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund  $18,033,220   $19,187,997 
ICON Consumer Staples Fund   4,958,468    22,163,749 
ICON Energy Fund   64,428,913    102,007,175 
ICON Financial Fund   8,344,383    8,229,004 
ICON Healthcare Fund   19,516,328    34,533,556 
ICON Industrials Fund   9,822,272    10,908,081 
ICON Information Technology Fund   33,478,487    47,394,680 
ICON Natural Resources Fund   66,936,003    56,320,515 
ICON Utilities Fund   18,897,224    28,119,972 

 

6. FEDERAL INCOME TAX

 

 

The following information is presented on an income tax basis. Differences between GAAP and federal income tax purposes that are permanent in nature are reclassified within the capital accounts. Temporary differences do not require reclassification. Temporary and permanent differences do not impact the NAVs of the Funds. These differences are due to differing treatments for items such as deferrals of wash sale losses, foreign currency transactions, equalization, excise tax paid, expiring capital losses, distribution adjustments, partnership adjustments, and net investment losses.

 

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) capital losses generated by a Fund may be carried over indefinitely, but these losses must be used prior to the utilization of any pre-enactment capital losses. Since pre-enactment capital losses may only be carried forward for eight years there may be a greater likelihood that all or a portion of each Fund’s pre-enactment capital losses will expire unused.

 

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ICON Sector Funds Notes to Financial Statements

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

For the year ended September 30, 2017, the following Funds had capital loss carryforwards:

 

Fund  Expiring in 2018 
ICON Financial Fund  $43,715,782 
ICON Industrials Fund   14,505,764 

 

Future capital loss carryforward utilization in any given year may be limited if there are substantial shareholder redemptions or contributions. During the year ended September 30, 2017, the following Funds utilized capital loss carryforwards:

 

Fund  Amount 
ICON Industrials Fund  $3,708,253 

 

For Energy Fund, the short-term and long-term capital losses with no expiration were $86,007,958 and $65,788,384, respectively. For Financial Fund, the short-term capital losses with no expiration were $493,677, capital losses of $42,575,056 expired on September 30, 2017.

 

The Energy Fund elects to defer to the period ending September 30, 2018, capital losses recognized during the period November 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017 in the amount of $18,358,462.

 

The Industrials Fund elects to defer to the period ending September 30, 2018, late year ordinary losses in the amount of $36,399.

 

The tax characteristics of distributions paid to shareholders during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, were as follows:

 

Fund  Ordinary Income   Long-Term Capital
Gains
 
ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund  $585,099   $1,670,363 
ICON Consumer Staples Fund   2,065,125    1,778,292 
ICON Energy Fund   1,977,974     
ICON Financial Fund   530,652     
ICON Healthcare Fund       1,215,871 
ICON Information Technology Fund   629,475    8,725,258 
ICON Natural Resources Fund   416,879     
ICON Utilities Fund   4,557,628    1,120,416 

 

As of September 30, 2017, the components of accumulated earnings/(deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Fund  Undistributed
Ordinary Income
   Accumulated Capital
Gains/(Losses)
   Other Cumulative
Effect of Timing
Differences
   Unrealized
Appreciation/(Depreciation)*
   Total Accumulated
Earnings/(Deficit)
 
ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund  $946,940   $   $   $67,104   $1,014,044 
ICON Consumer Staples Fund   500,273    282,407        (100,102)   682,578 
ICON Energy Fund   3,396,071    (170,154,804)   (1,959,875)   4,777,356    (163,941,252)
ICON Financial Fund   74,836    (44,209,459)       6,978,668    (37,155,955)
ICON Healthcare Fund   833,111    1,243,406        5,657,282    7,733,799 
ICON Industrials Fund       (14,505,764)   (36,399)   1,536,835    (13,005,328)
ICON Information Technology Fund   3,404,832    10,355,627        11,053,694    24,814,153 
ICON Natural Resources Fund   1,011,297            7,449,809    8,461,106 
ICON Utilities Fund   1,121,252    1,205,110        1,583,214    3,909,576 

 

*Differences between the book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) are attributable primarily to tax treatment of partnerships and passive foreign investment companies, and tax deferral of losses on wash sales.

 

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ICON Sector Funds Notes to Financial Statements

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

As of March 31, 2018, cost on investments for federal income tax purposes and the amount of net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) were as follows:

 

Fund  Gross Appreciation
(excess of value over
tax cost)
   Gross Depreciation
(excess of tax cost
over value)
   Net Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
   Cost of Investments
for Income Tax
Purposes
 
ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund  $1,181,409   $(1,865,183)  $(683,774)  $22,294,500 
ICON Consumer Staples Fund   138,366    (468,365)   (329,999)   10,368,705 
ICON Energy Fund   18,280,989    (21,261,197)   (2,980,208)   199,519,703 
ICON Financial Fund   9,483,336    (343,267)   9,140,069    37,020,163 
ICON Healthcare Fund   7,329,853    (3,185,709)   4,144,144    63,008,451 
ICON Industrials Fund   1,110,130    (441,214)   668,916    15,200,670 
ICON Information Technology Fund   10,860,526    (1,664,314)   9,196,212    54,303,886 
ICON Natural Resources Fund   9,042,705    (3,845,776)   5,196,929    81,168,912 
ICON Utilities Fund   2,220,631    (874,429)   1,346,202    31,749,861 

 

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ICON Sector Funds Disclosure of Fund Expenses

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Example

 

As a shareholder of a Fund you may pay two types of fees: transaction fees and fund-related fees. Certain funds charge transaction fees, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, or other distributions; redemption fees; and exchange fees. Funds also incur various ongoing expenses, including management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses, which are indirectly paid by shareholders.

 

This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the various ICON Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. This Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the six-month period (10/01/17 – 03/31/18).

 

Actual Expenses

 

The first line in the table for each Fund provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. The Example includes, but is not limited to, management fees, 12b-1 fees, fund accounting, custody and transfer agent fees. However, the Example does not include client specific fees, such as the $15 fee charged to IRA accounts, or the $15 fee charged for wire redemptions. You may use this information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for each Fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

 

The second line in the table for each Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees that may be charged by other funds. Therefore, this information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

   Beginning Account
Value
October 1, 2017
  Ending Account
Value
March 31, 2018
  Expense Ratio(a)  Expenses Paid
During period
October 1, 2017 -
March 31, 2018(b)
ICON Consumer Discretionary Fund            
Class S            
Actual  $  1,000.00  $     929.50  1.52%  $    7.31
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $  1,000.00  $  1,017.35  1.52%  $    7.64
Class A            
Actual  $  1,000.00  $     926.90  1.99%  $    9.56
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $  1,000.00  $  1,015.01  1.99%  $  10.00
             
ICON Consumer Staples Fund            
Class S            
Actual  $  1,000.00  $     990.00  1.53%  $    7.59
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $  1,000.00  $  1,017.30  1.53%  $    7.70
Class A            
Actual  $  1,000.00  $     988.10  1.78%  $    8.82
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $  1,000.00  $  1,016.06  1.78%  $    8.95

 

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ICON Sector Funds Disclosure of Fund Expenses

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Beginning Account
Value
October 1, 2017
  Ending Account
Value
March 31, 2018
  Expense Ratio(a)  Expenses Paid
During period
October 1, 2017 -
March 31, 2018(b)
ICON Energy Fund            
Class S            
Actual  $  1,000.00  $     927.50  1.49%  $  7.16
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $  1,000.00  $  1,017.50  1.49%  $  7.49
Class C            
Actual  $  1,000.00  $     923.00  2.50%  $ 11.99
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $  1,000.00  $  1,012.47  2.50%  $ 12.54
Class A            
Actual  $  1,000.00  $     927.10  1.75%  $  8.41
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $  1,000.00  $  1,016.21  1.75%  $  8.80
             
ICON Financial Fund            
Class S            
Actual  $  1,000.00  $  1,083.70  1.37%  $  7.12
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $  1,000.00  $  1,018.10  1.37%  $  6.89
Class A            
Actual  $  1,000.00  $  1,081.40  1.75%  $  9.08
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $  1,000.00  $  1,016.21  1.75%  $  8.80
             
ICON Healthcare Fund            
Class S            
Actual  $  1,000.00  $     970.50  1.42%  $  6.98
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $  1,000.00  $  1,017.85  1.42%  $  7.14
Class A            
Actual  $  1,000.00  $     968.70  1.75%  $  8.59
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $  1,000.00  $  1,016.21  1.75%  $  8.80
             
ICON Industrials Fund            
Class S            
Actual  $  1,000.00  $     990.00  1.50%  $  7.44
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $  1,000.00  $  1,017.45  1.50%  $  7.54
Class A            
Actual  $  1,000.00  $     987.80  1.75%  $  8.67
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $  1,000.00  $  1,016.21  1.75%  $  8.80
             
ICON Information Technology Fund            
Class S            
Actual  $  1,000.00  $  1,045.30  1.37%  $  6.99
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $  1,000.00  $  1,018.10  1.37%  $  6.89
Class A            
Actual  $  1,000.00  $  1,042.90  1.75%  $  8.91
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $  1,000.00  $  1,016.21  1.75%  $  8.80
             
ICON Natural Resources Fund            
Class S            
Actual  $  1,000.00  $  1,052.40  1.50%  $  7.68
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $  1,000.00  $  1,017.45  1.50%  $  7.54
Class C            
Actual  $  1,000.00  $  1,046.60  2.50%  $12.76
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $  1,000.00  $  1,012.47  2.50%  $12.54
Class A            
Actual  $  1,000.00  $  1,050.90  1.75%  $  8.95
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $  1,000.00  $  1,016.21  1.75%  $  8.80

 

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ICON Sector Funds Disclosure of Fund Expenses

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Beginning Account
Value
October 1, 2017
  Ending Account
Value
March 31, 2018
  Expense Ratio(a)  Expenses Paid
During period
October 1, 2017 -
March 31, 2018(b)
ICON Utilities Fund            
Class S            
Actual  $  1,000.00  $     979.50  1.22%  $  6.02
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $  1,000.00  $  1,018.85  1.22%  $  6.14
Class A            
Actual  $  1,000.00  $     977.80  1.47%  $  7.25
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)  $  1,000.00  $  1,017.60  1.47%  $  7.39

 

(a)The Fund’s expense ratios have been 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 182/365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

Total returns exclude applicable sales charges. If sales charges were included (maximum 5.75%), returns would be lower.

 

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ICON Sector Funds Additional Information

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Portfolio Holdings

 

Information related to the 10 largest portfolio holdings of each Fund is made available at www.iconfunds.com within approximately 10 business days after month-end. Additionally, a complete list of each Fund’s holdings is made available approximately 30 days after month-end. Each ICON Fund also files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of its fiscal year with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on Form N-Q. The ICON Funds’ Forms N-Q are available at www.sec.gov or may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

Proxy Voting

 

A summarized description of the policies and procedures the ICON Funds use to vote proxies is available free of charge at www.iconfunds.com or by calling 1-800-764-0442.

 

Information about how the ICON Funds voted proxies related to each Fund’s portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30 is available free of charge at www.iconfunds.com or on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

For More Information

 

This report is for the general information of the Funds’ shareholders and is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus. You may obtain a copy of the prospectus, which contains information about the investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses, and share classes of each ICON Fund, by visiting www.iconfunds.com or by calling 1-800-764-0442. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

 

ICON Distributors, Inc., Distributor.

 

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ICON Sector Funds Privacy Policy
  March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

FACTS WHAT DOES ICON DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
Why? Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.
What? The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:
   
 

●      Social Security number and account balances

●      income and transaction history
●      checking account information and wire transfer instructions

   
  When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.
How? All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons ICON chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.

 

Reasons we can share your personal information Does ICON share?   Can you limit this sharing?
For our everyday business purposes — such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus Yes   No
For our marketing purposes — to offer our products and services to you No   We don't share
For joint marketing with other financial companies No   We don't share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your transactions and experiences No   We don't share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness No   We don't share
For nonaffiliates to market to you No   We don't share

 

Questions? Call 1-800-764-0442 for the ICON Funds and 1-800-828-4881 for ICON Advisers, Inc. and ICON Distributors, Inc.

 

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March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Who We Are
Who is providing this notice? ICON Funds, ICON Advisers, Inc., and ICON Distributors, Inc. (collectively “ICON”)
What We Do
How does ICON protect my personal information? To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings.
   
  Contracts with our service providers require them to restrict access to your non-public  personal information, and to maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards against unintended disclosure.
How does ICON collect my personal information?

We collect your personal information, for example, when you

 

open an account or enter into an investment advisory contract
provide account information or give us your contact information
make a wire transfer
   
We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies.
Why can't I limit all sharing? Federal law gives you the right to limit only
   
  sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness
  affiliates from using your information to market to you
  sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you
     
  State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.
Definitions
Affiliates Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
 
  Our affiliates include financial companies such as ICON Funds, ICON Advisers, Inc., and ICON Distributors, Inc.
Nonaffiliates Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
   
  Nonaffiliates we share with can include financial companies such as  custodians, transfer agents, registered representatives, financial advisers and nonfinancial companies such as fulfillment, proxy voting, and class action service providers
Joint marketing A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
   
  ICON doesn’t jointly market

 

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For more information about the ICON Funds, contact us:
   
By Telephone 1-800-764-0442
By E-Mail info@iconadvisers.com
By Mail ICON Funds | P.O. Box 1920 | Denver, CO 80201
In Person ICON Funds | 5299 DTC Boulevard, 12th Floor
  Greenwood Village, CO 80111
On the Internet www.iconfunds.com

 

 

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable – only for annual reports.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable – only for annual reports.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable – only for annual reports.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Investments.

 

(a) The schedule of investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers is included in Item 1.

 

(b) Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

 

 

 

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

Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that these disclosure controls and procedures are adequately designed and are operating effectively to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

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

Not applicable

Item 13. Exhibits.

(a)(1) Not applicable – only for annual reports.

(a)(2) Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) are attached.

(a)(3) Not applicable.

(b) Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) are furnished herewith.

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

(Registrant)

  

ICON Funds

 

By (Signature and Title)*

  

/s/ Craig T. Callahan

   Craig T. Callahan, President (Principal Executive Officer)

Date    May 25, 2018                        

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

 

By (Signature and Title)*

  

/s/ Craig T. Callahan

   Craig T. Callahan, President (Principal Executive Officer)

Date    May 25, 2018                        

 

By (Signature and Title)*

  

/s/ Brian D. Harding

  

Brian D. Harding, Treasurer

(Principal Financial Officer)

Date    May 25, 2018                        

 

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.