0001752724-18-002635.txt : 20181213 0001752724-18-002635.hdr.sgml : 20181213 20181213111640 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-18-002635 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20181213 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20181213 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20181213 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TEKLA LIFE SCIENCES INVESTORS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000884121 IRS NUMBER: 043147016 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-06565 FILM NUMBER: 181232479 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 FEDERAL STREET STREET 2: 19TH FLOOR CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02110 BUSINESS PHONE: 6177728515 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 FEDERAL STREET STREET 2: 19TH FLOOR CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02110 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: H&Q LIFE SCIENCES INVESTORS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920929 N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0101 N-CEN LIVE 0000884121 XXXXXXXX 811-06565 false false false N-2 TEKLA LIFE SCIENCES INVESTORS 811-06565 0000884121 5493007BYZPSOVVS0M04 100 FEDERAL STREET, 19TH FLOOR BOSTON 02110 US-MA US 617-772-8500 State Street Bank and Trust Company 1 Lincoln Street Boston 02111 617-786-3000 Accounting and Custody Records Tekla Capital Management LLC 100 Federal Street 19th Floor Boston 02110 617-772-8500 Fund Administration Records N N N-2 N Thomas M Kent, CPA 000000000 N Michael W. 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N/A 000000000 00000000000000000000 10652140.40000000 2694244654.72000000 Y 446070228.37000000 Common stock TEKLA LIFE SCIENCES INVESTORS N N N N N N 0.99000000 1.25000000 20.42000000 21.22000000 true INTERNAL CONTROL RPT 2 NCEN_1041602619640115.txt REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Tekla Life Sciences Investors In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Tekla Life Sciences Investors (the "Fund") as of and for the year ended September 30, 2018, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), we considered the Fund's 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 Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A fund'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. A fund'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 fund; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the fund are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and trustees of the fund; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of a fund'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 fund's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Our consideration of the Fund's 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 PCAOB. However, we noted no deficiencies in the Fund's internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls for safeguarding securities that we consider to be a material weakness, as defined above, as of September 30, 2018. This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of the Fund and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. /s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP Boston, Massachusetts November 20, 2018