0001145549-23-042278.txt : 20230712 0001145549-23-042278.hdr.sgml : 20230712 20230712152100 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001145549-23-042278 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20230430 FILED AS OF DATE: 20230712 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20230712 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20230712 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Investment Managers Series Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001318342 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-21719 FILM NUMBER: 231084109 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 235 WEST GALENA STREET CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53212 BUSINESS PHONE: 626-914-4141 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 235 WEST GALENA STREET CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53212 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Claymore Trust DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050603 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Claymore Equity Trust DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050218 0001318342 S000068493 Knowledge Leaders Developed World ETF C000219048 Knowledge Leaders Developed World ETF KLDW 0001318342 S000071191 WCM International Long-Term Growth Fund C000225978 Institutional Class Shares WCMTX C000225979 Investor Class Shares WILGX N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0404 N-CEN LIVE 0001318342 XXXXXXXX true false false N-1A S000068493 true S000071191 true INVESTMENT MANAGERS SERIES TRUST 811-21719 0001318342 549300ESWU4ZNAH5Y054 235 WEST GALENA STREET MILWAUKEE 532123948 US-WI US 4142992000 UMB FUND SERVICES, INC. 235 WEST GALENA STREET MILWAUKEE 53212 4142992000 TRANSFER AGENT, FUND ACCOUNTANT AND CO-ADMINISTRATOR MUTUAL FUND ADMINISTRATION, LLC 2220 E. ROUTE 66, SUITE 226 GLENDORA 91740 6269144141 CO-ADMINISTRATOR UMB BANK, N.A. 928 GRAND BOULEVARD, 5TH FLOOR KANSAS CITY 64106 8168601142 CUSTODIAN IMST Distributors, LLC Three Canal Plaza Suite 100 Portland 04101 8662516920 DISTRIBUTOR NATIXIS DISTRIBUTION, L.P. 888 BOYLSTON STREET, SUITE 800 BOSTON 02199 8008624863 DISTRIBUTOR WCM Investment Management 281 Brooks Street Laguna Beach 92651 9493800200 ADVISER Knowledge Leaders Capital, LLC 1600 Broadway Suite 1600 Denver 80202 3037631810 ADVISER BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO. 50 POST OFFICE SQUARE BOSTON 02110 6177721818 TRANSFER AGENT, FUND ACCOUNTANT AND CUSTODIAN N N N-1A 49 Y ASHLEY TOOMEY RABUN N/A N CHARLES H. MILLER N/A N JAMES E. ROSS N/A N MAUREEN QUILL 001421521 Y WILLIAM H. YOUNG N/A N MARTIN W. 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LONDON BRANCH N/A IE N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) EUROCLEAR N/A BE N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) STANDARD CHARTERED BANK, JOHANNESBURG BRANCH N/A ZA N Y Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) N BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO. 5493006KMX1VFTPYPW14 LEI N N N MUTUAL FUND ADMINISTRATION, LLC N/A Y N UMB Fund Services 084-05792 SEC File Number Y N N BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC 8-42263 000026091 N/A 306718.000000000000 306718.000000000000 BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC 8-42263 000026091 N/A 254607672.000000000000 254607672.000000000000 Y 158999740.000000000000 N N Knowledge Leaders Developed World ETF S000068493 Y 50000.000000000000 4.850000000000 0.000000000000 95.150000000000 0.000000000000 2.100000000000 2.220000000000 97.900000000000 2.220000000000 1800.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 1800.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 1800.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 1800.000000000000 0.000000000000 0.000000000000 Y true INTERNAL CONTROL RPT 2 kldw43023icletter.txt KNOWLEDGE LEADER DEVELOPED WORLD ETF IC LETTER REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of Investment Managers Series Trust Glendora, California 91740 In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of the Knowledge Leaders Developed World ETF as of and for the year ended April 30, 2023, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered their internal control over financial reporting, including control activities for safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A companys internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A companys internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a companys assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the companys annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Our consideration of the Funds internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the Funds internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls for safeguarding securities, which we consider to be material weaknesses, as defined above, as of April 30, 2023. This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, Shareholders and Board of Trustees of Investment Managers Series Trust and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. TAIT, WELLER & BAKER LLP Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June 29, 2023