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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: 811-22540

 

FQF Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

53 State Street

Suite 1308

Boston, MA 02109

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

William H. DeRoche, President

53 State Street, Suite 1308

Boston, MA 02109

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 292-9801

 

Date of fiscal year end: June 30

 

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2019

 

 

 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

 

The following is a copy of the report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1).

 

  

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Annual Report

June 30, 2019

 
 
 
 

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund’s annual and semiannual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund’s website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically anytime by contacting your financial intermediary (such as your brokerage firm).

Alternatively, you may elect to receive paper copies of all future reports free of charge by contacting your financial intermediary. Your election to receive reports in paper may apply to all funds held in your account(s) that you invest in through your financial intermediary.


 
 

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Before investing you should carefully consider a Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. This and other information is in the prospectus, which can be obtained by visiting www.AGFiQ.com. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.

Risks:  There is no guarantee that a Fund will achieve its objective. Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. There is a risk that during a “bull” market, when most equity securities and long only Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”) are increasing in value, a Fund’s short positions will likely cause a Fund to underperform the overall U.S. equity market and such ETFs. These securities may be more volatile than a broad cross-section of securities, and momentum may be an indicator that a security’s price is peaking. The value of an investment in a Fund may fall, sometimes sharply, and you could lose money by investing in a Fund. A Fund may utilize derivatives and, as a result, the Fund could lose more than the amount it invests. When utilizing short selling, the amount a Fund could lose on a short sale is potentially unlimited because there is no limit on the price a shorted security might attain. For further risk information on each Fund, please read the prospectus.

AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF (USHG) specific risks:  The Fund’s hedging strategies against declines in security prices, financial markets, exchange rates and interest rates may not be successful, and even if they are successful, the Fund’s exposure to a certain risk may not be fully hedged at all times and the Fund may still lose money on a hedged position. The risks of investing in securities of ETFs typically reflect the risks of the types of instruments in which the underlying ETF invests. To the extent the Fund invests significantly in the AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund, which is also managed by the Adviser (the “Market Neutral ETF”), it will be subject to the following risks applicable to investing in the Market Neutral ETF: There is a risk that during a “bull” market, when most equity securities and long only ETFs are increasing in value, the Market Neutral ETF’s short positions will likely cause the Market Neutral ETF to underperform the overall U.S. equity market and such ETFs. These securities may be more volatile than a broad cross-section of securities, and momentum may be an indicator that a security’s price is peaking. The value of an investment in the Market Neutral ETF may fall, sometimes sharply, and you could lose money by investing in the fund. The Market Neutral ETF may utilize derivatives and as a result, the Market Neutral ETF could lose more that the amount it invests. When utilizing short selling the amount the Market Neutral ETF could lose on a short sale is potentially unlimited because there is no limit on the price a shorted security might attain.

AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF (GLIF) specific risks: The Fund’s investments in infrastructure-related securities will expose the Fund to potential adverse economic, regulatory, political, legal and other changes affecting such investments. Rising interest rates could lead to higher financing costs and reduced earnings for infrastructure companies. Investments in foreign securities involve risks that differ from investments in securities of U.S. issuers because of unique political, economic and market conditions. Investments in securities of issuers located in emerging market economies (including frontier market economies) are generally riskier than investments in securities of issuers from more developed economies. Investing in securities that trade in and receive revenues in foreign currencies creates risk because foreign currencies may decline relative to the U.S. dollar, resulting in a potential loss to the Fund.

Shares of AGFiQ are bought and sold at market price (not net assets value (“NAV”), as defined below) and are not individually redeemed from a Fund. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns. Market Price (as defined below) returns are based upon the midpoint of the bid/ask spread at 4:00 PM Eastern time (when NAV is normally determined), and do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. Fund returns assume that dividends and capital gains distributions have been reinvested in a Fund at NAV. Some performance results reflect expense subsidies and waivers in effect during certain periods shown. Absent these waivers, results would have been less favorable.


 
 

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Beta is a measure of an asset’s sensitivity to an underlying index. Long is purchasing a stock with the expectation that it is going to rise in value. Short is selling stock with the expectation of profiting by buying it back later at a lower price. Spread Return is the return earned between the long and short portfolios within each ETF. One cannot invest directly in an index.

Shares are not individually redeemable and can be redeemed only in Creation Units, and the purchase and sale price of individual Shares trading on an Exchange may be below, at, or above the most recently calculated NAV for such Shares.

Distributor:  Foreside Fund Services, LLC


 
 

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i   Shareholder Letter
v   Management Discussion of Fund Performance
     Schedule of Investments
1   AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund
9   AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund
17   AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund
25   AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
33   AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund
39   AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF
41   AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF
42   Statements of Assets and Liabilities
44   Statements of Operations
46   Statements of Changes in Net Assets
50   Financial Highlights
52   Notes to Financial Statements
70   Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
71   Expense Examples
73   Board Consideration of the Investment Advisory Agreement
78   Additional Information
79   Trustees and Officers of FQF Trust

Each Fund invests in certain securities long and certain securities short pursuant to its Target Index, and the performance of a Fund depends on the difference in the rates of return (i.e., the spread return) between the long positions and the short positions. If the long positions appreciate more or decline less than the short positions, then a Fund will generate a positive return. If the long positions appreciate less or decline more than the short positions, however, a Fund will generate a negative return.

The “U.S. Market Neutral IndicesSM” are a product of Dow Jones Indexes, the marketing name and a licensed trademark of CME Group Index Services LLC (“CME”), and have been licensed for use. “Dow Jones®”, “U.S. Market Neutral IndicesSM” and “Dow Jones Indexes” are service marks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings, LLC (“Dow Jones”) and have been licensed for use for certain purposes by FFCM LLC (“Licensee”). The Funds based on the U.S. Market Neutral IndicesSM are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Dow Jones, CME or their respective affiliates. Dow Jones, CME and their respective affiliates make no representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of the Funds or any member of the public regarding the advisability of trading in the Funds. Dow Jones’, CME’s and their respective affiliates’ only relationship to the Licensee is the licensing of certain trademarks and trade names of Dow Jones and of the “U.S. Market Neutral IndicesSM” which is determined, composed and calculated by CME without regard to the Licensee or the Funds. Dow Jones and CME have no obligation to take the needs of the Licensee or the owners of the Funds into consideration in determining, composing or calculating “U.S. Market Neutral IndicesSM”. Dow Jones, CME and their respective affiliates are not responsible for and have not participated in the determination of the timing of, prices at, or quantities of the Funds to be sold or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the Funds are to be converted into cash. Dow Jones, CME and their respective affiliates have no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Funds. Notwithstanding the foregoing, CME Group Inc. and its affiliates may independently issue and/or sponsor financial products unrelated to the Funds currently being issued by the Licensee, but which may be similar to and competitive with the Funds. In addition, CME Group Inc. and its affiliates may trade financial products which are linked to the performance of the “U.S. Market Neutral IndicesSM”. It is possible that this trading activity will affect the value of the “U.S. Market Neutral IndicesSM” and the Funds.

DOW JONES, CME AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES DO NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE U.S. MARKET NEUTRAL INDICESSM OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN AND DOW JONES, CME AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR INTERRUPTIONS THEREIN. DOW JONES, CME AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES MAKE NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY THE LICENSEE, OWNERS OF THE FUNDS, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE U.S. MARKET NEUTRAL INDICESSM OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. DOW JONES, CME AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES MAKE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE WITH RESPECT TO THE U.S. MARKET NEUTRAL INDICESSM OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL DOW JONES, CME OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES, EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THERE ARE NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES OF ANY AGREEMENTS OR ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN CME AND THE LICENSEE, OTHER THAN THE LICENSORS OF CME.


 
 

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Dear Shareholder,

This Annual Report for the AGFiQ ETFs covers the period from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019 (the “Annual Period”). During the Annual Period, the Funds’ NAV1 returns were as follows:

 
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund (“MOM”)       0.24%                             
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund (“CHEP”)     -13.69%                             
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund (“SIZ”)     -10.55%                             
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund (“BTAL”)       9.30%                             
AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund (“DIVA”)       5.02%                             
AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF (“GLIF”)       3.00% (since inception)  
AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF (“USHG”)       2.68% (since inception)  

The Annual Period included the seventh full calendar year of operations for the AGFiQ suite of ETFs other than AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF and AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF. During the Annual Period, the AGFiQ family of ETFs expanded its product offering that consisted of four market neutral factor-based ETFs and a long/short ETF to include a Fund of Fund ETF (AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF) and an active ETF (AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF) in May 2019. These two new additions add to the AGFiQ legacy of providing alternative sources of returns to investors, built on a factor framework with an eye toward risk management.

AGFiQ continues to manage five rules based passive Funds that seek to track indexes that are designed to provide market neutral and long/short exposure to the key investment factors of Momentum, Value, Small Size, Beta, and Dividend Yield which have a deep academic background and can be implemented in an ETF. The products were the first of their kind that incorporate long/short and market neutral strategies using physical securities (rather than derivatives) in an ETF vehicle.

The U.S. equity markets experienced another leg higher during the Annual Period, with the Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 Index2 finishing the Annual Period up 10.42%. It was a tale of two halves, with the first half, June-December 2018, characterized by increasing volatility with significant market retreats with the fourth quarter 2018 registering -13.52% return, after moving to all-time highs in early September 2018. Equity markets rebounded sharply in the first half of 2019, reversing the 13% drop in the fourth quarter of 2018 with a 13.65% return in the first quarter, followed by an additional 4.30% gain in the second quarter, setting new highs as we moved into the middle of 2019.

The economic backdrop, while mostly positive, faces a number of potential pitfalls. Highlights such as passing the USMCA3, a revised version of NAFTA4, showcased the Trump Administration’s ability to work to an equitable solution. The flip side to these economic wins have been repeated instances in which President Trump has moved swiftly to implement increasing trade tariffs with our largest trading partner, China, in an effort to win concessions in a mounting trade war. U.S. companies have spent decades building global supply chains in an effort to diversify their businesses, and we hope the unintended consequences of mounting rhetoric and restrictions will not come home to roost, and slow U.S. economic growth. We continue to see mounting deficit spending at home and mounting national debt as a problem for which we have not seen the political appetite to handle and the expectation is that we will continue to kick the can down the road.

Central banks continue to be broadly supportive, albeit at lower levels than in the immediate wake of the Great Financial Crisis. All market participants’ eyes continue to be fixated on the Federal Reserve, ECB, and Bank of Japan for guidance and positioning. Inflation remains persistently low, and

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messaging globally continues to signal efforts to try to stoke inflation, which may come in the form of further rate cuts in an effort to pull policy forward.

The political environment in Europe remained very fluid during the Annual Period. The political tides shifted substantially with stalwarts on the global stage, Teresa May (UK Prime Minister) and Angela Merkel (German Chancellor), both offering their resignations in the wake of the Brexit fallout. Uncertainty surrounding the mechanics of Brexit overhung the region as many challenges remained. Japan was able to demonstrate political stability with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe winning his September election, signaling few changes to his economic policies. Accompanying Prime Minister Abe on the path forward is Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, who has signaled that interest rates will remain low for the foreseeable future.

As we noted in prior years' updates, Asia has been in the midst of a transformation. China continues to grow its influence in the region, as well as export influence globally with its Made in China 2025 and Belt and Road initiatives. China is looking to leverage its global economic clout into military might, but with this rise comes great responsibility. While we have seen North Korea continue to rattle its sabre, the rogue nation's willingness to meet with President Trump multiple times shows promise.

Activity in the Middle East continues to ripple through markets, the commodity complex, and foreign relations. While historically a volatile region, increasing tensions among interested parties has raised the temperature in the region. Diplomatic channels will have to work overtime to prevent sparks from igniting what has come to be a tinder box in recent months as regional players look to exert dominance and influence.

More broadly, the domestic investing environment during the Annual Period can be characterized by a march higher in U.S. equities accompanied by increasing volatility5. The S&P 500 Index finished the Annual Period with nine months of advances and only three month of declines. Equity market volatility returned as we saw both strong advances and pullbacks; each of the three down months were down over -6.00%, a number we have only experienced three prior times since inception in 2011. Taking a look more closely at monthly returns, the story of strength in equity markets continues to build with six months registering more than 3.00% return, and multiple record highs. While more sustained in this Annual Period than priors, we were reminded that minor disruptions are common and should be expected, with fourth quarter 2018 providing an example of a sharp selloff with the S&P 500 Index retreating -13.52% before regaining its footing for another leg higher as we moved into 2019.

The AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund (MOM) saw a relatively muted Annual Period as the Fund rose 0.24%. MOM exhibited what could be described as hot and cold performance throughout the period registering only five up months versus seven down months, with three months up over 2.90%, drawdowns were sharp with four drawdowns over -2.00%, and sometimes sustained for a number of consecutive months as seen in the fall of 2018. MOM was able to help provide a diversifying return during equity drawdowns in December 2018 and May 2019, as we saw markets swoon. The value factor continued its longer term swoon, during the Annual Period. The AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund (CHEP) suffered through another difficult period, finishing down -13.69%. The selloffs for market neutral value have been strong and persistent.

A thought to keep in mind regarding the value and momentum factors, as exhibited by both CHEP and MOM, is that the factors tend to be negatively correlated6. Generally, when one factor is in favor the other tends to be out of favor, so these are great factors to pair together. During the Annual Period, in most instances (10 of 12 months), when CHEP was negative, MOM was positive and vice versa. However, in certain markets, as exhibited in September and November 2018, both factors can be down.

Small-cap indices retreated after a strong prior period, during the Annual Period with the Russell 2000 Index7 finishing down -3.31% while the broader Russell 3000 Index8 finished relatively close to the larger cap S&P 500 Index return of 10.42%, at 8.98%. The AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund (SIZ) was unable to keep pace finishing the Annual Period negative, down -10.55%. Similar to the prior period, five out of the first six months of the period were negative, and six of the negative periods were down over -1.90%.

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The AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund (BTAL) finished the Annual Period up 9.30%, even in the face of strong equity market returns. BTAL is designed to be negatively correlated6 to the broad equity markets, and provided its intended hedge when equity markets sold off in the fourth quarter of 2018 with the S&P 500 down -13.52% versus BTAL up 8.99%, and May 2019 with the S&P 500 down -6.35% and BTAL positive 6.83%. Aside from providing a notable equity hedge, BTAL was able to deliver seven months of positive performance during the Annual Period, even while equity market moved higher. We believe BTAL is best used as a portfolio hedging product that may help reduce portfolio volatility. The Fund is designed to be long the low beta names and short the high beta names, while this design can leave the Fund susceptible to underperformance during strong equity performance, it also has the ability to capture positive performance.

The AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund (DIVA) was launched as an innovative response to growing concerns in the investment community about interest rate and credit risk within the fixed income universe. Investor’s continue to clamor for income in a low yield world. DIVA is a long/short ETF designed to provide both yield and capital appreciation. DIVA is constructed to invest in stocks with stable or growing dividends that trade at high yields. In an effort to reduce risk, DIVA shorts stocks in each sector which have unstable or low dividends. In an effort to prevent sector concentration in the highest dividend sectors and provide a diversified dividend exposure, the Fund caps long sectors at 25%, while sector and industry weights in the short portfolio are approximately 50% of the size of the long sector weights.

Over the Annual Period, we have seen rates oscillate, with the Federal Reserve moving to hike the Fed Funds rate twice in both September and December 2018. Markets have anticipated rate cuts in 2019 and we have seen yields move down, reversing their course. More broadly U.S. rates are still well below historical averages. In many instances in both foreign and domestic markets, we have seen continued central bank intervention, albeit with less frequency, size and scale as in the years following the Global Financial Crisis. While forecasts continue to call for higher rates, and increasing inflation, we continue to see fits and starts across the rates complex as any meaningful move in rates are often tempered shortly thereafter. As the flood of baby boomers continues to reach retirement age, we are embarking on a generational need for income; understanding this demand for yield, we believe DIVA can play a spot in portfolios looking for a healthy yield and total return potential. DIVA finished the Annual Period up modestly 5.02% but helped to dampen volatility and weather some of the intra-period drops seen in the broader equity rate sensitive sectors. The Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate Bond Index14, the Fund’s benchmark index, returned 10.72% during the Annual Period.

In addition we wanted to provide a brief update on Fund derivative exposure. Each Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in instruments other than the long and short positions in its Target Index, which we believe helps each Fund track it’s Index. Such instruments currently used are Total Return Swaps and their impact on Fund performance is noted below.

The long swap position in the Dow Jones Thematic Long Momentum Total Return Index contributed positively and the short swap position in the Dow Jones Thematic Short Momentum Total Return Index contributed negatively to the absolute performance of MOM during the Annual Period.

The long swap position in the Dow Jones Thematic Long Value Total Return Index contributed negatively and the short swap position in the Dow Jones Thematic Short Value Total Return Index contributed negatively to the absolute performance of CHEP during the Annual Period.

The long swap position in the Dow Jones Thematic Long Size Total Return Index contributed negatively and the short swap position in the Dow Jones Thematic Short Size Total Return Index contributed negatively to the absolute performance of SIZ during the Annual Period.

The long swap position in the Dow Jones Thematic Long Anti-Beta Total Return Index contributed positively and the short swap position in the Dow Jones Thematic Short Anti-Beta Total Return Index contributed positively to the absolute performance of BTAL during the Annual Period.

We believe the AGFiQ family of ETFs should be positioned to perform even in the face of an ever changing global landscape, due to their uncorrelated return profile to the broad equity and fixed income markets and their ability to capture persistent market premiums with lower volatility.

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As always, we thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

The AGFiQ Team

The views expressed in this letter were those of AGF Investments, LLC as of June 30, 2019, and may not necessarily reflect the view on the date this letter is first published or anytime thereafter. These views are intended to help shareholders in understanding the Funds’ present investment methodology and do not constitute investment advice.

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Management Discussion of Fund Performance

AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund (MOM) (Unaudited):

The AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund seeks performance results that correspond to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Dow Jones U.S. Thematic Market Neutral Momentum Index (“Target Index”). The Target Index, which is compiled by Dow Jones Indexes, is equal weighted, dollar neutral, and sector neutral. The Target Index rebalances monthly by identifying the highest momentum stocks as long positions and lowest momentum stocks as short positions, of approximately equal dollar amounts, within each sector. The Fund provides investors with the means of seeking the spread return between the prices of high and low momentum stocks within the Dow Jones U.S. Index.9 A stock’s momentum is based on its total return, which is a function of price performance and dividend returns over the first 12 of the last 13 months. Stocks with a higher total return receive a higher ranking and stocks with a lower total return receive a lower ranking. Momentum investing entails investing in securities that have had above-average returns and shorting securities that have had below-average returns. The performance of the Fund will depend on the difference in the rate of return between its long positions and short positions.

During the Annual Period (July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019), the Fund’s market price return was 0.29% and its NAV return was 0.24%.1 The Target Index returned -0.27% during the same period. The Fund’s market price at June 30, 2019 was $24.60.

The Fund posted positive performance in five of the 12 months for the period with returns ranging from -4.39% to 7.48%. The best performing months for the Fund were May 2019 and August 2018 finishing up 7.48% and 3.47%, respectively. The worst performing months for the Fund were June 2019 and January 2019 finishing down -4.39% and -3.82%, respectively.

The Fund is sector neutral, dollar neutral and equal weighted, and the primary driver of performance is an isolated factor, in this case momentum, total returns over the first 12 of the last 13 months. During the Annual Period, there was a slight market reward for high momentum stocks over low momentum stocks resulting in positive performance for the Fund.

The Fund had an annualized volatility5 of 9.26% for the Annual Period.

   
  Fund Sector Weights (Based on Net Assets)
As of 06/30/2019   % Long Weight   % Short Weight
Communication Services     4.29 %      -4.55 % 
Consumer Discretionary     12.53 %      -13.99 % 
Consumer Staples     4.93 %      -4.88 % 
Energy     4.42 %      -4.48 % 
Financials     16.94 %      -17.43 % 
Health Care     12.65 %      -12.74 % 
Industrials     16.14 %      -16.90 % 
Information Technology     17.18 %      -18.00 % 
Materials     6.34 %      -6.72 % 
Real Estate     9.44 %      -9.61 % 
Utilities     5.38 %      -5.44 % 

   
  Portfolio Characteristics
As of 06/30/2019   Long Portfolio   Short Portfolio
Number of Companies     200       200  
Price/Earnings Ratio10     34.11       18.83  
Price/Book Ratio11     5.02       2.16  

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     Portfolio Characteristics
As of 06/30/2019   Long Portfolio   Short Portfolio
Average Market Cap ($B)     27.84       13.86  
Median Market Cap ($B)     12.62       6.18  
Beta     0.95       1.32  

Frequency of Distributions of Premiums and Discounts — Information concerning the number of days that the Fund trades at a premium or discount for the most recently completed five fiscal years can be found on the Funds’ website, www.agf.com/us.

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception at Net Asset Value*

MOM — AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund
DJUS Momentum Index — Dow Jones U.S. Thematic Market Neutral Momentum Index
Russell 1000 — Russell 1000 Index12

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* The line graph represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 from September 6, 2011 (Commencement of Operations) to June 30, 2019 assuming the reinvestment of distributions.

Average Annual Total Return as of June 30, 2019

       
  1 Year   3 Year   5 Year   Since Inception
MOM NAV Return     0.24 %*     -2.73 %      -0.22 %      0.12 % 
MOM Market Price Return     0.29 %      -2.73 %      -0.23 %      0.12 % 
DJUS Momentum Index     -0.27 %      -2.27 %      1.17 %      1.85 % 
Russell 1000 Index     10.02 %      14.21 %      10.47 %      14.93 % 
* The Fund’s Average Annual Total Returns are based on net assets values calculated for shareholder transactions which are not reflective of adjustments required pursuant to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). Accordingly, differences may exist between this data and similar information reported in the financial statements.

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. Returns less than one year are not annualized. As stated in the current prospectus, the Adviser has contractually undertaken until November 1, 2019 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses of the Fund (the “Expense Cap”) so that the total annual operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, dividend, interest and brokerage expenses for short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses if any) of the Fund are limited to 0.75% of the Fund’s average net assets. As stated in the current prospectus, the current gross and net expense ratios are 5.81% and 1.88% respectively. Refer to the financial highlights herein for the most recent expense ratios. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. For the Fund’s most recent month-end performance please visit www.agf.com/us. Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends but do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs, or other expenses that would be incurred by the Fund or brokerage commissions on transactions in Fund shares. Such fees and expenses reduce Fund returns. One cannot invest directly in an index.

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AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund (CHEP) (Unaudited):

The AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund seeks performance results that correspond to the price and yield performance before fees and expenses, of the Dow Jones U.S. Thematic Market Neutral Value Index (“Target Index”). The Target Index, which is compiled by Dow Jones Indexes, is equal weighted, dollar neutral, and sector neutral. The Target Index rebalances monthly by identifying the most undervalued stocks as long positions and the most overvalued stocks as short positions, of approximately equal dollar amounts, within each sector. The Fund provides investors with the means of seeking the spread return between high and low ranked stocks. Undervalued stocks within each sector receive higher rankings and overvalued stocks receive lower rankings. For the Fund, value investing entails investing in securities that have below-average valuations based on ratios such as earnings to price,9 book to price,10 and cash flow from operations to price and shorting securities that have above-average valuations based on the same ratios. The performance of the Fund will depend on the difference in the rates of return between the long positions and the short positions.

During the Annual Period (July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019), the Fund’s market price return was -13.73% and its NAV return was -13.69%.1 The Target Index returned -14.07% during the same period. The Fund’s market price at June 30, 2019 was $20.21.

The Fund posted positive performance in five of the 12 months for the period with returns ranging from -6.92% to 2.29%. The best performing months for the Fund were July 2018 and January 2019 finishing up 2.29% and 2.19%, respectively. The worst performing months for the Fund were May 2019 and August 2018 finishing down -6.92% and -4.81%, respectively.

The Fund is sector neutral, dollar neutral and equal weighted, and the primary driver of performance is an isolated factor, in this case valuation based on cash flow to price, earnings to price, and book to price. During the Annual Period, the market rewarded higher valuation companies over lower valuation companies resulting in negative performance for the Fund.

The Fund had an annualized volatility5 of 8.59% for the Annual Period.

   
  Fund Sector Weights (Based on Net Assets)
As of 06/30/2019   % Long Weight   % Short Weight
Communication Services     4.17 %      -4.13 % 
Consumer Discretionary     12.09 %      -11.94 % 
Consumer Staples     5.08 %      -5.09 % 
Energy     4.94 %      -4.83 % 
Financials     16.05 %      -15.98 % 
Health Care     11.70 %      -11.86 % 
Industrials     15.33 %      -14.71 % 
Information Technology     17.15 %      -16.14 % 
Materials     6.19 %      -5.95 % 
Real Estate     8.40 %      -8.30 % 
Utilities     5.09 %      -5.06 % 

   
  Portfolio Characteristics
As of 06/30/2019   Long Portfolio   Short Portfolio
Number of Companies     200       200  
Price/Earnings Ratio10     13.03       43.95  
Price/Book Ratio11     1.52       8.46  
Average Market Cap ($B)     17.15       27.82  
Median Market Cap ($B)     7.52       11.61  
Beta     1.23       1.03  

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Frequency of Distributions of Premiums and Discounts — Information concerning the number of days that the Fund trades at a premium or discount for the most recently completed five fiscal years can be found on the Funds’ website, www.agf.com/us.

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception at Net Asset Value*

CHEP — AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund
DJUS Value Index — Dow Jones U.S. Thematic Market Neutral Value Index
Russell 1000 — Russell 1000 Index12

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* The line graph represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 from September 12, 2011 (Commencement of Operations) to June 30, 2019 assuming the reinvestment of distributions.

Average Annual Total Return as of June 30, 2019

       
  1 Year   3 Year   5 Year   Since Inception
CHEP NAV Return     -13.69 %*     -4.55 %      -6.27 %      -1.94 % 
CHEP Market Price Return     -13.73 %      -4.52 %      -6.30 %      -1.94 % 
DJUS Value Index     -14.07 %      -4.03 %      -4.95 %      -0.30 % 
Russell 1000 Index     10.02 %      14.21 %      10.47 %      14.99 % 
* The Fund’s Average Annual Total Returns are based on net assets values calculated for shareholder transactions which are not reflective of adjustments required pursuant to GAAP. Accordingly, differences may exist between this data and similar information reported in the financial statements.

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. Returns less than one year are not annualized. As stated in the current prospectus, the Adviser has contractually undertaken until November 1, 2019 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses of the Fund (the “Expense Cap”) so that the total annual operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, dividend, interest and brokerage expenses for short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses if any) of the Fund are limited to 0.75% of the Fund’s average net assets. As stated in the current prospectus, the current gross and net expense ratios are 18.34% and 1.12% respectively. Refer to the financial highlights herein for the most recent expense ratios. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. For the Fund’s most recent month-end performance please visit www.agf.com/us. Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends but do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs, or other expenses that would be incurred by the Fund or brokerage commissions on transactions in Fund shares. Such fees and expenses reduce Fund returns. One cannot invest directly in an index.

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AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund (SIZ) (Unaudited):

The AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund seeks performance that corresponds to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Dow Jones U.S. Thematic Market Neutral Size Index (“Target Index”). The Target Index, which is compiled by Dow Jones Indexes, is equal weighted, dollar neutral, and sector neutral. The Target Index rebalances monthly by identifying the lowest capitalization stocks as long positions and highest capitalization stocks as short positions, of approximately equal dollar amounts, within each sector. The Fund provided investors with the means of seeking the spread return between high and low ranked stocks. Stocks are ranked from smallest to largest by market capitalization within the Dow Jones U.S. Index9. Size investing entails investing in securities within the universe that have below-average market capitalizations and shorting securities with above-average market capitalizations. The performance of the Fund will depend on the difference in the rates of return between these long positions and short positions.

During the Annual Period (July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019), the Fund’s market price return was -10.83% and its NAV return was -10.55%.1 The Target Index returned -10.53% during the same period. The Fund’s market price at June 30, 2019 was $18.12.

The Fund posted positive performance in four of 12 months of the period, with returns ranging from -3.29% to 2.35%. The best performing months for the Fund were January 2019 and August 2018 finishing up 2.35% and 1.60%, respectively. The worst performing months for the Fund were May 2019 and December 2018 finishing down -3.29% and -3.20%, respectively.

The Fund is sector neutral, dollar neutral and equal weighted, and the primary driver of performance is an isolated factor, in this case market capitalization. During the Annual Period, the market favored larger cap names over smaller cap names resulting in negative performance for the Fund.

The Fund had an annualized volatility5 of 6.69% for the Annual Period.

   
  Fund Sector Weights (Based on Net Assets)
As of 06/30/2019   % Long Weight   % Short Weight
Communication Services     4.65 %      -4.78 % 
Consumer Discretionary     12.97 %      -12.96 % 
Consumer Staples     5.22 %      -5.26 % 
Energy     4.96 %      -4.97 % 
Financials     15.88 %      -15.91 % 
Health Care     11.95 %      -11.83 % 
Industrials     15.59 %      -15.17 % 
Information Technology     16.13 %      -16.40 % 
Materials     6.19 %      -6.09 % 
Real Estate     8.85 %      -9.24 % 
Utilities     4.66 %      -4.61 % 

   
  Portfolio Characteristics
As of 06/30/2019   Long Portfolio   Short Portfolio
Number of Companies     200       200  
Price/Earnings Ratio10     22.24       22.55  
Price/Book Ratio11     2.40       3.95  
Average Market Cap ($B)     3.79       99.93  
Median Market Cap ($B)     5.53       22.55  
Beta     1.17       0.99  

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Frequency of Distributions of Premiums and Discounts — Information concerning the number of days that the Fund trades at a premium or discount for the most recently completed five fiscal years can be found on the Funds’ website, www.agf.com/us.

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception at Net Asset Value*

SIZ — AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund
DJUS Size Index — Dow Jones U.S. Thematic Market Neutral Size Index
Russell 1000 — Russell 1000 Index12

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* The line graph represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 from September 6, 2011 (Commencement of Operations) to June 30, 2019 assuming the reinvestment of distributions.

Average Annual Total Return as of June 30, 2019

       
  1 Year   3 Year   5 Year   Since Inception
SIZ NAV Return     -10.55 %*     -5.18 %      -6.63 %      -3.88 % 
SIZ Market Price Return     -10.83 %      -5.20 %      -6.65 %      -3.95 % 
DJUS Size Index     -10.53 %      -5.19 %      -6.64 %      -3.89 % 
Russell 1000 Index     10.02 %      14.21 %      10.47 %      14.93 % 
* The Fund’s Average Annual Total Returns are based on net assets values calculated for shareholder transactions which are not reflective of adjustments required pursuant to GAAP. Accordingly, differences may exist between this data and similar information reported in the financial statements.

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. Returns less than one year are not annualized. As stated in the current prospectus, the Adviser has contractually undertaken until November 1, 2019 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses of the Fund (the “Expense Cap”) so that the total annual operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, dividend, interest and brokerage expenses for short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses if any) of the Fund are limited to 0.75% of the Fund’s average net assets. As stated in the current prospectus, the current gross and net expense ratios are 12.62% and 1.71% respectively. Refer to the financial highlights herein for the most recent expense ratios. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. For the Fund’s most recent month-end performance please visit www.agf.com/us. Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends but do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs, or other expenses that would be incurred by the Fund or brokerage commissions on transactions in Fund shares. Such fees and expenses reduce Fund returns. One cannot invest directly in an index.

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AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund (BTAL) (Unaudited):

The AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund seeks performance results that correspond to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Dow Jones U.S. Thematic Market Neutral Anti-Beta Index (“Target Index”). The Target Index, which is compiled by Dow Jones Indexes, is equal weighted, dollar neutral, and sector neutral. The Target Index rebalances monthly by identifying the lowest beta stocks as long positions and highest beta stocks as short positions, of approximately equal dollar amounts, within each sector. The Fund provides investors with the means of seeking the spread return between low and high beta stocks. Low beta stocks are those stocks that are less volatile than the Dow Jones U.S. Index,9 and high beta stocks are those stocks that are more volatile than the Dow Jones U.S. Index. Anti-beta investing entails investing in securities that have below-average betas and shorting securities that have above-average betas. The performance of the Fund will depend on the differences in the rates of return of these long positions and short positions.

During the Annual Period (July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019), the Fund’s market price return was 9.66% and its NAV return was 9.30%.1 The Target Index returned 8.88% during the same period. The Fund’s market price at June 30, 2019 was $21.89.

The Fund posted positive performance in seven of the 12 months of the period with returns ranging from -3.79% to 6.83%. The best performing months for the Fund were May 2019 and October 2018 finishing up 6.83% and 4.64%, respectively. The worst performing months for the Fund were June 2019 and January 2019 finishing down -3.79% and -3.50%, respectively.

The Fund is sector neutral, dollar neutral and equal weighted, and the primary driver of performance is an isolated factor, in this case beta. During the Annual Period, the market tended to favor lower beta stocks over higher beta stocks, resulting in positive performance for the Fund.

The Fund had annualized volatility5 of 9.54% for the Annual Period.

   
  Fund Sector Weights (Based on Net Assets)
As of 06/30/2019   % Long Weight   % Short Weight
Communication Services     4.32 %      -4.49 % 
Consumer Discretionary     12.69 %      -13.22 % 
Consumer Staples     4.86 %      -4.87 % 
Energy     5.04 %      -5.12 % 
Financials     16.76 %      -17.30 % 
Health Care     12.20 %      -12.86 % 
Industrials     16.04 %      -17.34 % 
Information Technology     16.77 %      -17.05 % 
Materials     6.42 %      -6.63 % 
Real Estate     9.34 %      -9.66 % 
Utilities     5.36 %      -5.42 % 

   
  Portfolio Characteristics
As of 06/30/2019   Long Portfolio   Short Portfolio
Number of Companies     200       200  
Price/Earnings Ratio10     25.55       21.73  
Price/Book Ratio11     3.49       2.51  
Average Market Cap ($B)     28.37       19.99  
Median Market Cap ($B)     10.49       6.86  
Beta     0.81       1.40  

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Frequency of Distributions of Premiums and Discounts — Information concerning the number of days that the Fund trades at a premium or discount for the most recently completed five fiscal years can be found on the Funds’ website, www.agf.com/us.

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception at Net Asset Value*

BTAL — AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
DJUS Anti-Beta Index — Dow Jones U.S. Thematic Market Neutral Anti-Beta Index
Russell 1000 — Russell 1000 Index12

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* The line graph represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 from September 12, 2011 (Commencement of Operations) to June 30, 2019 assuming the reinvestment of distributions.

Average Annual Total Return as of June 30, 2019

       
  1 Year   3 Year   5 Year   Since Inception
BTAL NAV Return     9.30 %*     -2.02 %      2.56 %      -1.45 % 
BTAL Market Price Return     9.66 %      -1.93 %      2.75 %      -1.41 % 
DJUS Anti-Beta Index     8.88 %      -1.80 %      4.09 %      0.20 % 
Russell 1000 Index     10.02 %      14.21 %      10.47 %      14.99 % 
* The Fund’s Average Annual Total Returns are based on net assets values calculated for shareholder transactions which are not reflective of adjustments required pursuant to GAAP. Accordingly, differences may exist between this data and similar information reported in the financial statements.

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. Returns less than one year are not annualized. As stated in the current prospectus, the Adviser has contractually undertaken until November 1, 2019 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses of the Fund (the “Expense Cap”) so that the total annual operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, dividend, interest and brokerage expenses for short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses if any) of the Fund are limited to 0.45% of the Fund’s average net assets. As stated in the current prospectus, the current gross and net expense ratios are 3.34% and 0.76% respectively. Refer to the financial highlights herein for the most recent expense ratios. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. For the Fund’s most recent month-end performance please visit www.agf.com/us. Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends but do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs, or other expenses that would be incurred by the Fund or brokerage commissions on transactions in Fund shares. Such fees and expenses reduce Fund returns. One cannot invest directly in an index.

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AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund (DIVA) (Unaudited):

The AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund seeks performance results that correspond to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Indxx Hedged Dividend Income Index13 (“Target Index”). The Target Index, which is compiled by Indxx, is designed to generate a high current yield and capital appreciation. The Target Index rebalances monthly by identifying the highest dividend stocks as long positions, and the lowest dividend stocks as short positions. The Target Index invests in stocks with stable or growing dividends that trade at high yields. In an attempt to reduce risk, the Target Index shorts stocks in each sector which have unstable or low dividends. The Target Index is approximately 100% long and 50% short at the time of rebalances. The maximum weight for any sector in the long portfolio is 25%. Sector and industry weights in the short portfolio are approximately 50% of the size of the long sector weights. The Target Index has 100 long positions and approximately 150-200 short positions. The Fund provides investors with the means of seeking the spread return between low and high dividend stocks. The performance of the Fund will depend on the differences in the rates of return of these long positions and short positions.

During the Annual Period (July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019), the Fund’s market price return was 5.28% and its NAV return was 5.02%.1 The Target Index returned 5.89% during the same period. The Fund’s market price at June 30, 2019 was $23.91.

The Fund posted positive performance in seven of the 12 months of the period with returns ranging from -3.65% to 5.67%. The best performing months for the Fund were January 2019 and June 2019 finishing up 5.67% and 2.47%, respectively. The worst performing months for the Fund were December 2018 and May 2019 finishing down -3.65% and -3.07% respectively.

The Fund is designed as a long/short fund with approximately 100% long exposure and 50% short exposure, and the primary driver of performance is an isolated factor, in this case high equity dividend yield. During the Annual Period, rate sensitive stocks slightly outperformed lower yielders, resulting in a positive performance for the Fund.

The Fund had annualized volatility5 of 6.09% for the Annual Period.

   
  Fund Sector Weights (Based on Net Assets)
As of 06/30/2019   % Long Weight   % Short Weight
Communication Services     6.24 %      -3.33 % 
Consumer Discretionary     10.71 %      -6.02 % 
Consumer Staples     10.11 %      -5.16 % 
Energy     19.50 %      -9.49 % 
Financials     13.91 %      -11.94 % 
Health Care     5.10 %      -2.68 % 
Industrials     3.15 %      -1.73 % 
Information Technology     4.61 %      -2.04 % 
Materials     1.87 %      -0.99 % 
Real Estate     11.79 %      -1.58 % 
Utilities     14.58 %      -7.20 % 

   
  Portfolio Characteristics
As of 06/30/2019   Long Portfolio   Short Portfolio
Number of Companies     100       184  
Price/Earnings Ratio10     16.15       25.27  
Price/Book Ratio11     1.90       2.52  
Average Market Cap ($B)     35.67       30.59  
Median Market Cap ($B)     10.64       11.59  
Beta     0.94       1.02  

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Frequency of Distributions of Premiums and Discounts — Information concerning the number of days that the Fund trades at a premium or discount for the most recently completed five fiscal years can be found on the Funds’ website, www.agf.com/us.

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception at Net Asset Value*

DIVA — AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund
Hedged Dividend Income Index — INDXX Hedged Dividend Income Index
BloomBarc US Corporate Bond Index — Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate Total Return Value Unhedged Index14

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* The line graph represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 from January 15, 2015 (Commencement of Operations) to June 30, 2019 assuming the reinvestment of distributions.

Average Annual Total Return as of June 30, 2019

     
  1 Year   3 Year   Since Inception
DIVA NAV Return     5.02 %*     3.51 %      4.07 % 
DIVA Market Price Return     5.28 %      3.61 %      4.12 % 
INDXX Hedged Dividend Income Index     5.89 %      4.69 %      5.32 % 
BloomBarc US Corp Bond Index     10.72 %      3.96 %      3.79 % 
* The Fund’s Average Annual Total Returns are based on net assets values calculated for shareholder transactions which are not reflective of adjustments required pursuant to GAAP. Accordingly, differences may exist between this data and similar information reported in the financial statements.

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. Returns less than one year are not annualized. As stated in the current prospectus, the Adviser has contractually undertaken until November 1, 2019 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses of the Fund (the “Expense Cap”) so that the total annual operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, dividend, interest and brokerage expenses for short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses if any) of the Fund are limited to 0.45% of the Fund’s average net assets. As stated in the current prospectus, the current gross and net expense ratios are 3.98% and 0.75% respectively. Refer to the financial highlights herein for the most recent expense ratios. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. For the Fund’s most recent month-end performance please visit www.agf.com/us. Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends but do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs, or other expenses that would be incurred by the Fund or brokerage commissions on transactions in Fund shares. Such fees and expenses reduce Fund returns. One cannot invest directly in an index.

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AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF (GLIF) (Unaudited):

The AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF, which commenced operations on May 23, 2019, seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation through exposure to a diversified portfolio of Global infrastructure equities. The Fund will utilize a proprietary, multi-factor investment process to seek long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in global equity securities in the infrastructure industry. The Fund seeks to provide potential diversification and risk reduction benefits as listed infrastructure has historically exhibited lower correlations with traditional asset classes and lower volatility than global equities. Listed infrastructure securities typically offer higher dividend yields than equities or bonds and can be used as a hedge against inflation or to mitigate rising interest rates. The Fund employs a systematic, factor-driven investment strategy that uses a proprietary sector model and an expanded universe of global infrastructure equities to broaden the opportunity set and seek attractive risk-adjusted returns.

Since the commencement of operations through June 30, 2019, the Fund’s market price return was 3.00% and its NAV return was 3.00%.1 The Dow Jones Brookfield Global Infrastructure Index returned 3.29% during the same period. The Fund’s market price at June 30, 2019 was $25.75.

The Fund posted positive performance in one of the two months the Fund was in operations with returns ranging from -0.88% to 3.91%. The best performing month for the Fund was June 2019 finishing up 3.91%. The worst performing month for the Fund was May 2019 finishing down -0.88%.

     
Fund Sector Weights (Based on Net Assets)   Top 10 Country Allocation (Based on Net Assets)
As of 06/30/2019   Percentage %   As of 06/30/2019   Percentage %
Utilities     35.90 %      United States       48.30 % 
Energy     23.70 %      Canada       14.80 % 
Industrials     17.40 %      China       6.30 % 
Real Estate     15.60 %      Spain       4.70 % 
Communication Services     4.60 %      United Kingdom       4.50 % 
Exchange Traded Fund     2.10 %      France       4.30 % 
                Hong Kong       2.80 % 
                Australia       2.80 % 
                Multinational       2.10 % 
                Italy       1.90 % 

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Frequency of Distributions of Premiums and Discounts — Information concerning the number of days that the Fund trades at a premium or discount for the most recently completed five fiscal years can be found on the Funds’ website, www.agf.com/us.

Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception at Net Asset Value*

GLIF — AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF
Dow Jones Brookfield Global Infrastructure TR Index12

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* The line graph represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 from May 23, 2019 (Commencement of Operations) to June 30, 2019 assuming the reinvestment of distributions.

Cumulative Total Return as of June 30, 2019

 
  Since Inception
GLIF NAV Return     3.00 %*
GLIF Market Price Return     3.00 % 
Dow Jones Brookfield Global Infrastructure Index     3.29 % 
* The Fund’s Average Annual Total Returns are based on net assets values calculated for shareholder transactions which are not reflective of adjustments required pursuant to GAAP. Accordingly, differences may exist between this data and similar information reported in the financial statements.

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. Returns less than one year are not annualized. As stated in the current prospectus, the Adviser has contractually undertaken until May 15, 2022 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses of the Fund (the “Expense Cap”) so that the total annual operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, dividend, interest and brokerage expenses for short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses if any) of the Fund are limited to 0.45% of the Fund’s average net assets. As stated in the current prospectus, the current gross and net expense ratios are 1.46% and 0.45% respectively. Refer to the financial highlights herein for the most recent expense ratios. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. For the Fund’s most recent month-end performance please visit www.agf.com/us. Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends but do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs, or other expenses that would be incurred by the Fund or brokerage commissions on transactions in Fund shares. Such fees and expenses reduce Fund returns. One cannot invest directly in an index.

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AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF (USHG) (Unaudited):

The AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF, which commenced operations on May 23, 2019, seeks to provide exposure to a diversified portfolio of U.S. equities while seeking to provide long-term capital appreciation with lower than market volatility using embedded downside risk management to seek to protect capital. A risk-managed U.S. equity holding offering exposure to the long term growth potential of U.S. equities using a multi-factor approach designed to have lower volatility and better risk-adjusted returns relative to the market. Proprietary sector allocation and risk models are evaluated on a daily basis so the portfolio can be responsive to changing market conditions. Concentration risk is reduced by maintaining full sector diversification and using embedded downside risk management.

Since the commencement of operations through June 30, 2019, the Fund’s market price return was 2.72% and its NAV return was 2.68%.1 The Standard & Poor’s 500 Total Return Index returned 3.21% during the same period. The Fund’s market price at June 30, 2019 was $25.67.

The Fund posted positive performance in one of the two months the Fund was in operations with returns ranging from -2.16% to 4.95%. The best performing month for the Fund was June 2019 finishing up 4.95%. The worst performing month for the Fund was May 2019 finishing down -2.16%.

     
Fund Sector Weights (Based on Net Assets)   Top Holdings (Based on Net Assets)
As of 06/30/2019   Percentage
%
  As of 06/30/2019   Percentage
%
ETFs for Downside Hedging     19.20 %      AGFiQ US Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund       19.25 % 
Communications Services     3.40 %      Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund       3.37 % 
Consumer Discretionary     8.30 %      Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund       8.26 % 
Consumer Staples     5.80 %      Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund       5.82 % 
Energy     0.80 %      Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund       0.78 % 
Financials     12.50 %      Financials Select Sector SPDR Fund       12.51 % 
Health Care     11.30 %      Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund       11.26 % 
Industrials     11.70 %      Industrials Select Sector SPDR Fund       11.68 % 
Information Technology     14.70 %      Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund       14.71 % 
Materials     6.50 %      Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund       6.48 % 
Real Estate     4.40 %      Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund       4.42 % 
Utilities     0.80 %      Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund       0.78 % 

Frequency of Distributions of Premiums and Discounts — Information concerning the number of days that the Fund trades at a premium or discount for the most recently completed five fiscal years can be found on the Funds’ website, www.agf.com/us.

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Growth of a $10,000 Investment Since Inception at Net Asset Value*

USHG — AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF
S&P 500 TR Index — Standard & Poor’s 500 Total Return Index2

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* The line graph represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 from May 23, 2019 (Commencement of Operations) to June 30, 2019 assuming the reinvestment of distributions.

Cumulative Total Return as of June 30, 2019

 
  Since Inception
USHG NAV Return     2.68 %*
USHG Market Price Return     2.72 % 
S&P 500 TR Index     3.21 % 
* The Fund’s Average Annual Total Returns are based on net assets values calculated for shareholder transactions which are not reflective of adjustments required pursuant to GAAP. Accordingly, differences may exist between this data and similar information reported in the financial statements.

Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. Returns less than one year are not annualized. As stated in the current prospectus, the Adviser has contractually undertaken until May 15, 2022 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses of the Fund (the “Expense Cap”) so that the total annual operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, dividend, interest and brokerage expenses for short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses if any) of the Fund are limited to 0.45% of the Fund’s average net assets. As stated in the current prospectus, the current gross and net expense ratios are 1.57% and 0.55% respectively. Refer to the financial highlights herein for the most recent expense ratios. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. For the Fund’s most recent month-end performance please visit www.agf.com/us. Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends but do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs, or other expenses that would be incurred by the Fund or brokerage commissions on transactions in Fund shares. Such fees and expenses reduce Fund returns. One cannot invest directly in an index.

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Footnotes to Shareholder Letter and Management Discussion of Fund Performance:

1 A Fund’s per share net asset value (“NAV”) is the value of one share of the Fund. NAV is calculated by taking the Fund’s total assets (including the market value of securities owned), subtracting liabilities, and dividing by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV Return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the Market Price Return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the primary stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. NAV is used as a proxy for purposes of calculating Market Price Return on inception date. Market Price and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.
2 S&P 500 Index — The Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index consists of 500 large-cap common stocks actively traded on the NYSE and NASDAQ.
3 USMCA — United States-Mexico-Canada-Agreement — Trade agreement to grow North American economy with balanced, reciprocal trade that supports high-paying jobs.
4 NAFTA — North American Free Trade Agreement — Trade agreement which spawned from bilateral agreements with Canada, then Mexico, where tariffs were eliminated progressively and all duties and quantitative restrictions were eliminated by 2008.
5 Volatility — A statistical measure of the dispersion of returns for a given security or market index.
6 Correlation — A statistical measure of how two securities move in relation to each other.
7 Russell 2000 — The Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. The Russell 2000 is a subset of the Russell 3000 Index representing approximately 10% of the total market cap of that index.
8 Russell 3000 — The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.
9 Dow Jones US Index — A market-capitalization-weighted index providing broad coverage of the U.S. stock market. The index is considered a total market index, representing the top 95% of the U.S. stock market based on market capitalization.
10 Price/Earnings Ratio — Market Value per share/Earning per share.
11 Price/Book Ratio — Stock Price/(Total Assets — Intangible Assets and Liabilities).
12 Russell 1000 Index — The Russell 1000 Index measures the performance of approximately 1,000 of the largest companies in the U.S. equity universe. The Russell 1000 is a subset of the Russell 3000 Index comprising over 90% of the total market capitalization of all listed U.S. stocks.
13 INDXX Hedged Dividend Income Index — The INDXX Hedged Dividend Income Index is designed to measure the performance of a strategy utilizing three portfolios: a long portfolio (with 100% long position in the INDXX Long High Dividend Index); a short portfolio (with 50% short position in the INDXX Short Low Dividend Index); and a 50% long position in the INDXX Cash Index. The Index is 100% long and 50% short at the time of rebalances. The maximum weight for any sector in the long portfolio is 25% and 15% for industries.
14 Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate Total Return Value Unhedged Index — The Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate Bond Index measures the investment grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bond market. It includes USD denominated securities publicly issued by US and non-US industrial, utility and financial issuers.
15 Dow Jones Brookfield Global Infrastructure TR Index — Dow Jones Brookfield Global Infrastructure TR Index is a global index of companies with >70% of cash flows derived from infrastructure lines of business. Components must pass screens for country domicile, minimum float market cap and trading volume. The index is a float market cap weighted. It is calculated in USD with dividends reinvested.

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FQF Trust
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund
Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2019

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Long Positions – 99.4%
 
Common Stocks – 99.4%
 
Aerospace & Defense – 2.0%
 
Axon Enterprise, Inc.*(a)     174     $ 11,173  
HEICO Corp.(a)     96       12,846  
Teledyne Technologies, Inc.*     50       13,693  
TransDigm Group, Inc.*     26       12,579  
                50,291  
Airlines – 1.0%
 
Spirit Airlines, Inc.*     252       12,028  
United Continental Holdings, Inc.*     150       13,132  
                25,160  
Banks – 1.5%
 
First Financial Bankshares, Inc.(a)     412       12,686  
Glacier Bancorp, Inc.(a)     296       12,003  
Popular, Inc.(a)     222       12,041  
                36,730  
Beverages – 0.5%
 
PepsiCo, Inc.     90       11,802  
Biotechnology – 2.1%
 
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*(a)     480       12,830  
Exact Sciences Corp.*(a)     112       13,221  
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*(a)     178       11,440  
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.*     100       15,195  
                52,686  
Building Products – 1.5%
 
Allegion plc(a)     120       13,266  
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.(a)     130       12,636  
Lennox International, Inc.     44       12,100  
                38,002  
Capital Markets – 4.0%
 
CME Group, Inc.(a)     60       11,647  
FactSet Research Systems, Inc.(a)     42       12,035  
Federated Investors, Inc., Class B(a)     380       12,350  
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.(a)     142       12,203  
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.     142       11,583  
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.     40       12,857  
MSCI, Inc.     52       12,417  
S&P Global, Inc.     54       12,301  
                97,393  
Chemicals – 3.2%
 
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.(a)     56       12,677  
Ecolab, Inc.(a)     64       12,636  
Ingevity Corp.*     132       13,883  
Linde plc     64       12,851  
RPM International, Inc.     218       13,322  
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)     28       12,832  
                78,201  

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Commercial Services & Supplies – 3.5%
 
Cintas Corp.(a)     52     $ 12,339  
Clean Harbors, Inc.*(a)     182       12,940  
Copart, Inc.*(a)     162       12,108  
MSA Safety, Inc.     116       12,225  
Republic Services, Inc.     136       11,783  
Tetra Tech, Inc.     172       13,511  
Waste Management, Inc.     106       12,229  
                87,135  
Communications Equipment – 1.5%
 
Ciena Corp.*(a)     332       13,655  
Motorola Solutions, Inc.     78       13,005  
ViaSat, Inc.*     134       10,830  
                37,490  
Consumer Finance – 1.0%
 
American Express Co.(a)     100       12,344  
Credit Acceptance Corp.*(a)     26       12,580  
                24,924  
Containers & Packaging – 2.5%
 
Amcor plc*(a)     1,020       11,720  
AptarGroup, Inc.(a)     102       12,682  
Ball Corp.(a)     190       13,298  
Crown Holdings, Inc.*(a)     210       12,831  
Sonoco Products Co.     188       12,284  
                62,815  
Diversified Consumer Services – 1.0%
 
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.*(a)     84       12,673  
ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc.*     216       11,252  
                23,925  
Electric Utilities – 1.9%
 
American Electric Power Co., Inc.(a)     134       11,793  
OGE Energy Corp.     280       11,917  
Portland General Electric Co.     220       11,918  
Xcel Energy, Inc.     202       12,017  
                47,645  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 1.1%
 
CDW Corp.(a)     118       13,098  
Keysight Technologies, Inc.*     154       13,831  
                26,929  
Entertainment – 0.5%
 
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.*     190       12,587  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 8.5%
 
American Tower Corp.(a)     56       11,449  
Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A(a)     232       11,628  
EastGroup Properties, Inc.(a)     104       12,062  
EPR Properties(a)     148       11,039  
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.(a)     96       11,649  
HCP, Inc.(a)     364       11,641  

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FQF Trust
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund
Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2019

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Medical Properties Trust, Inc.     652     $ 11,371  
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.     102       12,012  
National Retail Properties, Inc.     216       11,450  
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.     326       11,980  
Outfront Media, Inc.     468       12,070  
Physicians Realty Trust(a)     630       10,987  
Realty Income Corp.     166       11,449  
STORE Capital Corp.     338       11,218  
Sun Communities, Inc.     92       11,793  
UDR, Inc.     258       11,582  
Ventas, Inc.     178       12,166  
Welltower, Inc.     142       11,577  
                209,123  
Food & Staples Retailing – 1.1%
 
Casey’s General Stores, Inc.(a)     90       14,039  
Costco Wholesale Corp.(a)     48       12,685  
                26,724  
Food Products – 1.9%
 
Hershey Co. (The)(a)     88       11,794  
McCormick & Co., Inc. (Non-Voting)     74       11,471  
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A     228       12,289  
Post Holdings, Inc.*     110       11,437  
                46,991  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 4.2%
 
Boston Scientific Corp.*(a)     302       12,980  
Danaher Corp.(a)     88       12,577  
DexCom, Inc.*(a)     96       14,385  
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*(a)     68       12,562  
Masimo Corp.*     88       13,096  
NuVasive, Inc.*     198       11,591  
STERIS plc     86       12,804  
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.     102       12,765  
                102,760  
Health Care Providers & Services – 1.0%
 
HCA Healthcare, Inc.(a)     96       12,976  
Molina Healthcare, Inc.*     82       11,738  
                24,714  
Health Care Technology – 1.0%
 
Teladoc Health, Inc.*     200       13,282  
Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A*     74       11,996  
                25,278  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 2.0%
 
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*(a)     18       13,192  
Darden Restaurants, Inc.(a)     100       12,173  
Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A*     152       11,011  
Starbucks Corp.     152       12,742  
                49,118  
Household Durables – 0.5%
 
Helen of Troy Ltd.*(a)     86       11,231  

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Household Products – 1.0%
 
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.(a)     156     $ 11,397  
Procter & Gamble Co. (The)     112       12,281  
                23,678  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers – 0.5%
 
AES Corp.(a)     734       12,302  
Industrial Conglomerates – 1.0%
 
Carlisle Cos., Inc.(a)     86       12,075  
Roper Technologies, Inc.     34       12,453  
                24,528  
Insurance – 6.0%
 
Aon plc(a)     64       12,351  
Arch Capital Group Ltd.*(a)     338       12,533  
Arthur J Gallagher & Co.(a)     138       12,087  
Brown & Brown, Inc.(a)     368       12,328  
Cincinnati Financial Corp.(a)     118       12,233  
Erie Indemnity Co., Class A(a)     54       13,731  
Kemper Corp.     140       12,081  
Primerica, Inc.     100       11,995  
Progressive Corp. (The)     146       11,670  
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.     66       11,749  
RLI Corp.     136       11,656  
WR Berkley Corp.     188       12,395  
                146,809  
Interactive Media & Services – 0.5%
 
IAC/InterActiveCorp*(a)     52       11,312  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – 0.9%
 
Etsy, Inc.*(a)     186       11,415  
Wayfair, Inc., Class A*     80       11,680  
                23,095  
IT Services – 4.4%
 
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.(a)     184       12,183  
Euronet Worldwide, Inc.*(a)     74       12,450  
LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.*     226       10,956  
Mastercard, Inc., Class A     46       12,168  
Okta, Inc.*     102       12,598  
Paychex, Inc.     136       11,191  
PayPal Holdings, Inc.*     106       12,133  
Twilio, Inc., Class A*     88       11,999  
VeriSign, Inc.*     60       12,550  
                108,228  
Life Sciences Tools & Services – 1.6%
 
Bio-Techne Corp.     58       12,093  
Bruker Corp.(a)     276       13,786  
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.*     86       13,837  
                39,716  
Machinery – 1.5%
 
Ingersoll-Rand plc     98       12,414  

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AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund
Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2019

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Middleby Corp. (The)*     88     $ 11,941  
Woodward, Inc.     106       11,995  
                36,350  
Media – 2.9%
 
Cable One, Inc.(a)     10       11,710  
Charter Communications, Inc.,
Class A*(a)
    30       11,855  
New York Times Co. (The), Class A     366       11,939  
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A     116       11,716  
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A     216       11,584  
TEGNA, Inc.     764       11,575  
                70,379  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 1.4%
 
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A(a)     330       11,741  
Chimera Investment Corp.(a)     636       12,001  
Starwood Property Trust, Inc.     526       11,951  
                35,693  
Multiline Retail – 0.4%
 
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.*     118       10,279  
Multi-Utilities – 1.9%
 
Ameren Corp.(a)     158       11,867  
Black Hills Corp.(a)     150       11,726  
NorthWestern Corp.     164       11,833  
WEC Energy Group, Inc.     144       12,005  
                47,431  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 4.0%
 
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.(a)     460       10,562  
Cheniere Energy, Inc.*     184       12,595  
Chevron Corp.(a)     102       12,693  
ConocoPhillips(a)     196       11,956  
Hess Corp.(a)     208       13,222  
Kinder Morgan, Inc.     582       12,152  
ONEOK, Inc.     182       12,523  
Williams Cos., Inc. (The)     440       12,338  
                98,041  
Pharmaceuticals – 1.4%
 
Eli Lilly & Co.     100       11,079  
Horizon Therapeutics plc*(a)     488       11,741  
Merck & Co., Inc.     146       12,242  
                35,062  
Professional Services – 2.0%
 
CoStar Group, Inc.*(a)     22       12,189  
FTI Consulting, Inc.*(a)     138       11,570  
Insperity, Inc.     102       12,458  
Verisk Analytics, Inc.     84       12,303  
                48,520  
Road & Rail – 1.5%
 
CSX Corp.(a)     156       12,070  

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Norfolk Southern Corp.     60     $ 11,960  
Union Pacific Corp.     70       11,837  
                35,867  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 2.2%
 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*(a)     422       12,816  
QUALCOMM, Inc.     174       13,236  
Universal Display Corp.     78       14,669  
Xilinx, Inc.     112       13,207  
                53,928  
Software – 6.3%
 
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*(a)     182       12,887  
Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.*(a)     234       11,747  
Fair Isaac Corp.*(a)     40       12,561  
Fortinet, Inc.*(a)     160       12,293  
HubSpot, Inc.*(a)     68       11,595  
Manhattan Associates, Inc.*     178       12,341  
Paycom Software, Inc.*     54       12,243  
RingCentral, Inc., Class A*     96       11,032  
ServiceNow, Inc.*     44       12,081  
Verint Systems, Inc.*     204       10,971  
VMware, Inc., Class A     64       10,701  
Workday, Inc., Class A*     56       11,513  
Zendesk, Inc.*     138       12,286  
                154,251  
Specialty Retail – 4.5%
 
Aaron’s, Inc.(a)     218       13,387  
Advance Auto Parts, Inc.(a)     74       11,406  
AutoZone, Inc.*(a)     12       13,194  
Burlington Stores, Inc.*(a)     74       12,591  
Five Below, Inc.*(a)     90       10,802  
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.*     32       11,818  
TJX Cos., Inc. (The)     232       12,268  
Tractor Supply Co.     116       12,621  
Ulta Beauty, Inc.*     36       12,488  
                110,575  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 2.1%
 
Deckers Outdoor Corp.*(a)     76       13,374  
Lululemon Athletica, Inc.*     70       12,615  
NIKE, Inc., Class B     150       12,592  
Under Armour, Inc., Class A*     510       12,928  
                51,509  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 1.4%
 
Essent Group Ltd.*(a)     250       11,748  
MGIC Investment Corp.*     856       11,248  
Radian Group, Inc.     518       11,836  
                34,832  
Trading Companies & Distributors – 0.5%
 
Fastenal Co.(a)     378       12,319  

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FQF Trust
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund
Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2019

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Water Utilities – 0.5%
 
American Water Works Co., Inc.(a)     102     $ 11,832  
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $2,345,257)
          2,446,190  
Total Long Positions
(Cost $2,345,257)
          2,446,190  
Short Positions – (104.5)%
                 
Common Stocks – (104.5)%
                 
Aerospace & Defense – (1.6)%
 
BWX Technologies, Inc.     (252 )      (13,129 ) 
General Dynamics Corp.     (72 )      (13,091 ) 
Textron, Inc.     (258 )      (13,685 ) 
                (39,905 ) 
Air Freight & Logistics – (1.0)%
 
FedEx Corp.     (76 )      (12,479 ) 
XPO Logistics, Inc.*     (226 )      (13,065 ) 
                (25,544 ) 
Airlines – (0.6)%
 
American Airlines Group, Inc.     (430 )      (14,022 ) 
Auto Components – (2.9)%
 
Autoliv, Inc.     (192 )      (13,538 ) 
BorgWarner, Inc.     (330 )      (13,853 ) 
Dana, Inc.     (806 )      (16,072 ) 
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)     (870 )      (13,311 ) 
Lear Corp.     (98 )      (13,649 ) 
                (70,423 ) 
Automobiles – (1.1)%
 
Tesla, Inc.*     (64 )      (14,301 ) 
Thor Industries, Inc.     (228 )      (13,327 ) 
                (27,628 ) 
Banks – (7.2)%
 
Bank OZK     (404 )      (12,156 ) 
Chemical Financial Corp.     (308 )      (12,662 ) 
East West Bancorp, Inc.     (276 )      (12,909 ) 
First Horizon National Corp.     (872 )      (13,019 ) 
Hancock Whitney Corp.     (312 )      (12,499 ) 
Home BancShares, Inc.     (666 )      (12,827 ) 
PacWest Bancorp     (322 )      (12,503 ) 
Sterling Bancorp     (604 )      (12,853 ) 
SVB Financial Group*     (58 )      (13,026 ) 
Synovus Financial Corp.     (366 )      (12,810 ) 
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.*     (204 )      (12,519 ) 
Umpqua Holdings Corp.     (730 )      (12,111 ) 
Western Alliance Bancorp*     (284 )      (12,700 ) 
Wintrust Financial Corp.     (172 )      (12,584 ) 
                (177,178 ) 
Biotechnology – (4.0)%
 
AbbVie, Inc.     (152 )      (11,053 ) 
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     (254 )      (12,670 )

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Alkermes plc*     (540 )    $ (12,172 ) 
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     (174 )      (12,625 ) 
Bluebird Bio, Inc.*     (98 )      (12,466 ) 
FibroGen, Inc.*     (326 )      (14,729 ) 
Immunomedics, Inc.*     (890 )      (12,344 ) 
United Therapeutics Corp.*     (140 )      (10,928 ) 
                (98,987 ) 
Building Products – (1.1)%
 
AO Smith Corp.     (288 )      (13,582 ) 
Owens Corning     (242 )      (14,085 ) 
                (27,667 ) 
Capital Markets – (7.1)%
 
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.     (140 )      (12,900 ) 
BlackRock, Inc.     (28 )      (13,140 ) 
Charles Schwab Corp. (The)     (282 )      (11,334 ) 
E*TRADE Financial Corp.     (260 )      (11,596 ) 
Eaton Vance Corp.     (306 )      (13,198 ) 
Evercore, Inc., Class A     (150 )      (13,285 ) 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)     (64 )      (13,094 ) 
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A     (232 )      (12,574 ) 
Invesco Ltd.     (596 )      (12,194 ) 
Janus Henderson Group plc     (574 )      (12,284 ) 
Lazard Ltd., Class A     (372 )      (12,793 ) 
Morgan Stanley     (286 )      (12,530 ) 
SEI Investments Co.     (232 )      (13,015 ) 
State Street Corp.     (210 )      (11,773 ) 
                (175,710 ) 
Chemicals – (3.3)%
 
Albemarle Corp.     (184 )      (12,955 ) 
Cabot Corp.     (292 )      (13,931 ) 
Chemours Co. (The)     (552 )      (13,248 ) 
Huntsman Corp.     (668 )      (13,654 ) 
Olin Corp.     (594 )      (13,015 ) 
Westlake Chemical Corp.     (202 )      (14,031 ) 
                (80,834 ) 
Commercial Services & Supplies – (1.5)%
 
Deluxe Corp.     (318 )      (12,930 ) 
Healthcare Services Group, Inc.     (372 )      (11,279 ) 
Stericycle, Inc.*     (258 )      (12,319 ) 
                (36,528 ) 
Communications Equipment – (1.6)%
 
CommScope Holding Co., Inc.*     (724 )      (11,389 ) 
F5 Networks, Inc.*     (88 )      (12,815 ) 
Lumentum Holdings, Inc.*     (288 )      (15,382 ) 
                (39,586 ) 
Construction & Engineering – (1.1)%
 
Fluor Corp.     (420 )      (14,150 ) 
Valmont Industries, Inc.     (104 )      (13,188 ) 
                (27,338 )

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Consumer Finance – (0.5)%
 
Green Dot Corp., Class A*     (252 )    $ (12,323 ) 
Containers & Packaging – (0.5)%
 
Westrock Co.     (360 )      (13,129 ) 
Diversified Telecommunication Services – (0.5)%
 
CenturyLink, Inc.     (1,124 )      (13,218 ) 
Electric Utilities – (2.0)%
 
ALLETE, Inc.     (144 )      (11,982 ) 
Avangrid, Inc.     (234 )      (11,817 ) 
Edison International     (198 )      (13,347 ) 
PPL Corp.     (392 )      (12,156 ) 
                (49,302 ) 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – (2.8)%
 
Coherent, Inc.*     (106 )      (14,455 ) 
IPG Photonics Corp.*     (94 )      (14,499 ) 
Littelfuse, Inc.     (72 )      (12,738 ) 
SYNNEX Corp.     (134 )      (13,186 ) 
TE Connectivity Ltd.     (140 )      (13,409 ) 
                (68,287 ) 
Energy Equipment & Services – (3.1)%
 
Core Laboratories NV     (246 )      (12,861 ) 
Halliburton Co.     (550 )      (12,507 ) 
National Oilwell Varco, Inc.     (564 )      (12,538 ) 
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.     (1,102 )      (12,684 ) 
Schlumberger Ltd.     (338 )      (13,432 ) 
Transocean Ltd.*     (1,894 )      (12,140 ) 
                (76,162 ) 
Entertainment – (1.0)%
 
Activision Blizzard, Inc.     (268 )      (12,649 ) 
Electronic Arts, Inc.*     (126 )      (12,759 ) 
                (25,408 ) 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – (7.6)%
 
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.     (756 )      (11,990 ) 
Colony Capital, Inc.     (2,258 )      (11,290 ) 
GEO Group, Inc. (The)     (534 )      (11,219 ) 
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.     (644 )      (11,734 ) 
Macerich Co. (The)     (326 )      (10,918 ) 
Paramount Group, Inc.     (822 )      (11,516 ) 
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust     (422 )      (11,892 ) 
Rayonier, Inc.     (416 )      (12,605 ) 
RLJ Lodging Trust     (680 )      (12,063 ) 
Senior Housing Properties Trust     (1,496 )      (12,372 ) 
SL Green Realty Corp.     (136 )      (10,930 ) 
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.     (876 )      (12,010 ) 
Taubman Centers, Inc.     (266 )      (10,861 ) 
Uniti Group, Inc.     (1,212 )      (11,514 ) 
Urban Edge Properties     (676 )      (11,715 ) 
Weyerhaeuser Co.     (512 )      (13,486 ) 
                (188,115 )

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Food & Staples Retailing – (0.5)%
 
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.     (236 )    $ (12,902 ) 
Food Products – (2.0)%
 
Bunge Ltd.     (224 )      (12,479 ) 
Conagra Brands, Inc.     (438 )      (11,616 ) 
Ingredion, Inc.     (154 )      (12,703 ) 
Kraft Heinz Co. (The)     (428 )      (13,285 ) 
                (50,083 ) 
Gas Utilities – (1.0)%
 
South Jersey Industries, Inc.     (374 )      (12,615 ) 
UGI Corp.     (228 )      (12,178 ) 
                (24,793 ) 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies – (2.1)%
 
ABIOMED, Inc.*     (44 )      (11,462 ) 
Cantel Medical Corp.     (170 )      (13,709 ) 
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.*     (252 )      (14,074 ) 
Neogen Corp.*     (208 )      (12,919 ) 
                (52,164 ) 
Health Care Providers & Services – (3.2)%
 
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.*     (362 )      (12,652 ) 
Cardinal Health, Inc.     (278 )      (13,094 ) 
DaVita, Inc.*     (268 )      (15,078 ) 
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings*     (72 )      (12,449 ) 
McKesson Corp.     (96 )      (12,901 ) 
MEDNAX, Inc.*     (478 )      (12,060 ) 
                (78,234 ) 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – (2.8)%
 
Caesars Entertainment Corp.*     (1,324 )      (15,650 ) 
Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.*     (460 )      (14,637 ) 
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.     (130 )      (12,532 ) 
MGM Resorts International     (468 )      (13,371 ) 
Wynn Resorts Ltd.     (108 )      (13,391 ) 
                (69,581 ) 
Household Durables – (1.7)%
 
Mohawk Industries, Inc.*     (86 )      (12,682 ) 
Newell Brands, Inc.     (878 )      (13,539 ) 
Whirlpool Corp.     (102 )      (14,521 ) 
                (40,742 ) 
Household Products – (0.5)%
 
Energizer Holdings, Inc.     (286 )      (11,051 ) 
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers – (1.0)%
 
NRG Energy, Inc.     (344 )      (12,081 ) 
Vistra Energy Corp.     (498 )      (11,275 ) 
                (23,356 ) 
Industrial Conglomerates – (1.1)%
 
3M Co.     (74 )      (12,827 )

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
General Electric Co.     (1,248 )    $ (13,104 ) 
                (25,931 ) 
Insurance – (1.0)%
 
Brighthouse Financial, Inc.*     (330 )      (12,108 ) 
CNO Financial Group, Inc.     (746 )      (12,443 ) 
                (24,551 ) 
Interactive Media & Services – (0.5)%
 
Zillow Group, Inc., Class C*     (270 )      (12,525 ) 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – (0.6)%
 
GrubHub, Inc.*     (182 )      (14,194 ) 
IT Services – (2.0)%
 
Alliance Data Systems Corp.     (84 )      (11,771 ) 
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A     (188 )      (11,917 ) 
CoreLogic, Inc.*     (300 )      (12,549 ) 
DXC Technology Co.     (246 )      (13,567 ) 
                (49,804 ) 
Leisure Products – (1.1)%
 
Mattel, Inc.*     (1,174 )      (13,161 ) 
Polaris Industries, Inc.     (148 )      (13,502 ) 
                (26,663 ) 
Machinery – (2.6)%
 
Caterpillar, Inc.     (98 )      (13,356 ) 
Colfax Corp.*     (462 )      (12,950 ) 
Pentair plc     (336 )      (12,499 ) 
Trinity Industries, Inc.     (608 )      (12,616 ) 
Wabtec Corp.     (188 )      (13,491 ) 
                (64,912 ) 
Media – (2.1)%
 
Liberty Global plc, Class C*     (484 )      (12,840 ) 
Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C*     (688 )      (11,827 ) 
News Corp., Class A     (1,028 )      (13,868 ) 
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.     (2,214 )      (12,354 ) 
                (50,889 ) 
Metals & Mining – (2.3)%
 
Alcoa Corp.*     (554 )      (12,969 ) 
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.     (1,210 )      (14,048 ) 
Steel Dynamics, Inc.     (464 )      (14,013 ) 
United States Steel Corp.     (996 )      (15,249 ) 
                (56,279 ) 
Multiline Retail – (0.5)%
 
Macy’s, Inc.     (578 )      (12,404 ) 
Multi-Utilities – (1.0)%
 
Avista Corp.     (280 )      (12,488 ) 
MDU Resources Group, Inc.     (478 )      (12,332 ) 
                (24,820 )

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – (1.0)%
 
Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A*     (658 )    $ (12,509 ) 
Whiting Petroleum Corp.*     (640 )      (11,955 ) 
                (24,464 ) 
Personal Products – (1.5)%
 
Edgewell Personal Care Co.*     (414 )      (11,157 ) 
Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.*     (280 )      (11,973 ) 
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A     (254 )      (12,527 ) 
                (35,657 ) 
Pharmaceuticals – (2.3)%
 
Allergan plc     (96 )      (16,072 ) 
Mylan NV*     (698 )      (13,290 ) 
Nektar Therapeutics*     (378 )      (13,449 ) 
Perrigo Co. plc     (282 )      (13,429 ) 
                (56,240 ) 
Professional Services – (1.0)%
 
ASGN, Inc.*     (232 )      (14,059 ) 
Nielsen Holdings plc     (518 )      (11,707 ) 
                (25,766 ) 
Real Estate Management & Development – (1.1)%
 
Howard Hughes Corp. (The)*     (114 )      (14,118 ) 
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.     (94 )      (13,225 ) 
                (27,343 ) 
Road & Rail – (1.1)%
 
JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.     (138 )      (12,615 ) 
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.     (422 )      (13,858 ) 
                (26,473 ) 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – (5.4)%
 
Applied Materials, Inc.     (300 )      (13,473 ) 
First Solar, Inc.*     (202 )      (13,267 ) 
Intel Corp.     (266 )      (12,733 ) 
Lam Research Corp.     (66 )      (12,397 ) 
Micron Technology, Inc.*     (358 )      (13,815 ) 
MKS Instruments, Inc.     (164 )      (12,774 ) 
NVIDIA Corp.     (86 )      (14,124 ) 
ON Semiconductor Corp.*     (656 )      (13,258 ) 
Qorvo, Inc.*     (190 )      (12,656 ) 
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.     (176 )      (13,600 ) 
                (132,097 ) 
Software – (3.5)%
 
2U, Inc.*     (308 )      (11,593 ) 
Blackbaud, Inc.     (152 )      (12,692 ) 
CDK Global, Inc.     (242 )      (11,965 ) 
FireEye, Inc.*     (808 )      (11,966 ) 
LogMeIn, Inc.     (164 )      (12,084 ) 
Nutanix, Inc., Class A*     (434 )      (11,258 ) 
Symantec Corp.     (620 )      (13,491 ) 
                (85,049 )

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Specialty Retail – (0.6)%
 
L Brands, Inc.     (526 )    $ (13,729 ) 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – (1.1)%
 
Seagate Technology plc     (278 )      (13,099 ) 
Western Digital Corp.     (312 )      (14,836 ) 
                (27,935 ) 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – (1.6)%
 
Capri Holdings Ltd.*     (364 )      (12,623 ) 
PVH Corp.     (140 )      (13,250 ) 
Tapestry, Inc.     (412 )      (13,073 ) 
                (38,946 ) 
Trading Companies & Distributors – (2.6)%
 
Air Lease Corp.     (326 )      (13,477 ) 
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A     (166 )      (12,327 ) 
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.*     (180 )      (12,474 ) 
United Rentals, Inc.*     (106 )      (14,059 ) 
Univar, Inc.*     (580 )      (12,783 ) 
                (65,120 ) 

   
Investments     
  
  Value
Total Common Stocks
(Proceeds $(2,863,112))
        $ (2,571,991 )
Total Short Positions
(Proceeds $(2,863,112))
          (2,571,991 )
Total Investments – (5.1)%
(Cost $(517,855))
             (125,801 )
Other Assets Less Liabilities – 105.1%           2,586,248  
Net Assets – 100.0%         $ 2,460,447  
* Non-income producing security.
(a) All or a portion of this security is segregated in connection with obligations for securities sold short with a total value of $1,106,287.

As of June 30, 2019, the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments based on the aggregate cost of investments (including derivative contracts, if any) for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 
 
Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation   $ 315,852  
Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation     (207,864 ) 
Net unrealized appreciation   $ 107,988  
Federal income tax cost of investments (including derivative contracts, if any)   $ (157,731 ) 

OTC Total return swap contracts outstanding as of June 30, 2019

             
Notional
Amount
  Termination
Date(1)
  Counterparty   Rate Paid
(Received)(2)
  Underlying
Instrument(3)
  Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)(4)
  Cash
Collateral
(Received)
Pledged
  Net
Amount(5)
215,332 USD     10/3/2019       Morgan Stanley       2.00 %      Dow Jones U.S. High Momentum Total Return Index(6)     $ 94,892     $     $ 94,892  
(247,937) USD     10/3/2019       Morgan Stanley       (2.90 )%      Dow Jones U.S. Low Momentum Total Return Index(7)       (18,834 )      18,834 (8)       
                             $ 76,058           $ 94,892  
(1) Agreements may be terminated at will by either party without penalty. Payment is due at termination/maturity.
(2) Reflects the floating financing rate, as of June 30, 2019, on the notional amount of the swap agreement paid to the counterparty or received from the counterparty, excluding any commissions. Payments may be made at the conclusion of the agreement or periodically during its term.
(3) The 50 largest components of the referenced underlying Swap Index can be found at https://www.agf.com/us/resources
(4) The Fund discloses amounts due to the Fund from the counterparty (unrealized appreciation on swap agreements) at year end as an asset on its Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Amounts due to the counterparty from the Fund (unrealized depreciation on swap agreements) are disclosed as a liability on its Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund presents these amounts on a gross basis and does not offset or “net” these amounts on its Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
(5) Represents the “uncollateralized” amount due from or (to) the counterparty at year end. These amounts could be due to timing differences between the movement of collateral in relation to market movements, or due to agreement provisions allowing minimum “thresholds” that would need to be exceeded prior to the movement of collateral. To the extent that a net amount is due from the counterparty, the Fund would be exposed to the counterparty by such amount and could suffer losses or delays in recovery of that amount in the event of a counterparty default.
(6) The Dow Jones U.S. High Momentum Total Return Index (DJTLMOT) is designed to measure the performance of 200 companies ranked as having the highest momentum. Momentum is calculated by ranking stocks by their 12-month historical total return, starting one month prior to reconstitution. Dividends are reinvested.

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(7) The Dow Jones U.S. Low Momentum Total Return Index (DJTSMOT) is designed to measure the performance of 200 companies ranked as having the lowest momentum. Momentum is calculated by ranking stocks by their 12-month historical total return, starting one month prior to reconstitution. Dividends are reinvested.
(8) Reflects all or a portion of the amount disclosed on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as “Segregated cash balance with custodian for swap agreements.” Under U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), the amount disclosed under this caption may not exceed the amount of the liability being collateralized for the benefit of the counterparty.

 
Abbreviations     
USD   US Dollar

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June 30, 2019

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Long Positions – 94.6%
                 
Common Stocks – 94.6%
                 
Air Freight & Logistics – 1.0%
                 
FedEx Corp.(a)     27     $ 4,433  
XPO Logistics, Inc.*     96       5,550  
                9,983  
Airlines – 2.8%
 
Alaska Air Group, Inc.(a)     70       4,474  
Delta Air Lines, Inc.(a)     96       5,448  
JetBlue Airways Corp.*(a)     256       4,733  
Southwest Airlines Co.     83       4,215  
Spirit Airlines, Inc.*     81       3,866  
United Continental Holdings, Inc.*     59       5,165  
                27,901  
Auto Components – 2.0%
 
BorgWarner, Inc.(a)     129       5,416  
Dana, Inc.(a)     244       4,865  
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)(a)     327       5,003  
Lear Corp.(a)     37       5,153  
                20,437  
Automobiles – 1.8%
 
Ford Motor Co.(a)     483       4,941  
General Motors Co.(a)     121       4,662  
Harley-Davidson, Inc.(a)     131       4,694  
Thor Industries, Inc.     75       4,384  
                18,681  
Banks – 3.3%
 
Citigroup, Inc.(a)     74       5,182  
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.(a)     132       4,668  
First Horizon National Corp.(a)     328       4,897  
FNB Corp.(a)     390       4,590  
Popular, Inc.(a)     85       4,610  
Regions Financial Corp.     317       4,736  
Sterling Bancorp     220       4,682  
                33,365  
Beverages – 0.5%
                 
Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B     88       4,928  
Biotechnology – 1.2%
 
Biogen, Inc.*(a)     16       3,742  
Gilead Sciences, Inc.(a)     70       4,729  
United Therapeutics Corp.*     52       4,059  
                12,530  
Building Products – 1.1%
 
Owens Corning     98       5,704  
Resideo Technologies, Inc.*     226       4,954  
                10,658  

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Capital Markets – 2.3%
 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)(a)     24     $ 4,910  
Invesco Ltd.(a)     252       5,156  
Janus Henderson Group plc(a)     220       4,708  
Morgan Stanley     99       4,337  
State Street Corp.     79       4,429  
                23,540  
Chemicals – 1.9%
 
Eastman Chemical Co.(a)     65       5,059  
Huntsman Corp.(a)     251       5,131  
Mosaic Co. (The)     206       5,156  
Olin Corp.     185       4,053  
                19,399  
Communications Equipment – 1.5%
 
CommScope Holding Co., Inc.*(a)     272       4,278  
Juniper Networks, Inc.(a)     203       5,406  
Lumentum Holdings, Inc.*     97       5,181  
                14,865  
Construction & Engineering – 0.6%
 
AECOM*(a)     159       6,018  
Consumer Finance – 1.4%
 
Ally Financial, Inc.(a)     152       4,710  
Capital One Financial Corp.(a)     53       4,809  
Navient Corp.     338       4,614  
                14,133  
Containers & Packaging – 0.9%
 
International Paper Co.(a)     101       4,376  
Westrock Co.     128       4,668  
                9,044  
Diversified Financial Services – 1.0%
 
AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc.(a)     213       4,452  
Voya Financial, Inc.     96       5,309  
                9,761  
Diversified Telecommunication Services – 0.9%
 
AT&T, Inc.     154       5,160  
CenturyLink, Inc.(a)     367       4,316  
                9,476  
Electric Utilities – 3.4%
 
Avangrid, Inc.(a)     88       4,444  
Duke Energy Corp.(a)     58       5,118  
Edison International(a)     83       5,595  
Entergy Corp.(a)     52       5,352  
Evergy, Inc.(a)     76       4,571  
Exelon Corp.(a)     99       4,746  
PPL Corp.     150       4,652  
                34,478  

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Electrical Equipment – 1.0%
 
nVent Electric plc     174     $ 4,313  
Regal Beloit Corp.     67       5,475  
                9,788  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 4.0%
 
Avnet, Inc.(a)     117       5,296  
Belden, Inc.(a)     93       5,540  
Coherent, Inc.*(a)     37       5,046  
Corning, Inc.(a)     138       4,586  
Jabil, Inc.(a)     193       6,099  
SYNNEX Corp.     49       4,821  
Tech Data Corp.*     47       4,916  
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.     234       3,866  
                40,170  
Entertainment – 0.4%
 
Viacom, Inc., Class B     152       4,540  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 7.2%
 
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.(a)     323       5,123  
Brixmor Property Group, Inc.(a)     256       4,577  
Colony Capital, Inc.(a)     842       4,210  
CoreCivic, Inc.     201       4,173  
EPR Properties(a)     56       4,177  
GEO Group, Inc. (The)(a)     201       4,223  
Hospitality Properties Trust(a)     191       4,775  
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.(a)     242       4,409  
Kimco Realty Corp.(a)     252       4,657  
Medical Properties Trust, Inc.     247       4,308  
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.     167       4,602  
RLJ Lodging Trust     254       4,506  
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.     265       5,218  
Senior Housing Properties Trust     562       4,648  
Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.     103       4,394  
VICI Properties, Inc.     197       4,342  
                72,342  
Food & Staples Retailing – 0.8%
 
Kroger Co. (The)(a)     163       3,539  
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.     89       4,865  
                8,404  
Food Products – 3.1%
 
Conagra Brands, Inc.(a)     165       4,376  
Darling Ingredients, Inc.*(a)     232       4,615  
Ingredion, Inc.(a)     49       4,042  
JM Smucker Co. (The)     36       4,147  
Kraft Heinz Co. (The)(a)     161       4,997  
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.*     80       4,328  
Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A     58       4,683  
                31,188  

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.5%
 
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.     46     $ 5,416  
Health Care Providers & Services – 6.0%
 
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.*(a)     136       4,753  
AmerisourceBergen Corp.(a)     58       4,945  
Cardinal Health, Inc.(a)     103       4,851  
Centene Corp.*(a)     70       3,671  
Cigna Corp.(a)     30       4,727  
CVS Health Corp.(a)     68       3,705  
DaVita, Inc.*(a)     81       4,557  
Encompass Health Corp.(a)     76       4,815  
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings*     30       5,187  
McKesson Corp.     38       5,107  
MEDNAX, Inc.*     179       4,516  
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.(a)     50       5,091  
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B     37       4,825  
                60,750  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 1.3%
 
Carnival Corp.(a)     87       4,050  
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.*     80       4,290  
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.     42       5,091  
                13,431  
Household Durables – 1.8%
 
Lennar Corp., Class A     99       4,797  
Newell Brands, Inc.     296       4,564  
PulteGroup, Inc.     143       4,522  
Toll Brothers, Inc.     127       4,651  
                18,534  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers – 1.0%
 
AES Corp.(a)     332       5,564  
Vistra Energy Corp.     218       4,936  
                10,500  
Insurance – 3.4%
 
Athene Holding Ltd., Class A*(a)     121       5,210  
Brighthouse Financial, Inc.*(a)     116       4,256  
CNO Financial Group, Inc.(a)     269       4,487  
Lincoln National Corp.     82       5,285  
MetLife, Inc.     106       5,265  
Prudential Financial, Inc.     51       5,151  
Unum Group     140       4,697  
                34,351  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – 0.4%
 
Qurate Retail, Inc.*     351       4,349  
IT Services – 2.3%
 
Alliance Data Systems Corp.(a)     26       3,644  
DXC Technology Co.(a)     81       4,467  
International Business Machines Corp.(a)     38       5,240  
KBR, Inc.(a)     198       4,938  

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June 30, 2019

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Perspecta, Inc.     204     $ 4,776  
                23,065  
Machinery – 3.1%
 
AGCO Corp.(a)     66       5,119  
Cummins, Inc.(a)     31       5,311  
Kennametal, Inc.(a)     127       4,698  
Oshkosh Corp.     61       5,093  
PACCAR, Inc.     71       5,088  
Timken Co. (The)     111       5,699  
                31,008  
Media – 2.0%
 
Discovery, Inc., Class C*(a)     172       4,893  
DISH Network Corp., Class A*(a)     145       5,570  
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class C*     128       4,861  
TEGNA, Inc.     290       4,394  
                19,718  
Metals & Mining – 2.0%
 
Nucor Corp.     80       4,408  
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.     53       5,015  
Steel Dynamics, Inc.     174       5,255  
United States Steel Corp.     374       5,726  
                20,404  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 2.3%
 
AGNC Investment Corp.(a)     279       4,693  
Annaly Capital Management, Inc.     515       4,702  
Chimera Investment Corp.(a)     275       5,189  
New Residential Investment Corp.     301       4,633  
Two Harbors Investment Corp.     354       4,485  
                23,702  
Multiline Retail – 0.9%
 
Kohl’s Corp.(a)     90       4,279  
Macy’s, Inc.     217       4,657  
                8,936  
Multi-Utilities – 0.5%
 
Avista Corp.(a)     106       4,728  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 4.3%
 
Delek US Holdings, Inc.(a)     130       5,268  
EQT Corp.(a)     274       4,332  
HollyFrontier Corp.(a)     94       4,350  
Marathon Petroleum Corp.     96       5,364  
Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A*     255       4,848  
PBF Energy, Inc., Class A     154       4,820  
PDC Energy, Inc.*     152       5,481  
Phillips 66     50       4,677  
Southwestern Energy Co.*     1,223       3,865  
                43,005  
Paper & Forest Products – 0.5%
 
Domtar Corp.     110       4,898  

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Pharmaceuticals – 2.4%
 
Allergan plc(a)     35     $ 5,860  
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.(a)     97       4,399  
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc*(a)     34       4,847  
Mylan NV*     262       4,988  
Perrigo Co. plc     98       4,667  
                24,761  
Professional Services – 0.9%
 
ManpowerGroup, Inc.     55       5,313  
Nielsen Holdings plc     180       4,068  
                9,381  
Real Estate Management & Development – 0.4%
 
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.(a)     29       4,080  
Road & Rail – 1.4%
 
Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Class A*(a)     46       4,600  
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.(a)     143       4,696  
Ryder System, Inc.     80       4,664  
                13,960  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 3.4%
 
Cypress Semiconductor Corp.(a)     246       5,471  
Intel Corp.(a)     99       4,739  
Micron Technology, Inc.*     135       5,210  
MKS Instruments, Inc.     62       4,829  
ON Semiconductor Corp.*     269       5,436  
Qorvo, Inc.*     66       4,396  
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.     58       4,482  
                34,563  
Software – 1.5%
 
j2 Global, Inc.(a)     56       4,978  
LogMeIn, Inc.     60       4,421  
Symantec Corp.     253       5,505  
                14,904  
Specialty Retail – 1.4%
 
AutoNation, Inc.*(a)     111       4,655  
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.(a)     147       5,091  
Foot Locker, Inc.(a)     112       4,695  
                14,441  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 2.6%
 
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.(a)     355       5,307  
NCR Corp.*     145       4,510  
Seagate Technology plc     120       5,654  
Western Digital Corp.     116       5,516  
Xerox Corp.     155       5,489  
                26,476  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.9%
 
Capri Holdings Ltd.*(a)     137       4,751  
PVH Corp.     42       3,975  
                8,726  

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 0.9%
 
MGIC Investment Corp.*     325     $ 4,270  
Radian Group, Inc.     196       4,479  
                8,749  
Trading Companies & Distributors – 1.5%
 
Air Lease Corp.(a)     119       4,919  
GATX Corp.(a)     63       4,995  
United Rentals, Inc.*     36       4,775  
                14,689  
Transportation Infrastructure – 0.4%
 
Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.     109       4,419  
Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.5%
 
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.     152       4,621  
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $985,160)
          956,194  
Total Long Positions
(Cost $985,160)
          956,194  
Short Positions – (93.5)%
                 
Common Stocks – (93.5)%
                 
Aerospace & Defense – (2.3)%
 
Axon Enterprise, Inc.*     (64 )      (4,109 ) 
BWX Technologies, Inc.     (90 )      (4,689 ) 
HEICO Corp.     (36 )      (4,817 ) 
Lockheed Martin Corp.     (13 )      (4,726 ) 
TransDigm Group, Inc.*     (11 )      (5,322 ) 
                (23,663 ) 
Air Freight & Logistics – (0.5)%
 
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.     (72 )      (5,462 ) 
Automobiles – (0.5)%
 
Tesla, Inc.*     (23 )      (5,140 ) 
Banks – (0.9)%
 
First Financial Bankshares, Inc.     (156 )      (4,803 ) 
Glacier Bancorp, Inc.     (108 )      (4,380 ) 
                (9,183 ) 
Beverages – (1.5)%
 
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B     (97 )      (5,377 ) 
Coca-Cola Co. (The)     (87 )      (4,430 ) 
Monster Beverage Corp.*     (84 )      (5,362 ) 
                (15,169 ) 
Biotechnology – (5.7)%
 
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     (178 )      (4,758 ) 
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     (93 )      (4,639 ) 
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     (62 )      (4,499 ) 
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.*     (51 )      (4,368 ) 
Exact Sciences Corp.*     (51 )      (6,020 ) 
FibroGen, Inc.*     (120 )      (5,421 ) 
Immunomedics, Inc.*     (255 )      (3,537 )

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.*     (58 )    $ (4,897 ) 
Sage Therapeutics, Inc.*     (25 )      (4,577 ) 
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.*     (39 )      (5,926 ) 
Seattle Genetics, Inc.*     (66 )      (4,568 ) 
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.*     (74 )      (4,699 ) 
                (57,909 ) 
Building Products – (1.9)%
 
Allegion plc     (44 )      (4,864 ) 
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.     (48 )      (4,666 ) 
Lennox International, Inc.     (19 )      (5,225 ) 
Trex Co., Inc.*     (63 )      (4,517 ) 
                (19,272 ) 
Capital Markets – (6.7)%
 
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.     (39 )      (4,042 ) 
Charles Schwab Corp. (The)     (114 )      (4,582 ) 
CME Group, Inc.     (27 )      (5,241 ) 
Eaton Vance Corp.     (125 )      (5,391 ) 
FactSet Research Systems, Inc.     (15 )      (4,298 ) 
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A     (88 )      (4,770 ) 
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.     (62 )      (5,328 ) 
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.     (63 )      (5,139 ) 
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.     (15 )      (4,821 ) 
Moody’s Corp.     (23 )      (4,492 ) 
MSCI, Inc.     (19 )      (4,537 ) 
Nasdaq, Inc.     (56 )      (5,386 ) 
S&P Global, Inc.     (20 )      (4,556 ) 
SEI Investments Co.     (84 )      (4,712 ) 
                (67,295 ) 
Chemicals – (3.8)%
 
Dow, Inc.     (91 )      (4,487 ) 
Ecolab, Inc.     (23 )      (4,541 ) 
Ingevity Corp.*     (41 )      (4,312 ) 
NewMarket Corp.     (13 )      (5,212 ) 
RPM International, Inc.     (76 )      (4,644 ) 
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)     (48 )      (4,728 ) 
Sensient Technologies Corp.     (74 )      (5,438 ) 
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)     (10 )      (4,583 ) 
                (37,945 ) 
Commercial Services & Supplies – (1.7)%
 
Cintas Corp.     (19 )      (4,509 ) 
Copart, Inc.*     (60 )      (4,484 ) 
Healthcare Services Group, Inc.     (122 )      (3,699 ) 
Rollins, Inc.     (120 )      (4,304 ) 
                (16,996 ) 
Consumer Finance – (1.9)%
 
American Express Co.     (45 )      (5,555 ) 
Credit Acceptance Corp.*     (9 )      (4,354 ) 
FirstCash, Inc.     (46 )      (4,601 ) 
Green Dot Corp., Class A*     (92 )      (4,499 ) 
                (19,009 )

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June 30, 2019

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Containers & Packaging – (1.0)%
 
AptarGroup, Inc.     (38 )    $ (4,725 ) 
Avery Dennison Corp.     (44 )      (5,090 ) 
                (9,815 ) 
Distributors – (0.5)%
 
Pool Corp.     (24 )      (4,584 ) 
Diversified Consumer Services – (0.9)%
 
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.*     (31 )      (4,677 ) 
frontdoor, Inc.*     (107 )      (4,660 ) 
                (9,337 ) 
Electric Utilities – (1.0)%
 
Alliant Energy Corp.     (103 )      (5,055 ) 
NextEra Energy, Inc.     (25 )      (5,122 ) 
                (10,177 ) 
Electrical Equipment – (1.0)%
 
AMETEK, Inc.     (60 )      (5,450 ) 
Rockwell Automation, Inc.     (31 )      (5,079 ) 
                (10,529 ) 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – (0.5)%
 
Cognex Corp.     (95 )      (4,558 ) 
Energy Equipment & Services – (2.3)%
 
Apergy Corp.*     (124 )      (4,159 ) 
Core Laboratories NV     (90 )      (4,705 ) 
Ensco Rowan plc, Class A     (510 )      (4,350 ) 
National Oilwell Varco, Inc.     (170 )      (3,779 ) 
TechnipFMC plc     (221 )      (5,733 ) 
                (22,726 ) 
Entertainment – (1.3)%
 
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.*     (71 )      (4,704 ) 
Madison Square Garden Co. (The), Class A*     (15 )      (4,199 ) 
Netflix, Inc.*     (12 )      (4,408 ) 
                (13,311 ) 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – (7.5)%
 
American Tower Corp.     (20 )      (4,089 ) 
Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A     (100 )      (5,012 ) 
CoreSite Realty Corp.     (37 )      (4,261 ) 
Crown Castle International Corp.     (40 )      (5,214 ) 
CyrusOne, Inc.     (72 )      (4,156 ) 
EastGroup Properties, Inc.     (45 )      (5,219 ) 
Equinix, Inc.     (9 )      (4,539 ) 
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.     (35 )      (4,247 ) 
Equity Residential     (64 )      (4,859 ) 
Essex Property Trust, Inc.     (17 )      (4,963 ) 
Extra Space Storage, Inc.     (40 )      (4,244 ) 
Federal Realty Investment Trust     (33 )      (4,249 ) 
Public Storage     (18 )      (4,287 ) 
SBA Communications Corp.*     (20 )      (4,497 )

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Sun Communities, Inc.     (34 )    $ (4,358 ) 
Taubman Centers, Inc.     (79 )      (3,226 ) 
UDR, Inc.     (106 )      (4,758 ) 
                (76,178 ) 
Food Products – (1.4)%
 
Hershey Co. (The)     (33 )      (4,423 ) 
Lancaster Colony Corp.     (33 )      (4,904 ) 
McCormick & Co., Inc. (Non-Voting)     (34 )      (5,270 ) 
                (14,597 ) 
Gas Utilities – (1.0)%
 
New Jersey Resources Corp.     (105 )      (5,226 ) 
ONE Gas, Inc.     (55 )      (4,966 ) 
                (10,192 ) 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies – (3.2)%
 
ABIOMED, Inc.*     (14 )      (3,647 ) 
Align Technology, Inc.*     (15 )      (4,105 ) 
DexCom, Inc.*     (35 )      (5,244 ) 
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*     (20 )      (5,507 ) 
Insulet Corp.*     (39 )      (4,656 ) 
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*     (9 )      (4,721 ) 
Penumbra, Inc.*     (30 )      (4,800 ) 
                (32,680 ) 
Health Care Providers & Services – (0.4)%
 
HealthEquity, Inc.*     (58 )      (3,793 ) 
Health Care Technology – (0.5)%
 
Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A*     (28 )      (4,539 ) 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – (3.4)%
 
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*     (8 )      (5,863 ) 
Domino’s Pizza, Inc.     (17 )      (4,731 ) 
Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.     (58 )      (4,620 ) 
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.     (48 )      (4,691 ) 
McDonald’s Corp.     (27 )      (5,607 ) 
Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A*     (56 )      (4,057 ) 
Yum! Brands, Inc.     (42 )      (4,648 ) 
                (34,217 ) 
Household Products – (1.3)%
 
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.     (58 )      (4,237 ) 
Clorox Co. (The)     (31 )      (4,746 ) 
Colgate-Palmolive Co.     (62 )      (4,444 ) 
                (13,427 ) 
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers – (0.5)%
 
NRG Energy, Inc.     (131 )      (4,601 ) 
Industrial Conglomerates – (0.4)%
 
Roper Technologies, Inc.     (12 )      (4,395 ) 
Insurance – (5.1)%
 
Aon plc     (24 )      (4,632 ) 
Arthur J Gallagher & Co.     (51 )      (4,467 )

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Brown & Brown, Inc.     (136 )    $ (4,556 ) 
Cincinnati Financial Corp.     (44 )      (4,561 ) 
Erie Indemnity Co., Class A     (20 )      (5,086 ) 
Markel Corp.*     (4 )      (4,358 ) 
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.     (51 )      (5,087 ) 
Primerica, Inc.     (43 )      (5,158 ) 
Progressive Corp. (The)     (54 )      (4,316 ) 
RLI Corp.     (50 )      (4,286 ) 
WR Berkley Corp.     (69 )      (4,549 ) 
                (51,056 ) 
Interactive Media & Services – (1.5)%
 
IAC/InterActiveCorp*     (22 )      (4,786 ) 
Snap, Inc., Class A*     (362 )      (5,177 ) 
Zillow Group, Inc., Class C*     (114 )      (5,288 ) 
                (15,251 ) 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – (1.7)%
 
Amazon.com, Inc.*     (2 )      (3,787 ) 
Etsy, Inc.*     (66 )      (4,051 ) 
GrubHub, Inc.*     (65 )      (5,069 ) 
Wayfair, Inc., Class A*     (29 )      (4,234 ) 
                (17,141 ) 
IT Services – (2.8)%
 
Gartner, Inc.*     (34 )      (5,472 ) 
Mastercard, Inc., Class A     (17 )      (4,497 ) 
Okta, Inc.*     (38 )      (4,693 ) 
Square, Inc., Class A*     (58 )      (4,207 ) 
Twilio, Inc., Class A*     (39 )      (5,318 ) 
VeriSign, Inc.*     (22 )      (4,601 ) 
                (28,788 ) 
Leisure Products – (0.4)%
 
Mattel, Inc.*     (348 )      (3,901 ) 
Life Sciences Tools & Services – (0.5)%
 
Illumina, Inc.*     (14 )      (5,154 ) 
Machinery – (2.4)%
 
Donaldson Co., Inc.     (91 )      (4,628 ) 
Flowserve Corp.     (98 )      (5,164 ) 
Graco, Inc.     (91 )      (4,566 ) 
IDEX Corp.     (28 )      (4,820 ) 
Toro Co. (The)     (69 )      (4,616 ) 
                (23,794 ) 
Media – (0.9)%
 
Cable One, Inc.     (4 )      (4,684 ) 
New York Times Co. (The), Class A     (143 )      (4,665 ) 
                (9,349 ) 
Metals & Mining – (0.5)%
 
Royal Gold, Inc.     (54 )      (5,535 ) 
Multiline Retail – (0.4)%
 
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.*     (43 )      (3,746 )

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Multi-Utilities – (1.3)%
 
CMS Energy Corp.     (76 )    $ (4,401 ) 
NiSource, Inc.     (155 )      (4,464 ) 
WEC Energy Group, Inc.     (53 )      (4,419 ) 
                (13,284 ) 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – (2.1)%
 
Cheniere Energy, Inc.*     (81 )      (5,545 ) 
Hess Corp.     (89 )      (5,658 ) 
ONEOK, Inc.     (77 )      (5,298 ) 
Williams Cos., Inc. (The)     (178 )      (4,991 ) 
                (21,492 ) 
Personal Products – (0.5)%
 
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A     (27 )      (4,944 ) 
Professional Services – (1.9)%
 
CoStar Group, Inc.*     (8 )      (4,433 ) 
Insperity, Inc.     (37 )      (4,519 ) 
TransUnion     (78 )      (5,734 ) 
Verisk Analytics, Inc.     (31 )      (4,540 ) 
                (19,226 ) 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – (1.1)%
 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*     (156 )      (4,738 ) 
Universal Display Corp.     (32 )      (6,018 ) 
                (10,756 ) 
Software – (10.2)%
 
Adobe, Inc.*     (18 )      (5,304 ) 
Aspen Technology, Inc.*     (38 )      (4,723 ) 
Autodesk, Inc.*     (33 )      (5,376 ) 
Fair Isaac Corp.*     (15 )      (4,710 ) 
Guidewire Software, Inc.*     (43 )      (4,359 ) 
HubSpot, Inc.*     (28 )      (4,775 ) 
Intuit, Inc.     (19 )      (4,965 ) 
Manhattan Associates, Inc.*     (66 )      (4,576 ) 
New Relic, Inc.*     (44 )      (3,806 ) 
Nutanix, Inc., Class A*     (159 )      (4,124 ) 
Paycom Software, Inc.*     (20 )      (4,534 ) 
Pegasystems, Inc.     (59 )      (4,201 ) 
Proofpoint, Inc.*     (38 )      (4,570 ) 
PTC, Inc.*     (51 )      (4,578 ) 
RingCentral, Inc., Class A*     (36 )      (4,137 ) 
salesforce.com, Inc.*     (33 )      (5,007 ) 
ServiceNow, Inc.*     (16 )      (4,393 ) 
Splunk, Inc.*     (40 )      (5,030 ) 
Tableau Software, Inc., Class A*     (36 )      (5,977 ) 
VMware, Inc., Class A     (24 )      (4,013 ) 
Workday, Inc., Class A*     (24 )      (4,934 ) 
Zendesk, Inc.*     (60 )      (5,342 ) 
                (103,434 ) 
Specialty Retail – (0.9)%
 
Five Below, Inc.*     (39 )      (4,681 )

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Ulta Beauty, Inc.*     (13 )    $ (4,509 ) 
                (9,190 ) 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – (2.0)%
 
Lululemon Athletica, Inc.*     (26 )      (4,685 ) 
NIKE, Inc., Class B     (62 )      (5,205 ) 
Under Armour, Inc., Class A*     (188 )      (4,766 ) 
VF Corp.     (63 )      (5,503 ) 
                (20,159 ) 
Trading Companies & Distributors – (0.9)%
 
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.*     (66 )      (4,574 ) 
Watsco, Inc.     (29 )      (4,742 ) 
                (9,316 ) 
Water Utilities – (0.9)%
 
American Water Works Co., Inc.     (38 )      (4,408 ) 
Aqua America, Inc.     (109 )      (4,509 ) 
             (8,917 ) 
Total Common Stocks
(Proceeds $(769,620))
          (945,132 )
Total Short Positions
(Proceeds $(769,620))
          (945,132 )

   
Investments     
  
  Value
Total Investments – 1.1%
(Cost $215,540)
           $ 11,062  
Other Assets Less Liabilities – 98.9%           999,650  
Net Assets – 100.0%         $ 1,010,712  
* Non-income producing security.
(a) All or a portion of this security is segregated in connection with obligations for securities sold short with a total value of $483,169.

As of June 30, 2019, the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments based on the aggregate cost of investments (including derivative contracts, if any) for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 
 
Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation   $ 105,688  
Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation     (348,091 ) 
Net unrealized depreciation   $ (242,403 ) 
Federal income tax cost of investments (including derivative contracts, if any)   $ 225,663  

OTC Total return swap contracts outstanding as of June 30, 2019

             
Notional
Amount
  Termination
Date(1)
  Counterparty   Rate Paid
(Received)(2)
  Underlying
Instrument(3)
  Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)(4)
  Cash Collateral
(Received)
Pledged
  Net
Amount(5)
113,210 USD     10/3/2019       Morgan Stanley       2.80 %      Dow Jones U.S.
Relative Value
Total Return
Index(6)
    $ 3,191     $   —     $ 3,191  
(106,896) USD     10/3/2019       Morgan Stanley       (2.00 )%      Dow Jones U.S.
Short Relative
Value Total
Return Index(7)
      (30,993 )            (30,993 ) 
                             $ (27,802 )          $ (27,802 ) 
(1) Agreements may be terminated at will by either party without penalty. Payment is due at termination/maturity.
(2) Reflects the floating financing rate, as of June 30, 2019, on the notional amount of the swap agreement paid to the counterparty or received from the counterparty, excluding any commissions. Payments may be made at the conclusion of the agreement or periodically during its term.
(3) The 50 largest components of the referenced underlying Swap Index can be found at https://www.agf.com/us/resources
(4) The Fund discloses amounts due to the Fund from the counterparty (unrealized appreciation on swap agreements) at year end as an asset on its Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Amounts due to the counterparty from the Fund (unrealized depreciation on swap agreements) are disclosed as a liability on its Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund presents these amounts on a gross basis and does not offset or “net” these amounts on its Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
(5) Represents the “uncollateralized” amount due from or (to) the counterparty at year end. These amounts could be due to timing differences between the movement of collateral in relation to market movements, or due to agreement provisions allowing minimum “thresholds” that would need to be exceeded prior to the movement of collateral. To the extent that a net amount is due from the counterparty, the Fund would be exposed to the counterparty by such amount and could suffer losses or delays in recovery of that amount in the event of a counterparty default.
(6) The Dow Jones U.S. Relative Value Total Return Index (DJLSVT) is designed to measure the performance of 200 companies ranked as undervalued based on fundamentals. Value is calculated using a ranking process based on book value to price ratio, projected earnings per share to price ratio, and trailing 12-month operating cash flow to price ratio. Dividends are reinvested.

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(7) The Dow Jones U.S. Short Relative Value Total Return Index (DJSSVT) is designed to measure the performance of 200 companies ranked as overvalued based on fundamentals. Value is calculated using a ranking process based on book value to price ratio, projected earnings per share to price ratio, and trailing 12-month operating cash flow to price ratio. Dividends are reinvested.

 
Abbreviations     
USD   US Dollar

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Long Positions – 94.0%
                 
Common Stocks – 94.0%
                 
Airlines – 0.5%
 
Spirit Airlines, Inc.*     174     $ 8,305  
Auto Components – 0.6%
 
Dana, Inc.(a)     552       11,008  
Banks – 6.8%
 
Associated Banc-Corp.(a)     366       7,737  
Bank of Hawaii Corp.(a)     106       8,788  
Bank OZK     278       8,365  
BankUnited, Inc.(a)     248       8,368  
Cathay General Bancorp(a)     240       8,618  
FNB Corp.(a)     728       8,569  
Fulton Financial Corp.(a)     496       8,120  
Glacier Bancorp, Inc.(a)     196       7,948  
Hancock Whitney Corp.(a)     196       7,852  
Home BancShares, Inc.(a)     440       8,474  
Investors Bancorp, Inc.(a)     772       8,608  
UMB Financial Corp.     118       7,767  
Umpqua Holdings Corp.     468       7,764  
United Bankshares, Inc.     238       8,827  
Valley National Bancorp     796       8,581  
                124,386  
Biotechnology – 1.8%
 
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*(a)     174       8,679  
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*(a)     68       7,762  
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.*     132       8,382  
United Therapeutics Corp.*     96       7,494  
                32,317  
Building Products – 1.0%
 
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.(a)     90       8,748  
Trex Co., Inc.*     134       9,608  
                18,356  
Capital Markets – 2.9%
 
Evercore, Inc., Class A(a)     104       9,211  
Federated Investors, Inc., Class B(a)     286       9,295  
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A(a)     148       8,022  
Janus Henderson Group plc(a)     368       7,875  
Legg Mason, Inc.(a)     224       8,575  
Stifel Financial Corp.     156       9,213  
                52,191  
Chemicals – 3.5%
 
Element Solutions, Inc.*(a)     846       8,747  
NewMarket Corp.     20       8,019  
PolyOne Corp.     318       9,982  
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)     90       8,865  
Sensient Technologies Corp.     118       8,671  

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Valvoline, Inc.     458     $ 8,945  
Westlake Chemical Corp.     140       9,724  
                62,953  
Commercial Services & Supplies – 2.9%
 
Brink’s Co. (The)(a)     108       8,768  
Clean Harbors, Inc.*(a)     130       9,243  
Healthcare Services Group, Inc.(a)     256       7,762  
MSA Safety, Inc.     78       8,220  
Stericycle, Inc.*     192       9,168  
Tetra Tech, Inc.     120       9,426  
                52,587  
Communications Equipment – 1.0%
 
CommScope Holding Co., Inc.*(a)     496       7,802  
Lumentum Holdings, Inc.*(a)     198       10,575  
                18,377  
Construction & Engineering – 1.0%
 
MasTec, Inc.*     186       9,585  
Valmont Industries, Inc.     66       8,369  
                17,954  
Consumer Finance – 1.4%
 
FirstCash, Inc.(a)     86       8,602  
Green Dot Corp., Class A*(a)     172       8,411  
Navient Corp.     616       8,408  
                25,421  
Containers & Packaging – 0.5%
 
Owens-Illinois, Inc.     502       8,670  
Diversified Consumer Services – 0.9%
 
frontdoor, Inc.*(a)     200       8,710  
Graham Holdings Co., Class B(a)     12       8,280  
                16,990  
Electric Utilities – 1.4%
 
ALLETE, Inc.(a)     98       8,155  
PNM Resources, Inc.     172       8,756  
Portland General Electric Co.     152       8,234  
                25,145  
Electrical Equipment – 1.6%
 
EnerSys(a)     144       9,864  
Generac Holdings, Inc.*(a)     152       10,551  
Regal Beloit Corp.     106       8,661  
                29,076  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 3.0%
 
Belden, Inc.(a)     156       9,293  
Coherent, Inc.*(a)     72       9,819  
Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A(a)     128       8,269  
Jabil, Inc.(a)     298       9,417  
SYNNEX Corp.     86       8,462  
Tech Data Corp.*     84       8,786  
                54,046  

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Energy Equipment & Services – 1.9%
 
Apergy Corp.*(a)     258     $ 8,653  
Core Laboratories NV(a)     168       8,783  
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.     756       8,702  
Transocean Ltd.*     1,298       8,320  
                34,458  
Entertainment – 0.4%
 
Cinemark Holdings, Inc.(a)     222       8,014  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 7.9%
 
Brandywine Realty Trust(a)     540       7,733  
Columbia Property Trust, Inc.(a)     372       7,715  
CoreCivic, Inc.     374       7,764  
Corporate Office Properties Trust     288       7,595  
GEO Group, Inc. (The)(a)     370       7,774  
National Health Investors, Inc.     102       7,959  
Outfront Media, Inc.     324       8,356  
Paramount Group, Inc.     602       8,434  
Physicians Realty Trust(a)     436       7,604  
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc.,
Class A
    394       7,853  
Retail Properties of America, Inc.,
Class A
    682       8,020  
RLJ Lodging Trust     466       8,267  
Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.     188       8,020  
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.     600       8,226  
Taubman Centers, Inc.     182       7,431  
Uniti Group, Inc.     890       8,455  
Urban Edge Properties     464       8,041  
Weingarten Realty Investors     310       8,500  
                143,747  
Food & Staples Retailing – 1.4%
 
Casey’s General Stores, Inc.(a)     64       9,983  
Performance Food Group Co.*     222       8,887  
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.*     372       7,027  
                25,897  
Food Products – 1.8%
 
Darling Ingredients, Inc.*(a)     396       7,877  
Flowers Foods, Inc.(a)     360       8,377  
Lancaster Colony Corp.(a)     54       8,024  
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.*     142       7,682  
                31,960  
Gas Utilities – 1.8%
 
New Jersey Resources Corp.     178       8,859  
ONE Gas, Inc.     92       8,308  
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.     94       8,424  
Spire, Inc.     96       8,056  
                33,647  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 3.9%
 
Avanos Medical, Inc.*(a)     214       9,333  
Globus Medical, Inc., Class A*(a)     204       8,629  

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Haemonetics Corp.*(a)     82     $ 9,868  
ICU Medical, Inc.*(a)     36       9,069  
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.*(a)     158       8,824  
LivaNova plc*(a)     112       8,059  
NuVasive, Inc.*     144       8,430  
Penumbra, Inc.*     56       8,960  
                71,172  
Health Care Providers & Services – 2.3%
 
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.*(a)     248       8,668  
Chemed Corp.(a)     24       8,660  
Covetrus, Inc.*(a)     322       7,876  
HealthEquity, Inc.*(a)     122       7,979  
MEDNAX, Inc.*(a)     328       8,275  
                41,458  
Health Care Technology – 0.9%
 
Medidata Solutions, Inc.*     88       7,965  
Teladoc Health, Inc.*     136       9,032  
                16,997  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 4.8%
 
Choice Hotels International, Inc.(a)     98       8,527  
Churchill Downs, Inc.(a)     82       9,436  
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.(a)     48       8,195  
Extended Stay America, Inc.     472       7,972  
Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A(a)     120       9,136  
Jack in the Box, Inc.(a)     102       8,302  
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.     88       8,483  
Texas Roadhouse, Inc.     158       8,480  
Wendy’s Co. (The)     476       9,320  
Wyndham Destinations, Inc.     208       9,131  
                86,982  
Household Durables – 0.9%
 
Helen of Troy Ltd.*(a)     60       7,835  
Tempur Sealy International, Inc.*     126       9,245  
                17,080  
Household Products – 0.4%
 
Energizer Holdings, Inc.(a)     192       7,419  
Insurance – 1.3%
 
CNO Financial Group, Inc.(a)     502       8,373  
ProAssurance Corp.     212       7,655  
RLI Corp.     94       8,057  
                24,085  
Interactive Media & Services – 0.5%
 
Yelp, Inc.*     260       8,887  
IT Services – 2.9%
 
CoreLogic, Inc.*(a)     212       8,868  
KBR, Inc.(a)     362       9,028  
LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.*     160       7,757  
MAXIMUS, Inc.     122       8,850  
Perspecta, Inc.     372       8,709  

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Science Applications International Corp.     104     $ 9,002  
                52,214  
Life Sciences Tools & Services – 1.0%
 
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A*(a)     30       9,378  
Bruker Corp.(a)     190       9,490  
                18,868  
Machinery – 2.5%
 
Barnes Group, Inc.(a)     156       8,789  
Colfax Corp.*(a)     348       9,755  
Kennametal, Inc.(a)     262       9,691  
Timken Co. (The)     182       9,344  
Trinity Industries, Inc.     416       8,632  
                46,211  
Media – 2.7%
 
AMC Networks, Inc., Class A*(a)     152       8,282  
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A(a)     192       8,805  
Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C*(a)     452       7,770  
New York Times Co. (The), Class A     258       8,416  
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A     150       8,045  
TEGNA, Inc.     528       7,999  
                49,317  
Metals & Mining – 0.5%
 
Allegheny Technologies, Inc.*(a)     376       9,475  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 1.4%
 
Chimera Investment Corp.(a)     450       8,491  
MFA Financial, Inc.     1,120       8,042  
Two Harbors Investment Corp.     656       8,312  
                24,845  
Multi-Utilities – 0.9%
 
Black Hills Corp.(a)     106       8,286  
NorthWestern Corp.     114       8,225  
                16,511  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 2.5%
 
Chesapeake Energy Corp.*(a)     4,142       8,077  
Continental Resources, Inc.*(a)     230       9,681  
PBF Energy, Inc., Class A     310       9,703  
PDC Energy, Inc.*     254       9,159  
Whiting Petroleum Corp.*     438       8,182  
                44,802  
Paper & Forest Products – 0.9%
 
Domtar Corp.     184       8,193  
Louisiana-Pacific Corp.(a)     336       8,810  
                17,003  
Personal Products – 0.9%
 
Coty, Inc., Class A(a)     652       8,737  
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A     174       8,581  
                17,318  

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Pharmaceuticals – 0.4%
 
Horizon Therapeutics plc*(a)     338     $ 8,132  
Professional Services – 1.0%
 
ASGN, Inc.*(a)     158       9,575  
FTI Consulting, Inc.*(a)     96       8,048  
                17,623  
Road & Rail – 1.0%
 
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.(a)     290       9,524  
Ryder System, Inc.     158       9,211  
                18,735  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 2.0%
 
Cirrus Logic, Inc.*(a)     230       10,051  
First Solar, Inc.*(a)     140       9,195  
MKS Instruments, Inc.     112       8,724  
Silicon Laboratories, Inc.*     86       8,892  
                36,862  
Software – 4.4%
 
2U, Inc.*     212       7,980  
ACI Worldwide, Inc.*(a)     266       9,134  
Blackbaud, Inc.(a)     110       9,185  
FireEye, Inc.*(a)     510       7,553  
j2 Global, Inc.(a)     96       8,533  
LogMeIn, Inc.(a)     106       7,810  
Manhattan Associates, Inc.*(a)     124       8,597  
New Relic, Inc.*     80       6,921  
Nutanix, Inc., Class A*     298       7,730  
Verint Systems, Inc.*     142       7,637  
                81,080  
Specialty Retail – 2.3%
 
Aaron’s, Inc.(a)     156       9,580  
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.(a)     420       7,098  
AutoNation, Inc.*(a)     204       8,556  
Murphy USA, Inc.*     108       9,075  
Urban Outfitters, Inc.*     360       8,190  
                42,499  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 0.9%
 
NCR Corp.*     264       8,210  
Pure Storage, Inc., Class A*     506       7,727  
                15,937  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 2.0%
 
Carter’s, Inc.(a)     88       8,583  
Deckers Outdoor Corp.*(a)     58       10,206  
Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A*     288       9,069  
Wolverine World Wide, Inc.     288       7,932  
                35,790  
Trading Companies & Distributors – 1.9%
 
Air Lease Corp.(a)     210       8,681  
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A     114       8,466  

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Univar, Inc.*     398     $ 8,772  
WESCO International, Inc.*     158       8,003  
                33,922  
Transportation Infrastructure – 0.4%
 
Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.     190       7,703  
Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.5%
 
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.     278       8,451  
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $1,667,527)
          1,712,883  
Total Long Positions
(Cost $1,667,527)
          1,712,883  
Short Positions – (92.8)%
                 
Common Stocks – (92.8)%
                 
Aerospace & Defense – (2.7)%
 
Boeing Co. (The)     (20 )      (7,280 ) 
General Dynamics Corp.     (50 )      (9,091 ) 
Lockheed Martin Corp.     (24 )      (8,725 ) 
Northrop Grumman Corp.     (26 )      (8,401 ) 
Raytheon Co.     (46 )      (7,999 ) 
United Technologies Corp.     (62 )      (8,072 ) 
                (49,568 ) 
Air Freight & Logistics – (0.9)%
 
FedEx Corp.     (46 )      (7,553 ) 
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B     (78 )      (8,055 ) 
                (15,608 ) 
Airlines – (0.9)%
 
Delta Air Lines, Inc.     (152 )      (8,626 ) 
Southwest Airlines Co.     (164 )      (8,328 ) 
                (16,954 ) 
Automobiles – (1.4)%
 
Ford Motor Co.     (832 )      (8,511 ) 
General Motors Co.     (214 )      (8,246 ) 
Tesla, Inc.*     (42 )      (9,385 ) 
                (26,142 ) 
Banks – (3.3)%
 
Bank of America Corp.     (306 )      (8,874 ) 
BB&T Corp.     (176 )      (8,647 ) 
Citigroup, Inc.     (134 )      (9,384 ) 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     (76 )      (8,496 ) 
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)     (60 )      (8,237 ) 
US Bancorp     (162 )      (8,489 ) 
Wells Fargo & Co.     (166 )      (7,855 ) 
                (59,982 ) 
Beverages – (0.9)%
 
Coca-Cola Co. (The)     (170 )      (8,656 ) 
PepsiCo, Inc.     (62 )      (8,130 ) 
                (16,786 )

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Biotechnology – (1.8)%
 
AbbVie, Inc.     (106 )    $ (7,708 ) 
Amgen, Inc.     (48 )      (8,846 ) 
Biogen, Inc.*     (36 )      (8,419 ) 
Gilead Sciences, Inc.     (118 )      (7,972 ) 
                (32,945 ) 
Building Products – (0.5)%
 
Johnson Controls International plc     (204 )      (8,427 ) 
Capital Markets – (4.6)%
 
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)     (168 )      (7,417 ) 
BlackRock, Inc.     (20 )      (9,386 ) 
Charles Schwab Corp. (The)     (190 )      (7,636 ) 
CME Group, Inc.     (44 )      (8,541 ) 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)     (40 )      (8,184 ) 
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.     (104 )      (8,938 ) 
Moody’s Corp.     (42 )      (8,203 ) 
Morgan Stanley     (202 )      (8,850 ) 
S&P Global, Inc.     (36 )      (8,200 ) 
State Street Corp.     (142 )      (7,960 ) 
                (83,315 ) 
Chemicals – (3.9)%
 
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.     (38 )      (8,602 ) 
Corteva, Inc.*     (86 )      (2,543 ) 
Dow, Inc.     (166 )      (8,186 ) 
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.     (86 )      (6,456 ) 
Ecolab, Inc.     (42 )      (8,293 ) 
Linde plc     (48 )      (9,638 ) 
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A     (106 )      (9,130 ) 
PPG Industries, Inc.     (78 )      (9,103 ) 
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)     (18 )      (8,249 ) 
                (70,200 ) 
Commercial Services & Supplies – (0.5)%
 
Waste Management, Inc.     (72 )      (8,307 ) 
Communications Equipment – (0.5)%
 
Cisco Systems, Inc.     (164 )      (8,976 ) 
Consumer Finance – (0.9)%
 
American Express Co.     (68 )      (8,394 ) 
Capital One Financial Corp.     (90 )      (8,166 ) 
                (16,560 ) 
Containers & Packaging – (0.4)%
 
International Paper Co.     (184 )      (7,971 ) 
Diversified Financial Services – (0.4)%
 
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B*     (38 )      (8,100 ) 
Diversified Telecommunication Services – (0.5)%
 
AT&T, Inc.     (274 )      (9,182 )

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Electric Utilities – (2.2)%
 
American Electric Power Co., Inc.     (92 )    $ (8,097 ) 
Duke Energy Corp.     (96 )      (8,471 ) 
Exelon Corp.     (164 )      (7,862 ) 
NextEra Energy, Inc.     (40 )      (8,194 ) 
Southern Co. (The)     (148 )      (8,182 ) 
                (40,806 ) 
Electrical Equipment – (1.0)%
 
Eaton Corp. plc     (114 )      (9,494 ) 
Emerson Electric Co.     (118 )      (7,873 ) 
                (17,367 ) 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – (1.5)%
 
Amphenol Corp., Class A     (98 )      (9,402 ) 
Corning, Inc.     (266 )      (8,839 ) 
TE Connectivity Ltd.     (94 )      (9,004 ) 
                (27,245 ) 
Energy Equipment & Services – (0.5)%
 
Schlumberger Ltd.     (228 )      (9,061 ) 
Entertainment – (1.9)%
 
Activision Blizzard, Inc.     (180 )      (8,496 ) 
Electronic Arts, Inc.*     (88 )      (8,911 ) 
Netflix, Inc.*     (24 )      (8,816 ) 
Walt Disney Co. (The)     (60 )      (8,378 ) 
                (34,601 ) 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – (7.5)%
 
American Tower Corp.     (38 )      (7,769 ) 
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.     (38 )      (7,721 ) 
Boston Properties, Inc.     (64 )      (8,256 ) 
Crown Castle International Corp.     (60 )      (7,821 ) 
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.     (66 )      (7,774 ) 
Equinix, Inc.     (16 )      (8,069 ) 
Equity Residential     (102 )      (7,744 ) 
Essex Property Trust, Inc.     (26 )      (7,590 ) 
HCP, Inc.     (248 )      (7,931 ) 
Prologis, Inc.     (106 )      (8,490 ) 
Public Storage     (34 )      (8,098 ) 
Realty Income Corp.     (112 )      (7,725 ) 
SBA Communications Corp.*     (36 )      (8,094 ) 
Simon Property Group, Inc.     (46 )      (7,349 ) 
Ventas, Inc.     (134 )      (9,159 ) 
Welltower, Inc.     (96 )      (7,827 ) 
Weyerhaeuser Co.     (322 )      (8,481 ) 
                (135,898 ) 
Food & Staples Retailing – (1.4)%
 
Costco Wholesale Corp.     (32 )      (8,457 ) 
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.     (160 )      (8,747 ) 
Walmart, Inc.     (78 )      (8,618 ) 
                (25,822 )

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Food Products – (0.5)%
 
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A     (154 )    $ (8,301 ) 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies – (3.5)%
 
Abbott Laboratories     (104 )      (8,746 ) 
Becton Dickinson and Co.     (34 )      (8,568 ) 
Boston Scientific Corp.*     (210 )      (9,026 ) 
Danaher Corp.     (66 )      (9,433 ) 
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*     (16 )      (8,393 ) 
Medtronic plc     (92 )      (8,960 ) 
Stryker Corp.     (48 )      (9,868 ) 
                (62,994 ) 
Health Care Providers & Services – (1.8)%
 
Anthem, Inc.     (30 )      (8,466 ) 
Cigna Corp.     (54 )      (8,508 ) 
CVS Health Corp.     (146 )      (7,956 ) 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     (34 )      (8,296 ) 
                (33,226 ) 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – (3.2)%
 
Carnival Corp.     (156 )      (7,262 ) 
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.     (88 )      (8,601 ) 
Las Vegas Sands Corp.     (136 )      (8,036 ) 
Marriott International, Inc., Class A     (64 )      (8,979 ) 
McDonald’s Corp.     (40 )      (8,307 ) 
Starbucks Corp.     (104 )      (8,718 ) 
Yum! Brands, Inc.     (78 )      (8,632 ) 
                (58,535 ) 
Household Products – (0.9)%
 
Colgate-Palmolive Co.     (114 )      (8,170 ) 
Procter & Gamble Co. (The)     (76 )      (8,334 ) 
                (16,504 ) 
Industrial Conglomerates – (1.8)%
 
3M Co.     (50 )      (8,667 ) 
General Electric Co.     (814 )      (8,548 ) 
Honeywell International, Inc.     (48 )      (8,380 ) 
Roper Technologies, Inc.     (22 )      (8,058 ) 
                (33,653 ) 
Insurance – (4.6)%
 
Aflac, Inc.     (154 )      (8,441 ) 
Allstate Corp. (The)     (82 )      (8,339 ) 
American International Group, Inc.     (154 )      (8,205 ) 
Aon plc     (44 )      (8,491 ) 
Chubb Ltd.     (54 )      (7,954 ) 
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.     (82 )      (8,179 ) 
MetLife, Inc.     (188 )      (9,338 ) 
Progressive Corp. (The)     (100 )      (7,993 ) 
Prudential Financial, Inc.     (84 )      (8,484 ) 
Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)     (54 )      (8,074 ) 
                (83,498 )

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Interactive Media & Services – (0.9)%
 
Alphabet, Inc., Class C*     (8 )    $ (8,647 ) 
Facebook, Inc., Class A*     (44 )      (8,492 ) 
                (17,139 ) 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – (1.3)%
 
Amazon.com, Inc.*     (4 )      (7,574 ) 
Booking Holdings, Inc.*     (4 )      (7,499 ) 
eBay, Inc.     (226 )      (8,927 ) 
                (24,000 ) 
IT Services – (4.1)%
 
Accenture plc, Class A     (44 )      (8,130 ) 
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.     (50 )      (8,267 ) 
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A     (118 )      (7,480 ) 
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.     (66 )      (8,097 ) 
Fiserv, Inc.*     (92 )      (8,387 ) 
International Business Machines Corp.     (68 )      (9,377 ) 
Mastercard, Inc., Class A     (32 )      (8,465 ) 
PayPal Holdings, Inc.*     (72 )      (8,241 ) 
Visa, Inc., Class A     (48 )      (8,330 ) 
                (74,774 ) 
Life Sciences Tools & Services – (0.5)%
 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.     (30 )      (8,810 ) 
Machinery – (3.5)%
 
Caterpillar, Inc.     (66 )      (8,995 ) 
Cummins, Inc.     (56 )      (9,595 ) 
Deere & Co.     (52 )      (8,617 ) 
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.     (60 )      (9,049 ) 
Ingersoll-Rand plc     (66 )      (8,360 ) 
PACCAR, Inc.     (132 )      (9,459 ) 
Parker-Hannifin Corp.     (52 )      (8,841 ) 
                (62,916 ) 
Media – (0.9)%
 
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A*     (20 )      (7,903 ) 
Comcast Corp., Class A     (192 )      (8,118 ) 
                (16,021 ) 
Metals & Mining – (1.0)%
 
Newmont Goldcorp Corp.     (248 )      (9,541 ) 
Nucor Corp.     (164 )      (9,036 ) 
                (18,577 ) 
Multiline Retail – (1.4)%
 
Dollar General Corp.     (62 )      (8,380 ) 
Dollar Tree, Inc.*     (78 )      (8,376 ) 
Target Corp.     (98 )      (8,488 ) 
                (25,244 ) 
Multi-Utilities – (1.8)%
 
Consolidated Edison, Inc.     (92 )      (8,067 ) 
Dominion Energy, Inc.     (114 )      (8,814 ) 
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.     (134 )      (7,882 )

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Sempra Energy     (60 )    $ (8,246 ) 
                (33,009 ) 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – (3.7)%
 
Chevron Corp.     (68 )      (8,462 ) 
ConocoPhillips     (132 )      (8,052 ) 
EOG Resources, Inc.     (90 )      (8,385 ) 
Exxon Mobil Corp.     (110 )      (8,429 ) 
Kinder Morgan, Inc.     (394 )      (8,227 ) 
Marathon Petroleum Corp.     (172 )      (9,611 ) 
Occidental Petroleum Corp.     (158 )      (7,944 ) 
Phillips 66     (92 )      (8,606 ) 
                (67,716 ) 
Pharmaceuticals – (2.8)%
 
Allergan plc     (62 )      (10,380 ) 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.     (174 )      (7,891 ) 
Eli Lilly & Co.     (72 )      (7,977 ) 
Johnson & Johnson     (58 )      (8,078 ) 
Merck & Co., Inc.     (108 )      (9,056 ) 
Pfizer, Inc.     (184 )      (7,971 ) 
                (51,353 ) 
Real Estate Management & Development – (0.5)%
 
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A*     (170 )      (8,721 ) 
Road & Rail – (1.3)%
 
CSX Corp.     (106 )      (8,201 ) 
Norfolk Southern Corp.     (40 )      (7,973 ) 
Union Pacific Corp.     (50 )      (8,456 ) 
                (24,630 ) 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – (3.8)%
 
Analog Devices, Inc.     (80 )      (9,030 ) 
Applied Materials, Inc.     (202 )      (9,072 ) 
Broadcom, Inc.     (30 )      (8,636 ) 
Intel Corp.     (160 )      (7,659 ) 
Micron Technology, Inc.*     (224 )      (8,644 ) 
NVIDIA Corp.     (52 )      (8,540 ) 
QUALCOMM, Inc.     (118 )      (8,976 ) 
Texas Instruments, Inc.     (78 )      (8,951 ) 
                (69,508 ) 
Software – (3.3)%
 
Adobe, Inc.*     (32 )      (9,429 ) 
Autodesk, Inc.*     (48 )      (7,819 ) 
Intuit, Inc.     (34 )      (8,885 ) 
Microsoft Corp.     (64 )      (8,574 ) 
Oracle Corp.     (162 )      (9,229 ) 
salesforce.com, Inc.*     (52 )      (7,890 ) 
ServiceNow, Inc.*     (30 )      (8,237 ) 
                (60,063 ) 
Specialty Retail – (2.8)%
 
AutoZone, Inc.*     (8 )      (8,796 ) 
Home Depot, Inc. (The)     (42 )      (8,735 )

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Lowe’s Cos., Inc.     (82 )    $ (8,274 ) 
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.*     (24 )      (8,864 ) 
Ross Stores, Inc.     (84 )      (8,326 ) 
TJX Cos., Inc. (The)     (164 )      (8,672 ) 
                (51,667 ) 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – (1.0)%
 
Apple, Inc.     (48 )      (9,500 ) 
HP, Inc.     (422 )      (8,773 ) 
                (18,273 ) 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – (0.9)%
 
NIKE, Inc., Class B     (98 )      (8,227 ) 
VF Corp.     (96 )      (8,386 ) 
                (16,613 ) 
Tobacco – (0.9)%
 
Altria Group, Inc.     (160 )      (7,576 ) 
Philip Morris International, Inc.     (106 )      (8,324 ) 
                (15,900 ) 
Total Common Stocks
(Proceeds $(1,400,178))
          (1,691,468 )
Total Short Positions
(Proceeds $(1,400,178))
          (1,691,468 )

   
Investments     
  
  Value
Total Investments – 1.2%
(Cost $267,349)
        $ 21,415  
Other Assets Less Liabilities – 98.8%           1,800,539  
Net Assets – 100.0%         $ 1,821,954  
* Non-income producing security.
(a) All or a portion of this security is segregated in connection with obligations for securities sold short with a total value of $876,980.

As of June 30, 2019, the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments based on the aggregate cost of investments (including derivative contracts, if any) for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 
 
Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation   $ 221,321  
Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation     (623,444 ) 
Net unrealized depreciation   $ (402,123 ) 
Federal income tax cost of investments (including derivative contracts, if any)   $ 392,196  

OTC Total return swap contracts outstanding as of June 30, 2019

             
Notional Amount   Termination Date(1)   Counterparty   Rate Paid (Received)(2)   Underlying Instrument(3)   Value and Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation)(4)   Cash Collateral (Received) Pledged
  Net Amount(5)
217,783 USD     10/3/2019       Morgan Stanley       2.70 %      Dow Jones U.S.
Thematic Long Size
Total Return Index(6)
    $ 10,386     $     $ 10,386  
(220,814) USD     10/3/2019       Morgan Stanley       (2.00 )%      Dow Jones U.S.
Thematic Short Size
Total Return Index(7)
      (41,728 )      10,000 (8)      (31,728 ) 
                             $ (31,342 )          $ (21,342 ) 
(1) Agreements may be terminated at will by either party without penalty. Payment is due at termination/maturity.
(2) Reflects the floating financing rate, as of June 30, 2019, on the notional amount of the swap agreement paid to the counterparty or received from the counterparty, excluding any commissions. Payments may be made at the conclusion of the agreement or periodically during its term.
(3) The 50 largest components of the referenced underlying Swap Index can be found at https://www.agf.com/us/resources
(4) The Fund discloses amounts due to the Fund from the counterparty (unrealized appreciation on swap agreements) at year end as an asset on its Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Amounts due to the counterparty from the Fund (unrealized depreciation on swap agreements) are disclosed as a liability on its Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund presents these amounts on a gross basis and does not offset or “net” these amounts on its Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
(5) Represents the “uncollateralized” amount due from or (to) the counterparty at year end. These amounts could be due to timing differences between the movement of collateral in relation to market movements, or due to agreement provisions allowing minimum “thresholds” that would need to be exceeded prior to the movement of collateral. To the extent that a net amount is due from the counterparty, the Fund would be exposed to the counterparty by such amount and could suffer losses or delays in recovery of that amount in the event of a counterparty default.
(6) The Dow Jones U.S. Thematic Long Size Total Return Index (DJTLSST) is designed to measure the performance of 200 companies ranked as the smallest in size. Size is determined by float-adjusted market capitalization at each rebalance. Dividends are reinvested.

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(7) The Dow Jones U.S. Thematic Short Size Total Return Index (DJTSSST) is designed to measure the performance of 200 companies ranked as the largest in size. Size is determined by float-adjusted market capitalization at each rebalance. Dividends are reinvested.
(8) Reflects all or a portion of the amount disclosed on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as “Segregated cash balance with custodian for swap agreements.” Under U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), the amount disclosed under this caption may not exceed the amount of the liability being collateralized for the benefit of the counterparty.

 
Abbreviations
USD   US Dollar

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Long Positions – 97.1%
                 
Common Stocks – 97.1%
                 
Aerospace & Defense – 2.4%
 
Axon Enterprise, Inc.*(a)     4,500     $ 288,945  
Harris Corp.     1,620       306,390  
Lockheed Martin Corp.     900       327,186  
Northrop Grumman Corp.     960       310,186  
United Technologies Corp.     2,400       312,480  
                1,545,187  
Air Freight & Logistics – 0.5%
 
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.(a)     3,780       318,843  
Auto Components – 0.5%
 
Autoliv, Inc.(a)     4,920       346,909  
Automobiles – 0.5%
 
Tesla, Inc.*     1,620       362,005  
Banks – 0.5%
 
Bank of Hawaii Corp.(a)     3,960       328,324  
Beverages – 0.5%
 
Coca-Cola Co. (The)     6,120       311,631  
Biotechnology – 0.4%
 
United Therapeutics Corp.*     3,600       281,016  
Building Products – 1.6%
 
Allegion plc(a)     3,120       344,916  
Lennox International, Inc.     1,140       313,500  
Owens Corning     6,240       363,168  
                1,021,584  
Capital Markets – 1.9%
 
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.(a)     2,760       286,019  
CME Group, Inc.(a)     1,560       302,812  
Federated Investors, Inc., Class B(a)     9,840       319,800  
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.     1,020       327,848  
                1,236,479  
Chemicals – 3.6%
 
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.*(a)     12,780       380,461  
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.     2,220       322,100  
Linde plc     1,680       337,344  
NewMarket Corp.     780       312,733  
RPM International, Inc.     5,640       344,660  
Valvoline, Inc.     17,160       335,135  
WR Grace & Co.     4,260       324,228  
                2,356,661  
Commercial Services & Supplies – 2.1%
 
Copart, Inc.*(a)     4,200       313,908  
KAR Auction Services, Inc.     5,340       133,500  
MSA Safety, Inc.     3,060       322,494  
Republic Services, Inc.     3,600       311,904  

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Waste Management, Inc.     2,760     $ 318,421  
                1,400,227  
Communications Equipment – 1.5%
 
F5 Networks, Inc.*(a)     2,280       332,036  
Juniper Networks, Inc.     12,240       325,951  
Motorola Solutions, Inc.     1,980       330,126  
                988,113  
Containers & Packaging – 1.0%
 
Berry Global Group, Inc.*(a)     6,420       337,628  
Sonoco Products Co.     4,860       317,552  
                655,180  
Distributors – 0.3%
 
IAA, Inc.*     5,340       207,085  
Diversified Consumer Services – 1.0%
 
Graham Holdings Co., Class B     420       289,813  
H&R Block, Inc.     11,460       335,778  
                625,591  
Diversified Telecommunication Services – 0.5%
 
Verizon Communications, Inc.     5,520       315,358  
Electric Utilities – 2.4%
 
Avangrid, Inc.(a)     6,000       303,000  
Duke Energy Corp.(a)     3,540       312,370  
Evergy, Inc.(a)     5,160       310,374  
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.     7,320       318,786  
Pinnacle West Capital Corp.     3,240       304,851  
                1,549,381  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 2.1%
 
Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A(a)     4,860       313,956  
FLIR Systems, Inc.(a)     6,240       337,584  
Jabil, Inc.     12,300       388,680  
National Instruments Corp.     7,800       327,522  
                1,367,742  
Energy Equipment & Services – 0.5%
 
Baker Hughes a GE Co.(a)     14,160       348,761  
Entertainment – 2.8%
 
Activision Blizzard, Inc.(a)     6,900       325,680  
Cinemark Holdings, Inc.(a)     7,920       285,912  
Electronic Arts, Inc.*(a)     3,240       328,082  
Madison Square Garden Co. (The), Class A*     1,020       285,539  
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.*     2,760       313,343  
Walt Disney Co. (The)(a)     2,280       318,379  
                1,856,935  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 8.2%
 
CubeSmart(a)     8,940       298,954  
Equity Commonwealth(a)     9,240       300,485  
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.(a)     2,460       298,496  
Extra Space Storage, Inc.(a)     2,820       299,202  

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
HCP, Inc.     9,480     $ 303,170  
Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.     9,360       293,155  
Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A     10,440       286,369  
Life Storage, Inc.     3,120       296,650  
National Health Investors, Inc.     3,840       299,635  
National Retail Properties, Inc.     5,640       298,977  
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.     8,460       310,905  
Public Storage     1,260       300,094  
Realty Income Corp.     4,260       293,812  
STORE Capital Corp.     8,760       290,744  
Sun Communities, Inc.     2,400       307,656  
Ventas, Inc.     4,620       315,777  
Welltower, Inc.     3,660       298,400  
WP Carey, Inc.     3,600       292,248  
                5,384,729  
Food & Staples Retailing – 0.4%
 
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.*     15,120       285,617  
Food Products – 3.4%
 
Bunge Ltd.(a)     5,760       320,890  
Campbell Soup Co.(a)     8,340       334,184  
Flowers Foods, Inc.     13,560       315,541  
Hershey Co. (The)     2,280       305,588  
Hormel Foods Corp.     7,680       311,347  
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.     5,040       319,335  
Lancaster Colony Corp.     2,100       312,060  
                2,218,945  
Gas Utilities – 0.5%
 
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.     3,540       317,255  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 4.6%
 
Baxter International, Inc.(a)     4,080       334,152  
Cantel Medical Corp.(a)     4,380       353,203  
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.     5,580       325,649  
Globus Medical, Inc., Class A*     7,620       322,326  
ICU Medical, Inc.*     1,440       362,751  
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.*     6,480       361,908  
Medtronic plc     3,240       315,544  
NuVasive, Inc.*     5,160       302,066  
ResMed, Inc.     2,640       322,159  
                2,999,758  
Health Care Providers & Services – 2.4%
 
Anthem, Inc.(a)     1,080       304,787  
Chemed Corp.(a)     900       324,756  
Henry Schein, Inc.*     4,680       327,132  
MEDNAX, Inc.*     12,300       310,329  
Quest Diagnostics, Inc.(a)     3,120       317,647  
                1,584,651  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 3.4%
 
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.(a)     1,920       327,802  
Darden Restaurants, Inc.(a)     2,580       314,063  
Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.(a)     4,080       325,013  

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
McDonald’s Corp.     1,500     $ 311,490  
Texas Roadhouse, Inc.     5,880       315,580  
Wendy’s Co. (The)     16,380       320,720  
Yum! Brands, Inc.     2,940       325,370  
                2,240,038  
Household Durables – 2.5%
 
DR Horton, Inc.(a)     7,080       305,360  
Lennar Corp., Class A     6,120       296,575  
NVR, Inc.*     120       404,430  
PulteGroup, Inc.     9,780       309,244  
Toll Brothers, Inc.     8,700       318,594  
                1,634,203  
Industrial Conglomerates – 2.0%
 
Carlisle Cos., Inc.(a)     2,280       320,135  
General Electric Co.     32,160       337,680  
Honeywell International, Inc.     1,860       324,737  
Roper Technologies, Inc.     900       329,634  
                1,312,186  
Insurance – 8.7%
 
Arch Capital Group Ltd.*(a)     8,760       324,821  
Arthur J Gallagher & Co.(a)     3,600       315,324  
Assured Guaranty Ltd.(a)     7,380       310,551  
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.(a)     5,100       304,215  
Brown & Brown, Inc.(a)     9,540       319,590  
Chubb Ltd.(a)     2,040       300,472  
Erie Indemnity Co., Class A(a)     1,440       366,163  
Everest Re Group Ltd.     1,200       296,616  
Fidelity National Financial, Inc.     7,860       316,758  
First American Financial Corp.(a)     5,880       315,756  
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)     2,460       315,618  
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)     5,760       320,947  
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.     3,180       317,205  
Old Republic International Corp.     13,740       307,501  
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.     1,740       309,737  
RLI Corp.     3,540       303,413  
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.     300       306,438  
WR Berkley Corp.     4,860       320,420  
                5,671,545  
IT Services – 4.8%
 
Amdocs Ltd.(a)     5,100       316,659  
Black Knight, Inc.*(a)     5,340       321,201  
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.(a)     4,740       313,835  
CACI International, Inc., Class A*(a)     1,500       306,885  
Euronet Worldwide, Inc.*(a)     1,920       323,021  
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.(a)     2,520       309,154  
Fiserv, Inc.*(a)     3,480       317,237  
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.     2,280       305,337  
MAXIMUS, Inc.     4,260       309,020  

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Western Union Co. (The)     15,540     $ 309,091  
                3,131,440  
Life Sciences Tools & Services – 1.0%
 
Bio-Techne Corp.     1,500       312,735  
Waters Corp.*     1,500       322,860  
                635,595  
Machinery – 1.0%
 
Graco, Inc.     6,360       319,145  
Ingersoll-Rand plc     2,520       319,208  
                638,353  
Media – 0.5%
 
Omnicom Group, Inc.     3,900       319,605  
Metals & Mining – 1.1%
 
Newmont Goldcorp Corp.     9,060       348,538  
Royal Gold, Inc.     3,420       350,516  
                699,054  
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 3.8%
 
AGNC Investment Corp.(a)     18,360       308,815  
Annaly Capital Management, Inc.     34,080       311,150  
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A(a)     8,520       303,142  
Chimera Investment Corp.(a)     16,500       311,355  
MFA Financial, Inc.     42,900       308,022  
New Residential Investment Corp.     19,680       302,875  
Starwood Property Trust, Inc.     13,680       310,810  
Two Harbors Investment Corp.     24,660       312,442  
                2,468,611  
Multiline Retail – 0.5%
 
Dollar Tree, Inc.*(a)     2,940       315,727  
Multi-Utilities – 1.9%
 
Ameren Corp.(a)     4,080       306,449  
Dominion Energy, Inc.(a)     4,020       310,826  
NiSource, Inc.     10,860       312,768  
WEC Energy Group, Inc.     3,720       310,137  
                1,240,180  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 3.9%
 
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.(a)     11,940       274,142  
Cheniere Energy, Inc.*     4,740       324,453  
ConocoPhillips(a)     5,100       311,100  
EOG Resources, Inc.(a)     3,660       340,966  
Kinder Morgan, Inc.     15,120       315,706  
Occidental Petroleum Corp.     6,060       304,697  
ONEOK, Inc.     4,740       326,159  
Valero Energy Corp.     4,260       364,698  
                2,561,921  
Pharmaceuticals – 2.3%
 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.(a)     6,660       302,031  
Eli Lilly & Co.     2,580       285,838  
Johnson & Johnson     2,280       317,559  

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Merck & Co., Inc.     3,780     $ 316,953  
Pfizer, Inc.     7,200       311,904  
                1,534,285  
Professional Services – 1.4%
 
FTI Consulting, Inc.*(a)     3,600       301,824  
IHS Markit Ltd.*     5,220       332,618  
Verisk Analytics, Inc.     2,160       316,354  
                950,796  
Road & Rail – 2.0%
 
AMERCO     840       317,982  
JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.     3,540       323,591  
Kansas City Southern     2,640       321,605  
Landstar System, Inc.     3,120       336,929  
                1,300,107  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 2.6%
 
Broadcom, Inc.(a)     1,200       345,432  
Qorvo, Inc.*     4,920       327,721  
QUALCOMM, Inc.     4,500       342,315  
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.     4,500       347,715  
Xilinx, Inc.     2,940       346,685  
                1,709,868  
Software – 3.8%
 
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*(a)     4,740       335,639  
CDK Global, Inc.(a)     6,240       308,506  
Citrix Systems, Inc.(a)     3,180       312,085  
LogMeIn, Inc.     4,200       309,456  
Nuance Communications, Inc.*     17,580       280,752  
Oracle Corp.     5,940       338,402  
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.*     1,500       305,640  
Tyler Technologies, Inc.*     1,440       311,069  
                2,501,549  
Specialty Retail – 1.4%
 
AutoZone, Inc.*(a)     300       329,841  
Gap, Inc. (The)     16,320       293,270  
Urban Outfitters, Inc.*     13,500       307,125  
                930,236  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 1.5%
 
Capri Holdings Ltd.*(a)     9,420       326,686  
Columbia Sportswear Co.(a)     3,240       324,518  
Ralph Lauren Corp.     2,880       327,139  
                978,343  
Trading Companies & Distributors – 0.9%
 
HD Supply Holdings, Inc.*     7,260       292,433  
Watsco, Inc.     1,920       313,977  
                606,410  
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $61,108,451)
          63,594,019  
Total Long Positions
(Cost $61,108,451)
          63,594,019  

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Short Positions – (101.2)%
 
Common Stocks – (101.2)%
 
Aerospace & Defense – (0.5)%
 
Arconic, Inc.     (13,860 )    $ (357,865 ) 
Air Freight & Logistics – (1.0)%
 
FedEx Corp.     (1,980 )      (325,096 ) 
XPO Logistics, Inc.*     (5,820 )      (336,454 ) 
                (661,550 ) 
Airlines – (0.5)%
 
American Airlines Group, Inc.     (11,100 )      (361,971 ) 
Auto Components – (0.6)%
 
Aptiv plc     (4,740 )      (383,134 ) 
Automobiles – (1.0)%
 
Harley-Davidson, Inc.     (9,300 )      (333,219 ) 
Thor Industries, Inc.     (5,940 )      (347,193 ) 
                (680,412 ) 
Banks – (3.6)%
 
Chemical Financial Corp.     (7,980 )      (328,058 ) 
CIT Group, Inc.     (6,360 )      (334,154 ) 
Citigroup, Inc.     (4,860 )      (340,346 ) 
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.     (9,300 )      (328,848 ) 
East West Bancorp, Inc.     (7,140 )      (333,938 ) 
Sterling Bancorp     (15,660 )      (333,245 ) 
SVB Financial Group*     (1,500 )      (336,885 ) 
                (2,335,474 ) 
Beverages – (0.9)%
 
Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B     (5,580 )      (312,480 ) 
Monster Beverage Corp.*     (4,920 )      (314,044 ) 
                (626,524 ) 
Biotechnology – (4.7)%
 
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     (6,600 )      (329,208 ) 
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     (2,640 )      (345,787 ) 
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     (4,500 )      (326,520 ) 
Bluebird Bio, Inc.*     (2,520 )      (320,544 ) 
Exact Sciences Corp.*     (2,940 )      (347,038 ) 
Sage Therapeutics, Inc.*     (1,740 )      (318,577 ) 
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.*     (2,640 )      (401,148 ) 
Seattle Genetics, Inc.*     (4,620 )      (319,750 ) 
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.*     (5,460 )      (346,710 ) 
                (3,055,282 ) 
Capital Markets – (5.4)%
 
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.     (2,160 )      (313,545 ) 
Charles Schwab Corp. (The)     (7,260 )      (291,779 ) 
E*TRADE Financial Corp.     (6,720 )      (299,712 ) 
Eaton Vance Corp.     (7,920 )      (341,590 ) 
Evercore, Inc., Class A     (3,900 )      (345,423 ) 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)     (1,680 )      (343,728 ) 
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.     (3,780 )      (308,335 )

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Moody’s Corp.     (1,680 )    $ (328,121 ) 
Raymond James Financial, Inc.     (3,660 )      (309,453 ) 
State Street Corp.     (5,460 )      (306,088 ) 
Stifel Financial Corp.     (5,640 )      (333,098 ) 
                (3,520,872 ) 
Chemicals – (2.7)%
 
Cabot Corp.     (7,560 )      (360,688 ) 
Huntsman Corp.     (17,280 )      (353,203 ) 
Ingevity Corp.*     (3,480 )      (365,992 ) 
Mosaic Co. (The)     (14,220 )      (355,926 ) 
Olin Corp.     (15,360 )      (336,538 ) 
                (1,772,347 ) 
Commercial Services & Supplies – (0.5)%
 
Clean Harbors, Inc.*     (4,740 )      (337,014 ) 
Communications Equipment – (1.1)%
 
Arista Networks, Inc.*     (1,260 )      (327,121 ) 
Lumentum Holdings, Inc.*     (7,440 )      (397,371 ) 
                (724,492 ) 
Construction & Engineering – (1.1)%
 
Fluor Corp.     (10,860 )      (365,874 ) 
MasTec, Inc.*     (6,540 )      (337,006 ) 
                (702,880 ) 
Consumer Finance – (1.9)%
 
Capital One Financial Corp.     (3,480 )      (315,775 ) 
Discover Financial Services     (4,080 )      (316,567 ) 
Green Dot Corp., Class A*     (6,540 )      (319,806 ) 
Navient Corp.     (23,340 )      (318,591 ) 
                (1,270,739 ) 
Containers & Packaging – (1.0)%
 
Crown Holdings, Inc.*     (5,520 )      (337,272 ) 
Westrock Co.     (9,300 )      (339,171 ) 
                (676,443 ) 
Diversified Financial Services – (1.5)%
 
AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc.     (14,700 )      (307,230 ) 
Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.     (16,980 )      (326,525 ) 
Voya Financial, Inc.     (5,940 )      (328,482 ) 
                (962,237 ) 
Electric Utilities – (1.0)%
 
PPL Corp.     (10,140 )      (314,441 ) 
Southern Co. (The)     (5,700 )      (315,096 ) 
                (629,537 ) 
Electrical Equipment – (2.2)%
 
Acuity Brands, Inc.     (2,460 )      (339,259 ) 
EnerSys     (5,400 )      (369,900 ) 
Generac Holdings, Inc.*     (5,520 )      (383,143 ) 
Hubbell, Inc.     (2,640 )      (344,256 ) 
                (1,436,558 )

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – (2.7)%
 
Belden, Inc.     (5,940 )    $ (353,846 ) 
Cognex Corp.     (7,440 )      (356,971 ) 
Coherent, Inc.*     (2,760 )      (376,381 ) 
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.     (19,860 )      (328,087 ) 
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A*     (1,800 )      (377,082 ) 
                (1,792,367 ) 
Energy Equipment & Services – (2.0)%
 
Core Laboratories NV     (6,360 )      (332,501 ) 
Ensco Rowan plc, Class A     (36,120 )      (308,104 ) 
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.     (28,560 )      (328,725 ) 
Transocean Ltd.*     (49,080 )      (314,603 ) 
                (1,283,933 ) 
Entertainment – (0.5)%
 
Netflix, Inc.*     (900 )      (330,588 ) 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – (7.0)%
 
Brixmor Property Group, Inc.     (17,640 )      (315,403 ) 
Colony Capital, Inc.     (58,560 )      (292,800 ) 
CoreSite Realty Corp.     (2,580 )      (297,139 ) 
CyrusOne, Inc.     (5,100 )      (294,372 ) 
Hospitality Properties Trust     (12,120 )      (303,000 ) 
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.     (16,680 )      (303,910 ) 
Outfront Media, Inc.     (12,240 )      (315,669 ) 
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.     (10,980 )      (302,609 ) 
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust     (10,920 )      (307,725 ) 
RLJ Lodging Trust     (17,640 )      (312,934 ) 
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.     (15,600 )      (307,164 ) 
SL Green Realty Corp.     (3,540 )      (284,510 ) 
Taubman Centers, Inc.     (6,900 )      (281,727 ) 
Uniti Group, Inc.     (31,380 )      (298,110 ) 
Weyerhaeuser Co.     (13,260 )      (349,268 ) 
                (4,566,340 ) 
Food & Staples Retailing – (0.5)%
 
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.     (6,120 )      (334,580 ) 
Food Products – (1.4)%
 
Conagra Brands, Inc.     (11,340 )      (300,737 ) 
Darling Ingredients, Inc.*     (16,020 )      (318,638 ) 
Post Holdings, Inc.*     (2,880 )      (299,433 ) 
                (918,808 ) 
Gas Utilities – (1.0)%
 
New Jersey Resources Corp.     (6,420 )      (319,523 ) 
South Jersey Industries, Inc.     (9,720 )      (327,856 ) 
                (647,379 ) 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies – (1.4)%
 
ABIOMED, Inc.*     (1,140 )      (296,959 ) 
Align Technology, Inc.*     (1,080 )      (295,596 ) 
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*     (660 )      (346,203 ) 
                (938,758 )

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Health Care Providers & Services – (1.1)%
 
DaVita, Inc.*     (6,960 )    $ (391,570 ) 
HealthEquity, Inc.*     (4,620 )      (302,148 ) 
                (693,718 ) 
Health Care Technology – (1.0)%
 
Teladoc Health, Inc.*     (5,220 )      (346,660 ) 
Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A*     (1,920 )      (311,251 ) 
                (657,911 ) 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – (4.2)%
 
Caesars Entertainment Corp.*     (34,260 )      (404,953 ) 
Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.*     (11,880 )      (378,022 ) 
Las Vegas Sands Corp.     (5,460 )      (322,631 ) 
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.     (3,360 )      (323,904 ) 
MGM Resorts International     (12,180 )      (347,983 ) 
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.*     (5,520 )      (296,037 ) 
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.     (2,520 )      (305,449 ) 
Wynn Resorts Ltd.     (2,820 )      (349,652 ) 
                (2,728,631 ) 
Household Durables – (0.5)%
 
Newell Brands, Inc.     (22,740 )      (350,651 ) 
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers – (1.4)%
 
AES Corp.     (19,200 )      (321,792 ) 
NRG Energy, Inc.     (8,940 )      (313,973 ) 
Vistra Energy Corp.     (12,900 )      (292,056 ) 
                (927,821 ) 
Insurance – (3.0)%
 
Brighthouse Financial, Inc.*     (8,520 )      (312,599 ) 
Lincoln National Corp.     (5,100 )      (328,695 ) 
MetLife, Inc.     (6,540 )      (324,842 ) 
Principal Financial Group, Inc.     (5,820 )      (337,094 ) 
Prudential Financial, Inc.     (3,240 )      (327,240 ) 
Unum Group     (9,600 )      (322,080 ) 
                (1,952,550 ) 
Interactive Media & Services – (1.6)%
 
Snap, Inc., Class A*     (25,620 )      (366,366 ) 
TripAdvisor, Inc.*     (7,140 )      (330,510 ) 
Zillow Group, Inc., Class C*     (7,020 )      (325,658 ) 
                (1,022,534 ) 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – (2.0)%
 
Amazon.com, Inc.*     (180 )      (340,854 ) 
Etsy, Inc.*     (4,860 )      (298,258 ) 
GrubHub, Inc.*     (4,680 )      (364,993 ) 
Wayfair, Inc., Class A*     (2,100 )      (306,600 ) 
                (1,310,705 ) 
IT Services – (3.0)%
 
Alliance Data Systems Corp.     (2,220 )      (311,089 ) 
EPAM Systems, Inc.*     (1,740 )      (301,194 ) 
KBR, Inc.     (13,680 )      (341,179 )

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Okta, Inc.*     (2,640 )    $ (326,066 ) 
Square, Inc., Class A*     (4,860 )      (352,496 ) 
Twilio, Inc., Class A*     (2,280 )      (310,878 ) 
                (1,942,902 ) 
Leisure Products – (1.0)%
 
Mattel, Inc.*     (30,420 )      (341,008 ) 
Polaris Industries, Inc.     (3,840 )      (350,323 ) 
                (691,331 ) 
Life Sciences Tools & Services – (1.6)%
 
Illumina, Inc.*     (960 )      (353,424 ) 
PRA Health Sciences, Inc.*     (3,480 )      (345,042 ) 
Syneos Health, Inc.*     (7,380 )      (377,044 ) 
                (1,075,510 ) 
Machinery – (6.3)%
 
Caterpillar, Inc.     (2,520 )      (343,451 ) 
Colfax Corp.*     (12,000 )      (336,360 ) 
Donaldson Co., Inc.     (6,360 )      (323,470 ) 
Flowserve Corp.     (6,540 )      (344,593 ) 
ITT, Inc.     (5,280 )      (345,734 ) 
Kennametal, Inc.     (9,900 )      (366,201 ) 
Oshkosh Corp.     (4,200 )      (350,658 ) 
Parker-Hannifin Corp.     (1,980 )      (336,620 ) 
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.     (2,400 )      (347,064 ) 
Terex Corp.     (11,280 )      (354,192 ) 
Timken Co. (The)     (6,900 )      (354,246 ) 
Wabtec Corp.     (4,860 )      (348,753 ) 
                (4,151,342 ) 
Media – (1.9)%
 
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A*     (780 )      (308,240 ) 
DISH Network Corp., Class A*     (8,460 )      (324,949 ) 
Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C*     (3,120 )      (325,166 ) 
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A     (3,000 )      (303,000 ) 
                (1,261,355 ) 
Metals & Mining – (2.2)%
 
Alcoa Corp.*     (14,340 )      (335,700 ) 
Allegheny Technologies, Inc.*     (14,160 )      (356,832 ) 
Carpenter Technology Corp.     (7,500 )      (359,850 ) 
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.     (31,320 )      (363,625 ) 
                (1,416,007 ) 
Multiline Retail – (0.4)%
 
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.*     (3,060 )      (266,557 ) 
Multi-Utilities – (1.5)%
 
Avista Corp.     (7,260 )      (323,796 ) 
MDU Resources Group, Inc.     (12,360 )      (318,888 ) 
Sempra Energy     (2,280 )      (313,363 ) 
                (956,047 ) 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – (2.6)%
 
Chesapeake Energy Corp.*     (156,600 )      (305,370 )

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Delek US Holdings, Inc.     (10,080 )    $ (408,442 ) 
Hess Corp.     (5,400 )      (343,278 ) 
QEP Resources, Inc.*     (43,860 )      (317,108 ) 
WPX Energy, Inc.*     (28,020 )      (322,510 ) 
                (1,696,708 ) 
Personal Products – (1.0)%
 
Coty, Inc., Class A     (24,660 )      (330,444 ) 
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A     (6,600 )      (325,512 ) 
                (655,956 ) 
Pharmaceuticals – (1.6)%
 
Mylan NV*     (18,060 )      (343,862 ) 
Nektar Therapeutics*     (9,780 )      (347,973 ) 
Perrigo Co. plc     (7,320 )      (348,578 ) 
                (1,040,413 ) 
Professional Services – (0.5)%
 
Robert Half International, Inc.     (5,640 )      (321,536 ) 
Real Estate Management & Development – (1.6)%
 
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A*     (6,600 )      (338,580 ) 
Howard Hughes Corp. (The)*     (2,940 )      (364,090 ) 
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.     (2,400 )      (337,656 ) 
                (1,040,326 ) 
Road & Rail – (1.1)%
 
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.     (10,980 )      (360,583 ) 
Ryder System, Inc.     (6,000 )      (349,800 ) 
                (710,383 ) 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – (2.7)%
 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*     (11,040 )      (335,285 ) 
Micron Technology, Inc.*     (9,240 )      (356,571 ) 
NVIDIA Corp.     (2,220 )      (364,591 ) 
ON Semiconductor Corp.*     (16,980 )      (343,166 ) 
Semtech Corp.*     (7,620 )      (366,141 ) 
                (1,765,754 ) 
Software – (4.2)%
 
2U, Inc.*     (7,980 )      (300,367 ) 
Autodesk, Inc.*     (1,860 )      (302,994 ) 
HubSpot, Inc.*     (1,740 )      (296,705 ) 
Manhattan Associates, Inc.*     (4,680 )      (324,465 ) 
Nutanix, Inc., Class A*     (11,280 )      (292,603 ) 
RingCentral, Inc., Class A*     (2,520 )      (289,598 ) 
salesforce.com, Inc.*     (1,980 )      (300,425 ) 
Splunk, Inc.*     (2,640 )      (331,980 ) 
Workday, Inc., Class A*     (1,500 )      (308,370 ) 
                (2,747,507 ) 
Specialty Retail – (1.0)%
 
Five Below, Inc.*     (2,340 )      (280,847 ) 
L Brands, Inc.     (13,620 )      (355,482 ) 
                (636,329 )

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – (1.4)%
 
NCR Corp.*     (9,960 )    $ (309,756 ) 
Pure Storage, Inc., Class A*     (19,140 )      (292,268 ) 
Xerox Corp.     (9,960 )      (352,683 ) 
                (954,707 ) 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – (1.0)%
 
Lululemon Athletica, Inc.*     (1,860 )      (335,191 ) 
Under Armour, Inc., Class A*     (13,320 )      (337,662 ) 
                (672,853 ) 
Tobacco – (0.5)%
 
Philip Morris International, Inc.     (3,900 )      (306,267 ) 
Trading Companies & Distributors – (1.6)%
 
Air Lease Corp.     (8,460 )      (349,737 ) 
United Rentals, Inc.*     (2,760 )      (366,059 ) 
Univar, Inc.*     (15,060 )      (331,922 ) 
             (1,047,718 ) 
Total Common Stocks
(Proceeds $(64,719,946))
          (66,310,113 )
Total Short Positions
(Proceeds $(64,719,946))
          (66,310,113 )

   
Investments     
  
  Value
Total Investments — (4.1)%
(Cost $(3,611,495))
           $ (2,716,094 )
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 104.1%           68,208,326  
Net Assets – 100.0%         $ 65,492,232  
* Non-income producing security.
(a) All or a portion of this security is segregated in connection with obligations for securities sold short with a total value of $22,221,163.

As of June 30, 2019, the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments based on the aggregate cost of investments (including derivative contracts, if any) for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 
 
Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation   $ 4,856,682  
Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation     (6,131,587 ) 
Net unrealized depreciation   $ (1,274,905 ) 
Federal income tax cost of investments (including derivative contracts, if any)   $ (822,053 ) 

OTC Total return swap contracts outstanding as of June 30, 2019

             
Notional Amount   Termination Date(1)   Counterparty   Rate Paid (Received)(2)   Underlying
Instrument(3)
  Value and Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation)(4)   Cash Collateral (Received) Pledged   Net Amount(5)
 
 
 
7,142,510 USD
    10/3/2019       Morgan Stanley       2.75 %      Dow Jones U.S.
Low Beta Total
Return Index(6)
    $ 893,203     $     $ 893,203  
(7,613,552) USD     10/3/2019       Morgan Stanley       (2.00 )%      Dow Jones U.S.
High Beta Total
Return Index(7)
      (274,067 )      274,067 (8)       
                             $ 619,136           $ 893,203  
(1) Agreements may be terminated at will by either party without penalty. Payment is due at termination/maturity.
(2) Reflects the floating financing rate, as of June 30, 2019, on the notional amount of the swap agreement paid to the counterparty or received from the counterparty, excluding any commissions. Payments may be made at the conclusion of the agreement or periodically during its term.
(3) The 50 largest components of the referenced underlying Swap Index can be found at https://www.agf.com/us/resources
(4) The Fund discloses amounts due to the Fund from the counterparty (unrealized appreciation on swap agreements) at year end as an asset on its Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Amounts due to the counterparty from the Fund (unrealized depreciation on swap agreements) are disclosed as a liability on its Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund presents these amounts on a gross basis and does not offset or “net” these amounts on its Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
(5) Represents the “uncollateralized” amount due from or (to) the counterparty at year end. These amounts could be due to timing differences between the movement of collateral in relation to market movements, or due to agreement provisions allowing minimum “thresholds” that would need to be exceeded prior to the movement of collateral. To the extent that a net amount is due from the counterparty, the Fund would be exposed to the counterparty by such amount and could suffer losses or delays in recovery of that amount in the event of a counterparty default.
(6) The Dow Jones U.S. Low Beta Total Return Index (DJTLABT) is designed to measure the performance of 200 companies ranked as having the lowest beta. Beta is calculated using weekly returns for the previous 52 weeks. Dividends are reinvested.

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(7) The Dow Jones U.S. High Beta Total Return Index (DJTSABT) is designed to measure the performance of 200 companies ranked as having the highest beta. Beta is calculated using weekly returns for the previous 52 weeks. Dividends are reinvested.
(8) Reflects all or a portion of the amount disclosed on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as “Segregated cash balance with custodian for swap agreements.” Under U.S. GAAP, the amount disclosed under this caption may not exceed the amount of the liability being collateralized for the benefit of the counterparty.

Abbreviations

 
USD   US Dollar

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Long Positions – 98.1%
                 
Common Stocks – 88.3%
            
 
Air Freight & Logistics – 1.0%
 
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B     452     $ 46,678  
Automobiles – 1.9%
 
Ford Motor Co.     4,576       46,813  
General Motors Co.(a)     1,212       46,698  
                93,511  
Banks – 4.9%
 
First Hawaiian, Inc.     1,800       46,566  
KeyCorp     2,652       47,073  
PacWest Bancorp     1,208       46,907  
People’s United Financial, Inc.     2,788       46,783  
Umpqua Holdings Corp.     2,804       46,518  
                233,847  
Biotechnology – 2.0%
 
AbbVie, Inc.     648       47,123  
Gilead Sciences, Inc.(a)     692       46,751  
                93,874  
Chemicals – 1.0%
 
Eastman Chemical Co.     600       46,698  
Consumer Finance – 1.0%
 
Navient Corp.     3,428       46,792  
Containers & Packaging – 1.0%
 
Packaging Corp. of America     488       46,516  
Diversified Consumer Services – 1.0%
 
H&R Block, Inc.(a)     1,596       46,763  
Diversified Telecommunication Services – 2.0%
 
AT&T, Inc.     1,408       47,182  
Verizon Communications, Inc.     820       46,847  
                94,029  
Electric Utilities – 6.9%
 
Duke Energy Corp.(a)     528       46,591  
Edison International(a)     700       47,187  
Entergy Corp.(a)     456       46,936  
FirstEnergy Corp.(a)     1,092       46,749  
OGE Energy Corp.     1,104       46,986  
PPL Corp.     1,508       46,763  
Southern Co. (The)     848       46,877  
                328,089  
Energy Equipment & Services – 1.0%
 
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.(a)     928       46,975  
Entertainment – 1.0%
 
Cinemark Holdings, Inc.(a)     1,308       47,219  

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 11.7%
 
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.(a)     2,948     $ 46,755  
Brixmor Property Group, Inc.(a)     2,604       46,559  
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.     1,196       46,620  
Hospitality Properties Trust(a)     1,864       46,600  
Iron Mountain, Inc.(a)     1,500       46,950  
Kimco Realty Corp.(a)     2,520       46,570  
Macerich Co. (The)     1,396       46,752  
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.     1,268       46,599  
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.     1,700       46,852  
RLJ Lodging Trust     2,620       46,479  
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.     2,372       46,705  
VEREIT, Inc.     5,188       46,744  
                560,185  
Food & Staples Retailing – 1.0%
 
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.     856       46,798  
Food Products – 3.9%
 
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.(a)     1,148       46,838  
Campbell Soup Co.(a)     1,168       46,802  
General Mills, Inc.(a)     884       46,428  
Kellogg Co.(a)     876       46,927  
                186,995  
Health Care Providers & Services – 2.0%
 
Cardinal Health, Inc.(a)     996       46,912  
CVS Health Corp.(a)     856       46,643  
                93,555  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 1.0%
 
Las Vegas Sands Corp.(a)     792       46,799  
Household Durables – 1.9%
 
Leggett & Platt, Inc.(a)     1,216       46,658  
Whirlpool Corp.     328       46,694  
                93,352  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers – 1.0%
 
NextEra Energy Partners LP     964       46,513  
Industrial Conglomerates – 1.0%
 
3M Co.     268       46,455  
Insurance – 1.0%
 
Mercury General Corp.     744       46,500  
IT Services – 1.9%
 
International Business Machines Corp.(a)     336       46,334  
Western Union Co. (The)     2,360       46,941  
                93,275  
Media – 1.0%
 
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)(a)     2,068       46,716  

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 4.9%
 
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A(a)     1,308     $ 46,538  
Chimera Investment Corp.(a)     2,472       46,647  
MFA Financial, Inc.(a)     6,488       46,584  
New Residential Investment Corp.     3,028       46,601  
Starwood Property Trust, Inc.     2,056       46,712  
                233,082  
Multiline Retail – 1.0%
 
Kohl’s Corp.(a)     984       46,789  
Multi-Utilities – 1.9%
 
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.(a)     1,636       46,839  
Dominion Energy, Inc.(a)     604       46,701  
                93,540  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 13.8%
 
Apache Corp.     1,624       47,047  
Chevron Corp.(a)     380       47,287  
CVR Energy, Inc.(a)     936       46,791  
EnLink Midstream LLC(a)     4,664       47,060  
Exxon Mobil Corp.     612       46,897  
Kinder Morgan, Inc.     2,252       47,022  
Marathon Petroleum Corp.     844       47,163  
Murphy Oil Corp.     1,896       46,736  
Occidental Petroleum Corp.     936       47,062  
ONEOK, Inc.     684       47,066  
Phillips 66     504       47,144  
Tallgrass Energy LP     2,216       46,780  
Targa Resources Corp.     1,192       46,798  
Viper Energy Partners LP     1,524       46,970  
                657,823  
Pharmaceuticals – 2.0%
 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.(a)     1,036       46,983  
Pfizer, Inc.     1,084       46,959  
                93,942  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 2.9%
 
Broadcom, Inc.     164       47,209  
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.     776       46,420  
QUALCOMM, Inc.     620       47,164  
                140,793  
Specialty Retail – 2.9%
 
Gap, Inc. (The)(a)     2,596       46,650  
Penske Automotive Group, Inc.     984       46,543  
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.     712       46,280  
                139,473  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 2.0%
 
Hanesbrands, Inc.(a)     2,716       46,770  
Tapestry, Inc.     1,476       46,833  
                93,603  

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 1.0%
 
New York Community Bancorp, Inc.     4,688     $ 46,786  
Tobacco – 1.9%
 
Altria Group, Inc.     980       46,403  
Philip Morris International, Inc.     600       47,118  
                93,521  
Trading Companies & Distributors – 1.9%
 
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A     632       46,932  
Watsco, Inc.     284       46,443  
                93,375  
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $4,124,810)
          4,210,861  
Master Limited Partnerships – 9.8%
 
Gas Utilities – 0.9%
 
AmeriGas Partners LP     1,336       46,546  
Industrial Conglomerates – 1.0%
 
Icahn Enterprises LP     652       47,211  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 7.9%
 
DCP Midstream LP(a)     1,612       47,232  
Energy Transfer LP     3,328       46,858  
Enterprise Products Partners LP(a)     1,628       47,000  
EQM Midstream Partners LP(a)     1,056       47,182  
Magellan Midstream Partners LP(a)     736       47,104  
Phillips 66 Partners LP     952       46,981  
Shell Midstream Partners LP     2,276       47,159  
Western Midstream Partners LP     1,520       46,771  
                376,287  
Total Master Limited Partnerships
(Cost $458,706)
          470,044  
Total Long Positions
(Cost $4,583,516)
          4,680,905  
Short Positions – (49.0)%
 
Common Stocks – (48.3)%
 
Aerospace & Defense – (0.5)%
 
Teledyne Technologies, Inc.*     (44 )      (12,051 ) 
TransDigm Group, Inc.*     (24 )      (11,611 ) 
                (23,662 ) 
Airlines – (0.2)%
 
United Continental Holdings, Inc.*     (132 )      (11,557 ) 
Automobiles – (0.2)%
 
Tesla, Inc.*     (52 )      (11,620 ) 
Banks – (2.2)%
 
First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A     (24 )      (10,806 ) 
First Financial Bankshares, Inc.     (376 )      (11,577 ) 
First Republic Bank     (120 )      (11,718 ) 
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.     (200 )      (11,496 )

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Sterling Bancorp     (548 )    $ (11,661 ) 
SVB Financial Group*     (52 )      (11,679 ) 
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.*     (188 )      (11,538 ) 
Western Alliance Bancorp*     (260 )      (11,627 ) 
Wintrust Financial Corp.     (160 )      (11,706 ) 
                (103,808 ) 
Beverages – (0.5)%
 
Boston Beer Co., Inc. (The), Class A*     (32 )      (12,088 ) 
Monster Beverage Corp.*     (180 )      (11,490 ) 
                (23,578 ) 
Capital Markets – (3.4)%
 
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.     (112 )      (11,607 ) 
Charles Schwab Corp. (The)     (292 )      (11,735 ) 
E*TRADE Financial Corp.     (260 )      (11,596 ) 
FactSet Research Systems, Inc.     (40 )      (11,462 ) 
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., Class A     (212 )      (11,490 ) 
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.     (136 )      (11,688 ) 
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.     (144 )      (11,746 ) 
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.     (36 )      (11,571 ) 
Moody’s Corp.     (60 )      (11,719 ) 
Morningstar, Inc.     (80 )      (11,571 ) 
MSCI, Inc.     (48 )      (11,462 ) 
S&P Global, Inc.     (52 )      (11,845 ) 
SEI Investments Co.     (208 )      (11,669 ) 
Stifel Financial Corp.     (196 )      (11,576 ) 
                (162,737 ) 
Chemicals – (0.3)%
 
Ingevity Corp.*     (112 )      (11,779 ) 
Commercial Services & Supplies – (0.2)%
 
Copart, Inc.*     (156 )      (11,659 ) 
Consumer Finance – (1.2)%
 
American Express Co.     (96 )      (11,850 ) 
Credit Acceptance Corp.*     (24 )      (11,612 ) 
FirstCash, Inc.     (116 )      (11,602 ) 
OneMain Holdings, Inc.     (344 )      (11,631 ) 
SLM Corp.     (1,200 )      (11,664 ) 
                (58,359 ) 
Containers & Packaging – (0.5)%
 
Berry Global Group, Inc.*     (224 )      (11,780 ) 
Crown Holdings, Inc.*     (192 )      (11,731 ) 
                (23,511 ) 
Distributors – (0.3)%
 
LKQ Corp.*     (440 )      (11,708 ) 
Diversified Consumer Services – (0.5)%
 
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.*     (76 )      (11,466 ) 
ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc.*     (224 )      (11,668 ) 
                (23,134 )

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Diversified Financial Services – (0.5)%
 
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B*     (56 )    $ (11,937 ) 
Voya Financial, Inc.     (212 )      (11,724 ) 
                (23,661 ) 
Electric Utilities – (1.5)%
 
Eversource Energy     (156 )      (11,819 ) 
IDACORP, Inc.     (116 )      (11,650 ) 
NextEra Energy, Inc.     (56 )      (11,472 ) 
PNM Resources, Inc.     (228 )      (11,607 ) 
Portland General Electric Co.     (216 )      (11,701 ) 
Xcel Energy, Inc.     (196 )      (11,660 ) 
                (69,909 ) 
Energy Equipment & Services – (1.1)%
 
Baker Hughes a GE Co.     (724 )      (17,832 ) 
Halliburton Co.     (788 )      (17,919 ) 
National Oilwell Varco, Inc.     (816 )      (18,140 ) 
                (53,891 ) 
Entertainment – (0.7)%
 
Electronic Arts, Inc.*     (116 )      (11,746 ) 
Liberty Media Corp-Liberty Formula One, Class C*     (312 )      (11,672 ) 
Netflix, Inc.*     (32 )      (11,754 ) 
                (35,172 ) 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – (0.7)%
 
American Homes 4 Rent, Class A     (476 )      (11,571 ) 
Equity Commonwealth     (360 )      (11,707 ) 
SBA Communications Corp.*     (52 )      (11,692 ) 
                (34,970 ) 
Food & Staples Retailing – (1.2)%
 
BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.*     (444 )      (11,722 ) 
Casey’s General Stores, Inc.     (76 )      (11,855 ) 
Costco Wholesale Corp.     (44 )      (11,627 ) 
Performance Food Group Co.*     (292 )      (11,689 ) 
US Foods Holding Corp.*     (324 )      (11,586 ) 
                (58,479 ) 
Food Products – (1.2)%
 
Darling Ingredients, Inc.*     (584 )      (11,616 ) 
J&J Snack Foods Corp.     (72 )      (11,588 ) 
Post Holdings, Inc.*     (112 )      (11,645 ) 
Sanderson Farms, Inc.     (84 )      (11,471 ) 
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.*     (216 )      (11,685 ) 
                (58,005 ) 
Gas Utilities – (1.5)%
 
Atmos Energy Corp.     (112 )      (11,823 ) 
New Jersey Resources Corp.     (232 )      (11,547 ) 
ONE Gas, Inc.     (128 )      (11,558 ) 
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.     (128 )      (11,471 )

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Spire, Inc.     (140 )    $ (11,749 ) 
UGI Corp.     (220 )      (11,750 ) 
                (69,898 ) 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies – (1.3)%
 
Align Technology, Inc.*     (44 )      (12,043 ) 
Boston Scientific Corp.*     (276 )      (11,862 ) 
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*     (64 )      (11,823 ) 
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*     (44 )      (12,115 ) 
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*     (24 )      (12,589 ) 
                (60,432 ) 
Health Care Providers & Services – (0.5)%
 
Centene Corp.*     (224 )      (11,747 ) 
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings*     (68 )      (11,757 ) 
                (23,504 ) 
Health Care Technology – (0.5)%
 
Cerner Corp.     (160 )      (11,728 ) 
Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A*     (72 )      (11,672 ) 
                (23,400 ) 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – (0.7)%
 
Caesars Entertainment Corp.*     (996 )      (11,773 ) 
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*     (16 )      (11,726 ) 
Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A*     (160 )      (11,590 ) 
                (35,089 ) 
Household Durables – (0.8)%
 
Mohawk Industries, Inc.*     (80 )      (11,798 ) 
NVR, Inc.*     (4 )      (13,481 ) 
Roku, Inc.*     (128 )      (11,594 ) 
                (36,873 ) 
Household Products – (0.3)%
 
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.     (160 )      (11,690 ) 
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers – (0.5)%
 
NRG Energy, Inc.     (336 )      (11,801 ) 
Vistra Energy Corp.     (516 )      (11,682 ) 
                (23,483 ) 
Insurance – (2.7)%
 
Alleghany Corp.*     (16 )      (10,898 ) 
Brighthouse Financial, Inc.*     (320 )      (11,741 ) 
Brown & Brown, Inc.     (348 )      (11,658 ) 
Kemper Corp.     (136 )      (11,735 ) 
Loews Corp.     (212 )      (11,590 ) 
Markel Corp.*     (12 )      (13,075 ) 
Primerica, Inc.     (96 )      (11,515 ) 
RLI Corp.     (136 )      (11,656 ) 
Selective Insurance Group, Inc.     (156 )      (11,683 ) 
Torchmark Corp.     (132 )      (11,809 ) 
WR Berkley Corp.     (176 )      (11,604 ) 
                (128,964 )

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Interactive Media & Services – (1.0)%
 
Alphabet, Inc., Class A*     (12 )    $ (12,994 ) 
Facebook, Inc., Class A*     (60 )      (11,580 ) 
Match Group, Inc.     (172 )      (11,570 ) 
Twitter, Inc.*     (336 )      (11,726 ) 
                (47,870 ) 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – (1.0)%
 
Amazon.com, Inc.*     (4 )      (7,574 ) 
Booking Holdings, Inc.*     (8 )      (14,998 ) 
Etsy, Inc.*     (188 )      (11,538 ) 
Wayfair, Inc., Class A*     (80 )      (11,680 ) 
                (45,790 ) 
IT Services – (0.7)%
 
Fiserv, Inc.*     (128 )      (11,668 ) 
PayPal Holdings, Inc.*     (104 )      (11,904 ) 
Worldpay, Inc., Class A*     (96 )      (11,765 ) 
                (35,337 ) 
Life Sciences Tools & Services – (0.7)%
 
Illumina, Inc.*     (32 )      (11,781 ) 
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.*     (72 )      (11,585 ) 
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.*     (12 )      (10,080 ) 
                (33,446 ) 
Machinery – (0.5)%
 
Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc.*     (340 )      (11,764 ) 
Middleby Corp. (The)*     (88 )      (11,942 ) 
                (23,706 ) 
Media – (0.2)%
 
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A*     (28 )      (11,065 ) 
Metals & Mining – (0.3)%
 
Alcoa Corp.*     (504 )      (11,799 ) 
Multiline Retail – (0.5)%
 
Dollar Tree, Inc.*     (108 )      (11,598 ) 
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.*     (132 )      (11,499 ) 
                (23,097 ) 
Multi-Utilities – (1.5)%
 
Ameren Corp.     (156 )      (11,717 ) 
Black Hills Corp.     (148 )      (11,569 ) 
CMS Energy Corp.     (200 )      (11,582 ) 
NiSource, Inc.     (404 )      (11,635 ) 
Sempra Energy     (84 )      (11,545 ) 
WEC Energy Group, Inc.     (140 )      (11,672 ) 
                (69,720 ) 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – (9.4)%
 
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.     (252 )      (17,781 ) 
Antero Midstream Corp.     (1,552 )      (17,786 ) 
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.     (784 )      (18,001 ) 
Cheniere Energy, Inc.*     (260 )      (17,797 )

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Chesapeake Energy Corp.*     (9,244 )    $ (18,026 ) 
Cimarex Energy Co.     (304 )      (18,036 ) 
Concho Resources, Inc.     (172 )      (17,747 ) 
ConocoPhillips     (292 )      (17,812 ) 
Devon Energy Corp.     (632 )      (18,025 ) 
Diamondback Energy, Inc.     (164 )      (17,871 ) 
EOG Resources, Inc.     (192 )      (17,887 ) 
EQT Corp.     (1,136 )      (17,960 ) 
Equitrans Midstream Corp.     (908 )      (17,897 ) 
Hess Corp.     (284 )      (18,054 ) 
HollyFrontier Corp.     (388 )      (17,957 ) 
Marathon Oil Corp.     (1,268 )      (18,018 ) 
Noble Energy, Inc.     (808 )      (18,099 ) 
Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A*     (948 )      (18,021 ) 
PBF Energy, Inc., Class A     (580 )      (18,154 ) 
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.     (116 )      (17,848 ) 
Plains GP Holdings LP, Class A*     (724 )      (18,078 ) 
Texas Pacific Land Trust     (24 )      (18,888 ) 
Valero Energy Corp.     (212 )      (18,149 ) 
Williams Cos., Inc. (The)     (640 )      (17,946 ) 
WPX Energy, Inc.*     (1,556 )      (17,909 ) 
                (449,747 ) 
Personal Products – (0.3)%
 
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A     (64 )      (11,719 ) 
Professional Services – (0.2)%
 
CoStar Group, Inc.*     (20 )      (11,081 ) 
Real Estate Management & Development – (0.7)%
 
CBRE Group, Inc., Class A*     (228 )      (11,696 ) 
Howard Hughes Corp. (The)*     (96 )      (11,889 ) 
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.     (84 )      (11,818 ) 
                (35,403 ) 
Road & Rail – (0.3)%
 
AMERCO     (32 )      (12,114 ) 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – (0.2)%
 
Micron Technology, Inc.*     (300 )      (11,577 ) 
Software – (1.2)%
 
Adobe, Inc.*     (40 )      (11,786 ) 
Autodesk, Inc.*     (72 )      (11,729 ) 
salesforce.com, Inc.*     (76 )      (11,531 ) 
ServiceNow, Inc.*     (40 )      (10,983 ) 
Workday, Inc., Class A*     (56 )      (11,513 ) 
                (57,542 ) 
Specialty Retail – (1.7)%
 
AutoZone, Inc.*     (12 )      (13,194 ) 
Burlington Stores, Inc.*     (68 )      (11,570 ) 
CarMax, Inc.*     (136 )      (11,809 )

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Carvana Co.*     (188 )    $ (11,767 ) 
Five Below, Inc.*     (96 )      (11,522 ) 
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.*     (32 )      (11,818 ) 
Ulta Beauty, Inc.*     (32 )      (11,100 ) 
                (82,780 ) 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – (0.2)%
 
Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C*     (228 )      (11,582 ) 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – (0.3)%
 
Under Armour, Inc., Class A*     (460 )      (11,661 ) 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – (0.7)%
 
LendingTree, Inc.*     (28 )      (11,761 ) 
MGIC Investment Corp.*     (888 )      (11,668 ) 
Radian Group, Inc.     (516 )      (11,791 ) 
                (35,220 ) 
Trading Companies & Distributors – (0.5)%
 
HD Supply Holdings, Inc.*     (288 )      (11,601 ) 
United Rentals, Inc.*     (88 )      (11,671 ) 
                (23,272 ) 
Water Utilities – (0.5)%
 
American Water Works Co., Inc.     (100 )      (11,600 ) 
Aqua America, Inc.     (284 )      (11,749 ) 
                (23,349 ) 
Total Common Stocks
(Proceeds $(2,163,128))
          (2,303,409 )
Master Limited Partnerships – (0.7)%
 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – (0.7)%
 
Buckeye Partners LP     (436 )      (17,898 ) 
Plains All American Pipeline LP     (740 )      (18,019 ) 
Total Master Limited Partnerships
(Proceeds $(28,961))
          (35,917 )
Total Short Positions
(Proceeds $(2,192,089))
          (2,339,326 )
Total Investments — 49.1%
(Cost $2,391,427)
             2,341,579  
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 50.9%           2,428,787  
Net Assets — 100.0%         $ 4,770,366  
* Non-income producing security.
(a) All or a portion of this security is segregated in connection with obligations for securities sold short with a total value of $1,785,614.

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As of June 30, 2019, the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments based on the aggregate cost of investments (including derivative contracts, if any) for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 
Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation   $ 169,542  
Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation     (412,531 ) 
Net unrealized depreciation   $ (242,989 ) 
Federal income tax cost of investments (including derivative contracts, if any)   $ 2,584,568  

  

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Common Stocks – 96.0%
                 
Construction & Engineering – 3.0%
                 
Vinci SA     758     $ 77,741  
Diversified Telecommunication Services – 3.7%
 
China Tower Corp. Ltd., Class H     362,702       95,173  
Electric Utilities – 14.6%
 
AusNet Services     7,744       10,189  
Cia de Transmissao de Energia Eletrica Paulista (Preference)     2,154       13,904  
Duke Energy Corp.     418       36,884  
Edison International     444       29,930  
Elia System Operator SA/NV     88       6,494  
Endesa SA     744       19,157  
Fortis, Inc.     1,376       54,450  
Mercury NZ Ltd.     3,842       11,999  
OGE Energy Corp.     812       34,559  
Power Assets Holdings Ltd.     2,848       20,487  
PPL Corp.     750       23,258  
Southern Co. (The)     712       39,359  
SSE plc     986       14,080  
Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA     2,558       16,313  
Xcel Energy, Inc.     750       44,618  
                375,681  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 15.5%
 
American Tower Corp.     904       184,823  
Crown Castle International Corp.     1,122       146,253  
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.     210       24,736  
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.     484       19,539  
STAG Industrial, Inc.     806       24,373  
                399,724  
Gas Utilities – 4.8%
 
Atmos Energy Corp.     570       60,169  
China Resources Gas Group Ltd.     2,426       12,033  
Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd.     12,705       28,167  
Naturgy Energy Group SA     506       13,962  
Spire, Inc.     120       10,070  
                124,401  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers – 2.3%
 
Capital Power Corp.     550       12,690  
CGN Power Co. Ltd., Class H     69,286       19,067  
Engie Brasil Energia SA     2,294       26,019  
                57,776  
Machinery – 0.2%
 
Cargotec OYJ, Class B     126       4,790  
Media – 0.9%
 
SES SA, FDR     1,454       22,767  

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Multi-Utilities – 12.5%
 
A2A SpA     6,104     $ 10,608  
AGL Energy Ltd.     502       7,049  
DTE Energy Co.     244       31,203  
E.ON SE     2,790       30,346  
National Grid plc     6,996       74,418  
NorthWestern Corp.     470       33,911  
REN – Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA     3,650       10,017  
Sempra Energy     526       72,293  
Veolia Environnement SA     430       10,489  
WEC Energy Group, Inc.     498       41,518  
                321,852  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 22.8%
 
Cheniere Energy, Inc.*     324       22,178  
Enagas SA     1,022       27,316  
Enbridge, Inc.     4,578       165,708  
EnLink Midstream LLC     754       7,608  
Kinder Morgan, Inc.     3,976       83,019  
ONEOK, Inc.     974       67,021  
Pembina Pipeline Corp.     1,412       52,676  
Targa Resources Corp.     274       10,757  
TC Energy Corp.     1,748       86,842  
Williams Cos., Inc. (The)     2,254       63,202  
                586,327  
Road & Rail – 4.6%
 
CSX Corp.     170       13,153  
Kyushu Railway Co.     770       22,441  
MTR Corp. Ltd.     3,362       22,636  
Norfolk Southern Corp.     166       33,089  
Union Pacific Corp.     158       26,719  
                118,038  
Transportation Infrastructure – 9.5%
 
Aena SME SA     302       59,945  
Airports of Thailand PCL     4,812       11,533  
Atlantia SpA     498       12,993  
Auckland International Airport Ltd.     2,216       14,661  
COSCO SHIPPING Ports Ltd.     11,206       11,059  
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV, ADR     242       25,243  
Jiangsu Expressway Co. Ltd., Class H     7,254       10,325  
Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.     412       16,702  
Shenzhen Expressway Co. Ltd., Class H     11,032       13,260  
Societa Iniziative Autostradali e Servizi SpA     492       9,138  
Sydney Airport     4,740       26,743  
Transurban Group     2,598       26,873  
Westshore Terminals Investment Corp.     372       6,257  
                244,732  

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Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Water Utilities – 1.6%
 
American Water Works Co., Inc.     134     $ 15,544  
United Utilities Group plc     2,626       26,162  
                41,706  
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $2,409,778)
          2,470,708  
Exchange Traded Funds – 2.1%
 
SPDR S&P Global Infrastructure ETF
(Cost $51,300)
    1,000       53,130  
Master Limited Partnerships – 0.8%
 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.8%
 
Energy Transfer LP
(Cost $22,739)
    1,522       21,430  
Total Investments — 98.9%
(Cost $2,483,817)
             2,545,268  
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 1.1%           29,382  
Net Assets — 100.0%         $ 2,574,650  
* Non-income producing security.

 
Abbreviations
ADR   American Depositary Receipt
FDR   Fiduciary Depositary Receipt
OYJ   Public Limited Company
Preference   A special type of equity investment that shares in the earnings of the company, has limited voting rights, and may have a dividend preference. Preference shares may also have liquidation preference.

As of June 30, 2019, the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments based on the aggregate cost of investments (including derivative contracts, if any) for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 
Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation   $ 78,373  
Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation     (17,610 ) 
Net unrealized appreciation   $ 60,763  
Federal income tax cost of investments (including derivative contracts, if any)   $ 2,484,505  

AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF invested, as a percentage of net assets, in the following countries as of June 30, 2019:

 
Australia     2.8 % 
Belgium     0.3 % 
Brazil     1.5 % 
Canada     14.7 % 
China     6.2 % 
Finland     0.2 % 
France     3.4 % 
Germany     1.2 % 
Hong Kong     2.8 % 
Italy     1.9 % 
Japan     0.9 % 
Luxembourg     0.9 % 
Mexico     1.0 % 
New Zealand     1.0 % 
Portugal     0.4 % 
Spain     4.7 % 
Thailand     0.4 % 
United Kingdom     4.5 % 
United States     50.1 % 
Other(1)     1.1 % 
       100.0 % 
(1) Includes any non-equity securities and net other assets (liabilities).

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

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AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF
Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2019

   
Investments   Number
of Shares
  Value
Exchange Traded Funds – 99.3%
 
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund(a)     22,538     $ 494,146  
Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund     1,756       86,430  
Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund     1,778       211,937  
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund     2,572       149,356  
Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund     314       20,005  
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund     11,638       321,209  
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund     3,120       289,037  
Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund     3,872       299,770  
Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund     2,844       166,374  
Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund     3,088       113,546  
Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund     4,840       377,714  
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund     336       20,036  
Total Exchange Traded Funds
(Cost $2,491,271)
          2,549,560  
Total Investments — 99.3%
(Cost $2,491,271)
             2,549,560  
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.7%           17,650  
Net Assets — 100.0%         $ 2,567,210  
(a) Affiliated company as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

As of June 30, 2019, the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments based on the aggregate cost of investments (including derivative contracts, if any) for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 
 
Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation   $ 64,036  
Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation     (5,747 ) 
Net unrealized appreciation   $ 58,289  
Federal income tax cost of investments (including derivative contracts, if any)   $ 2,491,271  

Investment in a company which was affiliated for the period ended June 30, 2019, was as follows:

               
Security   Value
May 23,
2019*
  Purchases
at Cost
  Sales
Proceeds
  Shares
June 30,
2019
  Value
June 30, 2019
  Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
  Dividend
Income
  Realized
Gain/(Loss)
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund   $   —     $ 499,893     $   —       22,538     $ 494,146     $ (5,747 )    $   —     $   —  
* Commencement of investment operations.

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities
June 30, 2019

         
  AGFiQ
U.S. Market
Neutral
Momentum Fund
  AGFiQ
U.S. Market
Neutral
Value Fund
  AGFiQ
U.S. Market
Neutral
Size Fund
  AGFiQ
U.S. Market
Neutral
Anti-Beta Fund
  AGFiQ
Hedged
Dividend
Income Fund
ASSETS
                                            
Investments in securities, at value(1)   $ 2,446,190     $ 956,194     $ 1,712,883     $ 63,594,019     $ 4,680,905  
Cash     48,640       91,082       131,017       328,453       66,033  
Segregated cash balance with custodian for swap agreements (Note 2)     280,000             10,000       1,180,000        
Segregated cash balance with broker for securities sold short (Note 2)     7,384,301       958,967       1,707,250       65,994,362       2,473,904  
Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements     94,892       3,191       10,386       893,203        
Receivables:
                                            
Securities sold     4,850,574                         1,802,177  
Dividends and interest     19,567       3,888       5,443       237,326       21,062  
Receivable for capital shares issued     2,869                          
Investment adviser (Note 4)     19,358       22,767       29,022       124       25,044  
Prepaid expenses     5,382       5,382       5,382       5,382       3,924  
Total Assets     15,151,773       2,041,471       3,611,383       132,232,869       9,073,049  
LIABILITIES
                                            
Securities sold short, at value(2)     2,571,991       945,132       1,691,468       66,310,113       2,339,326  
Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements     18,834       30,993       41,728       274,067        
Payables:
                                            
Securities purchased     5,084,485                         1,880,982  
Capital shares redeemed     4,945,954                          
Income distributions                             21,461  
Trustees fees     2,518       2,518       2,518       2,518       2,518  
Dividends on securities sold short     12,706       822       2,310       88,431       1,751  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities     54,838       51,294       51,405       65,508       56,645  
Total Liabilities     12,691,326       1,030,759       1,789,429       66,740,637       4,302,683  
Net Assets   $ 2,460,447     $ 1,010,712     $ 1,821,954     $ 65,492,232     $ 4,770,366  
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:
                                            
Paid-in capital   $ 4,603,717     $ 2,762,440     $ 3,638,033     $ 83,621,799     $ 5,627,088  
Distributable earnings (loss) (Note 2)     (2,143,270 )      (1,751,728 )      (1,816,079 )      (18,129,567 )      (856,722 ) 
Net Assets   $ 2,460,447     $ 1,010,712     $ 1,821,954     $ 65,492,232     $ 4,770,366  
The Funds have an unlimited number of shares authorized with no par value. Net asset value is calculated by dividing the net assets by the number of outstanding shares.
                                            
Shares Outstanding     100,000       50,000       100,000       3,000,000       200,000  
Net Asset Value   $ 24.60     $ 20.21     $ 18.22     $ 21.83     $ 23.85  
(1) Investments in securities, at cost   $ 2,345,257     $ 985,160     $ 1,667,527     $ 61,108,451     $ 4,583,516  
(2) Securities sold short, proceeds     2,863,112       769,620       1,400,178       64,719,946       2,192,089  

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities
June 30, 2019

   
  AGFiQ
Global
Infrastructure ETF
  AGFiQ
Dynamic Hedged
U.S. Equity ETF
ASSETS
                 
Investments in securities, at value(1)   $ 2,545,268     $ 2,055,414  
Investments in affiliates, at value(3)           494,146  
Cash     25,035       22,642  
Foreign cash     425        
Receivables:
                 
Dividends and interest     10,490        
Investment adviser (Note 4)     33,971       30,264  
Total Assets     2,615,189       2,602,466  
LIABILITIES
                 
Payables:
                 
Trustees fees     939       939  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities     39,600       34,317  
Total Liabilities     40,539       35,256  
Net Assets   $ 2,574,650     $ 2,567,210  
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:
                 
Paid-in capital   $ 2,500,025     $ 2,500,025  
Distributable earnings (loss) (Note 2)     74,625       67,185  
Net Assets   $ 2,574,650     $ 2,567,210  
The Funds have an unlimited number of shares authorized with no par value. Net asset value is calculated by dividing the net assets by the number of outstanding shares.
                 
Shares Outstanding     100,001       100,001  
Net Asset Value   $ 25.75     $ 25.67  
(1) Investments in securities, at cost   $ 2,483,817     $ 1,991,378  
(3) Investments in affiliates, at cost           499,893  

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

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Statements of Operations
For the Year Ended June 30, 2019

         
  AGFiQ
U.S. Market
Neutral
Momentum Fund
  AGFiQ
U.S. Market
Neutral
Value Fund
  AGFiQ
U.S. Market
Neutral
Size Fund
  AGFiQ
U.S. Market
Neutral
Anti-Beta Fund
  AGFiQ
Hedged
Dividend
Income Fund
INVESTMENT INCOME
                                            
Dividend income   $ 73,341     $ 25,142     $ 27,249     $ 623,313     $ 144,026  
Special dividends (Note 3)                       9,558       548  
Interest income     107,808       19,989       35,017       547,999       28,884  
Foreign withholding tax on dividends           (3 )      (19 )      (116 )       
Total Investment Income     181,149       45,128       62,247       1,180,754       173,458  
EXPENSES
                                            
Dividends on securities sold short     125,637       12,873       40,045       543,276       19,866  
Investment management fees (Note 4)     33,541       5,549       9,673       150,163       15,170  
Professional fees     92,152       91,952       98,773       94,523       92,273  
Custody fees     8,250       2,434       2,791       11,608       4,032  
Index fees     12,477       12,477       12,477       12,477       14,977  
CCO fees     13,367       13,367       13,367       13,367       13,367  
Treasurer fees     9,350       9,350       9,350       9,350       9,350  
Listing fees     4,980       4,980       4,980       4,980       4,980  
Accounting fees     31,893       31,849       31,981       31,822       31,536  
Trustees fees     10,903       10,903       10,903       10,903       10,903  
Administration fees (Note 5)     65,000       65,000       65,000       65,000       65,000  
Other fees     10,537       9,790       9,761       14,671       11,316  
Total Expenses before Adjustments     418,087       270,524       309,101       962,140       292,770  
Less: waivers and/or reimbursements by Adviser (Note 4)     (242,138 )      (249,332 )      (254,550 )      (255,129 )      (255,140 ) 
Total Expenses after Adjustments     175,949       21,192       54,551       707,011       37,630  
Net Investment Income (Loss)     5,200       23,936       7,696       473,743       135,828  
NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) FROM:
                                            
Transactions in Investment securities     (207,680 )      (6,981 )      17,508       587,174       48,900  
In-kind redemptions of investments     1,393,924                   2,432,128        
Securities sold short     (596,625 )      (117,004 )      (89,120 )      (3,219,468 )      (70,005 ) 
Expiration or closing of swap agreements     (83,133 )      (2,337 )      (2,495 )      (456,579 )       
Net Realized Gain (Loss)     506,486       (126,322 )      (74,107 )      (656,745 )      (21,105 ) 
NET CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) FROM:
                                            
Investments in securities     (493,063 )      (42,503 )      (73,892 )      2,152,603       80,714  
Securities sold short     (53,829 )      2,048       (45,322 )      (1,596,973 )      (79,076 ) 
Swap agreements     74,242       (18,833 )      (29,793 )      581,198        
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)     (472,650 )     (59,288 )     (149,007 )     1,136,828       1,638  
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)     33,836       (185,610 )     (223,114 )     480,083       (19,467 )
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations   $ 39,036     $ (161,674 )   $ (215,418 )   $ 953,826     $ 116,361  

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

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Statements of Operations
For the Period 5/23/2019(a) – 6/30/2019

   
  AGFiQ
Global
Infrastructure ETF
  AGFiQ
Dynamic Hedged
U.S. Equity ETF
INVESTMENT INCOME
                 
Dividend income   $ 16,369     $ 9,879  
Foreign withholding tax on dividends     (839 )       
Total Investment Income     15,530       9,879  
EXPENSES
                 
Investment management fees (Note 4)     1,219       1,213  
Professional fees     26,355       24,178  
Custody fees     3,000       1,000  
Index fees     521       521  
CCO fees     1,206       1,206  
Treasurer fees     853       853  
Listing fees     8,021       8,021  
Accounting fees     67       67  
Trustees fees     939       939  
Administration fees (Note 5)     82       82  
Other fees     3,602       2,495  
Total Expenses before Adjustments     45,865       40,575  
Less: waivers and/or reimbursements by Adviser (Note 4)     (44,646 )      (39,592 ) 
Total Expenses after Adjustments     1,219       983  
Net Investment Income (Loss)     14,311       8,896  
NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) FROM:
                 
Transactions in Investment securities     74        
Foreign currency transactions     (1,260 )       
Net Realized Gain (Loss)     (1,186 )       
NET CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) FROM:
                 
Investments in securities     61,451       64,036  
Investments in Affiliated Underlying Funds           (5,747 ) 
Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies     49        
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)     61,500       58,289  
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)     60,314       58,289  
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations   $ 74,625     $ 67,185  
(a) Commencement of investment operations.

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

       
  AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund   AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral
Value Fund
  Year Ended
June 30, 2019
  Year Ended
June 30, 2018
  Year Ended
June 30, 2019
  Year Ended
June 30, 2018
OPERATIONS
                                   
Net investment income (loss)   $ 5,200     $ (45,066 )    $ 23,936     $ 7,915  
Net realized gain (loss)     506,486       (529,270 )      (126,322 )      43,899  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (472,650 )      672,433       (59,288 )      (170,573 ) 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations     39,036       98,097       (161,674 )     (118,759 )
DISTRIBUTIONS (Note 2)
                                   
Distributable earnings                 (8,604 )       
Total Distributions                 (8,604 )      
CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS(1)
                                   
Proceeds from shares issued     6,203,473       6,250,111              
Cost of shares redeemed     (12,371,559 )      (23 )             
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Transactions     (6,168,086 )     6,250,088              
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets     (6,129,050 )     6,348,185       (170,278 )     (118,759 )
NET ASSETS
                                   
Beginning of year   $ 8,589,497     $ 2,241,312     $ 1,180,990     $ 1,299,749  
End of Year   $ 2,460,447     $ 8,589,497     $ 1,010,712     $ 1,180,990  
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                                   
Beginning of year     350,000       100,001       50,000       50,000  
Shares issued in-kind     250,000       250,000              
Shares redeemed           (1 )             
Shares redeemed in-kind     (500,000 )                   
Shares Outstanding, End of Year     100,000       350,000       50,000       50,000  
(1) Capital transactions may include transaction fees associated with Creation and Redemption transactions which occurred during the period. See Note 7 to the Financial Statements.

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

       
  AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral
Size Fund
  AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral
Anti-Beta Fund
  Year Ended
June 30, 2019
  Year Ended
June 30, 2018
  Year Ended
June 30, 2019
  Year Ended
June 30, 2018
OPERATIONS
                                   
Net investment income (loss)   $ 7,696     $ (3,625 )    $ 473,743     $ 83,465  
Net realized gain (loss)     (74,107 )      5,637       (656,745 )      68,833  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (149,007 )      (52,258 )      1,136,828       (155,196 ) 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations     (215,418 )     (50,246 )     953,826       (2,898 )
DISTRIBUTIONS (Note 2)
                                   
Distributable earnings                 (128,640 )       
Total Distributions                 (128,640 )      
CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS(1)
                                   
Proceeds from shares issued                 87,843,626        
Cost of shares redeemed           (20 )      (32,200,019 )      (973,644 ) 
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Transactions           (20 )     55,643,607       (973,644 )
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets     (215,418 )     (50,266 )     56,468,793       (976,542 )
NET ASSETS
                                   
Beginning of year   $ 2,037,372     $ 2,087,638     $ 9,023,439     $ 9,999,981  
End of Year   $ 1,821,954     $ 2,037,372     $ 65,492,232     $ 9,023,439  
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                                   
Beginning of year     100,000       100,001       450,000       500,001  
Shares issued                 450,000        
Shares issued in-kind                 3,600,000        
Shares redeemed           (1 )      (50,000 )      (1 ) 
Shares redeemed in-kind                 (1,450,000 )      (50,000 ) 
Shares Outstanding, End of Year     100,000       100,000       3,000,000       450,000  
(1) Capital transactions may include transaction fees associated with Creation and Redemption transactions which occurred during the period. See Note 7 to the Financial Statements.

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

       
  AGFiQ Hedged Dividend
Income Fund
  AGFiQ Global
Infrastructure ETF
  AGFiQ
Dynamic Hedged
U.S. Equity ETF
  Year Ended
June 30, 2019
  Year Ended
June 30, 2018
  For the period
05/23/19* – 06/30/19
  For the period
05/23/19* – 06/30/19
OPERATIONS
                                   
Net investment income (loss)   $ 135,828     $ 253,858     $ 14,311     $ 8,896  
Net realized gain (loss)     (21,105 )      (196,083 )      (1,186 )       
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     1,638       (61,857 )      61,500       58,289  
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations     116,361       (4,082 )     74,625       67,185  
DISTRIBUTIONS (Note 2)
                                   
Distributable earnings     (117,526 )      (441,463 )(2)             
Total Distributions     (117,526 )     (441,463 )            
CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS(1)
                                   
Proceeds from shares issued     2,415,200             2,500,025       2,500,025  
Cost of shares redeemed           (8,632,490 )             
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Transactions     2,415,200       (8,632,490 )     2,500,025       2,500,025  
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets     2,414,035       (9,078,035 )     2,574,650       2,567,210  
NET ASSETS
                                   
Beginning of year   $ 2,356,331     $ 11,434,366     $     $  
End of Year   $ 4,770,366     $ 2,356,331     $ 2,574,650     $ 2,567,210  
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
                                   
Beginning of year     100,000       450,004              
Shares issued                 100,001       100,001  
Shares issued in-kind     100,000                    
Shares redeemed           (4 )             
Shares redeemed in-kind           (350,000 )             
Shares Outstanding, End of Year     200,000       100,000       100,001       100,001  
* Commencement of investment operations.
(1) Capital transactions may include transaction fees associated with Creation and Redemption transactions which occurred during the period. See Note 7 to the Financial Statements.
(2) Prior year distributions to shareholders were made up of dividends from net investment income of $185,948 and dividend from net realized capital gains of $255,515.

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

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FQF Trust

Financial Highlights for a share outstanding throughout the period

                   
    PER SHARE OPERATING PERFORMANCE
       Investment Operations   Distributions
    
Net asset
value,
beginning
of period
  Net
investment
income
(loss)(1)
    
  
  
Net
realized
and
unrealized
gain (loss)
  Transaction
fees(11)
  Total
investment
operations
  Net
investment
income
  Net
realized
gains
  Tax
return of
capital
  Total
distributions
  Net
asset
value,
end of
period
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral
Momentum Fund

                                                                                         
Year ended June 30, 2019   $ 24.54     $ 0.02     $ (10)    $ 0.04     $ 0.06     $     $     $     $     $ 24.60  
Year ended June 30, 2018     22.41       (0.21 )      2.34       (10)      2.13                               24.54  
Year ended June 30, 2017     26.73       (0.21 )      (4.12 )      0.01       (4.32 )                              22.41  
Year ended June 30, 2016     24.99       (0.63 )      2.37 (8)            1.74                               26.73  
Year ended June 30, 2015     24.86       (0.55 )      0.68 (9)            0.13                               24.99  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund
                                                                                         
Year ended June 30, 2019     23.62       0.48       (3.72 )            (3.24 )      (0.17 )                  (0.17 )      20.21  
Year ended June 30, 2018     25.99       0.16       (2.53 )            (2.37 )                              23.62  
Year ended June 30, 2017     23.42       (0.04 )      2.60       0.01       2.57                               25.99  
Year ended June 30, 2016     25.96       (0.24 )      (2.30 )            (2.54 )                              23.42  
Year ended June 30, 2015     28.15       (0.39 )      (1.80 )(9)            (2.19 )                              25.96  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund
                                                                                         
Year ended June 30, 2019     20.37       0.08       (2.23 )            (2.15 )                              18.22  
Year ended June 30, 2018     20.88       (0.04 )      (0.47 )            (0.51 )                              20.37  
Year ended June 30, 2017     21.36       (0.23 )      (0.25 )            (0.48 )                              20.88  
Year ended June 30, 2016     24.42       (0.44 )      (2.62 )            (3.06 )                              21.36  
Year ended June 30, 2015     25.67       (0.51 )      (0.74 )(9)            (1.25 )                              24.42  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
                                                                                         
Year ended June 30, 2019     20.05       0.31       1.52       0.04       1.87       (0.09 )                  (0.09 )      21.83  
Year ended June 30, 2018     20.00       0.18       (0.13 )            0.05                               20.05  
Year ended June 30, 2017     23.30       (0.02 )      (3.30 )      0.02       (3.30 )                              20.00  
Year ended June 30, 2016     19.34       (0.13 )      4.09 (8)            3.96                               23.30  
Year ended June 30, 2015     19.30       (0.13 )      0.17 (8)(9)            0.04                               19.34  
AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund
                                                                                         
Year ended June 30, 2019     23.56       1.00       0.16       (10)      1.16       (0.87 )                  (0.87 )      23.85  
Year ended June 30, 2018     25.41       0.90       (0.99 )            (0.09 )      (1.19 )      (0.57 )            (1.76 )      23.56  
Year ended June 30, 2017     25.43       1.04       0.44 (8)      0.01       1.49       (0.91 )      (0.60 )            (1.51 )      25.41  
Year ended June 30, 2016     23.87       0.86       1.93             2.79       (0.83 )      (0.40 )            (1.23 )      25.43  
For the period 01/15/15* – 06/30/15     25.00       0.21       (1.21 )            (1.00 )      (0.13 )                  (0.13 )      23.87  
AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF
                                                                                         
For the period 05/23/19* – 06/30/19     25.00       0.14       0.61             0.75                               25.75  
AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF
                                                                                         
For the period 05/23/19* – 06/30/19     25.00       0.09       0.58             0.67                               25.67  
* Commencement of investment operations.
(1) Net investment income (loss) per share is based on average shares outstanding.
(2) Annualized for periods less than one year.
(3) Not annualized for periods less than one year.
(4) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the periods, if applicable, total returns would have been lower.
(5) Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period at net asset value.
(6) Market value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at market value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period and redemption on the last day of the period at market value. The market value is determined by the mid point of the bid/ask spread at 4:00 p.m. from the NYSE Arca, Inc. Exchange. Market value returns may vary from net asset value returns.
(7) In-kind transactions are not included in portfolio turnover calculations.
(8) The amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period is not in accordance with the aggregate net realized and unrealized gain (loss) for that period because of the timing of sales and repurchases of the Fund shares in relation to fluctuating market value of the investments in the Fund.
(9) FFCM reimbursed the Funds for losses incurred related to either a failure to rebalance at month-end or a trade error. The impact was an increase of $0.10, $0.05, $0.08, and $0.02 to the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments per share and an increase of 0.39%, 0.17%, 0.21%, and 0.11% to the Funds total returns for AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund, AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund, AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund and AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund, respectively. Had these reimbursements not been made, the total returns would have been lower.
(10) Per share amount is less than $0.01.
(11) Includes transaction fees associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units.
(12) This ratio reflects the exclusion of large, non-recurring dividends (special dividends) recognized by the Funds during each period. If a special dividend was received during a period, this ratio will be lower than the net investment income (loss) per share ratio presented for the same period herein.
(13) This ratio reflects the exclusion of large, non-recurring dividends (special dividends)recognized by the Funds during the period. If a special dividend was received during a period, this ratio will be lower than the net investment income (loss) of average net assets ratio presented for the same period herein.
(14) The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of fees and expenses incurred by the Underlying Fund in which the Fund is invested. This ratio does not include these indirect fees and expenses.
(15) The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of fees and expenses incurred by the Underlying Funds in which the Fund is invested. This ratio does not reflect the indirect expenses of the underlying non-affiliated Funds in which it invests. Additionally, the adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its management fees in an amount equal to any acquired fund fees and expense incurred by the Fund from its investments in a Fund advised by the Adviser. If the ratio had included these affiliated indirect expenses, the ratio would have been higher.

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

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  RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
     Ratios to Average Net Assets of(2)     Total Return(3)(4)

  Expenses, after waivers and/or reimbursements and before securities
sold short
  Expenses, after waivers and/or reimbursements and securities sold short   Expenses, before
waivers and/or reimbursements and after securities
sold short
  Net investment income (loss)   Net
investment
income
(loss),
before
waivers
  Net
investment income (loss) net of reimbursements excluding special dividends(12)
  Net
investment income (loss) per share excluding special dividends(13)
  Net asset value(5)   Market value(6)   Portfolio turnover rate (excluding short sales)(3)(7)   Portfolio turnover rate (including short sales)(3)(7)   Ending net assets (thousands)
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund
                                                                                                           
Year ended June 30, 2019     0.75 %      2.62 %      6.23 %      0.08 %      (3.53 )%      0.08 %    $ 0.02       0.24 %      0.29 %      137 %      384 %    $ 2,460  
Year ended June 30, 2018     0.75       1.88       5.81       (0.82 )      (4.76 )      (0.82 )      (0.21 )      9.50       9.41       184       402       8,589  
Year ended June 30, 2017     0.99       2.31       10.55       (0.90 )      (9.14 )      (1.02 )      (0.24 )      (16.16 )      (16.12 )      172       380       2,241  
Year ended June 30, 2016     1.49       3.67       7.77       (2.34 )      (6.44 )      (2.37 )      (0.63 )      6.96       7.01       210       647       4,009  
Year ended June 30, 2015     1.49       3.43       22.80       (2.24 )      (21.62 )      (2.24 )      (0.55 )      0.52 (9)      0.36       196       398       1,250  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund
                                                                                                           
Year ended June 30, 2019     0.75       1.91       24.39       2.16       (20.32 )      2.16     $ 0.48       (13.77 )      (13.73 )      59       123       1,011  
Year ended June 30, 2018     0.75       1.12       18.34       0.63       (16.60 )      0.61       0.15       (9.12 )      (9.19 )      81       152       1,181  
Year ended June 30, 2017     0.97       2.09       12.00       (0.15 )      (10.06 )      (0.15 )      (0.04 )      10.97       11.11       79       246       1,300  
Year ended June 30, 2016     1.49       3.05       10.14       (0.95 )      (8.03 )      (0.97 )      (0.24 )      (9.78 )      (10.38 )      95       195       2,342  
Year ended June 30, 2015     1.49       3.20       11.72       (1.45 )      (9.96 )      (1.45 )      (0.39 )      (7.78 )(9)      (7.41 )      150       351       2,596  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund
                                                                                                           
Year ended June 30, 2019     0.75       2.82       15.98       0.40       (12.76 )      0.40     $ 0.08       (10.55 )      (10.83 )      53       71       1,822  
Year ended June 30, 2018     0.75       1.71       12.62       (0.18 )      (11.09 )      (0.18 )      (0.04 )      (2.44 )      (1.98 )      66       105       2,037  
Year ended June 30, 2017     0.94       2.65       12.56       (1.08 )      (10.99 )      (1.19 )      (0.26 )      (2.25 )      (2.54 )      71       106       2,088  
Year ended June 30, 2016     1.49       3.72       11.78       (1.97 )      (10.03 )      (2.01 )      (0.44 )      (12.53 )      (12.79 )      113       197       2,136  
Year ended June 30, 2015     1.49       3.67       18.26       (2.08 )      (16.67 )      (2.15 )      (0.53 )      (4.87 )(9)      (4.58 )      78       108       2,442  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
                                                                                                           
Year ended June 30, 2019     0.50       2.16       2.94       1.45       0.67       1.42     $ 0.30       9.30       9.66       116       341       65,492  
Year ended June 30, 2018     0.75       1.06       3.39       0.93       (1.41 )      0.93       0.18       0.25       0.20       166       347       9,023  
Year ended June 30, 2017     0.84       2.02       3.60       (0.07 )      (1.66 )      (0.17 )      (0.04 )      (14.16 )      (14.16 )      98       273       10,000  
Year ended June 30, 2016     0.99       2.71       3.13       (0.61 )      (1.03 )      (0.84 )      (0.18 )      20.48       20.48       168       974       26,793  
Year ended June 30, 2015     0.99       2.39       8.01       (0.65 )      (6.27 )      (0.68 )      (0.14 )      (0.21 )(9)      0.78       123       577       3,868  
AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund
                                                                                                           
Year ended June 30, 2019     0.55       1.16       8.99       4.17       (3.66 )      4.15     $ 1.00       5.02       5.28       132       185       4,770  
Year ended June 30, 2018     0.75       1.00       3.98       3.60       0.62       3.53       0.88       (0.26 )      (0.39 )      100       141       2,356  
Year ended June 30, 2017     0.79       1.16       3.73       4.04       1.47       4.04       1.04       5.88       6.05       108       168       11,434  
Year ended June 30, 2016     0.99       1.75       5.31       3.61       0.06       3.60       0.85       12.21       11.84       130       192       3,815  
For the period 01/15/15* – 06/30/15     0.99       1.81       8.14       1.89       (4.43 )      1.89       0.21       (4.02 )      (3.74 )      50       74       3,581  
AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF
                                                                                                           
For the period 05/23/19* – 06/30/19     0.45 (14)      0.45 (14)      16.91 (14)      5.28       (11.19 )      5.28     $ 0.14       3.00       3.00                   2,575  
AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF
                                                                                                           
For the period 05/23/19* – 06/30/19     0.36 (15)      0.36 (15)      15.05 (15)      3.30       (11.38 )      3.30     $ 0.09       2.68       2.72                   2,567  

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements
June 30, 2019

1. Organization

FQF Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, was formed on November 19, 2009. The Trust currently includes seven operational series of the AGFiQ Funds: AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund, AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund, AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund, AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund, AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund, AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF, and AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF (each, a “Fund”; collectively, the “Funds”). AGF Investments LLC (formerly known as FFCM, LLC) (the “Adviser”) is the investment adviser to each Fund. The Trust is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), as amended.

Both AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF and AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF (each, an “Active ETF”) commenced operations on May 23, 2019.

The investment objective of AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund, AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund, AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund, AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund, and AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund (collectively, the “Target Index Funds”) is to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of a specified benchmark index (each, a “Target Index”). The AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances in securities of infrastructure-related companies located throughout the world, including the U.S. and infrastructure-related investments. The AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF will operate as a “fund-of-funds” by investing primarily in sector-based ETFs and other ETFs. Each Fund is classified as a “diversified” Fund. There can be no assurance that the Funds will achieve their respective investment objectives.

The Target Index Funds had no operations from their initial seeding date until each Fund’s respective commencement of operations date other than matters related to their organization and sale and issuance of 4,000 shares of beneficial interest in AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund to the Adviser at the net asset value (“NAV”) of $25.00 per share.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in preparation of their financial statements. The Funds are investment companies and, accordingly, follow the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 — Investment Companies, which is part of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements during the reporting period. Management believes the estimates and security valuations are appropriate; however, actual results may differ from those estimates, and the security valuations reflected in the financial statements may differ from the value the Funds ultimately realize upon sale of the securities.

Investment Company Modernization

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules and new forms (Form N-PORT and Form N-CEN), as well as amendments to existing forms and rules, including Regulation S-X, to modernize the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies. The amendments to Regulation S-X include, among other changes, requiring standardized, enhanced disclosures about derivatives in investment company financial statements. The Funds have included disclosures in these financial statements to reflect the amendments to Regulation S-X. These amendments had no effect on the Funds’ net assets or results of operations. The filing compliance date for the Funds for Form N-PORT is no later than April 30, 2020, reflecting data as of March 31, 2020.

On August 17, 2018, the SEC adopted amendments to certain disclosure requirements that have become duplicative, overlapping, or outdated in light of other Commission disclosure requirements, GAAP, or changes in

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the information environment. The amendments include, among other items, to require presentation of the total, rather than the components, of distributable earnings on the balance sheet, and to require presentation of the total, rather than the components, of distributions to shareholders, except for tax return of capital distributions and to delete the requirement for disclosure of undistributed net investment income on the statement of changes in net assets. The amendments are intended to simplify and update the disclosure of information to investors. The amendments were effective on November 5, 2018. The adoption had no effect on the Funds’ net assets or results of operations. In connection with implementing the changes noted above, the distributions to shareholders during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, which were previously reported as distributions from net investment income & net realized gain (where applicable), have been reclassified as distributions from distributable earnings to conform to the current period presentation on the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

Investment Valuation

The NAV of each Fund’s shares is calculated each business day as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), generally 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. NAV per share is computed by dividing a Fund’s net assets (i.e. total assets, less liabilities) by the number of shares it has outstanding.

The value of each Fund’s securities held long and securities held short is based on such securities’ closing price on local markets when available. Such valuations would typically be categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy described below. If a security’s market price is not readily available, or if the value of a security the Funds hold has been materially affected by events occurring before the Funds’ pricing time but after the close of the primary markets or exchanges on which the security is traded, the security will be fair valued by Pricing Procedures the Funds’ Valuation Committee adheres to in accordance with the Trust’s procedures which were approved by the Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”).

Each Fund may use fair value pricing in a variety of circumstances, including but not limited to, situations when the value of a Fund’s security has been materially affected by events occurring after the close of the market on which such security is principally traded (such as a corporate action or other news that may materially affect the price of such security) or trading in such security has been suspended or halted. Such valuations would typically be categorized as Level 2 or Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy described below. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgments and it is possible that a fair value determination for a security is materially different than the value that could be realized upon the sale of such security. In addition, fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a Fund’s NAV and the prices used by the Fund’s Target Index. This may adversely affect a Fund’s ability to track its Target Index. Securities of non-exchange traded and exchange traded investment companies are valued at their NAV and market value, respectively.

Generally, each Fund prices, except the Active ETFs, its swap agreements daily using industry standard models that may incorporate quotations from market makers or pricing vendors (unless the underlying reference security is closed or the official closing time of the underlying index occurs prior to the close of the NYSE due to time zone differences, in which case the quotations will be adjusted, to the extent practicable and available, based on inputs from an independent pricing source approved by the Trustees) and records the change in value, if any, as unrealized gain or loss. Such valuations would typically be categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy described below. Gains or losses are realized upon termination of the swap agreements or reset dates, as appropriate.

The Funds disclose the fair value of their investments in a hierarchy that distinguishes between: (1) market participant assumptions developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Funds (observable inputs) and (2) the Funds’ own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available under the circumstances (unobservable inputs). The three levels defined by the hierarchy are as follows:

Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets.

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Level 2 — Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3 — Significant unobservable inputs (including each Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the valuations as of June 30, 2019 for each Fund based upon the three levels defined above:

       
  Level 1 – 
Quoted Prices
  Level 2 – 
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3 – 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
  Total
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund
                          
Investments
                                   
Assets
                                   
Common Stocks*   $ 2,446,190     $     $       —     $ 2,446,190  
Liabilities
                                   
Common Stocks*   $ (2,571,991 )    $     $     $ (2,571,991 ) 
Total Investments   $ (125,801 )   $     $     $ (125,801 )
Other Financial Instruments
                                   
Assets
                                   
Swap Agreements**   $     $ 94,892     $     $ 94,892  
Liabilities
                                   
Swap Agreements**   $     $ (18,834 )    $     $ (18,834 ) 
Total Other Financial Instruments   $     $ 76,058     $     $ 76,058  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund
 
Investments
                                   
Assets
                                   
Common Stocks*   $ 956,194     $     $     $ 956,194  
Liabilities
                                   
Common Stocks*   $ (945,132 )    $     $     $ (945,132 ) 
Total Investments   $ 11,062     $     $     $ 11,062  
Other Financial Instruments
                                   
Assets
                                   
Swap Agreements**   $     $ 3,191     $     $ 3,191  
Liabilities
                                   
Swap Agreements**   $     $ (30,993 )    $     $ (30,993 ) 
Total Other Financial Instruments   $     $ (27,802 )   $     $ (27,802 )
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund
                                   
Investments
                                   
Assets
                                   
Common Stocks*   $ 1,712,883     $     $     $ 1,712,883  
Liabilities
                                   
Common Stocks*   $ (1,691,468 )    $     $     $ (1,691,468 ) 
Total Investments   $ 21,415     $     $     $ 21,415  
Other Financial Instruments
                                   
Assets
                                   
Swap Agreements**   $     $ 10,386     $     $ 10,386  
Liabilities
                                   
Swap Agreements**   $     $ (41,728 )    $     $ (41,728 ) 
Total Other Financial Instruments   $     $ (31,342 )   $     $ (31,342 )

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     Level 1 – 
Quoted Prices
  Level 2 – 
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3 – 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
  Total
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
                                   
Investments
                                   
Assets
                                   
Common Stocks*   $ 63,594,019     $     $     $ 63,594,019  
Liabilities
                                   
Common Stocks*   $ (66,310,113 )    $     $     $ (66,310,113 ) 
Total Investments   $ (2,716,094 )   $     $     $ (2,716,094 )
Other Financial Instruments
                                   
Assets
                                   
Swap Agreements**   $     $ 893,203     $     $ 893,203  
Liabilities
                                   
Swap Agreements**   $     $ (274,067 )    $     $ (274,067 ) 
Total Other Financial Instruments   $     $ 619,136     $       —     $ 619,136  
AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund
                                   
Investments
                                   
Assets
                                   
Common Stocks*   $ 4,680,905     $     $     $ 4,680,905  
Liabilities
                                   
Common Stocks*   $ (2,339,326 )    $     $     $ (2,339,326 ) 
Total Investments   $ 2,341,579     $     $     $ 2,341,579  
AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF
                                   
Investments
                                   
Common Stocks*   $ 2,492,138     $     $     $ 2,492,138  
Exchange Traded Funds     53,130                   53,130  
Total Investments   $ 2,545,268     $     $     $ 2,545,268  
AGFIQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF
                                   
Investments
                                   
Exchange Traded Funds   $ 2,549,560     $     $     $ 2,549,560  
Total Investments   $ 2,549,560     $     $     $ 2,549,560  
* See Schedules of Investments for segregation by industry type.
** The tables above are based on market values or unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) rather than the notional amounts of derivatives. The uncertainties surrounding the valuation inputs for a derivative are likely to be more significant to a Fund’s NAV than the uncertainties surrounding inputs for a non-derivative security with the same market value.

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

Each Fund, except AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF, may invest in REITs. Equity REITs invest primarily in real property while mortgage REITs make construction, development and long term mortgage loans. Their value may be affected by changes in the value of the underlying property of the REIT, the creditworthiness of the issuer, property taxes, interest rates, and tax and regulatory requirements, such as those relating to the environment.

REITs are dependent upon management skill, are not diversified and are subject to heavy cash flow dependency, default by borrowers, self-liquidation and the possibility of failing to qualify for tax free income status under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and failing to be exempt from registration as a registered investment company under the 1940 Act.

Distributions from REIT investments may be comprised of return of capital, capital gains and income. The actual character of amounts received during the year is not known until after the REIT’s fiscal year end. The Funds

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record the character of distributions received from REITs during the year based on estimates available. The characterization of distributions received by the Funds may be subsequently revised based on information received from the REITs after their tax reporting periods have concluded.

Short Sales

Each Fund, except the Active ETFs, enters into short sales. A short sale is a transaction in which a Fund sells a security it does not own. To complete such a transaction, a Fund must borrow the security to make delivery to the buyer. A Fund is then obligated to replace the security borrowed by borrowing the same security from another lender, purchasing it at the market price at the time of replacement or paying the lender an amount equal to the cost of purchasing the security. The price at such time may be more or less than the price at which the security was sold by the Fund. Until the security is replaced, a Fund is required to repay the lender any dividends it receives, or interest which accrues, during the period of the loan. To borrow the security, a Fund also may be required to pay a premium, which would increase the cost of the security sold. The net proceeds of the short sale will be retained by the broker, to the extent necessary to meet margin requirements, until the short position is closed out. A Fund also will incur transaction costs in effecting short sales.

A Fund will incur a loss as a result of a short sale if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the Fund closes out the short sale. A Fund will realize a gain if the price of the security declines in price between those dates. The amount of any gain will be decreased, and the amount of any loss increased, by the amount of the premium, dividends or interest a Fund may be required to pay, if any, in connection with a short sale. Short sales may be subject to unlimited losses as the price of a security can rise infinitely.

Whenever a Fund engages in short sales, it earmarks or segregates liquid securities or cash in an amount that, when combined with the amount of collateral deposited with the broker in connection with the short sale (other than the proceeds of the short sale), equals the current market value of the security sold short. The earmarked or segregated assets are marked-to-market daily and cannot be sold or liquidated unless replaced with liquid assets of equal value.

Funds may not be able to borrow stocks that are short positions in a Target Index as their supply may be insufficient or the cost to borrow may be prohibitively expensive due to market or stock specific conditions. Under such circumstances, the Funds may not achieve their investment objectives.

Swap Agreements

Each Fund, except the Active ETFs, may enter into swap agreements. Certain Funds currently enter into equity or equity index swap agreements for purposes of attempting to gain exposure to an index or group of securities without actually purchasing those securities. Although some swap agreements may be exchange-traded, others are two-party contracts entered into primarily by institutional investors for periods ranging from a day to more than one year. Most, if not all, swap agreements entered into by the Funds will be two-party contracts. In connection with the Funds’ positions in a swaps contract, each Fund will segregate liquid assets or will otherwise cover its position in accordance with applicable SEC requirements. In such a standard “swap” transaction, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on particular predetermined investments or instruments. The gross returns to be exchanged or “swapped” between the parties are calculated with respect to a “notional amount,” i.e., the return on or increase in value of a particular dollar amount invested in a “basket” of securities representing a particular index or group of securities. The use of swaps is a highly specialized activity which involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions.

A Fund may enter into swap agreements to invest in a market without owning or taking physical custody of securities in circumstances in which direct investment is restricted for legal reasons or is otherwise impracticable. The counterparty to any swap agreement will typically be a bank, investment banking firm or

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broker/dealer. On a long swap, the counterparty will generally agree to pay the Fund the amount, if any, by which the notional amount of the swap agreement would have increased in value had it been invested in the particular stocks, plus the dividends that would have been received on those stocks.

A Fund agrees to pay to the counterparty a floating rate of interest on the notional amount of the swap agreement plus the amount, if any, by which the notional amount would have decreased in value had it been invested in such stocks. Therefore, the return to a Fund on any swap agreement will generally be the gain or loss on the notional amount plus dividends on the stocks less the interest paid by the Fund on the notional amount. As a trading technique, the Adviser may substitute physical securities with a swap agreement having risk characteristics substantially similar to the underlying securities.

Swap agreements typically are settled on a net basis, which means that the two payment streams are netted out, with a Fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two payments. Payments may be made at the conclusion of a swap agreement or periodically during its term. Swap agreements do not involve the delivery of securities or other underlying assets. Accordingly, the risk of loss with respect to swap agreements is limited to the net amount of payments that a Fund is contractually obligated to make. If the other party to a swap agreement defaults, a Fund’s risk of loss consists of the net amount of payments that such Fund is contractually entitled to receive. The net amount of the excess, if any, of a Fund’s obligations over its entitlements with respect to each equity swap will be accrued on a daily basis and an amount of cash or liquid assets, having an aggregate value at least equal to such accrued excess, will be earmarked or segregated by a Fund’s custodian; this cash and liquid assets cannot be sold unless replaced with cash or liquid assets of equal value. Inasmuch as these transactions are entered into for hedging purposes or are offset by earmarked or segregated cash or liquid assets, as permitted by applicable law, these transactions will not be construed to constitute senior securities within the meaning of the 1940 Act, and will not be subject to a Fund’s borrowing restrictions.

The swap market has grown substantially in recent periods with a large number of banks and investment banking firms acting both as principals and as agents utilizing standardized swap documentation. As a result, the swap market has become relatively liquid in comparison with the markets for other similar instruments which are traded in the OTC market. The Adviser, under the oversight of the Trustees, is responsible for determining and monitoring the liquidity of the Funds’ transactions in swap agreements.

In the normal course of business, a Fund enters into International Swaps and Derivatives Association (“ISDA”) agreements with certain counterparties for derivative transactions. These agreements contain among other conditions, events of default and termination events, and various covenants and representations. Certain of the Funds’ ISDA agreements contain provisions that require the Funds to maintain a pre-determined level of net assets, and/or provide limits regarding the decline of the Funds’ NAV over specific periods of time, which may or may not be exclusive of redemptions. If the Funds were to trigger such provisions and have open derivative positions at that time, counterparties to the ISDA agreements could elect to terminate such ISDA agreements and request immediate payment in an amount equal to the net liability positions, if any, under the relevant ISDA agreement. Pursuant to the terms of its ISDA agreements, the Funds will have already collateralized its liability under such agreements, in some cases only in excess of certain threshold amounts.

The Funds noted below used swap contracts to simulate full investment in each respective Fund’s Target Index. The following represents the average monthly outstanding swap contracts for the year ended June 30, 2019:

   
Fund   Average
Contract Long
  Average
Contract Short
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund   $ 875,827     $ (893,714 ) 
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund     116,507       (126,845 ) 
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund     226,514       (244,973 ) 
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund     3,922,065       (3,940,034 ) 

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The following table indicates the location of derivative-related items on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as well as the effect of derivative instruments on the Statements of Operations for the year ended June 30, 2019:

       
                                                              Fair Value of Derivative Instruments as of June 30, 2019
Fund   Derivatives not
accounted for as
hedging instruments
under ASC 815
  Location   Assets
Value
  Liabilities
Value
       Swap agreements       Statements of Assets and Liabilities                    
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund                     $ 94,892     $ 18,834  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund                       3,191       30,993  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund                       10,386       41,728  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund                       893,203       274,067  

     
                                    The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Operations as of June 30, 2019
Fund   Derivatives not
accounted for as
hedging instruments
under ASC 815
  Realized Gain or
(Loss) on Derivatives
  Change in Unrealized
Appreciation or
(Depreciation) on
Derivatives
       Swap agreements                    
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund            $ (83,133 )    $ 74,242  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund              (2,337 )      (18,833 ) 
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund              (2,495 )      (29,793 ) 
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund              (456,579 )      581,198  

Expenses

Expenses directly attributable to a Fund are charged to that Fund. Expenses not directly attributable to a Fund are allocated proportionally among all series of the Trust.

Taxes and Distributions

Each of the Funds intends to qualify (or continue to qualify) as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net capital gains to shareholders. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial statements.

As of June 30, 2019 (the Funds’ tax year end), management of the Funds has reviewed the open tax years and major jurisdictions and concluded that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions taken or expected to be taken in future tax returns. The Funds are also 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 12 months. On an ongoing basis, management will monitor the tax positions taken to determine if adjustment to conclusions are necessary based on factors including but not limited to further implementation on guidance expected from FASB and ongoing analysis of tax law, regulation, and interpretations thereof.

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income, if any, are distributed annually. Dividends may be declared and paid more frequently to improve a Fund’s tracking to its Target Index or to comply with the distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. Net capital gains are distributed at least annually.

The tax character of distributions paid may differ from the character of distributions shown on the Financial Highlights due to short-term capital gains being treated as ordinary income for tax purposes.

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The tax character of the distributions paid for the tax years ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 were as follows:

           
  Year Ended June 30, 2019   Year Ended June 30, 2018
Fund   Distributions
Paid from
Ordinary
Income
  Distributions
Paid from Net
Long Term
Capital Gains
  Total
Distributions
  Distributions
Paid from
Ordinary
Income
  Distributions
Paid from Net
Long Term
Capital Gains
  Total
Distributions
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund   $     $     $     $     $     $  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund     8,604             8,604                    
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund                                    
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund     128,640             128,640                    
AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund     117,526             117,526       337,811       103,652       441,463  
AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF                                    
AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF                                    

As of June 30, 2019, the components of accumulated earnings (deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:

       
Fund   Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
  Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
  Accumulated
Capital and
Other Losses
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund   $     $     $ (2,251,259 )    $ 107,989  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund     22,169             (1,531,494 )      (242,403 ) 
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund     7,522             (1,421,477 )      (402,124 ) 
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund     440,636             (17,295,298 )      (1,274,905 ) 
AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund     88,852             (702,586 )      (242,988 ) 
AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF     13,781       32             60,812  
AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF     8,896                   58,289  
* The differences between the book and tax basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable to tax deferral of losses on wash sales, loss deferrals on unsettled short sales, non-table special dividends, Passive Foreign Investment Company and investments in partnerships.

Permanent differences, primarily due to gain (loss) on in-kind redemptions, foreign currency gains/(losses), swaps, dividend expense for securities sold short, non-taxable special dividends, net operating loss, investments in partnerships, and distributions from investments in real estate investment trusts as of June 30, 2019, among the Funds’ components of net assets.

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”), the Funds will be permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after the date of enactment for an unlimited period; however, any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to the losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years, which carry on expiration date. Post-enactment capital loss carry forwards will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as permitted under previous law. For the tax year ended June 30, 2019, the following Funds had

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available capital loss carryforwards to offset future net capital gains to the extent provided by regulations and utilized capital loss carryforwards to offset net capital gains:

   
Fund   Capital Loss
Carryforwards
  Utilized
Capital Loss Carryforwards
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund   $ 1,800,468     $  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund     1,425,747        
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund     1,309,748        
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund     16,728,908        
AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund     689,486       20,144  
AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF            
AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF            

Under current tax rules, Regulated Investment Companies can elect to treat certain late-year ordinary losses incurred and post-October capital losses (capital losses realized after October 31) as arising on the first day of the following taxable year. As of June 30, 2019, the following Funds will elect to treat the following late-year ordinary losses and post-October capital losses as arising on July 1, 2019:

 
Fund   Post-October
Capital Losses
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund   $ 450,791  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund     105,747  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund     111,729  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund     566,390  
AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund     13,100  
AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF      
AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF      

3. Investment Transactions and Related Income

Throughout the reporting period, investment transactions are accounted for one business day following the trade date. For financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are accounted for on trade date on the last business day of the reporting period. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis and includes, where applicable, the amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts. Dividend income, net of any applicable foreign withholding taxes, is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the asset received. Large, non-recurring dividends recognized by the Funds are presented separately on the Statements of Operations as “Special Dividends” and the impact of these dividends is presented in the Financial Highlights. Gains or losses realized on sales of securities are determined using the specific identification method by comparing the identified cost of the security lot sold with the net sales proceeds.

4. Investment Management Fees

Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement (“Advisory Agreement”), the Adviser manages the investment and reinvestment of the Funds’ assets and administers the affairs of the Funds under the oversight of the Board. Under the Advisory Agreement, the AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund, AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund, and AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund each pay the Adviser a management fee for its services payable on a monthly basis at the annual rate of 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund, AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund, AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF, and AGFiQ Hedged U.S. Equity ETF each pay the Adviser a management fee for its services payable on a monthly basis at the annual rate of 0.45% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

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Prior to December 6, 2018, the AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund and the AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund each paid the Adviser a management fee at the annual rate of 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive the fees and reimburse expenses of each Target Index Fund until at least November 1, 2019, and each Active ETF until May 15, 2022, so that the total annual operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, dividend, interest and brokerage expenses for short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses (“AFFE”), and extraordinary expenses) (“Operating Expenses”) are limited to 0.75% of average daily net assets for each of the AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund, AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund, and AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund and 0.45% for each of the AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund, AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund, AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF, and AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF (collectively, the “Expense Caps”). In addition, the Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its management fees in an amount equal to any AFFE incurred by the Fund from its investments in a fund advised by the Adviser. AFFE are expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund through its ownership of share in other investment companies. Because AFFE are not direct expenses of the Fund, they are not reflected on the Funds’ financial statements. This undertaking can only be changed with the approval of the Trustees.

Prior to December 6, 2018, the Operating Expenses were limited to 0.75% of average daily net assets for each of the AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund and the AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund.

For the year ended June 30, 2019, management fee waivers and expense reimbursements were as follows:

   
Fund   Management
Fees Waived
  Expense
Reimbursements
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund   $ 33,541     $ 208,597  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund     5,549       243,783  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund     9,673       244,877  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund     150,163       104,966  
AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund     15,170       239,970  
AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF     1,219       43,427  
AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF     1,213       38,379  

Each Fund has agreed that it will repay the Adviser for fees and expenses forgone or reimbursed for the Fund pursuant to the contractual expense limitation described above. Such repayment would increase a Fund’s expenses, and would appear on the Statements of Operations as “Repayment of prior expenses waived and/or reimbursed by the Adviser.” However, repayment would only occur up to the point of each Fund’s expense cap.

Any such repayment must be made within three years from the date the expense was borne by the Adviser. Any such repayment made under any prior expense cap cannot cause the Fund’s Operating Expenses to exceed the lower of 0.75% of average daily net assets for the AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund, AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund, and AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund and 0.45% for the AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund, AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund, AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF, and AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF or the annual rate of daily net assets for the Fund under the terms of a prior expense cap. For the year ended June 30, 2019, none of the Funds repaid expenses to the Adviser.

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As of June 30, 2019, the amounts eligible for repayment and the associated period of expiration are as follows:

       
  Expires June 30,   Total Eligible for
Recoupment
Fund   2020   2021   2022
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund   $ 200,803     $ 214,161     $ 242,138     $ 657,102  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund     200,913       215,970       249,332       666,215  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund     210,235       218,868       254,550       683,653  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund     166,394       208,882       255,129       630,405  
AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund     145,741       210,337       255,140       611,218  
AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF                 44,646       44,646  
AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF                 39,362       39,362  

During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, it was determined that the Funds had been overcharged by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPMorgan”), the Funds’ administrator and custodian, for class action filing fees spanning over several years and that the Funds were entitled to a reimbursement for these charges. Since the Funds were operating over the expense limitation, and the Adviser was reimbursing each Fund for expenses in excess of the limitation during the periods of overbilling, the reimbursement amounts were paid directly to the Adviser.

Management fee waivers and expense reimbursements amounts eligible for repayment were reduced accordingly. The difference in the management fee waivers and expense reimbursements amount totals for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018 and the amounts eligible for repayment in 2021 are due to this reimbursement.

Below are the reimbursement totals that were applied against each year’s amounts eligible for repayment:

   
Fund   2020   2021
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund   $ (2,500 )    $ (1,000 ) 
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund     (4,000 )      (1,000 ) 
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund     (3,000 )       
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund           (1,000 ) 

5. Administration and Custodian Fees

JPMorgan acts as administrator (the “Administrator”) and custodian to the Funds. The Administrator provides the Funds with all required general administrative services. For these services, each Fund shall pay the Administrator monthly, a fee accrued daily and based on average net assets and subject to certain minimum levels. The Administrator pays all fees and expenses that are directly related to the services provided by the Administrator to the Funds; each Fund reimburses the Administrator for all fees and expenses incurred by the Administrator which are not directly related to the services the Administrator provides to the Funds under the service agreement. Each Fund may also reimburse the Administrator for such out-of-pocket expenses as incurred by the Administrator in the performance of its duties. As custodian, JPMorgan holds cash, securities and other assets of the Funds as required by the 1940 Act.

6. Distribution, Service Plan and Fund Officers

Foreside Fund Services, LLC (the “Distributor”) serves as the Funds’ Distributor. The Trust has adopted a distribution and service plan (“Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Under the Plan, each Fund is authorized to pay distribution fees to the Distributor and other firms that provide distribution and shareholder services (“Service Providers”). If a Service Provider provides such services, the Funds may pay fees at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of average daily net assets, pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act.

No distribution or service fees are currently paid by the Funds and there are no current plans to impose these fees. In the event Rule 12b-1 fees were charged, over time they would increase the cost of an investment in the Funds and may cost you more than other types of sales charges.

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Foreside Fund Officer Services, LLC (“FFOS”) (formerly Foreside Compliance Services, LLC), an affiliate of the Distributor, provides a Chief Compliance Officer as well as certain additional compliance support functions to the Funds. Foreside Management Services, LLC (“FMS”), an affiliate of the Distributor, provides a Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer to the Funds. Neither FFOS nor FMS have a role in determining the investment policies of the Trust or Funds, or which securities are to be purchased or sold by the Trust or a Fund.

7. Issuance and Redemption of Fund Shares

The Funds are exchange-traded funds or ETFs. Individual Fund shares may only be purchased and sold on a national securities exchange through a broker-dealer and investors may pay a commission to such broker-dealers in connection with their purchase or sale. The price of Fund shares is based on market price, and because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Information regarding how often the shares of the Funds traded on the Exchange at a price above (i.e., at a premium) or below (i.e., at a discount) the NAV of the Funds for the most recently completed five fiscal years and the most recently completed calendar quarters can be found at www.agf.com/us. This information represents past performance and cannot be used to predict future results.

The Fund will only issue or redeem shares aggregated into blocks of 50,000 shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”) to Authorized Participants who have entered into agreements with the Funds’ Distributor. An Authorized Participant is either (1) a “Participating Party,” (i.e., a broker-dealer or other participant in the clearing process of the Continuous Net Settlement System of the NSCC) (“Clearing Process”), or (2) a participant of DTC (“DTC Participant”), and, in each case, must have executed an agreement (“Participation Agreement”) with the distributor with respect to creations and redemptions of Creation Units. The Funds will issue or redeem Creation Units in return for a basket of assets that the Funds specify each day.

Shares are listed on the NYSE Arca, Inc.TM and are publicly traded. If you buy or sell Fund shares on the secondary market, you will pay or receive the market price, which may be higher or lower than NAV. Your transaction will be priced at NAV if you purchase or redeem Fund shares in Creation Units.

Authorized Participants purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to the Funds’ Administrator to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Additionally a portion of the transaction fee is used to offset transactional costs typically accrued in the Funds’ custody expenses directly related to the issuance and redemption of Creation Units. An additional variable fee may be charged for certain transactions. Such fees would be included in the receivable for capital shares issued on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Transaction fees assessed during the period, which are included in the proceeds or cost from shares issued or redeemed on the Statements of Changes in Net Assets, were as follows:

 
Fund   Year Ended
June 30, 2019
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund   $ 10,061  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund     54,739  
AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund     314  

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8. Investment Transactions

For the year ended June 30, 2019, the cost of securities purchased and proceeds from sales of securities, excluding short-term securities, derivatives and in-kind transactions, were as follows:

       
  Purchases   Sales
Fund   Long   Short Covers   Long   Short
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund   $ 8,290,459     $ 19,144,745     $ 7,719,143     $ 13,982,005  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund     587,152       851,158       637,887       595,246  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund     894,465       513,743       900,373       309,281  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund     46,568,456       51,579,931       33,203,198       105,352,074  
AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund     4,189,792       1,678,167       4,213,467       2,710,889  
AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF     2,484,314                    
AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF     2,491,271                    

9. In-Kind Transactions

During the period presented in this report, certain Funds of the Trust delivered securities of the Funds in exchange for the redemption of shares (redemption-in-kind). Cash and securities were transferred for redemptions at fair value. For financial reporting purposes, the Funds recorded net realized gains and losses in connection with each transaction.

For the year ended June 30, 2019, the value of the securities transferred for redemptions, and the net realized gains recorded in connection with the transactions were as follows:

   
Fund   Value   Realized Gain
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund   $ 11,075,187     $ 1,393,924  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund     27,272,545       2,432,128  

During the period, certain Funds of the Trust received cash and securities in exchange for subscriptions of shares (subscriptions-in-kind). For the year ended June 30, 2019, the value of the securities received for subscriptions were as follows:

 
Fund   Value
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund   $ 5,104,073  
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund     64,588,820  
AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund     2,293,766  

10. Principal Risks

Some principal risks apply to all Funds, while others are specific to the investment strategy of certain Funds. Each Fund may be subject to other principal risks in addition to these identified principal risks. This section discusses certain principal risks encountered by the Funds. A more complete description of the principal risks to which each Fund is subject is included in the Funds’ prospectus.

Asset Allocation Risk:  If the Fund’s strategy for allocating assets among underlying ETFs does not work as intended, the Fund may not achieve its objective or may underperform other funds with similar investment strategies. The investment styles employed by the underlying ETFs may not be complementary, which could adversely affect the performance of the Fund.

Investments in Exchange-Traded Funds Risk:  The risks of investing in securities of ETFs typically reflect the risks of the types of instruments in which the underlying ETF invests. ETFs in which the AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF invests are also generally subject to the ETF Risks described above. In addition, the Fund bears its proportionate share of the fees and expenses of the underlying ETF, which may have an adverse

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impact on the Fund’s operating expenses and performance and may affect the value of your investment. To the extent the Fund invests significantly in the AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund (the “Market Neutral ETF”), which is also managed by the Adviser, or similar lower beta ETFs available in the marketplace, it will be subject to Anti-Beta Risk, Leverage Risk, Market Neutral Risk, Passive Investment Risk, Short Sale Risk (each as defined below), in addition to the following risks applicable to investing in the Market Neutral ETF:

Single Factor Risk:  The Market Neutral ETF invests in securities based on a single investment factor and is designed to be used as part of broader asset allocation strategies. An investment in the Market Neutral ETF is not a complete investment program.

Tracking Error Risk:  The investment performance of the Market Neutral ETF may diverge from that of its target index due to, among other things, fees and expenses paid by the Market Neutral ETF that are not reflected in its target index. If the Market Neutral ETF is small, it may experience greater tracking error. If the value of short positions exceeds the value of the long positions, the investment performance of the Market Neutral ETF will likely diverge from that of its target index.

Anti-Beta Risk:  For AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund and AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF, there is a risk that the present and future volatility of a security, relative to the market index, will not be the same as it has historically been and thus that the Fund will not be invested in the less volatile securities in the universe. In addition, the Fund may be more than the universe since it will have short exposure to the most volatile stocks in the universe and long exposure to the least volatile stocks in the universe. Volatile stocks are subject to sharp swings in value.

High Dividend Risk:  For AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund, a company may reduce or eliminate its dividend. As a result, the present and future dividend of a security may not be the same as it has historically been and the Fund may not end up invested in high dividend securities. The Fund may be more volatile than the universe since it will have short exposure to low dividend paying stocks in the universe. In addition, there may be periods when the high dividend style is out of favor, and during which the investment performance of a fund using a high dividend strategy may suffer.

Momentum Risk:  For the AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund, momentum investing emphasizes investing in securities that have had better recent performance compared to other securities. Securities may be more volatile than a broad cross-section of securities, and momentum may be an indicator that a security’s price is peaking. In addition, there may be periods when the momentum style is out of favor, and during which the investment performance of a fund using a momentum strategy may suffer. Momentum can turn quickly and cause significant variation from other types of investments. The Fund may experience significant losses if momentum stops, turns or otherwise behaves differently than predicted.

REIT Risk:  Through its investments in REITs, a Fund will be subject to the risks of investing in the real estate market, including decreases in property values and revenues and increases in interest rates.

Derivatives Risk:  Derivatives, including swap agreements and futures contracts, may involve risks different from, or greater than, those associated with more traditional investments. As a result of investing in derivatives, a Fund could lose more than the amount it invests. Derivatives may be highly illiquid, and a Fund may not be able to close out or sell a derivative position at a particular time or at an anticipated price. Derivatives also may be subject to counterparty risk, which includes the risk that a loss may be sustained by a Fund as a result of the insolvency or bankruptcy of, or other non-compliance by, the other party to the transaction.

Short Sale Risk:  If a Fund sells a stock short and subsequently has to buy the security back at a higher price, the Fund will realize a loss on the transaction. The amount a Fund could lose on a short sale is potentially unlimited because there is no limit on the price a shorted security might attain (as compared to a long position, where the maximum loss is the amount invested). The use of short sales increases the exposure of a Fund to the market, and may increase losses and the volatility of returns. If the short portfolio (made up of the securities

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with the lowest momentum within each sector) outperforms the long portfolio (made up of the securities with the highest momentum within each sector), the performance of a Fund would be negatively affected. In addition, when a Fund is selling a stock short, it must maintain a segregated account of cash and/or liquid assets with its custodian to satisfy collateral and regulatory requirements. As a result, a Fund may maintain high levels of cash or liquid assets.

Size Risk:  For the AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund, size investing entails investing in securities within the universe that have smaller market capitalizations and shorting securities within the universe that have larger market capitalizations. The Fund seeks to capture excessive returns of smaller firms (by market capitalization) relative to their larger counterparts. There may be periods when the size style is out of favor, and during which the investment performance of a fund using a size strategy may suffer.

Value Risk:  For the AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund, value investing entails investing in securities issued by companies that may be perceived as undervalued may fail to appreciate for long periods of time and may never realize their full potential value. The index provider may be unsuccessful in creating an index that emphasizes undervalued securities. Value securities have generally performed better than non-value securities during periods of economic recovery. Value securities may go in and out of favor over time.

Secondary Market Trading Risk:  Investors buying or selling Fund shares in the secondary market may pay brokerage commissions or other charges, which may be a significant proportional cost for investors seeking to buy or sell relatively small amounts of Fund shares. Although the Fund’s shares are listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active or liquid trading market for them will develop or be maintained. In addition, trading in Fund shares on the Exchange may be halted.

Infrastructure Investment Risk:  The Fund’s investments in infrastructure-related securities will expose the Fund to potential adverse economic, regulatory, political, legal and other changes affecting such investments. Issuers of securities in infrastructure-related businesses are subject to a variety of factors that may adversely affect their business or operations, including high interest costs in connection with capital construction programs, high leverage, costs associated with environmental or other regulations and the effects of economic slowdowns. Rising interest rates could lead to higher financing costs and reduced earnings for infrastructure companies.

Authorized Participants Concentration Risk:  The Funds have a limited number of Authorized Participants. To the extent they cannot or are otherwise unwilling to engage in creation and redemption transactions with the Funds and no other Authorized Participant steps in, shares of the Funds may trade like closed-end fund shares at a significant discount to NAV and may face delisting from the securities exchange.

Concentration Risk:  To the extent that a Fund’s Target Index is concentrated in a particular industry, the Fund also will be expected to be concentrated in that industry and may subject the Fund to a greater loss as a result of adverse economic, business or other developments affecting that industry.

Equity Investing Risk:  An investment in a Fund involves risks similar to those of investing in any fund holding equity securities, such as market fluctuations. In addition, securities may decline in value due to factors affecting a specific issuer, market or securities markets generally.

Hedging Risk:  The Fund’s hedging strategies against declines in security prices, financial markets, exchange rates and interest rates may not be successful, and even if they are successful, the Fund’s exposure to a certain risk may not be fully hedged at all times and the Fund may still lose money on a hedged position.

Foreign Securities Risk:  Investments in foreign securities involve risks that differ from investments in securities of U.S. issuers because of unique political, economic and market conditions. Foreign markets, especially those in less developed economies, are generally more illiquid than U.S. markets, meaning that it could be harder for the Fund to dispose of a particular security than if it were traded on a U.S. exchange.

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Foreign securities markets may also have high transaction costs, limited legal recourse, and unreliable or untimely information. The value of foreign securities may also be adversely affected by changes in currency exchange rates.

Foreign Currency Risk:  Investing in securities that trade in and receive revenues in foreign currencies creates risk because foreign currencies may decline relative to the U.S. dollar, resulting in a potential loss to the Fund. When the U.S. dollar strengthens relative to a foreign currency, the U.S. dollar value of an investment denominated in that currency will typically fall. A stronger U.S. dollar will reduce returns for U.S. investors while a weak U.S. dollar will increase those returns.

Depositary Receipts Risk:  Depositary receipts subject the Fund generally to the same risks as if it were investing in the underlying foreign securities directly, including political and economic risks that differ from investing in securities of U.S. issuers. In addition, because the underlying securities may be trading on a non-U.S. market, the value of the underlying security may decline, sometimes rapidly, at a time when U.S. markets are closed and the Adviser may not be able to take appropriate actions to mitigate losses to the Fund.

Emerging Markets Risk:  Investments in securities of issuers located in emerging market economies (including frontier market economies) are generally riskier than investments in securities of issuers from more developed economies. Emerging market economies generally have less developed and more volatile securities trading markets with untimely and unreliable information. Emerging market economies also generally have less developed legal and accounting systems, and a greater likelihood of nationalization or confiscation of assets and companies than do developed economies. These same risks exist and may be greater in frontier markets.

Cash Transactions Risk:  The Fund may effect creations and redemptions partly or wholly for cash, rather than through in-kind distributions of securities. Accordingly, the Fund may be required to sell portfolio securities in order to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds and it may subsequently recognize gains on such sales that the Fund might not have recognized if it were to distribute portfolio securities in-kind. As a result, an investment in the Fund may be less tax-efficient than an investment in an ETF that primarily or wholly effects creations and redemptions in-kind. Moreover, cash transactions may have to be carried out over several days if the securities markets are relatively illiquid at the time the Fund must sell securities and may involve considerable brokerage fees and taxes. These brokerage fees and taxes, which will be higher than if the Fund sold and redeemed its shares principally in-kind, will be passed on to Authorized Participants in the form of creation and redemption transaction fees. As a result of these factors, the spreads between the bid and the offered prices of the Fund’s shares may be wider than those of shares of ETFs that primarily or wholly transact in-kind.

Flash Crash Risk:  Sharp price declines in securities owned by a Fund may trigger trading halts, which may result in a Fund’s shares trading in the market at an increasingly large discount to NAV during part (or all) of a trading day.

Leverage Risk:  A Fund’s use of short selling and swap agreements allows the Fund to obtain investment exposures greater than it could otherwise obtain and specifically to effectively increase, or leverage, its total long and short investment exposures to more than its NAV by a significant amount. Use of leverage tends to magnify increases or decreases in a Fund’s returns and may lead to a more volatile share price. Leverage may magnify a Fund’s gains or losses.

Market Neutral Style Risk:  During a “bull” market, when most equity securities and long-only equity ETFs are increasing in value, a Fund’s short positions will likely cause the Fund to underperform the overall U.S. equity market and such ETFs. In addition, because a Fund employs a dollar-neutral strategy to achieve market neutrality, the beta of the Fund (i.e., the relative volatility of the Fund as compared to the market) will vary over time and may not be equal to zero.

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Master Limited Partnership Risk:  Master Limited Partnerships (“MLPs”) are commonly taxed as partnerships and publicly traded on national securities exchanges. For AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund investments in common units of MLPs involve risks that differ from investments in common stock, including risks related to limited control and limited rights to vote on matters that affect the MLP. MLPs are commonly treated as partnerships that are “qualified publicly traded partnerships” for federal income tax purposes, which commonly pertain to the use of natural resources. Changes in U.S. tax laws could revoke the pass-through attributes that provide the tax efficiencies that make MLPs attractive investment structures.

Passive Investment Risk:  The Funds are managed with a passive investment strategy, attempting to track a Fund’s Target Index. As a result, a Fund expects to hold constituent securities of its Target Index regardless of their current or projected performance. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of individual securities could cause a Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Portfolio Management Risk:  The investment strategies, practices and risk analysis used by the Adviser may not produce the desired results. In addition, the Fund may not achieve its investment objective, including during a period in which the Adviser takes temporary positions in response to unusual or adverse market, economic or political conditions, or other unusual or abnormal circumstances. There is also the inherent risk in the portfolio manager’s ability to anticipate changing market conditions that can adversely affect the value of the Fund’s holdings.

Portfolio Turnover Risk:  A Fund’s investment strategy may result in higher portfolio turnover rates. A high portfolio turnover rate (e.g., over 100%) may result in higher transaction costs to a Fund, including brokerage commissions, and negatively impact a Fund’s performance. Such portfolio turnover also may generate net short-term capital gains.

Premium-Discount Risk:  Fund shares may trade above or below their NAV. The market prices of Fund shares will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in NAV as well as the relative supply of, and demand for, Fund shares.

The Funds’ prospectuses contain additional information regarding the principal risks associated with an investment in a Fund.

11. Guarantees and Indemnifications

In the normal course of business, a Fund enters into contracts with third-party service providers that contain a variety of representations and warranties and that provide general indemnifications. Additionally, under the Funds’ organizational documents, the officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as it involves possible future claims that may or may not be made against the Funds. Based on experience, the Adviser is of the view that the risk of loss to the Funds in connection with the Funds’ indemnification obligations is remote; however, there can be no assurance that such obligations will not result in material liabilities that adversely affect the Funds.

12. New Accounting Pronouncements

On August 28, 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, “Disclosure Framework — Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement,” which amends the fair value measurement disclosure requirements of ASC 820. The amendments of ASU 2018-13 include new, eliminated, and modified disclosure requirements of ASC 820. In addition, the amendments clarify that materiality is an appropriate consideration of entities when evaluating disclosure requirements. The ASU is effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods therein. Early adoption is permitted for any eliminated or modified disclosure upon issuance of this ASU. The Funds have early adopted ASU 2018-13 for these financial statements.

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13. Subsequent Events

Subsequent events occurring after the date of this report have been evaluated for potential impact to this report through the date the report was issued.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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To the Board of Trustees of FQF Trust and the Shareholders of the AGFIQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund, AGFIQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund, AGFIQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund, AGFIQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund, AGFIQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund, AGFIQ Global Infrastructure ETF and AGFIQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of AGFIQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund, AGFIQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund, AGFIQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund, AGFIQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund, AGFIQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund, AGFIQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF and AGFIQ Global Infrastructure ETF (seven of the funds constituting FQF Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of June 30, 2019, the related statements of operations for the year ended June 30, 2019, (or for AGFIQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF and AGFIQ Global Infrastructure ETF for the period May 23, 2019 (commencement of operations) through June 30, 2019), the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended June 30, 2019 (or for AGFIQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF and AGFIQ Global Infrastructure ETF for the period May 23, 2019 (commencement of operations) through June 30, 2019), including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Funds as of June 30, 2019, the results of their operations for the year ended June 30, 2019, (or for AGFIQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF and AGFIQ Global Infrastructure ETF for the period May 23, 2019 (commencement of operations) through June 30, 2019), and the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended June 30, 2019 (or for AGFIQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF and AGFIQ Global Infrastructure ETF for the period May 23, 2019 (commencement of operations) through June 30, 2019), and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of June 30, 2019 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
August 26, 2019

We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in FQF Trust since 2012.

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As a shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs for, such as brokerage commissions, purchasing and selling shares and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, other operational and investment related expenses. The expense examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

Actual Expenses

The actual expense examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of a six month period and held through the period ended June 30, 2019.

The first line in the following tables provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you 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 under the heading “Expenses Paid During the Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The hypothetical expense examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of a six month period and held through the period ended June 30, 2019.

The second line in the following tables provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ 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 Funds 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 transaction costs, such as brokerage commissions on the purchases and sales of Fund shares. Therefore, the second line for each Fund in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

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  Beginning
Account Value
01/01/19
  Ending
Account Value
06/30/19
  Expenses Paid
During the
Period*
  Annualized
Expense Ratio
During Period
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 999.20     $ 11.50       2.32 % 
Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,013.29     $ 11.58       2.32 % 
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 924.10     $ 7.25       1.52 % 
Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,017.26     $ 7.60       1.52 % 
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 972.80     $ 12.28       2.51 % 
Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,012.35     $ 12.52       2.51 % 
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 993.20     $ 9.39       1.90 % 
Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,015.37     $ 9.49       1.90 % 
AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,041.80     $ 4.96       0.98 % 
Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,019.93     $ 4.91       0.98 % 
AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF(a)(b)
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,030.00     $ 0.49       0.45 % 
Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,022.56     $ 2.26       0.45 % 
AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF(a)(c)
 
Actual   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,026.80     $ 0.39       0.36 % 
Hypothetical   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.01     $ 1.81       0.36 % 
* Expenses are equal to the average account value over the period multiplied by the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by 181 days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by 365 days in the fiscal year (to reflect the one half year period)
(a) The Fund commenced operations on May 23, 2019. Actual Expenses Paid During the Period are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 39 divided by 365 (to reflect the actual days in the period). Hypothetical Expenses Paid During the Period are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181 divided by 365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
(b) The annualized expense ratio does not reflect the indirect expenses of the underlying Fund in which it invests.
(c) The annualized expense ratio does not reflect the indirect expenses of the underlying non-affiliated Funds in which it invests. Additionally, the adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its management fees in an amount equal to any acquired fund fees and expense incurred by the Fund from its investments in a Fund advised by the Adviser. If the ratio had included these affiliated indirect expenses, the annualized expense ratio would have been 0.45% for both the Actual and Hypothetical expense examples.

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Board Consideration of the Investment Advisory Agreement

At a meeting held on February 22, 2019, the Board of Trustees (“Board”) of FQF Trust (“Trust”), including the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust or FFCM, LLC (“FFCM” or the “Adviser”) (including its affiliates) (such Trustees, the “Independent Trustees”), approved the renewal of the Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Agreement”) between FFCM and the Trust, on behalf of the AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund, AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund, AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Size Fund, AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund (“BTAL”) (such four series, the “Market Neutral ETFs”), AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund (“DIVA”), AGFiQ Equal Weighted High Momentum Factor Fund, AGFiQ Equal Weighted Low Beta Factor Fund, AGFiQ Equal Weighted Value Factor Fund (such three series, the “Long-Only ETFs”) (collectively, the “ETFs”).

In evaluating the Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed materials furnished by FFCM and met with senior representatives of FFCM. The Board also considered materials that they had received at past meetings, including routine quarterly meetings, relating to the nature, extent and quality of FFCM’s services, including information concerning each ETF’s advisory fee, net expense ratio, and performance. Generally, the Board considered the following factors, among others, in connection with its renewal of the Agreement: (1) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided by FFCM; (2) the investment performance of each ETF; (3) the costs of the services provided; (4) the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as each ETF grows; (5) whether fee levels reflect such potential economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of investors; and (6) any other benefits derived by FFCM from its relationship with the ETFs.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services; Investment Performance

With respect to the nature, extent and quality of the services provided, the Board considered the portfolio management and other personnel of FFCM who perform services for the ETFs, the compliance function of FFCM, and the financial condition of FFCM. In this regard, among other things, the Board noted FFCM’s history of compliance as well as enhancements it had made to its compliance function in connection with its transaction with AGF Management Limited (“AGF”). In addition, the Board considered the successful integration to date of many of FFCM’s operations into AGF. Further, the Board evaluated the integrity of FFCM’s personnel, the experience of the portfolio management team, including in managing long-only, long-short and market neutral strategies, and the management of each operational ETF in accordance with its investment objective and policies. The Board also considered the demonstrated ability of the portfolio managers to manage each ETF to closely track a target index.

With respect to the performance of each Market Neutral ETF, the Board considered each Market Neutral ETF’s performance since inception and for the last quarter, one-year, three-year and five-year periods. In this regard, among other things, the Board considered each Market Neutral ETF’s total returns compared to the total returns of its target index and one or more broad-based benchmark indexes, as well as one or more funds identified by FFCM as somewhat comparable (“Comparator Funds”). With respect to the Market Neutral ETFs’ performance relative to the Comparator Funds, the Board considered that the Comparator Funds do not employ comparable investment strategies inasmuch as the Comparator Funds do not pursue market neutral strategies, but rather only long-short strategies and do not pursue single-“factor” strategies (i.e., momentum, value, size, low beta), but rather multi-factor strategies (i.e., a combination of value, momentum, etc.). The Board also considered FFCM’s explanation that such differences adversely impacted the performance of the Market Neutral ETFs as compared to their Comparator Funds over the periods reviewed. The Board then observed that, based on these comparisons, the Market Neutral ETFs performed variably relative to their Comparator Funds and the broad-based benchmark indexes for the periods considered. In determining to renew the Agreement, the Board observed that each Market Neutral ETF closely tracked its target index before fees and expenses. With respect to the absolute performance of the Market Neutral ETFs, the Board acknowledged FFCM’s explanation that, since the Market Neutral ETFs’ inception in 2011, the market had generally moved upward and, as a result, market neutral strategies had generally underperformed.

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With respect to the performance of DIVA, the Board considered its performance since inception and for the last quarter, one-year, and three-year periods. In this regard, among other things, the Board considered DIVA’s total returns compared to the total returns its target index and of its Comparator Funds. The Board observed that, based on the comparisons provided, DIVA had underperformed its Comparator Funds for certain periods reviewed. In determining to renew the Agreement, the Board observed that DIVA closely tracked its target index before fees and expenses and considered FFCM’s representation that DIVA’s strategy was designed to be, and was, less volatile than Comparator Funds.

Because the ETFs are index-based funds, the Board considered the quality of each ETF’s target index and each ETF’s tracking error relative to such index. In this context, the Board considered the performance of each Market Neutral ETF’s target index and data showing that each Market Neutral ETF’s target index appropriately identifies component securities that are representative of the relevant investment factor (i.e., momentum, value, size, low beta). In light of this information, the Board considered the likelihood that the target indexes of the Long-Only Funds would also be high quality and appropriate for their Funds. In addition, the Board considered each operational ETF’s tracking error vis-à-vis its target index before and after fees and expenses, as well as FFCM’s explanation of the disproportionate impact fees and expenses have on the ETFs due to their assets under management. The Board also noted management’s assertion that the ETFs provide investors with unique investment solutions that appeal to asset allocators for inclusion in model portfolios, notwithstanding their absolute performance, due to their passive nature and predictable performance in the various market conditions that have prevailed since their inception. Based on the information considered, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services supported renewal of the Agreement.

Fund Expenses; Cost of Services; Economies of Scale; Related Benefits

The Board reviewed information comparing each operational ETF’s contractual management fee rate, as a percentage of average net assets, to Comparator Funds. The Board also reviewed information comparing each operational ETF’s net expense ratio to the net expense ratios of Comparator Funds, taking into account, as applicable, dividend and interest expenses on short sales, expense waivers and reimbursements. The Board considered the reduction in advisory fees for BTAL and DIVA during the most recent year and FFCM’s explanation that the recent reduction in management fees for DIVA and BTAL would make each Fund more competitive from a pricing perspective. The Board also noted that FFCM did not provide advisory services to any other fund or account pursuing an investment objective substantially similar to any of the ETFs. Based on the information described, the Board concluded that each ETF’s advisory fee and total expense ratio were reasonable.

The Board also reviewed the overall profitability to FFCM of the ETFs and evaluated the services that FFCM provides to each ETF for potential economies of scale. In this regard, the Board noted that since the ETFs’ inception, the Funds have not gathered significant assets and FFCM has generally subsidized the expense of their operations by reimbursing expenses and waiving fees. Based on this and other information, the Board determined that economies of scale were not a material factor to be considered in connection with the renewal of the Agreement.

With respect to ancillary (or fall-out) benefits being received by FFCM as a result of its relationship with the ETFs, the Board considered FFCM’s accrual of soft dollars in connection with trading transactions for the ETFs. Based on the information considered, the Board did not deem such benefits to be material to their consideration of the renewal of the Agreement.

Based on their review of the facts and circumstances related to the Agreement, the Board concluded that each ETF and its shareholders could benefit from FFCM’s continued management of its portfolio. Thus, the Board determined that the renewal of the Agreement with respect to each ETF was appropriate and in the best interest of each ETF and its shareholders. In their deliberations, the Board did not identify any particular information that was all-important or controlling, and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to different factors. After

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reviewing a memorandum from Independent Trustee counsel discussing the legal standards applicable to the Board’s consideration of the Agreement, and after the Independent Trustees met privately with such counsel, the Board determined, in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, that the advisory arrangement, as outlined in the Agreement, was fair and reasonable in light of the services performed, expenses incurred and such other matters as the Board considered relevant.

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Board Consideration of the Investment Advisory Agreement (continued)

At its regular meeting on May 13, 2019 the Board of Trustees (“Board”) of FQF Trust (“Trust”), including the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust or AGF Investments, LLC (“AGFI” or the “Adviser”) (including its affiliates) (such Trustees, the “Independent Trustees”), approved the Investment Advisory Agreement (“Agreement”) for two new series of the Trust: the AGFiQ Global Infrastructure ETF (“GLIF”) and AGFiQ Dynamic Hedged U.S. Equity ETF (“USHG”) (each a “New ETF,” and together the “New ETFs”). GLIF is an actively-managed global infrastructure equity exchange-traded fund (“ETF”), and USHG is actively-managed, U.S. equity dynamic hedge ETF that operates as a “fund of funds” through its investments in other ETFs. In evaluating the Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed materials furnished by AGFI and met with senior representatives of AGFI regarding their personnel and operations. Generally, the Board considered the following factors, among others, in connection with its approval of the Agreement: (1) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided by AGFI; (2) the investment performance of accounts managed by the AGFI (or its affiliates) with investment strategies comparable to those of each New ETF; (3) the costs of the services to be provided; (4) the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as each New ETF grows; (5) whether fee levels reflect such potential economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of investors; and (6) any other benefits potentially derived by AGFI (or its affiliates) from its relationship with the ETFs. In their deliberations, the Trustees did not identify any particular information that was all-important or controlling, and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to the various factors. The Board evaluated the terms of the Agreement, the overall fairness of it to each New ETF and whether the Agreement was in the best interests of such fund and its shareholders.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

With respect to the nature, extent and quality of the services provided, the Board considered the portfolio management and other personnel of AGFI who will provide services for each New ETF, the compliance function of AGFI, and the financial condition of AGFI. In this regard, among other things, the Board noted AGFI’s history of compliance. Further, the Board evaluated the integrity of AGFI’s personnel, the experience of the portfolio management team, and the management of each New ETF in accordance with its investment objective and policies.

Because the New ETFs do not have a performance history, the Board considered other indicia of the nature, extent and quality of services to be provided to the New ETFs under the Agreement. In this regard, the Board received presentations on the proprietary, multi-factor quantitative models underlying the New ETFs’ strategies and considered the performance of other accounts managed by AGFI (or its affiliates) with investment strategies comparable to each New ETF. In particular, with respect to USHG, the Board considered the performance of a Canadian-based fund managed by an affiliate of AGFI with substantially similar investment strategies as USHG. With respect to GLIF, the Board considered the performance of a separately managed account managed by an affiliate of AGFI with a substantially similar investment strategy to GLIF. The Board concluded that it was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by the Adviser to the New ETFs.

Fund Expenses; Cost of Services; Economies of Scale; Related Benefits

The Board reviewed information comparing each New ETF’s proposed contractual management fee rate, as a percentage of average net assets, to one or more funds identified by AGFI as somewhat comparable (“Comparator Funds”). In this regard, the Board reviewed tables comparing each New ETF’s advisory fee and net expense ratio to the Comparator Funds. The Board considered that the expense limitation agreement for each New ETF would limit the total annual operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, dividend, interest and brokerage expenses for short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) to 0.45% of average net assets, which is consistent with the total annual operating expense ratios of other AGFiQ ETFs. Further, the Board considered the advisory fee levels of other accounts

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managed by the Adviser (or its affiliates) pursuant to substantially similar investment strategies as the New ETFs. The Board concluded that the advisory fee and net expense ratio proposed for each New ETF were reasonable.

The Board discussed any anticipated economies of scale in relation to the services AGFI would provide to each New ETF. Noting that the New ETFs were just commencing operations, the Board concluded it was too soon to evaluate properly the potential economies of scale for the New ETFs and the profitability of the New ETFs to the Adviser. Accordingly, the Board concluded that profitability and economies of scale were not material factors to be considered in connection with the current approval of the Agreement.

With respect to ancillary (or fall-out) potential benefits AGFI (and its affiliates) may receive as a result of its relationship with the New ETFs, the Board considered the potential for AGFI to accrue soft dollars in connection with trading transactions for the New ETFs. The Board also considered that, to the extent that USHG invests in AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta ETF (“BTAL”), another ETF managed by AGFI, AGFI may benefit from increased assets and higher trading volumes in BTAL. The Board determined that the layering of expenses would be mitigated by the applicable expense limitation agreement and that it would have the opportunity to reevaluate fall-out benefits actually received by AGFI and its affiliates under the Agreement annually in connection with the renewal of the expense limitation agreement. Accordingly, under the totality of the circumstances, the Board did not deem fall-out benefits to be material to their consideration of the Agreement.

Based on their review and all of the relevant facts and circumstances, the Trustees concluded that the New ETFs and their shareholders could benefit from the Adviser’s management of the New ETFs. Thus, the Board determined that the approval of the Agreement with respect to each ETF was appropriate and in the best interest of each New ETF and its shareholders. In their deliberations, the Board did not identify any particular information that was all-important or controlling, and each Trustee may have attributed different weight to different factors. After reviewing a memorandum from Independent Trustee counsel discussing the legal standards applicable to the Board’s consideration of the Agreement, and after the Independent Trustees met privately with such counsel, the Board determined, in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, that the advisory arrangement, as outlined in the Agreement, was fair and reasonable in light of the services performed, expenses incurred and such other matters as the Board considered relevant.

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Additional Information (Unaudited)

Proxy Voting Information

A description of FQF Trust’s proxy voting policies and procedures is attached to the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information, which is available without charge by visiting the Funds’ website at www.agf.com/us or the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or by calling collect 1-617-292-9801.

In addition, a description of how each Fund voted proxies relating to its portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge upon request by calling collect 1-617-292-9801 or on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Holdings Information

FQF Trust files has filed its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year to date Form N-Q. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. You may also review and obtain copies of the Funds’ Forms N-Q, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following email address: publicinfo@sec.gov. In addition, the Funds’ full portfolio holdings are updated daily and available on the AGFiQ Funds’ website at www.agf.com/us.

This report has been prepared for shareholders and may be distributed to others only if preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.

Federal Tax Information

Under the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 (the “Act”), the percentages of ordinary dividends paid during the tax year ended June 30, 2019 are designated as “qualified dividend income” (QDI), as defined in the Act, subject to reduced tax rates in 2019. The Funds also qualify for the dividends received deduction (DRD) for corporate shareholders. Complete information will be reported in conjunction with your 2019 Form 1099-DIV.

As of June 30, 2019, the Fund federal tax information was as follows:

   
Fund   QDI   DRD
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund     100.00 %      100.00 % 
AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund     100.00 %      100.00 % 
AGFiQ Hedged Dividend Income Fund     79.60 %      82.23 % 

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Trustees and Officers of the Trust (Unaudited)

Trustees

         
Name, Address*,

Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held with Trust
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Funds in
Fund Complex
Overseen by
Trustee
  Other
Directorships
Held by
Trustee
Independent Trustees
                        
Peter A. Ambrosini
Year of Birth: 1944
  Trustee   Indefinite/Since 2011   Independent Consultant, Independent Directors of GMO Trust (2013 - Present); Independent Consultant, GMO Funds, (2011 to present); Principal, Dover Consulting LLC (2008 to 2015).
  
  12   None
Joseph A. Franco
Year of Birth: 1957
  Trustee   Indefinite/Since 2011   Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School (1996 to present).
  
  12   None
Richard S. Robie III
Year of Birth: 1960
  Trustee   Indefinite/Since 2011   Chief Operating Officer, Eagle Capital Management (July 2017 to present); Consultant, Advent International (August 2010 to July 2017).
  
  12   None
Interested Trustee**
                        
William C. Carey
Year of Birth: 1960
  Trustee;
 
 
Vice President
  Indefinite/Since 2018
 
Since 2018
  Chief Executive Officer, FFCM LLC (September 2013 to present); President, F-Squared Retirement Solutions (2011 to 2012).   12   Trustee, Bates College (2011 to present)
* Each Independent Trustee may be contacted by writing to the Independent Trustee of FQF Trust, c/o Robert J. Rhatigan, Dechert LLP, 1900 K Street, NW, Washington DC 20006.
** Mr. Carey is an “interested person,” as defined by the 1940 Act, because of his employment with and ownership interest in the Adviser.

The Funds’ Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available free of charge, upon request, by calling (617) 292-9801 (collect).

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Officers

     
Name, Address, Year of Birth   Position(s) Held with Trust   Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past 5 Years
Joshua G. Hunter
10 High Street, Suite 302
Boston, MA 02110
Year of Birth: 1981
  Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer   Indefinite/Since 2015   Principal Financial Officer, Foreside Management Services LLC (July 2015 to present); Vice President/Assistant Vice President, Treasury Services, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (July 2008 to July 2015).*
  
William H. DeRoche
53 State Street, Suite 1308,
Boston, MA 02109
Year of Birth: 1962
  President   Indefinite/Since 2012   Chief Investment Officer, Adviser (April 2010 to present); Chief Compliance Officer, Adviser (June 2012 to March 2017); Portfolio Manager, ICC Capital (March 2015 to December 2015).
  
Kevin McCreadie
66 Wellington Street West
31st Floor
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5K 1E9
Year of Birth: 1960
  Vice President   Indefinite/Since 2017   Director and Chief Investment Officer of AGF Investments America Inc., and Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of AGF Management Limited (June 2014 to present); Senior Officer and/or Director of certain subsidiaries of AGF Management Limited (June 2014 to present); Managing Executive – Institutional Asset Management, PNC Financial Services Group Inc.’s (“PNC”) Asset Management Group (December 2008 to May 2014); President and Chief Investment Officer, PNC Capital Advisors, LLC, a division of PNC and President, PNC Funds Co. and President, PNC Alternative Investment Funds Co. (March 2007 to May 2014).
  
Kenneth A. Kalina
c/o Foreside
3 Canal Plaza, Suite 100
Portland, ME 04101
Year of Birth: 1959
  Chief Compliance Officer   Indefinite/Since 2017   Fund Chief Compliance Officer, Foreside Fund Officer Services, LLC (June 2017 to present); Chief Compliance Officer, Henderson Global Funds (December 2005 to June 2017); Chief Compliance Officer, Henderson Global Investors (North America) Inc. (December 2005 to December 2015).*
* Mr. Hunter and Mr. Kalina serve as officers to other unaffiliated mutual funds or closed-end funds for which the Distributor (or its affiliates) acts as distributor (or provider of other services).

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FQF Trust

53 State Street, Suite 1308
Boston, MA 02109
www.AGFiQ.com

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Distributor:
Foreside Fund Services, LLC
3 Canal Plaza, Suite 100
Portland, ME 04101


 

 

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

 

As of the end of the period, June 30, 2019, the Registrant has adopted a code of ethics, as defined in Item 2 of Form N-CSR, that applies to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. During the period covered by this report, there have been no waivers granted under the code of ethics.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

The Board has determined that it does not include an audit committee financial expert, notwithstanding certain Trustees’ past experience overseeing the implementation of accounting controls and principles, due to the continuous modernization of accounting and tax requirements and the increasingly important role played by technology in the conduct of audits.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

Aggregate fees for professional services rendered for FQF Trust by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) for the years ended June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2019 were:

 

  2018 2019
Audit Fees (a) 82,650 113,477
Audit Related Fees (b) 0 0
Tax Fees (c) 48,660 50,815
All Other Fees (d) 0 0
Total: 131,310 164,292

 

(a)Audit Fees: These fees relate to professional services rendered by PwC for the audits of the Registrant’s annual financial statements or services normally provided by the independent registered public accounting firm in connection with statutory and regulatory filing or engagements. These services include the audits of the financial statements of the Registrant and issuance of consents.

 

(b)Audit Related Fees: These fees relate to assurance and related services by PwC related to audit services in connection with June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2019 annual financial statements.

 

(c)Tax Fees: These fees relate to professional services rendered by PwC for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.

 

(d)All Other Fees: These fees relate to products and services provided by PwC other than those reported under “Audit Fees,” “Audit-Related Fees,” and “Tax Fees” above.

 

(e)(1)Per Rule 2-01(c)(7)(A) and the charter of the Registrant’s Audit Committee, the Audit Committee approves and recommends the principal accountant for the Registrant, pre-approves (i) the principal accountant’s provision of all audit and permissible non-audit services to the Registrant (including the fees and other compensation to be paid to the principal accountant), and (ii) the principal accountant’s provision of any permissible non-audit services to the Registrant’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”), sub-adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with any investment adviser or sub-adviser, if the engagement relates directly to the operations of the financial reporting of the Trust.

 

(e)(2)0% of services described in each of Items 4(b) through (d) were approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

(f)If greater than 50%, disclose the percentage of hours expended on the principal accountant’s engagement to audit the Registrant’s financial statements for the most recent fiscal year that were attributable to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant’s full-time, permanent employees: Not Applicable.

 

(g)Disclose the aggregate non-audit fees billed by the Registrant’s accountant for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to the Registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2019: $48,660 and $50,815, respectively.

 

 

 

 

(h)The Registrant's Audit Committee has considered that the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the Registrant's investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant's independence.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

(a)The Registrant is an issuer as defined in Section 10A-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and has a separately-designated standing Audit Committee in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of such Act. All of the Board’s independent Trustees, Peter A. Ambrosini, Joseph A. Franco and Richard S. Robie III, are members of the Audit Committee.
   
(b)Not Applicable.

 

Item 6. Investments

 

(a)Schedule I – Investments in Securities of Unaffiliated Issuers

 

Not applicable. The complete schedule of investments is included in Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

 

(b)Securities Divested of in accordance with Section 13(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

The Registrant made no divestments of securities in accordance with Section 13(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable to the Registrant.

 

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable to the Registrant.

 

Item 9. Purchase of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

 

Not applicable to the Registrant.

 

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The Registrant did not have in place procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s board of trustees.

 

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 those disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that the material information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on this report 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 last fiscal quarter 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 to the Registrant.

 

Item 13. Exhibits.

 

(a)File the exhibits listed below as part of this Form. Letter or number the exhibits in the sequence indicated.

 

(a)(1)Code of Ethics – Filed herewith.

 

(a)(2)Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.

 

(a)(3)Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 under the 1940 Act – Not applicable.

 

(a)(4)A change in the registrant’s independent public accountant – Not applicable

 

(b)Certification required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is attached hereto.

 

 

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.

 

FQF Trust

 

 

By:/s/ William DeRoche

William DeRoche

President

September 6, 2019

 

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:/s/ William DeRoche

William DeRoche

President

September 6, 2019

 

 

By:/s/ Joshua Hunter

Joshua Hunter

Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer

September 6, 2019