0001145549-24-008519.txt : 20240226 0001145549-24-008519.hdr.sgml : 20240226 20240226134336 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001145549-24-008519 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20230531 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240226 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240226 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20240226 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Federated Hermes Adviser Series CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001707560 ORGANIZATION NAME: IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN/A SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-23259 FILM NUMBER: 24676476 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4000 ERICSSON DRIVE CITY: WARRENDALE STATE: PA ZIP: 15086-7561 BUSINESS PHONE: 1-800-341-7400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4000 ERICSSON DRIVE CITY: WARRENDALE STATE: PA ZIP: 15086-7561 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Federated Adviser Series DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20200616 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Federated Hermes Adviser Series DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20200615 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Federated Adviser Series DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20180820 0001707560 S000066201 Federated Hermes Emerging Markets Equity Fund C000213940 Class C Shares C000213941 Class R6 Shares FRIEX C000213942 Institutional Shares PIEFX C000213943 Class A Shares 0001707560 S000066202 Federated Hermes International Equity Fund C000213944 Institutional Shares PIUIX C000213945 Class R6 Shares PEIRX C000213946 Class A Shares PMIEX C000213947 Class C Shares PIUCX 0001707560 S000066203 Federated Hermes International Growth Fund C000213948 Class C Shares C000213949 Institutional Shares PIGDX C000213950 Class R6 Shares REIGX C000213951 Class A Shares N-CEN/A 1 primary_doc.xml X0404 N-CEN/A 0001145549-23-046525 LIVE 0001707560 XXXXXXXX true false false N-1A S000066201 true S000066202 true S000066203 true Federated Hermes Adviser Series 811-23259 0001707560 2549001OZ5PPTI84LJ34 Federated Hermes Funds 4000 Ericsson Drive Warrendale 15086-7561 US-PA US 8003417400 Federated Hermes Adviser Series Federated Hermes Funds 4000 Ericsson Drive Warrendale 15086-7561 8003417400 Registrant - All records required to be maintained that are not maintained by other service providers. Federated Administrative Services 1001 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh 15222-3779 4122881900 Administrator - Records include but are not limited to those related to calculation of NAV, income and expense accruals, securities pricing, preparation of regulatory documents, financial books and records, performance calculations and tax related documents. Federated Securities Corp. 1001 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh 15222-3779 4122881900 Distributor - Records include but are not limited to trade blotters, asset and liability ledgers, income and expense ledgers, capital account ledgers, customer account ledgers, securities records, order tickets and trade confirmations. Federated Advisory Services Company 1001 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh 15222-3779 4122881900 Advisor - All investment advisor records required to be maintained that are not maintained by other service providers. The Bank of New York Mellon One Wall Street New York 10286 5088714582 Custodian - Fund securities and cash records. SS&C GIDS, Inc. P.O. Box 219318 Kansas City 64121-9318 8168714100 Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent - Fund shareholder records Federated Global Investment Management Corp. 101 Park Avenue 41st Floor New York 10178-0002 4122881900 Advisor - All investment advisor records required to be maintained that are not maintained by other service providers. Polaris Capital Management, LLC 121 High Street Boston 02110-2475 6179511365 Sub Advisor - All investment advisor records required to be maintained that are not maintained by other service providers. N N N-1A 12 Y John B. Fisher N/A Y Madelyn A. Reilly N/A N John S. Walsh N/A N P. Jerome Richey N/A N Thomas M. O'Neill N/A N Maureen Lally-Green N/A N G. Thomas Hough N/A N John T. Collins N/A N J. 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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Federated Hermes Adviser Series: 

In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of Federated Hermes Emerging Markets Equity Fund, Federated Hermes International Equity Fund, and Federated Hermes International Growth Fund (collectively, the Funds), each a portfolio of Federated Hermes Adviser Series, as of and for the year ended May 31, 2023, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. 

Management of the Funds is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and trustees of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.  Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.  

A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis.  A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of a company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.  

Our consideration of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the Funds' internal control over financial reporting and its operations, including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of May 31, 2023. 

This report is intended solely for the information and use of the management and the Board of Trustees of Federated Hermes Adviser Series and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. 

/s/ KPMG LLP 

Boston, Massachusetts
July 21, 2023