0001752724-20-224981.txt : 20201112
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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-20-224981
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200831
FILED AS OF DATE: 20201112
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20201112
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20201112
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001452937
IRS NUMBER: 000000000
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 0731
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: N-CEN
SEC ACT: 1940 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-22263
FILM NUMBER: 201303658
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 10900 HEFNER POINTE DRIVE, SUITE 207
CITY: OKLAHOMA CITY
STATE: OK
ZIP: 73120
BUSINESS PHONE: 405-778-8377
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 10900 HEFNER POINTE DRIVE, SUITE 207
CITY: OKLAHOMA CITY
STATE: OK
ZIP: 73120
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FAITHSHARES TRUST
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20090717
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FAITHSHARES INC
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20090225
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VERITAS FUNDS INC
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20081230
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INTERNAL CONTROL RPT
2
ICL_Vesper.txt
INTERNAL CONTROL REPORT
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
FIRM
To the Shareholders of Vesper U.S. Large Cap Short-
Term Reversal Strategy ETF and
Board of Trustees of Exchange Traded Concepts Trust
In planning and performing our audit of the
financial statements of Vesper U.S. Large Cap Short-
Term Reversal Strategy ETF (the Fund), a series of
Exchange Traded Concepts Trust, as of and for the
year ended August 31, 2020, in accordance with the
standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States), we considered the Funds
internal control over financial reporting, including
controls over 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 funds
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 (GAAP). A funds 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 fund; (2) provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in accordance with GAAP, and that
receipts and expenditures of the fund are being made
only in accordance with authorizations of management
and trustees of the fund; and (3) provide reasonable
assurance regarding prevention or timely detection
of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a
funds assets that could have a material effect on
the financial statements.
Because of its 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 Funds 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 over safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be a material
weakness as defined above as of August 31, 2020.
This report is intended solely for the information
and use of management and the Board of Trustees of
the Fund and the Securities and Exchange Commission
and is not intended to be and should not be used by
anyone other than these specified parties.
COHEN & COMPANY, LTD.
Chicago, Illinois
October 29, 2020
INTERNAL CONTROL RPT
3
ICL_URNM.txt
INTERNAL CONTROL REPORT
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
FIRM
To the Shareholders of North Shore Global Uranium
Mining ETF and
Board of Trustees of Exchange Traded Concepts Trust
In planning and performing our audit of the
financial statements of North Shore Global Uranium
Mining ETF (the Fund), a series of Exchange Traded
Concepts Trust, as of and for the period ended
August 31, 2020, in accordance with the standards of
the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States), we considered the Funds internal
control over financial reporting, including controls
over 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 funds
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 (GAAP). A funds 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 fund; (2) provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in accordance with GAAP, and that
receipts and expenditures of the fund are being made
only in accordance with authorizations of management
and trustees of the fund; and (3) provide reasonable
assurance regarding prevention or timely detection
of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a
funds assets that could have a material effect on
the financial statements.
Because of its 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 Funds 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 over safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be a material
weakness as defined above as of August 31, 2020.
This report is intended solely for the information
and use of management and the Board of Trustees of
the Fund and the Securities and Exchange Commission
and is not intended to be and should not be used by
anyone other than these specified parties.
COHEN & COMPANY, LTD.
Chicago, Illinois
October 29, 2020
INTERNAL CONTROL RPT
4
ICL_EMQQ.txt
INTERNAL CONTROL REPORT
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
FIRM
To the Shareholders of EMQQ The Emerging Markets
Internet & Ecommerce ETF and
Board of Trustees of Exchange Traded Concepts Trust
In planning and performing our audit of the
financial statements of EMQQ The Emerging Markets
Internet & Ecommerce ETF (the Fund), a series of
Exchange Traded Concepts Trust, as of and for the
year ended August 31, 2020, in accordance with the
standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States), we considered the Funds
internal control over financial reporting, including
controls over 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 funds
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 (GAAP). A funds 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 fund; (2) provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in accordance with GAAP, and that
receipts and expenditures of the fund are being made
only in accordance with authorizations of management
and trustees of the fund; and (3) provide reasonable
assurance regarding prevention or timely detection
of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a
funds assets that could have a material effect on
the financial statements.
Because of its 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 Funds 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 over safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be a material
weakness as defined above as of August 31, 2020.
This report is intended solely for the information
and use of management and the Board of Trustees of
the Fund and the Securities and Exchange Commission
and is not intended to be and should not be used by
anyone other than these specified parties.
COHEN & COMPANY, LTD.
Chicago, Illinois
October 29, 2020