The
Funds benchmarks are unmanaged indices used as a general measure of market performance. Calculations assume dividends and capital gains are reinvested and do not include any managerial expenses. The 10 Years or the Since Inception calculation
is based on the previous 10 years or since the inception date, whichever is more recent. An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not
reflect deductions for fees or expenses. In comparison, a Funds performance is negatively impacted by these deductions. You cannot invest directly in an index.
Performance results do not include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and may differ from
amounts reported in the Financial Highlights.
Fund shares are bought and sold at Market Price, not Net Asset Value (NAV), and are not individually
redeemed from the fund. Net Asset Value is an exchange-traded funds per-share value. The per-share dollar amount of the Fund is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in the portfolio, less any liabilities, by the number of
Fund shares outstanding. Market Price is the price at which a share can currently be traded in the market. The market price used to calculate the market return is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the
exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Funds NAV is calculated.
Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) are subject to
market risk, including the loss of principal. Because Fund Shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Fund Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount). Shares of DeltaShares® ETFs may be bought and sold throughout the day on the exchange through any brokerage account. Buying and selling shares of ETFs will result in brokerage commissions. Diversification and asset
allocation may not protect against market risk or loss of principal. Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. There is no guarantee the investment objective will be achieved. Investing in securities of foreign issuers or
issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risk. Foreign countries in which the fund may invest may have markets that are less liquid, less regulated and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of investments in
securities denominated in foreign currencies increases or decreases as the rates of exchange between those currencies and the U.S. dollar change. The principal risks include risks related to: Equity securities, geographic focus, index tracking,
leveraging, derivatives such as futures, forwards, swaps, options, and investing in underlying exchange traded funds. The use of derivatives may produce disproportionate gains or losses, may increase costs, and amplify risks.
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
At December 31, 2019
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Value
|
|
COMMON STOCKS (continued)
|
|
United Kingdom (continued)
|
|
Rentokil Initial PLC
|
|
|
24,026
|
|
|
|
$
144,183
|
|
Rio Tinto PLC
|
|
|
12,849
|
|
|
|
766,488
|
|
Rio Tinto, Ltd.
|
|
|
4,809
|
|
|
|
339,401
|
|
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
|
|
|
24,038
|
|
|
|
217,561
|
|
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
|
|
|
53,512
|
|
|
|
170,349
|
|
RSA Insurance Group PLC
|
|
|
13,344
|
|
|
|
99,984
|
|
Sage Group PLC
|
|
|
14,849
|
|
|
|
147,337
|
|
Schroders PLC
|
|
|
1,515
|
|
|
|
66,913
|
|
Segro PLC, REIT
|
|
|
9,974
|
|
|
|
118,548
|
|
Severn Trent PLC
|
|
|
3,135
|
|
|
|
104,450
|
|
Smith & Nephew PLC
|
|
|
11,562
|
|
|
|
280,680
|
|
Smiths Group PLC
|
|
|
5,094
|
|
|
|
113,844
|
|
Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC
|
|
|
728
|
|
|
|
85,737
|
|
SSE PLC
|
|
|
13,218
|
|
|
|
251,889
|
|
St. Jamess Place PLC
|
|
|
6,957
|
|
|
|
107,324
|
|
Standard Chartered PLC
|
|
|
35,498
|
|
|
|
335,013
|
|
Standard Life Aberdeen PLC
|
|
|
30,384
|
|
|
|
132,064
|
|
Subsea 7 SA
|
|
|
3,224
|
|
|
|
38,505
|
|
Taylor Wimpey PLC
|
|
|
42,945
|
|
|
|
110,028
|
|
Tesco PLC
|
|
|
125,646
|
|
|
|
424,779
|
|
Unilever NV
|
|
|
19,826
|
|
|
|
1,140,107
|
|
Unilever PLC
|
|
|
15,416
|
|
|
|
888,475
|
|
United Utilities Group PLC
|
|
|
8,855
|
|
|
|
110,667
|
|
Vodafone Group PLC
|
|
|
342,842
|
|
|
|
666,555
|
|
Weir Group PLC
|
|
|
3,357
|
|
|
|
67,130
|
|
Whitbread PLC
|
|
|
2,004
|
|
|
|
128,652
|
|
WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC
|
|
|
30,837
|
|
|
|
81,621
|
|
WPP PLC
|
|
|
16,584
|
|
|
|
234,307
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28,514,615
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
United States - 0.1%
|
|
Carnival PLC
|
|
|
2,541
|
|
|
|
122,664
|
|
Flex, Ltd. (B)
|
|
|
7,583
|
|
|
|
95,698
|
|
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
109
|
|
Stratasys, Ltd. (B)
|
|
|
508
|
|
|
|
10,274
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
228,745
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $181,973,637)
|
|
|
|
196,836,484
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.5%
|
|
Germany - 0.5%
|
|
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG,
6.18% (E)
|
|
|
490
|
|
|
|
30,279
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
PREFERRED STOCKS (continued)
|
|
Germany (continued)
|
|
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA,
1.96% (E)
|
|
|
2,296
|
|
|
|
$
237,623
|
|
Porsche Automobil Holding SE,
3.15% (E)
|
|
|
2,009
|
|
|
|
150,280
|
|
Sartorius AG,
0.31% (E)
|
|
|
372
|
|
|
|
79,672
|
|
Volkswagen AG,
2.62% (E)
|
|
|
2,388
|
|
|
|
472,417
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Preferred Stocks
(Cost $879,645)
|
|
|
|
970,271
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RIGHT - 0.0%
|
|
Austria - 0.0%
|
|
Buwog AG, (B) (F) (G) (H)
Exercise Price EUR 29,
Expiration Date 12/31/2099
|
|
|
152
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Right
(Cost $0)
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT COMPANY - 0.5%
|
|
United States - 0.5%
|
|
State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund, 1.44%
(E)
|
|
|
981,846
|
|
|
|
981,846
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Short-Term Investment Company
(Cost $981,846)
|
|
|
|
981,846
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER INVESTMENT COMPANY - 2.7%
|
|
Securities Lending Collateral - 2.7%
|
|
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust - Government Money Market Portfolio, 1.56% (E)
|
|
|
5,319,337
|
|
|
|
5,319,337
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Other Investment Company
(Cost $5,319,337)
|
|
|
|
5,319,337
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Investments
(Cost $189,154,465)
|
|
|
|
204,107,938
|
|
Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (2.2)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,347,997
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets - 100.0%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ 199,759,941
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FUTURES CONTRACTS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long Futures Contracts
|
|
Description
|
|
Number of
Contracts
|
|
|
Expiration
Date
|
|
|
Notional
Amount
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Unrealized
Appreciation
|
|
|
Unrealized
Depreciation
|
|
MSCI EAFE Index
|
|
|
19
|
|
|
|
03/20/2020
|
|
|
$
|
1,918,473
|
|
|
$
|
1,934,675
|
|
|
$
|
16,202
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
The Notes to Financial Statements are an
integral part of this report.
|
|
|
Transamerica ETF Trust
|
|
Annual Report 2019
|
Page 47
DeltaShares® S&P International Managed Risk ETF
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
At December 31, 2019
INVESTMENTS BY INDUSTRY (unaudited):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Industry
|
|
Percentage of
Total Investments
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
9.2
|
%
|
|
$
|
18,869,781
|
|
Pharmaceuticals
|
|
|
8.3
|
|
|
|
17,048,277
|
|
Insurance
|
|
|
5.2
|
|
|
|
10,525,333
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
|
|
|
4.5
|
|
|
|
9,236,662
|
|
Food Products
|
|
|
3.4
|
|
|
|
6,992,098
|
|
Chemicals
|
|
|
3.2
|
|
|
|
6,532,479
|
|
Automobiles
|
|
|
3.2
|
|
|
|
6,450,002
|
|
Machinery
|
|
|
2.8
|
|
|
|
5,641,814
|
|
Metals & Mining
|
|
|
2.7
|
|
|
|
5,515,680
|
|
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods
|
|
|
2.4
|
|
|
|
4,992,642
|
|
Capital Markets
|
|
|
2.3
|
|
|
|
4,614,433
|
|
Beverages
|
|
|
2.2
|
|
|
|
4,483,586
|
|
Real Estate Management & Development
|
|
|
2.1
|
|
|
|
4,195,791
|
|
Personal Products
|
|
|
2.0
|
|
|
|
4,169,332
|
|
Electric Utilities
|
|
|
1.9
|
|
|
|
3,916,082
|
|
Diversified Telecommunication Services
|
|
|
1.9
|
|
|
|
3,871,002
|
|
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
|
|
|
1.8
|
|
|
|
3,780,048
|
|
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components
|
|
|
1.7
|
|
|
|
3,549,158
|
|
Health Care Equipment & Supplies
|
|
|
1.7
|
|
|
|
3,386,455
|
|
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts
|
|
|
1.6
|
|
|
|
3,366,571
|
|
Software
|
|
|
1.6
|
|
|
|
3,207,528
|
|
Electrical Equipment
|
|
|
1.5
|
|
|
|
3,124,231
|
|
Wireless Telecommunication Services
|
|
|
1.5
|
|
|
|
3,015,067
|
|
Professional Services
|
|
|
1.4
|
|
|
|
2,882,825
|
|
Food & Staples Retailing
|
|
|
1.4
|
|
|
|
2,880,836
|
|
Aerospace & Defense
|
|
|
1.4
|
|
|
|
2,856,466
|
|
Trading Companies & Distributors
|
|
|
1.4
|
|
|
|
2,836,878
|
|
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
|
|
|
1.4
|
|
|
|
2,797,865
|
|
Industrial Conglomerates
|
|
|
1.3
|
|
|
|
2,680,348
|
|
Road & Rail
|
|
|
1.3
|
|
|
|
2,624,743
|
|
Household Durables
|
|
|
1.3
|
|
|
|
2,602,377
|
|
IT Services
|
|
|
1.1
|
|
|
|
2,244,620
|
|
Tobacco
|
|
|
1.0
|
|
|
|
2,003,443
|
|
Construction & Engineering
|
|
|
1.0
|
|
|
|
1,981,535
|
|
Building Products
|
|
|
0.9
|
|
|
|
1,894,944
|
|
Multi-Utilities
|
|
|
0.9
|
|
|
|
1,886,884
|
|
Specialty Retail
|
|
|
0.9
|
|
|
|
1,809,544
|
|
Auto Components
|
|
|
0.9
|
|
|
|
1,800,856
|
|
Biotechnology
|
|
|
0.9
|
|
|
|
1,773,972
|
|
Household Products
|
|
|
0.8
|
|
|
|
1,683,515
|
|
Entertainment
|
|
|
0.8
|
|
|
|
1,579,124
|
|
Diversified Financial Services
|
|
|
0.7
|
|
|
|
1,477,297
|
|
Construction Materials
|
|
|
0.6
|
|
|
|
1,215,370
|
|
Media
|
|
|
0.6
|
|
|
|
1,196,141
|
|
Multiline Retail
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
1,093,246
|
|
Commercial Services & Supplies
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
1,046,741
|
|
Health Care Providers & Services
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
1,022,032
|
|
Transportation Infrastructure
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
1,008,274
|
|
Gas Utilities
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
970,673
|
|
Air Freight & Logistics
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
959,352
|
|
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
938,916
|
|
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail
|
|
|
0.4
|
|
|
|
823,112
|
|
Paper & Forest Products
|
|
|
0.4
|
|
|
|
721,036
|
|
Life Sciences Tools & Services
|
|
|
0.3
|
|
|
|
594,636
|
|
Communications Equipment
|
|
|
0.3
|
|
|
|
574,335
|
|
Leisure Products
|
|
|
0.2
|
|
|
|
514,700
|
|
The Notes to Financial Statements are an
integral part of this report.
|
|
|
Transamerica ETF Trust
|
|
Annual Report 2019
|
Page 48
DeltaShares® S&P International Managed Risk ETF
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
At December 31, 2019
INVESTMENTS BY INDUSTRY (unaudited) (continued):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Industry
|
|
Percentage of
Total Investments
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Marine
|
|
|
0.2
|
%
|
|
$
|
376,497
|
|
Airlines
|
|
|
0.2
|
|
|
|
370,326
|
|
Interactive Media & Services
|
|
|
0.2
|
|
|
|
319,609
|
|
Containers & Packaging
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
296,860
|
|
Energy Equipment & Services
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
228,450
|
|
Water Utilities
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
215,117
|
|
Health Care Technology
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
205,074
|
|
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
151,876
|
|
Consumer Finance
|
|
|
0.0
|
(C)
|
|
|
94,892
|
|
Distributors
|
|
|
0.0
|
(C)
|
|
|
47,697
|
|
Diversified Consumer Services
|
|
|
0.0
|
(C)
|
|
|
39,669
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments
|
|
|
96.9
|
|
|
|
197,806,755
|
|
Short-Term Investments
|
|
|
3.1
|
|
|
|
6,301,183
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Investments
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
$
|
204,107,938
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SECURITY VALUATION:
Valuation Inputs
(I)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Level 1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
|
|
|
Level 2 -
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
|
|
|
Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable Inputs (J)
|
|
|
Value
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
Investments
|
|
Common Stocks
|
|
$
|
2,076,502
|
|
|
$
|
194,759,982
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
196,836,484
|
|
Preferred Stocks
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
970,271
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
970,271
|
|
Right
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Short-Term Investment Company
|
|
|
981,846
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
981,846
|
|
Other Investment Company
|
|
|
5,319,337
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,319,337
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Investments
|
|
$
|
8,377,685
|
|
|
$
|
195,730,253
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
$
|
204,107,938
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Financial Instruments
|
|
Futures Contracts (K)
|
|
$
|
16,202
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
16,202
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Other Financial Instruments
|
|
$
|
16,202
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
16,202
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(A)
|
|
All or a portion of the securities are on loan. The total value of all securities on loan is $5,066,527. The amount of securities on loan indicated may not correspond with the securities on loan identified because
securities with pending sales are in the process of recall from the brokers.
|
(B)
|
|
Non-income producing securities.
|
(C)
|
|
Percentage rounds to less than 0.1% or (0.1)%.
|
(D)
|
|
Securities are registered pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Unless otherwise indicated, the securities are deemed to be liquid for purposes of compliance limitations on holdings of illiquid
securities and may be resold as transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2019, the total value of 144A securities is $1,450,395, representing 0.7% of the Funds net
assets.
|
(E)
|
|
Rates disclosed reflect the yields at December 31, 2019.
|
(F)
|
|
Security is Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
|
(G)
|
|
Security deemed worthless.
|
(H)
|
|
Fair valued as determined in good faith in accordance with procedures established by the Board. At December 31, 2019, the value of the
security
is $0, representing 0.00% of the Funds net assets.
|
(I)
|
|
There were no transfers in or out of Level 3 during the year ended December 31, 2019. Please reference the Security Valuation section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding
security valuation and pricing inputs.
|
(J)
|
|
Level 3 securities were not considered significant to the Fund.
|
(K)
|
|
Futures contracts and/or forward foreign currency contracts are valued at unrealized appreciation (depreciation).
|
The Notes to Financial Statements are an
integral part of this report.
|
|
|
Transamerica ETF Trust
|
|
Annual Report 2019
|
Page 49
DeltaShares® S&P International Managed Risk ETF
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
At December 31, 2019
CURRENCY ABBREVIATION:
PORTFOLIO ABBREVIATIONS:
|
|
|
ADR
|
|
American Depositary Receipt
|
CDI
|
|
CHESS Depositary Interests
|
CVA
|
|
Commanditaire Vennootschap op Aandelen (Dutch Certificate)
|
EAFE
|
|
Europe, Australasia and Far East
|
REIT
|
|
Real Estate Investment Trust
|
SDR
|
|
Swedish Depositary Receipt
|
The Notes to Financial Statements are an
integral part of this report.
|
|
|
Transamerica ETF Trust
|
|
Annual Report 2019
|
Page 50
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
At
December 31, 2019
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DeltaShares® S&P
400 Managed
Risk ETF
|
|
|
DeltaShares® S&P
500 Managed
Risk ETF
|
|
|
DeltaShares® S&P
600 Managed
Risk ETF
|
|
|
DeltaShares® S&P
EM 100 &
Managed
Risk ETF
|
|
|
DeltaShares® S&P
International
Managed Risk
ETF
|
|
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments, at value (A) (B)
|
|
$
|
106,247,178
|
|
|
$
|
428,944,528
|
|
|
$
|
45,288,356
|
|
|
$
|
46,755,767
|
|
|
$
|
204,107,938
|
|
Cash
|
|
|
337,680
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,154
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash collateral pledged at broker for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Futures contracts
|
|
|
43,200
|
|
|
|
239,400
|
|
|
|
21,000
|
|
|
|
26,000
|
|
|
|
85,500
|
|
Foreign currency, at value (C)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
139,839
|
|
|
|
341,360
|
|
Receivables and other assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments sold
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
183,606
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
43,696
|
|
Net income from securities lending
|
|
|
1,884
|
|
|
|
271
|
|
|
|
3,091
|
|
|
|
122
|
|
|
|
2,161
|
|
Dividends
|
|
|
108,798
|
|
|
|
427,883
|
|
|
|
51,014
|
|
|
|
98,109
|
|
|
|
192,951
|
|
Tax reclaims
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,885
|
|
|
|
312,869
|
|
Variation margin receivable on futures
contracts
|
|
|
56,121
|
|
|
|
234,494
|
|
|
|
6,647
|
|
|
|
26,660
|
|
|
|
79,380
|
|
Total assets
|
|
|
106,794,861
|
|
|
|
429,846,576
|
|
|
|
45,554,868
|
|
|
|
47,048,382
|
|
|
|
205,165,855
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash collateral received upon return of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Securities on loan
|
|
|
8,808,019
|
|
|
|
1,630,939
|
|
|
|
3,812,419
|
|
|
|
241,710
|
|
|
|
5,319,337
|
|
Payables and other liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments purchased
|
|
|
184,037
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19,260
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment management fees
|
|
|
38,122
|
|
|
|
129,526
|
|
|
|
16,288
|
|
|
|
23,907
|
|
|
|
86,577
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
|
9,030,178
|
|
|
|
1,760,465
|
|
|
|
3,847,967
|
|
|
|
265,617
|
|
|
|
5,405,914
|
|
Net assets
|
|
$
|
97,764,683
|
|
|
$
|
428,086,111
|
|
|
$
|
41,706,901
|
|
|
$
|
46,782,765
|
|
|
$
|
199,759,941
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets consist of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paid-in
capital
|
|
$
|
97,958,332
|
|
|
$
|
382,730,633
|
|
|
$
|
43,598,220
|
|
|
$
|
45,472,846
|
|
|
$
|
196,506,212
|
|
Total distributable earnings (accumulated
losses)
|
|
|
(193,649
|
)
|
|
|
45,355,478
|
|
|
|
(1,891,319
|
)
|
|
|
1,309,919
|
|
|
|
3,253,729
|
|
Net assets
|
|
$
|
97,764,683
|
|
|
$
|
428,086,111
|
|
|
$
|
41,706,901
|
|
|
$
|
46,782,765
|
|
|
$
|
199,759,941
|
|
Shares outstanding
|
|
|
1,800,000
|
|
|
|
6,950,000
|
|
|
|
750,000
|
|
|
|
900,000
|
|
|
|
3,850,000
|
|
Net asset value per share
|
|
$
|
54.31
|
|
|
$
|
61.60
|
|
|
$
|
55.61
|
|
|
$
|
51.98
|
|
|
$
|
51.89
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(A) Investments, at cost
|
|
$
|
97,229,064
|
|
|
$
|
364,504,539
|
|
|
$
|
42,510,378
|
|
|
$
|
43,089,849
|
|
|
$
|
189,154,465
|
|
(B) Securities on loan, at value
|
|
$
|
8,592,139
|
|
|
$
|
1,592,148
|
|
|
$
|
3,707,062
|
|
|
$
|
228,917
|
|
|
$
|
5,066,527
|
|
(C) Foreign currency, at cost
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
138,662
|
|
|
$
|
334,818
|
|
The Notes to Financial Statements are an
integral part of this report.
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|
|
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|
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|
Page 51
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the year ended
December 31, 2019
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DeltaShares® S&P
400 Managed
Risk ETF
|
|
|
DeltaShares® S&P
500 Managed
Risk ETF
|
|
|
DeltaShares® S&P
600 Managed
Risk ETF
|
|
|
DeltaShares® S&P
EM 100 &
Managed
Risk ETF (A)
|
|
|
DeltaShares® S&P
International
Managed Risk
ETF
|
|
Investment Income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividend income
|
|
$
|
1,202,472
|
|
|
$
|
7,170,265
|
|
|
$
|
389,416
|
|
|
$
|
967,839
|
|
|
$
|
6,978,844
|
|
Interest income
|
|
|
501,041
|
|
|
|
1,157,103
|
|
|
|
262,926
|
|
|
|
66,760
|
|
|
|
202,770
|
|
Non-cash
dividend income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
286,453
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income from securities lending
|
|
|
21,145
|
|
|
|
34,419
|
|
|
|
17,196
|
|
|
|
2,170
|
|
|
|
66,476
|
|
Withholding taxes on foreign income
|
|
|
(628
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(168
|
)
|
|
|
(107,112
|
)
|
|
|
(591,605
|
)
|
Total investment income
|
|
|
1,724,030
|
|
|
|
8,361,787
|
|
|
|
669,370
|
|
|
|
1,216,110
|
|
|
|
6,656,485
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment management fees
|
|
|
442,806
|
|
|
|
1,453,159
|
|
|
|
181,527
|
|
|
|
197,569
|
|
|
|
995,281
|
|
Total expenses
|
|
|
442,806
|
|
|
|
1,453,159
|
|
|
|
181,527
|
|
|
|
197,569
|
|
|
|
995,281
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income (loss)
|
|
|
1,281,224
|
|
|
|
6,908,628
|
|
|
|
487,843
|
|
|
|
1,018,541
|
|
|
|
5,661,204
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized gain (loss) on:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments
|
|
|
(1,100,735
|
)
|
|
|
719,682
|
|
|
|
(177,523
|
)
|
|
|
(2,855,408
|
)
|
|
|
(205,191
|
)
|
In-kind
redemptions
|
|
|
1,894,059
|
|
|
|
8,444,808
|
|
|
|
205,815
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,985,075
|
|
Swap agreements
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,361
|
|
|
|
36,706
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Futures contracts
|
|
|
381,973
|
|
|
|
2,066,011
|
|
|
|
152,586
|
|
|
|
453,034
|
|
|
|
895,332
|
|
Foreign currency transactions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(8,161
|
)
|
|
|
8,068
|
|
Net realized gain (loss)
|
|
|
1,175,297
|
|
|
|
11,234,862
|
|
|
|
217,584
|
|
|
|
(2,410,535
|
)
|
|
|
4,683,284
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) on:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments
|
|
|
10,739,100
|
|
|
|
64,976,147
|
|
|
|
3,873,331
|
|
|
|
3,665,918
|
|
|
|
25,517,909
|
|
Futures contracts
|
|
|
(5,041
|
)
|
|
|
46,559
|
|
|
|
(4,254
|
)
|
|
|
13,793
|
|
|
|
9,063
|
|
Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in
foreign currencies
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,224
|
|
|
|
11,744
|
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation)
|
|
|
10,734,059
|
|
|
|
65,022,706
|
|
|
|
3,869,077
|
|
|
|
3,680,935
|
|
|
|
25,538,716
|
|
Net realized and change in unrealized gain
(loss)
|
|
|
11,909,356
|
|
|
|
76,257,568
|
|
|
|
4,086,661
|
|
|
|
1,270,400
|
|
|
|
30,222,000
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations
|
|
$
|
13,190,580
|
|
|
$
|
83,166,196
|
|
|
$
|
4,574,504
|
|
|
$
|
2,288,941
|
|
|
$
|
35,883,204
|
|
|
|
|
(A)
|
|
Commenced operations on March 20, 2019.
|
The Notes to Financial Statements are an
integral part of this report.
|
|
|
Transamerica ETF Trust
|
|
Annual Report 2019
|
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
For the
years ended:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DeltaShares®
S&P 400
Managed Risk ETF
|
|
|
DeltaShares® S&P 500
Managed Risk ETF
|
|
|
DeltaShares® S&P 600
Managed Risk ETF
|
|
|
|
December 31,
2019
|
|
|
December 31,
2018
|
|
|
December 31,
2019
|
|
|
December 31,
2018
|
|
|
December 31,
2019
|
|
|
December 31,
2018
|
|
From operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income (loss)
|
|
$
|
1,281,224
|
|
|
$
|
1,422,182
|
|
|
$
|
6,908,628
|
|
|
$
|
6,949,871
|
|
|
$
|
487,843
|
|
|
$
|
513,096
|
|
Net realized gain (loss)
|
|
|
1,175,297
|
|
|
|
1,374,587
|
|
|
|
11,234,862
|
|
|
|
12,563,607
|
|
|
|
217,584
|
|
|
|
3,600,904
|
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation)
|
|
|
10,734,059
|
|
|
|
(12,341,124
|
)
|
|
|
65,022,706
|
|
|
|
(31,325,342
|
)
|
|
|
3,869,077
|
|
|
|
(6,206,153
|
)
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from
operations
|
|
|
13,190,580
|
|
|
|
(9,544,355
|
)
|
|
|
83,166,196
|
|
|
|
(11,811,864
|
)
|
|
|
4,574,504
|
|
|
|
(2,092,153
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends and/or distributions to
shareholders:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends and/or distributions to
shareholders
|
|
|
(1,326,963
|
)
|
|
|
(1,403,938
|
)
|
|
|
(7,172,785
|
)
|
|
|
(6,986,427
|
)
|
|
|
(514,864
|
)
|
|
|
(555,073
|
)
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from
dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
|
|
|
(1,326,963
|
)
|
|
|
(1,403,938
|
)
|
|
|
(7,172,785
|
)
|
|
|
(6,986,427
|
)
|
|
|
(514,864
|
)
|
|
|
(555,073
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital share transactions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from shares sold
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
70,966,612
|
|
|
|
8,055,870
|
|
|
|
280,974,489
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
45,414,201
|
|
Cost of shares redeemed
|
|
|
(17,942,947
|
)
|
|
|
(88,168,320
|
)
|
|
|
(42,721,348
|
)
|
|
|
(294,728,315
|
)
|
|
|
(2,626,876
|
)
|
|
|
(61,823,421
|
)
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from
capital share transactions
|
|
|
(17,942,947
|
)
|
|
|
(17,201,708
|
)
|
|
|
(34,665,478
|
)
|
|
|
(13,753,826
|
)
|
|
|
(2,626,876
|
)
|
|
|
(16,409,220
|
)
|
Net increase (decrease) in net
assets
|
|
|
(6,079,330
|
)
|
|
|
(28,150,001
|
)
|
|
|
41,327,933
|
|
|
|
(32,552,117
|
)
|
|
|
1,432,764
|
|
|
|
(19,056,446
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of year
|
|
|
103,844,013
|
|
|
|
131,994,014
|
|
|
|
386,758,178
|
|
|
|
419,310,295
|
|
|
|
40,274,137
|
|
|
|
59,330,583
|
|
End of year
|
|
$
|
97,764,683
|
|
|
$
|
103,844,013
|
|
|
$
|
428,086,111
|
|
|
$
|
386,758,178
|
|
|
$
|
41,706,901
|
|
|
$
|
40,274,137
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital share transactions - shares:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares issued
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,300,000
|
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
|
|
5,050,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
800,000
|
|
Shares redeemed
|
|
|
(350,000
|
)
|
|
|
(1,600,000
|
)
|
|
|
(750,000
|
)
|
|
|
(5,250,000
|
)
|
|
|
(50,000
|
)
|
|
|
(1,100,000
|
)
|
Net increase (decrease) in shares
outstanding
|
|
|
(350,000
|
)
|
|
|
(300,000
|
)
|
|
|
(600,000
|
)
|
|
|
(200,000
|
)
|
|
|
(50,000
|
)
|
|
|
(300,000
|
)
|
The Notes to Financial Statements are an
integral part of this report.
|
|
|
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|
|
Annual Report 2019
|
Page 53
STATEMENTS OF
CHANGES IN NET ASSETS (continued)
For the period and years ended:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DeltaShares®
S&P EM 100 &
Managed
Risk
ETF
|
|
|
DeltaShares® S&P International
Managed Risk ETF
|
|
|
|
December 31,
2019 (A)
|
|
|
December 31,
2019
|
|
|
December 31,
2018
|
|
From operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income (loss)
|
|
$
|
1,018,541
|
|
|
$
|
5,661,204
|
|
|
$
|
5,827,799
|
|
Net realized gain (loss)
|
|
|
(2,410,535
|
)
|
|
|
4,683,284
|
|
|
|
(9,898,343
|
)
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation)
|
|
|
3,680,935
|
|
|
|
25,538,716
|
|
|
|
(25,202,071
|
)
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from
operations
|
|
|
2,288,941
|
|
|
|
35,883,204
|
|
|
|
(29,272,615
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends and/or distributions to
shareholders:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends and/or distributions to
shareholders
|
|
|
(979,022
|
)
|
|
|
(6,314,088
|
)
|
|
|
(5,925,145
|
)
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from
dividends and/or distributions to shareholders
|
|
|
(979,022
|
)
|
|
|
(6,314,088
|
)
|
|
|
(5,925,145
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Capital share transactions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from shares sold
|
|
|
45,472,846
|
|
|
|
4,595,782
|
|
|
|
14,936,476
|
|
Cost of shares redeemed
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(36,595,032
|
)
|
|
|
(21,956,219
|
)
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from
capital share transactions
|
|
|
45,472,846
|
|
|
|
(31,999,250
|
)
|
|
|
(7,019,743
|
)
|
Net increase (decrease) in net
assets
|
|
|
46,782,765
|
|
|
|
(2,430,134
|
)
|
|
|
(42,217,503
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of period/year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
202,190,075
|
|
|
|
244,407,578
|
|
End of period/year
|
|
$
|
46,782,765
|
|
|
$
|
199,759,941
|
|
|
$
|
202,190,075
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital share transactions - shares:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares issued
|
|
|
900,000
|
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
300,000
|
|
Shares redeemed
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(750,000
|
)
|
|
|
(400,000
|
)
|
Net increase (decrease) in shares
outstanding
|
|
|
900,000
|
|
|
|
(650,000
|
)
|
|
|
(100,000
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(A)
|
|
Commenced operations on March 20, 2019.
|
The Notes to Financial Statements are an
integral part of this report.
|
|
|
Transamerica ETF Trust
|
|
Annual Report 2019
|
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For a share outstanding during the period and years indicated:
|
|
DeltaShares® S&P 400 Managed Risk ETF
|
|
|
|
December 31,
2019
|
|
|
December 31,
2018
|
|
|
December 31,
2017 (A)
|
|
Net asset value, beginning of
period/year
|
|
$
|
48.30
|
|
|
$
|
53.88
|
|
|
$
|
50.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income (loss) (B)
|
|
|
0.67
|
|
|
|
0.66
|
|
|
|
0.27
|
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
|
|
|
6.03
|
|
|
|
(5.58
|
)
|
|
|
3.94
|
|
Total investment operations
|
|
|
6.70
|
|
|
|
(4.92
|
)
|
|
|
4.21
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends and/or distributions to
shareholders:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
(0.69
|
)
|
|
|
(0.66
|
)
|
|
|
(0.27
|
)
|
Net realized gains
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.06
|
)
|
Total dividends and/or distributions to
shareholders
|
|
|
(0.69
|
)
|
|
|
(0.66
|
)
|
|
|
(0.33
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Net asset value, end of period/year
|
|
$
|
54.31
|
|
|
$
|
48.30
|
|
|
$
|
53.88
|
|
Total return
|
|
|
13.95
|
%
|
|
|
(9.19
|
)%
|
|
|
8.42
|
%(C)
|
|
|
|
|
Ratio and supplemental data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets end of period/year (000s)
|
|
$
|
97,765
|
|
|
$
|
103,844
|
|
|
$
|
131,994
|
|
Expenses to average net assets
|
|
|
0.45
|
%(D)
|
|
|
0.45
|
%
|
|
|
0.45
|
%(E)
|
Net investment income (loss) to average net
assets
|
|
|
1.30
|
%
|
|
|
1.23
|
%
|
|
|
1.25
|
%(E)
|
Portfolio turnover rate (F)
|
|
|
511
|
%
|
|
|
435
|
%
|
|
|
6
|
%(C)
|
|
|
|
(A)
|
|
Commenced operations on July 31, 2017.
|
(B)
|
|
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
|
(C)
|
|
Not annualized.
|
(D)
|
|
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
|
(E)
|
|
Annualized.
|
(F)
|
|
Excludes investment securities received or delivered as a result of processing in-kind issuances or redemptions of capital share transactions in creation units.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For a share outstanding during the period and years indicated:
|
|
DeltaShares® S&P 500 Managed Risk ETF
|
|
|
|
December 31,
2019
|
|
|
December 31,
2018
|
|
|
December 31,
2017 (A)
|
|
Net asset value, beginning of
period/year
|
|
$
|
51.23
|
|
|
$
|
54.10
|
|
|
$
|
50.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income (loss) (B)
|
|
|
0.94
|
|
|
|
0.91
|
|
|
|
0.36
|
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
|
|
|
10.41
|
|
|
|
(2.86
|
)
|
|
|
4.09
|
|
Total investment operations
|
|
|
11.35
|
|
|
|
(1.95
|
)
|
|
|
4.45
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends and/or distributions to
shareholders:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
(0.98
|
)
|
|
|
(0.91
|
)
|
|
|
(0.34
|
)
|
Net realized gains
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.01
|
)
|
|
|
(0.01
|
)
|
Total dividends and/or distributions to
shareholders
|
|
|
(0.98
|
)
|
|
|
(0.92
|
)
|
|
|
(0.35
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Net asset value, end of period/year
|
|
$
|
61.60
|
|
|
$
|
51.23
|
|
|
$
|
54.10
|
|
Total return
|
|
|
22.30
|
%
|
|
|
(3.68
|
)%
|
|
|
8.94
|
%(C)
|
|
|
|
|
Ratio and supplemental data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets end of period/year (000s)
|
|
$
|
428,086
|
|
|
$
|
386,758
|
|
|
$
|
419,310
|
|
Expenses to average net assets
|
|
|
0.35
|
%(D)
|
|
|
0.35
|
%
|
|
|
0.35
|
%(E)
|
Net investment income (loss) to average net
assets
|
|
|
1.66
|
%
|
|
|
1.65
|
%
|
|
|
1.64
|
%(E)
|
Portfolio turnover rate (F)
|
|
|
300
|
%
|
|
|
430
|
%
|
|
|
2
|
%(C)
|
|
|
|
(A)
|
|
Commenced operations on July 31, 2017.
|
(B)
|
|
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
|
(C)
|
|
Not annualized.
|
(D)
|
|
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
|
(E)
|
|
Annualized.
|
(F)
|
|
Excludes investment securities received or delivered as a result of processing in-kind issuances or redemptions of capital share transactions in creation units.
|
The Notes to Financial Statements are an
integral part of this report.
|
|
|
Transamerica ETF Trust
|
|
Annual Report 2019
|
Page 55
FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For a share outstanding during the period and years indicated:
|
|
DeltaShares® S&P 600 Managed Risk ETF
|
|
|
|
December 31,
2019
|
|
|
December 31,
2018
|
|
|
December 31,
2017 (A)
|
|
Net asset value, beginning of
period/year
|
|
$
|
50.34
|
|
|
$
|
53.94
|
|
|
$
|
50.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income (loss) (B)
|
|
|
0.64
|
|
|
|
0.59
|
|
|
|
0.24
|
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
|
|
|
5.30
|
|
|
|
(3.52
|
)
|
|
|
4.09
|
|
Total investment operations
|
|
|
5.94
|
|
|
|
(2.93
|
)
|
|
|
4.33
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends and/or distributions to
shareholders:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
(0.67
|
)
|
|
|
(0.64
|
)
|
|
|
(0.24
|
)
|
Net realized gains
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.03
|
)
|
|
|
(0.15
|
)
|
Total dividends and/or distributions to
shareholders
|
|
|
(0.67
|
)
|
|
|
(0.67
|
)
|
|
|
(0.39
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Net asset value, end of period/year
|
|
$
|
55.61
|
|
|
$
|
50.34
|
|
|
$
|
53.94
|
|
Total return
|
|
|
11.85
|
%
|
|
|
(5.47
|
)%
|
|
|
8.65
|
%(C)
|
|
|
|
|
Ratio and supplemental data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets end of period/year (000s)
|
|
$
|
41,707
|
|
|
$
|
40,274
|
|
|
$
|
59,331
|
|
Expenses to average net assets
|
|
|
0.45
|
%(D)
|
|
|
0.45
|
%
|
|
|
0.45
|
%(E)
|
Net investment income (loss) to average net
assets
|
|
|
1.21
|
%
|
|
|
1.07
|
%
|
|
|
1.12
|
%(E)
|
Portfolio turnover rate (F)
|
|
|
584
|
%
|
|
|
448
|
%
|
|
|
21
|
%(C)
|
|
|
|
(A)
|
|
Commenced operations on July 31, 2017.
|
(B)
|
|
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
|
(C)
|
|
Not annualized.
|
(D)
|
|
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
|
(E)
|
|
Annualized.
|
(F)
|
|
Excludes investment securities received or delivered as a result of processing in-kind issuances or redemptions of capital share transactions in creation units.
|
|
|
|
|
|
For a share outstanding during the period indicated:
|
|
DeltaShares®
S&P EM 100 &
Managed
Risk
ETF
|
|
|
|
December 31,
2019 (A)
|
|
Net asset value, beginning of period
|
|
$
|
50.14
|
|
|
|
Investment operations:
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income (loss) (B)
|
|
|
1.18
|
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
|
|
|
1.75
|
|
Total investment operations
|
|
|
2.93
|
|
|
|
Dividends and/or distributions to
shareholders:
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
(1.09
|
)
|
|
|
Net asset value, end of period
|
|
$
|
51.98
|
|
Total return
|
|
|
5.85
|
%(C)
|
|
|
Ratio and supplemental data:
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets end of period (000s)
|
|
$
|
46,783
|
|
Expenses to average net assets (D)
|
|
|
0.60
|
%(E)
|
Net investment income (loss) to average net
assets
|
|
|
3.10
|
%(E)
|
Portfolio turnover rate (F)
|
|
|
274
|
%(C)
|
|
|
|
(A)
|
|
Commenced operations on March 20, 2019.
|
(B)
|
|
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
|
(C)
|
|
Not annualized.
|
(D)
|
|
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
|
(E)
|
|
Annualized.
|
(F)
|
|
Excludes investment securities received or delivered as a result of processing in-kind issuances or redemptions of capital share transactions in creation units.
|
The Notes to Financial Statements are an
integral part of this report.
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|
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|
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FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For a share outstanding during the period and years indicated:
|
|
DeltaShares® S&P International Managed Risk ETF
|
|
|
|
December 31,
2019
|
|
|
December 31,
2018
|
|
|
December 31,
2017 (A)
|
|
Net asset value, beginning of
period/year
|
|
$
|
44.93
|
|
|
$
|
53.13
|
|
|
$
|
50.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income (loss) (B)
|
|
|
1.38
|
|
|
|
1.33
|
|
|
|
0.32
|
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
|
|
|
7.12
|
|
|
|
(8.15
|
)
|
|
|
3.16
|
|
Total investment operations
|
|
|
8.50
|
|
|
|
(6.82
|
)
|
|
|
3.48
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends and/or distributions to
shareholders:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
(1.54
|
)
|
|
|
(1.37
|
)
|
|
|
(0.34
|
)
|
Net realized gains
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.01
|
)
|
|
|
(0.01
|
)
|
Total dividends and/or distributions to
shareholders
|
|
|
(1.54
|
)
|
|
|
(1.38
|
)
|
|
|
(0.35
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Net asset value, end of period/year
|
|
$
|
51.89
|
|
|
$
|
44.93
|
|
|
$
|
53.13
|
|
Total return
|
|
|
19.12
|
%
|
|
|
(13.09
|
)%
|
|
|
6.97
|
%(C)
|
|
|
|
|
Ratio and supplemental data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets end of period/year (000s)
|
|
$
|
199,760
|
|
|
$
|
202,190
|
|
|
$
|
244,408
|
|
Expenses to average net assets
|
|
|
0.50
|
%(D)
|
|
|
0.50
|
%
|
|
|
0.50
|
%(E)
|
Net investment income (loss) to average net
assets
|
|
|
2.85
|
%
|
|
|
2.60
|
%
|
|
|
1.47
|
%(E)
|
Portfolio turnover rate (F)
|
|
|
85
|
%
|
|
|
189
|
%
|
|
|
3
|
%(C)
|
|
|
|
(A)
|
|
Commenced operations on July 31, 2017.
|
(B)
|
|
Calculated based on average number of shares outstanding.
|
(C)
|
|
Not annualized.
|
(D)
|
|
Does not include expenses of the underlying investments in which the Fund invests.
|
(E)
|
|
Annualized.
|
(F)
|
|
Excludes investment securities received or delivered as a result of processing in-kind issuances or redemptions of capital share transactions in creation units.
|
The Notes to Financial Statements are an
integral part of this report.
|
|
|
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|
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
At
December 31, 2019
1. ORGANIZATION
Transamerica ETF Trust (the Trust) is an
open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), and was organized as a Delaware statutory trust dated May 5, 2016. The
Trust applies investment company accounting and reporting guidance. The funds covered by this report (each, a Fund and collectively, the Funds) are each a series of the Trust and are as follows:
|
Fund
|
DeltaShares® S&P 400 Managed Risk ETF
(S&P 400 Managed Risk)
|
DeltaShares® S&P 500 Managed Risk ETF
(S&P 500 Managed Risk)
|
DeltaShares® S&P 600 Managed Risk ETF
(S&P 600 Managed Risk)
|
DeltaShares® S&P EM 100 & Managed Risk ETF
(S&P EM 100 & Managed Risk) (A)
|
DeltaShares® S&P International Managed Risk ETF
(S&P International Managed Risk)
|
|
|
|
(A)
|
|
Commenced operations on March 20, 2019.
|
Each Fund is classified as a non-diversified investment company under the 1940 Act.
The investment objective of each Fund is to seek to track the investment results, before fees and expenses, of the respective index listed below (each, an
Underlying Index). Each Fund uses a passive or indexing approach to try to achieve its investment objective.
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Underlying Index
|
S&P 400 Managed Risk
|
|
S&P 400® Managed Risk 2.0 Index
|
S&P 500 Managed Risk
|
|
S&P 500® Managed Risk 2.0 Index
|
S&P 600 Managed Risk
|
|
S&P 600® Managed Risk 2.0 Index
|
S&P EM 100 & Managed Risk
|
|
S&P EM 100 (USD) Managed Risk 2.0 Index
|
S&P International Managed Risk
|
|
S&P EPAC Ex. Korea LargeMidCap Managed Risk 2.0 Index
|
This report must be accompanied or preceded by each Funds current prospectus, which contains additional information about the
Funds, including risks, as well as investment objectives and strategies.
Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (TAM) serves as investment manager for the
Funds pursuant to an investment management agreement. TAM provides continuous and regular investment management services to the Funds. TAM supervises each Funds investments, conducts its investment program and provides supervisory, compliance
and administrative services to the Funds.
TAM currently acts as a manager of managers and has hired Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC as the sub-adviser to furnish day-to-day investment advice and recommendations. TAM may, in the future, determine to provide all aspects of
the day-to-day management of a Fund without the use of a sub-adviser. When acting as a manager of managers, TAM provides
investment management services that include, without limitation, the design and development of the Funds and their investment strategies and the ongoing review and evaluation of those investment strategies including recommending changes in strategy
where it believes appropriate or advisable; the selection of one or more sub-advisers for the Funds employing a combination of quantitative and qualitative screens, research, analysis and due diligence;
negotiation of sub-advisory agreements and fees; oversight and monitoring of sub-advisers and recommending changes to
sub-advisers where it believes appropriate or advisable; recommending fund combinations and liquidations where it believes appropriate or advisable; selection and oversight of transition managers, as needed;
regular supervision of the Funds investments; regular review and evaluation of sub-adviser performance; daily monitoring of the sub-advisers buying and
selling of securities for the Funds; regular review of holdings; ongoing trade oversight and analysis; regular monitoring to ensure adherence to investment process; regular calls and periodic on-site visits
with sub-advisers; risk management oversight and analysis; oversight of negotiation of investment documentation and agreements; design, development, implementation and regular monitoring of the valuation
process; periodic due diligence reviews of pricing vendors and vendor methodology; design, development, implementation and regular monitoring of the compliance process; respond to regulatory inquiries and determine appropriate litigation strategy,
as needed; review of proxies voted by sub-advisers; oversight of preparation, and review, of materials for meetings of the Funds Board of Trustees (the Board), participation in these meetings
and preparation of regular communications with the Board; oversight of preparation, and review, of prospectuses, shareholder reports and other disclosure materials and regulatory filings for the Funds; oversight of other service providers to the
Funds, such as the custodian, the transfer agent, the Funds independent accounting firm and legal counsel; supervision of the performance of recordkeeping and shareholder relations functions for the Funds; and oversight of cash management
services. TAM uses a variety of quantitative and qualitative tools to carry out its investment management services. TAM, not the Funds, is responsible for paying the sub-adviser(s) for their services, and sub-advisory fees are TAMs expense.
TAMs investment management services also include the provision of supervisory and
administrative services to the Funds. These services include performing certain administrative services for the Funds and supervising and overseeing the administrative, clerical,
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NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
At December 31, 2019
1. ORGANIZATION (continued)
recordkeeping and bookkeeping services provided to the Funds by State Street Bank and Trust Company (State Street), to whom TAM has outsourced the provision
of certain services as described below: to the extent agreed upon by TAM and the Funds from time to time, monitoring and verifying the custodians daily calculation of the Net Asset Values (NAV); shareholder relations functions;
compliance services; valuation services; assisting in due diligence and in the oversight and monitoring of certain activities of sub-advisers and certain aspects of Fund investments; assisting with Fund
combinations and liquidations; oversight of the preparation and filing, and review, of all returns and reports, in connection with federal, state and local taxes; oversight and review of regulatory reporting; supervising and coordinating the
Funds custodian and dividend disbursing agent and monitoring their services to the Funds; assisting the Funds in preparing reports to shareholders; acting as liaison with the Funds independent public accountants and providing, upon
request, analyses, fiscal year summaries and other audit related services; assisting in the preparation of agendas and supporting documents for and minutes of meetings of trustees and committees of trustees; assisting in the preparation of regular
communications with the trustees; and providing personnel and office space, telephones and other office equipment as necessary in order for TAM to perform supervisory and administrative services to the Funds.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
In preparing the Funds financial
statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America (GAAP), estimates or assumptions (which could differ from actual results) may be used that affect reported amounts and disclosures.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds.
Foreign currency denominated investments: The accounting records of the
Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars based on the closing exchange rate each day. The cost of foreign securities purchased and any
realized gains or losses are translated at the prevailing exchange rates in effect on the date of the respective transaction. Each Fund combines fluctuations from currency exchange rates and fluctuations in value when computing net realized and
unrealized gains or losses from investments.
Net foreign currency gains and losses resulting from changes in exchange rates include, foreign currency fluctuations
between trade date and settlement date of investment security transactions, gains and losses on forward foreign currency contracts, and the difference between the receivable amounts of interest and dividends recorded in the accounting records
in U.S. dollars and the amounts actually received.
Foreign currency denominated assets may involve risks not typically associated with domestic transactions. These
risks include revaluation of currencies, adverse fluctuations in foreign currency values, and possible adverse political, social, and economic developments, including those particular to a specific industry, country or region.
Security transactions and investment income: Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Security gains and losses are calculated on the specific
identification basis. Dividend income, if any, is recorded on the ex-dividend date or, in the case of foreign securities, as soon as the Funds are informed of the ex-dividend dates, net of foreign taxes. Interest income, if any, is recorded on the
accrual basis from settlement date, net of foreign taxes. Fixed income premiums and discounts are amortized and/or accreted over the lives of the respective securities.
Distributions to shareholders: Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined in accordance with
federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Foreign taxes: The Funds may be subject to taxes imposed by the countries in which they invest,
with respect to their investments in issuers existing or operating in such countries. The Funds may also be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. The Funds accrue
such taxes and recoveries as applicable when the related income or capital gains are earned or unrealized, and based upon the current interpretation of tax rules and regulations that exist in the markets in which the Funds invest. Some countries
require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital, or the proceeds of sales earned by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a countrys balance of payments or for other reasons, a country
may impose temporary restrictions of foreign capital remittances abroad.
Organizational and offering costs: TAM has agreed to pay all of the S&P EM 100
& Managed Risk organizational and offering costs. The offering and organizational costs are not subject to repayment to TAM by the Fund.
Indemnification:
In the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnifications. The Funds maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future
claims that may be made against the Funds and/or their affiliates that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.
|
|
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|
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NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
At December 31, 2019
3. SECURITY VALUATION
All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value. The Funds value their investments at the official close of the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) each day the NYSE is open for business.
The Funds utilize various methods to measure the fair value of their investments on a recurring basis.
GAAP in the United States of America establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation methods. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those
securities. The three levels (Levels) of inputs of the fair value hierarchy are defined as follows:
Level 1Unadjusted quoted prices in active
markets for identical securities.
Level 2Inputs, other than quoted prices included in Level 1, which are observable, either directly or indirectly. These
inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates, and similar data.
Level 3Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available, which may include the
Funds own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative instruments.
The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into
different Levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the Level in the fair value hierarchy that is assigned to the fair value measurement of a security is determined based on the lowest Level input that is
significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Certain investments that are measured at fair value using NAV per share, or its equivalent, using the practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value Levels. The
hierarchy classification of inputs used to value the Funds investments at December 31, 2019, is disclosed within the Security Valuation section of each Funds Schedule of Investments.
The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the type of
security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or
unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is generally greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. Due to the inherent
uncertainty of valuation, the determination of values may differ significantly from values that would have been realized had a ready market for investments existed, and the differences could be material.
Fair value measurements: Descriptions of the valuation techniques applied to the Funds significant categories of assets and liabilities measured at
fair value on a recurring basis are as follows:
Equity securities: Securities are stated at the last reported sales price or closing price on the day of
valuation taken from the primary exchange where the security is principally traded. To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
Equities traded on inactive markets or valued by reference to similar instruments are generally categorized in Level 2 or Level 3 if inputs are unobservable.
Foreign equity securities: Securities in which the primary trading market closes at the same time or after the NYSE, are valued based on quotations from the
primary market in which they are traded and are categorized in Level 1. Because many foreign securities markets and exchanges close prior to the close of the NYSE, closing prices for foreign securities in those markets or on those exchanges do
not reflect the events that occur after that close. Certain foreign securities may be fair valued using a pricing service that considers the correlation of the trading patterns of the foreign security to the intraday trading in the U.S. markets for
investments such as American Depositary Receipts, financial futures, ETFs and the movement of the certain indices of securities based on a statistical analysis of their historical relationship; such valuations generally are categorized in
Level 2.
Investment companies: Certain investment companies are valued at the NAV of the underlying Funds as the practical expedient. These investment
companies are not included within the fair value hierarchy. Certain other investment companies are valued at the actively traded NAV of the underlying funds and no valuation adjustments are applied. These investment companies are categorized in
Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
Rights: Rights may be priced intrinsically using a model that incorporates the subscription or strike price, the
daily market price for the underlying security, and a subscription ratio. If the inputs are unavailable, or if the subscription or strike price is higher than the market price, then the rights are priced at zero. Rights are generally categorized in
Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, or Level 3 if inputs are unobservable.
|
|
|
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|
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NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
At December 31, 2019
3. SECURITY VALUATION (continued)
Contingent value rights (CVR): CVRs for which quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the
Valuation Committee under the supervision of the Board. CVRs are normally valued using a model that incorporates market observable data such as reported sales of similar securities, broker quotes, yields, bids, offers, and reference data relating to
the issuer. Depending on the relative significance of observable valuation inputs, these investments may be classified in either Level 2 or Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
Securities lending collateral: Securities lending collateral is invested in a money market fund which is valued at the NAV and no valuation adjustments are
applied. Securities lending collateral is categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
Derivative instruments: Centrally cleared or listed
derivatives that are actively traded are valued based on quoted prices from the exchange and are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
Over-the-counter (OTC) derivative contracts include forward, swap, swaption, and option contracts related to interest rates, foreign currencies, credit
standing of reference entities, equity prices, or commodity prices. Depending on the product and the terms of the transaction, the fair value of the OTC derivative products are modeled taking into account the counterparties creditworthiness
and using a series of techniques, including simulation models. Many pricing models do not entail material subjectivity because the methodologies employed do not necessitate significant judgments and the pricing inputs are observed from actively
quoted markets, as is the case of interest rate swap and option contracts. The majority of OTC derivative products valued by the Funds using pricing models fall into this category and are categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy
or Level 3 if inputs are unobservable.
4. SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS
Contingent value rights: The Funds may invest in CVRs, which is a type of right given to investors of an acquired company (or a company facing major
restructuring) that ensures additional benefit if a specified event occurs. A CVR often has an expiration date that relates to the time the contingent event must occur. CVRs generally lack liquidity since most are
non-transferable and a large number of legal and other issues can arise when negotiating and implementing these instruments.
CVRs held at December 31, 2019, if any, are identified within the Schedule of Investments.
Real estate investment trusts (REIT): REITs are pooled investment vehicles which invest primarily in income producing real estate, or real estate
related loans or interests. Distributions received by REITs are classified at managements estimate of the dividend income, return of capital and capital gains. Estimates are based on information available at
year-end, which includes the previous fiscal years classification. The actual amounts of dividend income, return of capital, and capital gains are only determined by each REIT after the fiscal year end
and may differ from the estimated amounts. Upon notification from the REITs, some of the distributions received may be re-classified and recorded as a return of capital or capital gains. There are certain
additional risks involved in investing in REITs. These include, but are not limited to, economic conditions, changes in zoning laws, real estate values, property taxes, and interest rates.
REITs held at December 31, 2019, if any, are identified within the Schedule of Investments.
5. BORROWINGS AND OTHER FINANCING TRANSACTIONS
The Funds may engage in
borrowing transactions as a means of raising cash to satisfy redemption requests, for other temporary or emergency purposes or, to the extent permitted by their investment policies, to raise additional cash to be invested in other securities or
instruments. When the Funds invest borrowing proceeds in other securities, the Funds will bear the risk that the market value of the securities in which such proceeds are invested goes down and is insufficient to repay the borrowed proceeds.
The Funds may borrow on a secured or on an unsecured basis. If the Funds enter into a secured borrowing arrangement, a portion of the Funds assets will be used as collateral. The 1940 Act requires the Funds to maintain asset coverage of at
least 300% of the amount of their borrowings. Asset coverage means the ratio that the value of the Funds total assets, minus liabilities other than borrowings, bears to the aggregate amount of all borrowings. Although complying with this
requirement has the effect of limiting the amount that the Funds may borrow, it does not otherwise mitigate the risks of entering into borrowing transactions.
Repurchase agreements: In a repurchase agreement, the Fund purchases a security and simultaneously commits to resell that security to the seller at an agreed-upon
price on an agreed-upon date. Securities purchased subject to a repurchase agreement are held at the Funds custodian, or designated sub-custodian related to
tri-party repurchase agreements, and, pursuant to the terms of the repurchase agreement, must be collateralized by securities with an aggregate market value greater than or equal to 100% of the resale price.
The Fund will bear the risk of value fluctuations until the securities can be sold and may encounter delays and incur costs in liquidating the securities. In the event of bankruptcy or insolvency of the seller, delays and costs may be incurred.
Repurchase agreements are subject to netting agreements, which are agreements between the Fund and its counterparties that provide for the net settlement of all
transactions and collateral with the Fund, through a single payment, in the event of default or
|
|
|
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|
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|
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NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
At December 31, 2019
5. BORROWINGS AND OTHER FINANCING TRANSACTIONS (continued)
termination. Amounts presented within the Schedule of Investments, and as part of Repurchase agreements, at value within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities are shown
on a gross basis. The value of the related collateral for each repurchase agreement, as reflected within the Schedule of Investments, exceeds the value of each repurchase agreement at December 31, 2019.
Repurchase agreements at December 31, 2019, if any, are included within the Schedule of Investments and Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Securities lending: Securities are lent to qualified financial institutions and brokers. State Street serves as securities lending agent to the Funds pursuant to
a Securities Lending Agreement. The lending of securities exposes the Funds to risks such as; the borrowers may fail to return the loaned securities or may not be able to provide additional collateral, the Funds may experience delays in recovery of
the loaned securities or delays in access to collateral, or the Funds may experience losses related to the investment collateral. To minimize certain risks, loan counterparties pledge cash collateral with a value of at least 102% of the current
value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities loaned. The lending agent has agreed to indemnify the Funds in the case of default of any securities borrower.
Cash collateral received is invested in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust Government Money Market Portfolio (the Navigator), a money
market mutual fund registered under the 1940 Act. The TAM family of mutual funds is a significant shareholder of the Navigator as of December 31, 2019; however no individual fund has a significant holding in the Navigator. By lending
securities, the Funds seek to increase their net investment income through the receipt of interest and fees. Such income is reflected in Net income from securities lending within the Statements of Operations and is net of fees and rebates earned by
the lending agent for its services.
The value of loaned securities and related collateral outstanding at December 31, 2019, if any, are shown on a gross basis
within the Schedule of Investments and Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
The following table reflects a breakdown of transactions accounted for as secured
borrowings, the gross obligation by the type of collateral pledged, and the remaining contractual maturity of those transactions as of December 31, 2019.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Remaining Contractual Maturity of the Agreements
|
|
|
|
Overnight and
Continuous
|
|
|
Less Than
30 Days
|
|
|
Between
30 & 90 Days
|
|
|
Greater Than
90 Days
|
|
|
Total
|
|
S&P 400 Managed Risk
|
|
Securities Lending Transactions
|
|
Common Stocks
|
|
$
|
8,808,019
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
8,808,019
|
|
Total Borrowings
|
|
$
|
8,808,019
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
8,808,019
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P 500 Managed Risk
|
|
Securities Lending Transactions
|
|
Common Stocks
|
|
$
|
1,630,939
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,630,939
|
|
Total Borrowings
|
|
$
|
1,630,939
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,630,939
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P 600 Managed Risk
|
|
Securities Lending Transactions
|
|
Common Stocks
|
|
$
|
3,812,419
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,812,419
|
|
Total Borrowings
|
|
$
|
3,812,419
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,812,419
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P EM 100 & Managed Risk
|
|
Securities Lending Transactions
|
|
Common Stocks
|
|
$
|
241,710
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
241,710
|
|
Total Borrowings
|
|
$
|
241,710
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
241,710
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P International Managed Risk
|
|
Securities Lending Transactions
|
|
Common Stocks
|
|
$
|
5,319,337
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
5,319,337
|
|
Total Borrowings
|
|
$
|
5,319,337
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
5,319,337
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transamerica ETF Trust
|
|
Annual Report 2019
|
Page 62
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
At December 31, 2019
6. RISK EXPOSURES AND THE USE OF DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
The Funds investment objectives allow the Funds to use various types of derivative contracts, including option contracts, swap agreements, futures contracts, and
forward foreign currency contracts. Derivatives are investments whose value is primarily derived from underlying assets, indices or reference rates and may be transacted on an exchange or OTC.
Market Risk Factors: In pursuit of the Funds investment objectives, the Funds may seek to use derivatives. The Funds use of derivatives may increase
or decrease their exposure to the following market risks:
Interest rate risk: Interest rate risk relates to the fluctuations in the value of fixed
income securities due to changes in the prevailing levels of market interest rates.
Foreign exchange rate risk: Foreign exchange rate risk relates to
fluctuations in the value of an asset or liability due to changes in the currency exchange rates.
Equity risk: Equity risk relates to the change in value of
equity securities as they relate to increases or decreases in the general market.
Credit risk: Credit risk relates to the ability of the issuer of a
financial instrument to make further principal or interest payments on an obligation or commitment that it has to the Funds.
Commodity risk: Commodity
risk relates to the change in value of commodities or commodity indices as they relate to increases or decreases in the commodities market. Commodities are physical assets that have tangible properties. Examples of these types of assets are crude
oil, heating oil, metals, livestock, and agricultural products.
The Funds are also exposed to additional risks from investing in derivatives, such as liquidity and
counterparty credit risk. Liquidity risk is the risk that the Funds will be unable to sell or close out the derivative in the open market in a timely manner. Counterparty credit risk is the risk that the counterparty will not be able to fulfill its
obligations to the Funds. Investing in derivatives may also involve greater risks than investing directly in the underlying assets, such as losses in excess of any initial investment and collateral received. In addition, there may be the risk that
the change in value of the derivative contract does not correspond to the change in value of the underlying instrument.
The Funds exposure to market risk
factors and certain other associated risks are summarized by derivative type as follows:
Futures contracts: The Funds are subject to equity and commodity
risk, interest rate risk, and foreign exchange rate risk in the normal course of pursuing their investment objectives. A Fund may use futures contracts to enhance the Funds ability to track its Underlying Index. A futures contract represents a
commitment for the future purchase or sale of an asset at a specified price on a specified date. Upon entering into such contracts, the Funds are required to deposit with the broker, either in cash or in securities, an initial margin in an amount
equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are paid or received by the Funds, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the contract, and are recorded for financial statement purposes as
unrealized gains or losses by the Funds. Upon entering into such contracts, the Funds bear the risk of equity and commodity prices, interest rates, or exchange rates moving unexpectedly, in which case, the Funds may not achieve the anticipated
benefits of the futures contracts and may realize losses. With futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Funds since futures are exchange-traded and the exchanges clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures,
guarantees the futures against default. Futures contracts are generally entered into on a regulated futures exchange and cleared through a clearinghouse associated with the exchange.
Open futures contracts at December 31, 2019, if any, are listed within the Schedule of Investments. Variation margin, if applicable, is shown in Variation margin
receivable or payable on futures contracts within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
Swap agreements: Swap agreements are bilaterally negotiated
agreements between the Fund and a counterparty to exchange or swap investments, cash flows, assets, foreign currencies, or market-linked returns at specified, future intervals. Swap agreements can be executed in a bilateral privately negotiated
arrangement with a dealer in an OTC transaction or executed on a regular market. Certain swaps regardless of the venue of execution are required to be cleared through a clearinghouse (centrally cleared swap agreements). Centrally cleared
swap agreements listed or traded on a multilateral platform, are valued at the daily settlement price determined by the corresponding exchange. For centrally cleared credit default swap agreements the clearing exchange requires all members to
provide applicable levels across complete term levels. Centrally cleared interest rate swap agreements are valued using a pricing model that references the underlying rates including but not limited to the overnight index swap rate and London
Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) forward rate to calculate the daily settlement price. The Fund may enter into credit default, cross-currency, interest rate, total return, including contracts for difference (CFD), and other
forms of swap agreements to manage exposure to credit, currency, interest rate, and commodity risks. In connection with these agreements, securities or cash may be identified as collateral or margin in accordance with the terms of the respective
swap agreements to provide assets of value and recourse in the event of default or bankruptcy/insolvency. Centrally cleared swap agreements are marked-to-market daily
based upon values from third party vendors,
|
|
|
Transamerica ETF Trust
|
|
Annual Report 2019
|
Page 63
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
At December 31, 2019
6. RISK EXPOSURES AND THE USE OF DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS (continued)
which may include a registered exchange, or quotations from market makers to the extent available and the change in value, if any, is recorded as Variation margin
receivable (payable) on centrally cleared swap agreements within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
For OTC swap agreements, payments received or made at the
beginning of the measurement period are reflected in OTC swap agreements, at value within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and represent payments made or received upon entering into the swap agreements to compensate for differences between
the stated terms of the swap agreement and prevailing market conditions (credit spreads, currency exchange rates, interest rates, and other relevant factors). Additionally, these upfront payments as well as any periodic payments received or paid by
the Fund, including any liquidation payment received or made at the termination of the swap are recorded as part of Net realized gain (loss) on swap agreements within the Statement of Operations.
Interest rate swap agreements: The Funds are subject to interest rate risk exposure in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. Because the Funds
hold fixed rate bonds, the value of these bonds may decrease if interest rates rise. To help hedge against this risk, the Funds enter into interest rate swap agreements. Under an interest rate swap agreement, two parties will exchange cash flows
based on a notional principal amount. Funds with interest rate agreements can elect to pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate, or receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate, on a notional principal amount. The risks of interest rate swap
agreements include changes in market conditions which will affect the value of the contract or the cash flows, and the possible inability of the counterparty to fulfill its obligations under the agreement. A Funds maximum risk of loss from
counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from/paid to the counterparties over the contracts remaining lives, to the extent that amount is positive. This risk is mitigated by having a master netting
arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty, and by the posting of collateral.
Open centrally cleared swap agreements and open OTC swap agreements at
December 31, 2019, if any, are listed within the Schedule of Investments.
The following is a summary of the location and each Funds fair values of
derivative investments disclosed, if any, within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, categorized by primary market risk exposure as of December 31, 2019.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset Derivatives
|
|
Fund/Location
|
|
Interest Rate
Contracts
|
|
|
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
|
|
|
Equity
Contracts
|
|
|
Credit
Contracts
|
|
|
Commodity
Contracts
|
|
|
Total
|
|
S&P 400 Managed Risk
|
|
Futures contracts:
|
|
Total distributable earnings (accumulated losses) (A) (B)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
12,272
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
12,272
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
12,272
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
12,272
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P 500 Managed Risk
|
|
Futures contracts:
|
|
Total distributable earnings (accumulated losses) (A) (B)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
111,392
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
111,392
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
111,392
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
111,392
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P 600 Managed Risk
|
|
Futures contracts:
|
|
Total distributable earnings (accumulated losses) (A) (B)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
5,345
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
5,345
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
5,345
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
5,345
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P EM 100 & Managed Risk
|
|
Futures contracts:
|
|
Total distributable earnings (accumulated
losses) (A) (B)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
13,793
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
13,793
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
13,793
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
13,793
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transamerica ETF Trust
|
|
Annual Report 2019
|
Page 64
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
At December 31, 2019
6. RISK EXPOSURES AND THE USE OF DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset Derivatives
|
|
Fund/Location
|
|
Interest Rate
Contracts
|
|
|
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
|
|
|
Equity
Contracts
|
|
|
Credit
Contracts
|
|
|
Commodity
Contracts
|
|
|
Total
|
|
S&P International Managed Risk
|
|
Futures contracts:
|
|
Total distributable earnings (accumulated losses) (A) (B)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
16,202
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
16,202
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
16,202
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
16,202
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(A)
|
|
May include exchange-traded derivatives which are not subject to a master netting arrangement, or another similar arrangement.
|
(B)
|
|
Included within Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current days variation margin is reported within the Statements of Assets and
Liabilities.
|
The following is a summary of the location and the effect of derivative investments, if any, within the Statements of Operations,
categorized by primary market risk exposure as of December 31, 2019.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivative
Instruments
|
|
Fund/Location
|
|
Interest Rate
Contracts
|
|
|
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
|
|
|
Equity
Contracts
|
|
|
Credit
Contracts
|
|
|
Commodity
Contracts
|
|
|
Total
|
|
S&P 400 Managed Risk
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Futures contracts
|
|
$
|
11,252
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
370,721
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
381,973
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
11,252
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
370,721
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
381,973
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P 500 Managed Risk
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Swap agreements
|
|
$
|
(252
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
4,613
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
4,361
|
|
Futures contracts
|
|
|
7,279
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,058,722
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,066,001
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
7,027
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,063,335
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,070,362
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P 600 Managed Risk
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Swap agreements
|
|
$
|
(4,439
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
41,145
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
36,706
|
|
Futures contracts
|
|
|
669
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
151,917
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
152,586
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
(3,770
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
193,062
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
189,292
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P EM 100 & Managed Risk
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Futures contracts
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
453,034
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
453,034
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
453,034
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
453,034
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P International Managed Risk
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Futures contracts
|
|
$
|
(6,585
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
901,917
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
895,332
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
(6,585
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
901,917
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
895,332
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
on Derivative Instruments
|
|
Fund/Location
|
|
Interest Rate
Contracts
|
|
|
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
|
|
|
Equity
Contracts
|
|
|
Credit
Contracts
|
|
|
Commodity
Contracts
|
|
|
Total
|
|
S&P 400 Managed Risk
|
|
Futures contracts
|
|
$
|
(503
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(4,538
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(5,041
|
)
|
Total
|
|
$
|
(503
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(4,538
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(5,041
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P 500 Managed Risk
|
|
Futures contracts
|
|
$
|
(326
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
46,885
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
46,559
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
(326
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
46,885
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
46,559
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P 600 Managed Risk
|
|
Futures contracts
|
|
$
|
(29
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(4,225
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(4,254
|
)
|
Total
|
|
$
|
(29
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(4,225
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(4,254
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transamerica ETF Trust
|
|
Annual Report 2019
|
Page 65
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
At December 31, 2019
6. RISK EXPOSURES AND THE USE OF DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
on Derivative Instruments
|
|
Fund/Location
|
|
Interest Rate
Contracts
|
|
|
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
|
|
|
Equity
Contracts
|
|
|
Credit
Contracts
|
|
|
Commodity
Contracts
|
|
|
Total
|
|
S&P EM 100 & Managed Risk
|
|
Futures contracts
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
13,793
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
13,793
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
13,793
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
13,793
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P International Managed Risk
|
|
Futures contracts
|
|
$
|
(1,542
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
10,605
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
9,063
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
(1,542
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
10,605
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
9,063
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following is a summary of the ending monthly average volume on derivative activity during the year ended December 31, 2019.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Swap
Agreements
at Notional
Amount
(Pay)/Receive
|
|
|
Futures Contracts at
Notional Amount
|
|
Fund
|
|
|
|
|
Long
|
|
|
Short
|
|
S&P 400 Managed Risk
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,410,916
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
S&P 500 Managed Risk
|
|
|
(11,713
|
)
|
|
|
5,679,697
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P 600 Managed Risk
|
|
|
|
(A)
|
|
|
501,045
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P EM 100 & Managed Risk
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,079,834
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P International Managed Risk
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,884,211
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(A)
|
|
There were no open positions at the beginning and/or end of each month, however, the Fund periodically invested in this type of derivative instrument
during the year.
|
The applicable Funds typically enter into International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreements (ISDA Master
Agreements) or similar master agreements (collectively, Master Agreements) with its contract counterparties for certain OTC derivatives in order to, among other things, reduce credit risk to counterparties.
ISDA Master Agreements include provisions for general obligations, representations, collateral and events of default or termination. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the
Fund typically may offset with the counterparty certain OTC derivative financial instruments payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment (close-out netting)
in the event of default, termination and/or potential deterioration in the credit quality of the counterparty.
Various Master Agreements govern the terms of certain
transactions with counterparties and typically attempt to reduce the counterparty risk associated with such transactions by specifying credit protection mechanisms and providing standardization that improves legal certainty. Cross-termination
provisions under Master Agreements typically provide that a default in connection with one transaction between the Fund and a counterparty gives the non-defaulting party the right to terminate any other
transactions in place with the defaulting party to create one single net payment due to/due from the defaulting party and may be a feature in certain Master Agreements. In the event the Fund exercises its right to terminate a Master Agreement after
a counterparty experiences a termination event as defined in the Master Agreement, the return of collateral with market value in excess of the Funds net liability may be delayed or denied.
Collateral requirements: Collateral or margin requirements are set by the broker or exchange clearing house for exchange-traded derivatives (futures contracts,
exchange-traded options, and exchange-traded swap agreements) while collateral terms are contract specific for OTC derivatives (forward foreign currency exchange contracts, OTC options, and OTC swap agreements). For OTC derivatives, under standard
derivatives agreements, a Fund may be required to pledge collateral on derivatives to a counterparty if the Fund is in a net liability position, and receive collateral if in a net positive position. For financial reporting purposes, cash collateral
that has been pledged by a Fund to cover obligations, if any, is reported in Cash collateral at broker within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Cash collateral that has been received by a Fund from a counterparty, if any, is reported
separately in Cash collateral pledged at custodian and/or broker within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Non-cash collateral pledged to each Fund, if any, is disclosed within the Schedule of
Investments.
Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a party must exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold before a transfer has been made. Typically a
counterparty is not permitted to sell, re-pledge or use cash and non-cash collateral it receives. The Fund generally does not use
non-cash collateral that it receives but may, absent default or certain other circumstances, be permitted to use cash collateral received. In such cases, interest may be paid pursuant to the collateral
arrangement with the counterparty.
|
|
|
Transamerica ETF Trust
|
|
Annual Report 2019
|
Page 66
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
At December 31, 2019
6. RISK EXPOSURES AND THE USE OF DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS (continued)
To the extent amounts due to a Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. Additionally, to the extent the Fund has delivered collateral to a counterparty, the Fund bears the risk of loss from a counterparty in the event the counterparty fails to return such collateral.
Counterparties may immediately terminate derivatives contracts if a Fund fails to maintain sufficient asset coverage for its contracts or its net assets decline by stated percentages. Collateral may not be required for all derivative contracts.
7. RISK FACTORS
Investing in the Funds involves certain key risks related to
the Funds trading activity. Please reference the Funds prospectus for a more complete discussion of the following risk(s), as well as other risks of investing in the Funds.
Asset allocation: Each Underlying Index and, thus, each Fund allocates assets among equity and fixed income securities. These allocations and the timing of the
allocations may result in performance that is less favorable than that of a portfolio that does not allocate its assets among equity and fixed income securities.
Emerging market risk: Investments in the securities of issuers located in or principally doing business in emerging markets bear heightened foreign investments
risks. Emerging market countries typically have economic, political and legal systems and regulatory and accounting standards that are less fully developed, and that can be expected to be less stable than those of more developed countries. For
example, the economies of such countries can be subject to rapid and unpredictable rates of inflation or deflation. Emerging market countries may have policies that restrict investment by foreigners or that prevent foreign investors from withdrawing
their money at will. Emerging market securities are often particularly sensitive to market movements because their market prices tend to reflect speculative expectations. Some emerging market countries are especially vulnerable to economic
conditions in other countries. Low trading volumes may result in a lack of liquidity and in extreme price volatility. A fund investing in emerging market countries may be required to establish special custody or other arrangements before investing.
An investment in emerging market securities should be considered speculative.
Foreign investment risk: Investments in securities of foreign issuers
(including those denominated in U.S. dollars) or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets are subject to additional risks. Foreign countries in which a Fund may invest may have markets that are less liquid, less regulated, less
transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of a funds investments may decline because of factors affecting the particular issuers as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable or unsuccessful government
actions, reduction of government or central bank support, political or financial instability or other adverse economic or political developments. Values may also be affected by restrictions on receiving the investment proceeds from a foreign
country. Foreign countries in which a Fund may invest may have markets that are less liquid, less regulated, less transparent and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of a Funds investments may decline because of factors affecting the
particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable or unsuccessful government actions, reduction of government or central bank support, political or financial instability or other adverse economic or political
developments. Lack of information and weaker accounting standards also may affect the value of these securities.
Index tracking: While the Sub-Adviser seeks to track the performance of an Underlying Index (i.e., achieve a high degree of correlation with the Underlying Index), a Funds return may not match the return of the Underlying Index. Each
Fund incurs a number of operating expenses not applicable to each Underlying Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities. In addition, a Fund may not be fully invested at times, either as a result of cash flows into or out of the fund
or reserves of cash held by the fund to meet redemptions. Changes in the composition of the Underlying Index and regulatory requirements also may impact a Funds ability to match the return of the respective Underlying Index. The Sub-Adviser may apply one or more screens or investment techniques to refine or limit the number or types of issuers included in the Underlying Index in which a Fund may invest. Application of such
screens or techniques may result in investment performance below that of the Underlying Index and may not produce results expected by the Investment Manager. Index tracking risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. In addition, due to the potential for frequent rebalancing of the Underlying Indexes, there is greater risk that the Sub-Adviser may fail to implement changes to a Funds
portfolio necessary to track the performance of the relevant Underlying Index.
Small and medium capitalization risk: Small or medium capitalization companies
may be more at risk than larger capitalization companies because, among other things, they may have limited product lines, operating history, market or financial resources, or because they may depend on a limited management group. The prices of
securities of small and medium capitalization companies generally are more volatile than those of larger capitalization companies and are more likely to be adversely affected than large capitalization companies by changes in earnings results and
investor expectations or poor economic or market conditions. Securities of small and medium capitalization companies may underperform large capitalization companies, may be harder to sell at times and at prices the portfolio managers believe
appropriate and may offer greater potential for losses.
|
|
|
Transamerica ETF Trust
|
|
Annual Report 2019
|
Page 67
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
At December 31, 2019
8. FEES AND OTHER AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS
TAM, the Funds investment manager, is directly owned by Transamerica Premier Life Insurance Company (TPLIC) and AUSA Holding, LLC (AUSA),
both of which are indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries of Aegon N.V. TPLIC is owned by Commonwealth General Corporation (Commonwealth). Commonwealth and AUSA are wholly owned by Transamerica Corporation, a financial services holding
company whose primary emphasis is on life and health insurance, and annuity and investment products. Transamerica Corporation is owned by The Aegon Trust, which is owned by Aegon International B.V., which is owned by Aegon N.V., a Netherlands
corporation, and a publicly traded international insurance group.
TAM is an affiliate of Aegon NV.
Certain officers and trustees of the Funds are also officers and/or trustees of TAM. No interested trustee who is deemed an interested person due to current or former
service with TAM or an affiliate of TAM receives compensation from the Funds.
Investment management fees: TAM serves as the Funds investment manager,
performing administration as well as investment advisory services. TAM renders investment advisory, supervisory, and administration services under an investment management agreement and each Fund pays a single management fee, which is reflected in
Investment management fees within the Statements of Operations.
Each Fund pays a management fee to TAM based on daily Average Net Assets (ANA) at the
following rates:
|
|
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Rate
|
|
S&P 400 Managed Risk
|
|
|
0.45
|
%
|
S&P 500 Managed Risk
|
|
|
0.35
|
|
S&P 600 Managed Risk
|
|
|
0.45
|
|
S&P EM 100 & Managed Risk
|
|
|
0.60
|
|
S&P International Managed Risk
|
|
|
0.50
|
|
From time to time, TAM may waive all or a portion of its management fee. TAM pays all expenses of each Fund other than the investment
management fee, distribution fee pursuant to each Funds distribution and service plan, if any, brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, litigation expenses, fees and expenses related to securities lending services, costs of borrowing money,
acquired fund fees and expenses and other extraordinary expenses.
Distribution and service fees: The Trust has a distribution plan (Distribution
Plan) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, however, the Distribution Plan has not yet been implemented. Payments at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of each Funds average daily net assets may be
made for the sale and distribution of capital shares. The implementation of any such payments would be approved by the Board prior to implementation.
The Trust has
entered into a distribution agreement with Foreside Fund Services, LLC as the Funds distributor. The Distributor will not distribute Fund shares in less than creation units, and does not maintain a secondary market in Fund shares. The
Distributor may enter into selected dealer agreements with other broker-dealers or other qualified financial institutions for the sale of creation units of Fund shares.
Brokerage commissions: The Funds incurred no brokerage commissions on security transactions placed with affiliates of the adviser or sub-adviser(s) for the year ended December 31, 2019.
9. PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES
For the year ended December 31, 2019, the cost of securities purchased and proceeds from securities sold (excluding in-kind
transactions and short-term securities) are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of Securities
|
|
|
Sales/Maturities of Securities
|
|
Fund
|
|
Long-Term
|
|
|
U.S. Government
|
|
|
Long-Term
|
|
|
U.S. Government
|
|
S&P 400 Managed Risk
|
|
$
|
157,344,124
|
|
|
$
|
337,224,627
|
|
|
$
|
91,553,835
|
|
|
$
|
404,074,408
|
|
S&P 500 Managed Risk
|
|
|
483,109,590
|
|
|
|
737,758,998
|
|
|
|
251,753,019
|
|
|
|
969,375,105
|
|
S&P 600 Managed Risk
|
|
|
59,470,060
|
|
|
|
173,257,376
|
|
|
|
32,658,535
|
|
|
|
200,265,618
|
|
S&P EM 100 & Managed Risk
|
|
|
56,382,214
|
|
|
|
74,484,122
|
|
|
|
31,848,957
|
|
|
|
74,622,645
|
|
S&P International Managed Risk
|
|
|
116,494,941
|
|
|
|
55,047,482
|
|
|
|
23,348,509
|
|
|
|
144,178,410
|
|
|
|
|
Transamerica ETF Trust
|
|
Annual Report 2019
|
Page 68
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
At December 31, 2019
9. PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES (continued)
For the year ended December 31, 2019, the cost of in-kind purchases and proceeds from
in-kind sales are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
In-Kind Purchases
|
|
|
|
|
|
In-Kind Sales
|
|
S&P 400 Managed Risk
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
12,554,622
|
|
S&P 500 Managed Risk
|
|
|
5,495,276
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
38,375,588
|
|
S&P 600 Managed Risk
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,620,023
|
|
S&P EM 100 & Managed Risk
|
|
|
21,038,016
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P International Managed Risk
|
|
|
3,250,759
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35,060,858
|
|
10. CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
The Funds will
issue or redeem capital shares to certain institutional investors (typically market makers or other broker-dealers) only in large blocks of 50,000 capital shares (Creation Units). Creation Unit transactions are typically conducted in
exchange for the deposit or delivery of a designated portfolio of in-kind securities and/or cash constituting a substantial replication, or a representation, of the securities included in each Funds
Underlying Index.
Individual capital shares may only be purchased and sold on a national securities exchange, electronic crossing networks and other alternative
trading systems through a broker-dealer at market prices. Because capital shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, capital shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (premium) or less than NAV (discount). Transactions in capital shares
for each Fund are disclosed in detail within the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.
11. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS
The Funds have not made any provision for federal income or excise taxes due to their policy to distribute all of their taxable income and capital gains to their
shareholders and otherwise qualify as regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. The Funds recognize the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only where the position is more likely than not to be
sustained assuming examination by tax authorities. The Funds tax returns remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state tax authorities three years from the date of filing for federal purposes and four years from the
date of filing for state purposes. Management has evaluated the Funds tax provisions taken for all open tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Funds financial statements. If applicable, the Funds
recognize interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in relation to interest and penalties expense in Other within the Statements of Operations. The Funds identify their major tax jurisdictions as U.S. Federal, the state of Colorado, and
foreign jurisdictions where the Funds make significant investments; however, the Funds are not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next
twelve months.
Distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences are primarily due to different
treatment for items including, but not limited to, wash sales, futures contracts mark to market, passive foreign investment company inclusions, partnership basis adjustments and corporate action tax adjustments. Therefore, distributions determined
in accordance with tax regulations may differ significantly in amount or character from net investment income and realized gains for financial reporting purposes. Financial reporting records are adjusted for permanent book/tax differences to reflect
tax character. The primary permanent differences are due to redemptions in-kind, and distributions in excess of current earnings. These reclassifications have no impact on net assets or results of operations. Financial records are not adjusted for
temporary differences. These permanent reclassifications are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Paid-in Capital
|
|
|
Total Distributable
Earnings
|
|
S&P 400 Managed Risk
|
|
$
|
1,800,020
|
|
|
$
|
(1,800,020
|
)
|
S&P 500 Managed Risk
|
|
|
8,305,435
|
|
|
|
(8,305,435
|
)
|
S&P 600 Managed Risk
|
|
|
168,093
|
|
|
|
(168,093
|
)
|
S&P EM 100 & Managed Risk
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P International Managed Risk
|
|
|
3,825,564
|
|
|
|
(3,825,564
|
)
|
|
|
|
Transamerica ETF Trust
|
|
Annual Report 2019
|
Page 69
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
At December 31, 2019
11. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS (continued)
As of December 31, 2019, the approximate cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and the aggregate gross/net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the value
of investments (including securities sold short and derivatives, if any) are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Cost
|
|
|
Gross
Appreciation
|
|
|
Gross
(Depreciation)
|
|
|
Net Appreciation
(Depreciation)
|
|
S&P 400 Managed Risk
|
|
$
|
98,982,749
|
|
|
$
|
9,148,421
|
|
|
$
|
(1,883,992
|
)
|
|
$
|
7,264,429
|
|
S&P 500 Managed Risk
|
|
|
373,713,610
|
|
|
|
58,507,671
|
|
|
|
(3,276,753
|
)
|
|
|
55,230,918
|
|
S&P 600 Managed Risk
|
|
|
43,733,471
|
|
|
|
2,898,527
|
|
|
|
(1,343,642
|
)
|
|
|
1,554,885
|
|
S&P EM 100 & Managed Risk
|
|
|
43,596,165
|
|
|
|
3,942,825
|
|
|
|
(783,223
|
)
|
|
|
3,159,602
|
|
S&P International Managed Risk
|
|
|
195,579,114
|
|
|
|
18,694,496
|
|
|
|
(10,165,672
|
)
|
|
|
8,528,824
|
|
As of December 31, 2019, the capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains are as follows.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unlimited
|
|
Fund
|
|
Short-Term
|
|
|
Long-Term
|
|
S&P 400 Managed Risk
|
|
$
|
2,025,889
|
|
|
$
|
5,432,189
|
|
S&P 500 Managed Risk
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,881,816
|
|
S&P 600 Managed Risk
|
|
|
1,612,616
|
|
|
|
1,833,588
|
|
S&P EM 100 & Managed Risk
|
|
|
1,894,513
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P International Managed Risk
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,281,591
|
|
During the year ended December 31, 2019, the capital loss carryforwards utilized or expired are as follows. Funds not listed in the
subsequent table do not have capital loss carryforwards utilized or expired.
|
|
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Capital Loss
Carryforwards
Utilized/Expired
|
|
S&P 500 Managed Risk
|
|
$
|
2,273,914
|
|
The tax character of distributions paid may differ from the character of distributions shown within the Statements of Changes in Net
Assets due to short-term gains being treated as ordinary income for tax purposes. The tax character of distributions paid during 2019 and 2018 are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2019 Distributions Paid From
|
|
|
2018 Distributions Paid From
|
|
Fund
|
|
Ordinary
Income
|
|
|
Long-Term
Capital Gain
|
|
|
Return of
Capital
|
|
|
Ordinary
Income
|
|
|
Long-Term
Capital Gain
|
|
|
Return of
Capital
|
|
S&P 400 Managed Risk
|
|
$
|
1,326,963
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,403,938
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
S&P 500 Managed Risk
|
|
|
7,172,785
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,923,900
|
|
|
|
62,527
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P 600 Managed Risk
|
|
|
514,864
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
555,073
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P EM 100 & Managed Risk
|
|
|
979,022
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P International Managed Risk
|
|
|
6,314,088
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,872,442
|
|
|
|
52,703
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2019, the tax basis components of distributable earnings are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
|
|
|
Undistributed
Tax Exempt
Income
|
|
|
Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gain
|
|
|
Capital Loss
Carryforwards
|
|
|
Late Year
Ordinary Loss
Deferred
|
|
|
Other
Temporary
Differences
|
|
|
Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
|
|
S&P 400 Managed Risk
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(7,458,078
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
7,264,429
|
|
S&P 500 Managed Risk
|
|
|
6,376
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9,881,816
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
55,230,918
|
|
S&P 600 Managed Risk
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,446,204
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,554,885
|
|
S&P EM 100 & Managed Risk
|
|
|
43,606
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,894,513
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,160,826
|
|
S&P International Managed Risk
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5,281,591
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,535,320
|
|
12. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT
In August
2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-13 (ASU 2018-13), Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820:
Disclosure Framework), Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement.
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Transamerica ETF Trust
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Annual Report 2019
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Page 70
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
At December 31, 2019
12. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT (continued)
ASU 2018-13 eliminates the requirement to disclose the amount of and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and
Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the timing of transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy and the valuation processes for Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2018-13 does not eliminate
the requirement to disclose the range and weighted average used to develop significant unobservable inputs for Level 3 fair value measurements, or the reporting of changes in unrealized gains and losses for recurring Level 3 fair value
measurements. ASU 2018-13 requires that information is provided about the measurement uncertainty of Level 3 fair value measurements as of the reporting date. The amendment is effective for fiscal years,
and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Management has evaluated and has early adopted the disclosure requirements and the impact is reflected within the Funds financial statements.
13. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
On August 27, 2018, Transamerica Asset Management,
Inc. (TAM), Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC (AUIM) and Transamerica Capital, Inc. (TCI) reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) that resolved an investigation
into asset allocation models and volatility overlays utilized by AUIM when it served as sub-adviser to certain Transamerica-sponsored mutual funds, and related disclosures. TAM and TCI serve as investment
manager and principal underwriter, respectively, to Transamerica-sponsored mutual funds. TAM also serves as the investment manager to the DeltaShares exchange traded funds, and TCI also serves as the principal underwriter to the variable life
insurance and annuity products through which certain Transamerica-sponsored mutual funds are offered. AUIM, an affiliate of TAM and TCI, serves as sub-adviser to a number of Transamerica-sponsored mutual
funds.
The SECs order instituting administrative and cease-and-desist
proceedings (the Order) pertains to events that occurred during the period between July 2011 and June 2015, and, among other things, the operation and/or implementation of an asset allocation model utilized by AUIM when it served as sub-adviser to certain Transamerica tactical funds and asset allocation funds, the designation of the portfolio manager for certain of these funds as well as the operation and/or implementation of volatility
overlays utilized by AUIM when it served as sub-adviser to the asset allocation funds. The Order also states that the parties failed to make appropriate disclosures regarding these matters, including in
marketing materials, and failed to have adequate compliance policies and procedures. AUIM ceased to serve as sub-adviser to the Transamerica tactical funds on April 30, 2015 and to the Transamerica asset
allocation funds on June 30, 2015.
Under the terms of the Order, AUIM, TAM and TCI were censured, and agreed, without admitting or denying the findings in the
Order, to cease and desist from committing or causing any violations of certain statutory provisions and SEC rules. AUIM agreed to pay civil penalties of $21,000,000, $24,599,896 in disgorgement and $3,682,195 in prejudgment interest. TAM agreed to
pay civil penalties of $10,500,000, $15,000,000 in disgorgement and $2,235,765 in prejudgment interest. TCI agreed to pay civil penalties of $4,000,000, $12,000,000 in disgorgement and $1,826,022 in prejudgment interest. The amounts paid in
disgorgement, prejudgment interest and civil penalties have been deposited into a Fair Fund for distribution to affected investors. Affected investors are those who purchased or held the relevant mutual funds, variable life insurance and annuity
investment portfolios and separately managed account strategies during the period between July 2011 and June 2015. The Order states that these investors are to receive from the Fair Fund the pro rata fees and commissions paid by them during that
period, subject to any de minimis threshold.
The settlement does not impose any restrictions on the business or continued ability of AUIM, TAM or TCI to serve the
funds.
The foregoing is only a brief summary of the Order. A copy of the Order is available on the SECs website at https://www.sec.gov.
The funds are affected by many factors and risks: for example, the risk that the sub-advisers judgments and investment
decisions, and methods, tools, resources, information, models and analyses utilized in making investment decisions, are incorrect or flawed, do not produce the desired results, and cause the funds to lose value. See Principal Risks in
the prospectus.
The Order and settlement has no impact on the Funds financial statements.
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|
|
Transamerica ETF Trust
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|
Annual Report 2019
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Page 71
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Shareholders and the Board of Trustees of Transamerica ETF Trust
Opinion
on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of Transamerica ETF Trust (the Trust) (comprising
DeltaShares® S&P 400 Managed Risk ETF, DeltaShares® S&P 500 Managed Risk ETF, DeltaShares® S&P 600 Managed Risk ETF, DeltaShares® S&P EM 100 & Managed Risk ETF and DeltaShares® S&P International Managed Risk ETF, (collectively referred to as the Funds)), including the schedules of investments, as of December 31, 2019, and the related statements of
operations and changes in net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds comprising Transamerica ETF Trust at December 31, 2019, the results of their operations, changes in net assets and financial highlights for each of the
periods indicated in the table below, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Funds comprising the
Transamerica ETF Trust
|
|
Statement of
operations
|
|
Statements of changes
in net assets
|
|
Financial highlights
|
-DeltaShares® S&P 400 Managed Risk ETF,
-DeltaShares®
S&P 500 Managed Risk ETF,
-DeltaShares® S&P 600 Managed Risk ETF
-DeltaShares® S&P International Managed Risk ETF
|
|
For the year ended December 31, 2019
|
|
For each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2019
|
|
For each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2019 and the period from July 31, 2017 (commencement of
operations) through December 31, 2017
|
-DeltaShares® S&P EM 100 & Managed Risk
ETF
|
|
For the period from March 20, 2019 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2019
|
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements
are the responsibility of the Trusts 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 Trust 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 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. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Trusts internal control over financial
reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trusts internal control over financial
reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
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 procedures
included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian and others, or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from others were not received. 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. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the auditor of one or more Transamerica investment companies since 1995.
Boston, Massachusetts
February 26, 2020
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|
|
Transamerica ETF Trust
|
|
Annual Report 2019
|
Page 72
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
(unaudited)
TAX INFORMATION
For dividends paid during the year ended December 31, 2019, the Funds designated the following maximum amounts of qualified dividend income are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Qualified Dividend
Income
|
|
S&P 400 Managed Risk
|
|
$
|
849,594
|
|
S&P 500 Managed Risk
|
|
|
6,667,690
|
|
S&P 600 Managed Risk
|
|
|
257,617
|
|
S&P EM 100 & Managed Risk
|
|
|
825,424
|
|
S&P International Managed Risk
|
|
|
4,774,115
|
|
For corporate shareholders, investment income (dividend income plus short-term gains, if any) which qualifies for the maximum dividends
received deductions are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Dividend Received
Deduction Percentage
|
|
S&P 400 Managed Risk
|
|
|
65.48
|
%
|
S&P 500 Managed Risk
|
|
|
93.23
|
|
S&P 600 Managed Risk
|
|
|
51.09
|
|
The amounts which represent income derived from sources within, and taxes paid to, foreign countries or possessions of the U.S. are as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Foreign Source Income
|
|
|
Foreign Taxes
|
|
S&P EM 100 & Managed Risk
|
|
$
|
1,053,880
|
|
|
$
|
104,907
|
|
S&P International Managed Risk
|
|
|
5,980,592
|
|
|
|
372,300
|
|
The information and distributions reported herein may differ from the information and distributions taxable to the shareholders for the
calendar year ending December 31, 2019. Complete information will be computed and reported in conjunction with your 2019 Form 1099-DIV.
|
|
|
Transamerica ETF Trust
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|
Annual Report 2019
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Page 73
Management of the Trust
Board Members and Officers
The members of the Board
(Board Members) and executive officers of the Trust are listed below.
Interested Board Member means a board member who may be deemed an
interested person (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust because of his current or former service with TAM or an affiliate of TAM. Interested Board Members may also be referred to herein as Interested
Trustees. Independent Board Member means a Board Member who is not an interested person (as defined under the 1940 Act) of the Trust and may also be referred to herein as an Independent Trustee.
The Board governs each fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of the shareholders. The Board Members are experienced executives who meet periodically
throughout the year to oversee the business affairs of each fund and the operation of each fund by its officers. The Board also reviews the management of each funds assets by the Investment Manager and the
sub-adviser.
The funds are among the funds managed and sponsored by TAM (collectively, Transamerica Fund
Family). The Transamerica Fund Family consists of (i) Transamerica Funds (TF); (ii) Transamerica Series Trust (TST); (iii) Transamerica ETF Trust (TET) and (iv) Transamerica Asset Allocation
Variable Funds (TAAVF). Transamerica Fund Family consists of 126 funds as of the date of this Annual Report. With the exception of Mr. Smit, none of the Board Members serve on the board of trustees of TF, TST or TAAVF. TF, TST and
TAAVF are overseen by a separate board of trustees.
The mailing address of each Board Member is c/o Secretary, 1801 California Street, Suite 5200, Denver, Colorado
80202.
Further information about the Trusts Board Members and Officers is available in the Trusts Statement of Additional Information, which can be
obtained without charge by calling 1-888-233-4339 or visiting the Trusts website at www.deltashares.com.
The Board Members, their age, their positions with the Trust, and their principal occupations for at least the past five years (their titles may have varied during that
period), the number of funds in Transamerica Fund Family the Board oversees, and other board memberships they hold are set forth in the table below. The length of time served is provided from the date a Board Member became a member of the Board.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name and Age
|
|
Position(s)
Held with
Trust
|
|
Term of
Office and
Length
of Time
Served*
|
|
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
|
|
Number of
Funds in
Complex
Overseen
by Board
Member
|
|
Other
Directorships
Held By Board
Member
|
INTERESTED BOARD MEMBERS
|
Marijn P. Smit
(45)
|
|
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
|
|
Since 2017
|
|
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, TF,
TST and TAAVF
(2014 present);
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, TET
(2017 present);
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Transamerica Partners Portfolio (TPP), Transamerica Partners Funds Group
(TPFG) and Transamerica Partners Funds Group II (TPFG II) (2014 2018);
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Transamerica Income Shares, Inc. (TIS) (2014 2015);
Director, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (TAM) and Transamerica Fund Services, Inc. (TFS) (2014 present);
|
|
126
|
|
Director,
Massachusetts
Fidelity Trust
Company
(2014 present);
Director, Aegon
Global
Funds
(2016 present);
Director
Akaan-Aegon,
S.A.P.I. de C.V.
(financial
services joint
venture in
Mexico)
(2017 present)
Director,
Mongeral Aegon
Seguros
e
Previdencia S.A.
(2019 present);
and Director,
Mongeral Aegon
Investimentos
Ltda.
(2018 present)
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Transamerica ETF Trust
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|
Annual Report 2019
|
Page 74
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name and Age
|
|
Position(s)
Held with
Trust
|
|
Term of
Office and
Length
of Time
Served*
|
|
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
|
|
Number of
Funds in
Complex
Overseen
by Board
Member
|
|
Other
Directorships
Held By Board
Member
|
INTERESTED BOARD MEMBERS continued
|
Marijn P. Smit
(continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior Vice President, Transamerica Retirement Solutions LLC (2012 present);
Trust Officer, Massachusetts Fidelity Trust Company
(2014 present);
President, Investment Solutions,
Transamerica Investments & Retirement (2014 2016);
Vice President, Transamerica Premier Life Insurance Company (2010 2016);
Vice President, Transamerica Life Insurance Company (2010
2016);
Senior Vice President, Transamerica Financial Life Insurance
Company (2013 2016);
Senior Vice President, Transamerica
Retirement Advisors, Inc. (2013 2016); and
President and
Director, Transamerica Stable Value Solutions, Inc. (2010 2016).
|
|
|
|
|
INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS
|
James S. Parsons
(61)
|
|
Trustee
|
|
Since 2017
|
|
Retired 2009
|
|
5
|
|
|
Francis J. Enderle
(54)
|
|
Trustee
|
|
Since 2017
|
|
Consultant, Lattice Strategies/Hartford Funds (2014 present)
|
|
5
|
|
Chair,
BlackRock
Canada
Independent
Review
Committee
(2010
2017);
Director,
WineInStyle
(Japan)
(2006 2017)
|
*
|
Each Board Member shall hold office until: 1) his or her successor is elected and qualified or 2) he or she resigns,
retires or his or her term as a Board Member is terminated in accordance with the Trusts Declaration of Trust.
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|
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|
Transamerica ETF Trust
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|
Annual Report 2019
|
Page 75
Officers
The mailing address of each officer is c/o Secretary, 1801 California
Street, Suite 5200, Denver, CO 80202. The following table shows information about the officers, including their year of birth, their positions held with the Trust and their principal occupations during the past five years (their titles may have
varied during that period). Each officer will hold office until his or her successor has been duly elected or appointed or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name and Age
|
|
Position
|
|
Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served*
|
|
Principal Occupation(s) or Employment
During Past Five Years
|
Marijn P. Smit
(45)
|
|
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
|
|
Since 2017
|
|
See Table Above.
|
Timothy Bresnahan
(50)
|
|
Senior Counsel and Secretary
|
|
Since 2019
|
|
Assistant Secretary, TET (2019
present);
Secretary, TET (2019); Senior Counsel, TAM
(2008 present)
|
Thomas R. Wald
(59)
|
|
Chief Investment Officer
|
|
Since 2017
|
|
Chief Investment Officer, Transamerica Funds,
TST and TAAVF (2014 present); TET (2017 present);
Chief Investment Officer, TPP, TPFG and TPFG II (2014 2018);
Chief Investment Officer, TIS (2014 2015);
Director (2017 present), (Akaan Transamerica, S.A. de C.V., Sociedad Operadora de Fondos de Inversión (2019 present);
Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, TAM (2014
present);
Chief Investment Officer, Transamerica
Investments & Retirement (2014 present);
Director, Transamerica Funds Services, Inc. (2019 present); and
Trust Officer, Massachusetts Fidelity Trust Company
(2015 present).
|
Christopher A. Staples (49)
|
|
Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
|
|
Since 2017
|
|
Vice President and Chief Investment Officer,
Advisory Services (2007 present), Transamerica Funds and TST; TET (2017 present);
Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Advisory Services (2007 2015), TIS;
Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Advisory Services, TAAVF
(2007 present);
Vice President and Chief Investment Officer,
Advisory Services, TPP, TPFG and TPFG II (2007 2018);
Director (2005 2019), Senior Vice President (2006 present), Senior Director, Investments (2016 present), Chief
Investment Officer, Advisory Services (2012 2016) and Lead Portfolio Manager (2007 present), TAM;
Director, TFS (2005 2019);
Trust Officer, Massachusetts Fidelity Trust Company (2010 present); Registered Representative (2007 2016), TCI;
Registered Representative, TFA (2005
present).
|
|
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|
Transamerica ETF Trust
|
|
Annual Report 2019
|
Page 76
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name and Age
|
|
Position
|
|
Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served*
|
|
Principal Occupation(s) or Employment
During Past Five Years
|
Francine J. Rosenberger
(52)
|
|
Chief Compliance Officer
|
|
Since 2019
|
|
Chief Compliance Officer, Transamerica Funds,
TST, TET and TAAVF (2019 present);
Chief Compliance Officer
(2019 present), TAM;
General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
and Fund Chief Compliance Officer, Steben & Company, Inc. (2013 2019).
|
Molly Possehl
(41)
|
|
Anti-Money Laundering Officer
|
|
Since 2019
|
|
Anti-Money Laundering Officer, Transamerica
Funds, TST, TET and TAAVF (2019 present);
Anti-Money
Laundering Officer (2019 present), TAM;
Assistant General
Counsel, Transamerica Life Insurance Company/Aegon USA (2013 present);
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer and Fraud Officer, Transamerica Life Insurance Company/Aegon USA (2015 present); Attorney,
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer (Annuity products),
Transamerica Life Insurance Company/Aegon USA (2006 2015).
|
Erin D. Nelson
(42)
|
|
Associate General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
|
|
Since 2019
|
|
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary,
Transamerica Funds, TST, TET and TAAVF (2019 present);
Assistant General Counsel II and Assistant Secretary, TAM (2019 present), Assistant Secretary (2019 present, TFS;
Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, ALPS Advisors, Inc.
(2015 2019).
|
Vincent J. Toner
(49)
|
|
Vice President and Treasurer
|
|
Since 2017
|
|
Vice President and Treasurer, Transamerica
Funds, TST and TAAVF (2014 present), TET (2017 present);
Vice President and Treasurer, TPP, TPFG and TPFG II (2014 2018);
Vice President and Treasurer, TIS (2014 2015);
Vice President (2016 present), Treasurer
(2016 2019), Vice President, Administration and Treasurer (2014 2016), TAM;
Vice President, Administration and Treasurer, TFS (2014 present);
Vice President (2016 present), Transamerica Capital, Inc.; Trust
Officer (2015 present), Massachusetts Fidelity Trust Company.
|
Blake Boettcher
(33)
|
|
Tax Manager
|
|
Since 2018
|
|
Tax Manager, Transamerica Funds, TST, TAAVF
and TET (2018 present);
Senior Manager Tax, Charles
Schwab Investment Management (2015 2017);
Tax Manager,
Deloitte Tax LLP (2012 2015).
|
*
|
Elected and serves at the pleasure of the Board of the Trust.
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LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (LRMP)
(unaudited)
Per initial requirements for SEC Rule 22e-4, TAM
established a LRMP in 2018. The Board appointed TAM as the LRMP Administrator in September 2018, and approved the LRMP in March of 2019. In advance of the final compliance date of June 1, 2019, TAM successfully completed the liquidity rule
implementation. All Funds were on-boarded to the State Street Global Exchange (SSGX) truView system (a third-party liquidity bucketing tool) at the end of December 2018. TAM currently has policies and procedures established for the day to day
monitoring of liquidity risk, and continues to test and improve these policies and procedures as may be required.
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PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
(unaudited)
A description of the Transamerica ETF Trusts
proxy voting policies and procedures is available in the Statement of Additional Information of the Funds, available without charge upon request by calling 1-888-316-8077 (toll free) or on the Securities and Exchange Commissions
(SEC) website at http://www.sec.gov.
In addition, the Funds are required to file Form N-PX, with their complete proxy voting records for the most
recent 12 months ended June 30th, no later than August 31st of each year. The Form is available without charge: (1) from the Funds, upon request by calling 1-888-316-8077; and (2) on the SECs website at http://www.sec.gov.
Each fiscal quarter, the Funds
will file with the SEC a complete schedule of their monthly portfolio holdings on Form N-PORT. The Funds holdings as of the end of the third month of every fiscal quarter, as reported on Form N-PORT, will be publicly available on the
SECs website at http://www.sec.gov within 60 days of the end of the fiscal quarter.
You may also visit the Trusts website at
www.deltashares.com for this and other information about the Funds and the Trust.
Important Notice Regarding Delivery of Shareholder Documents
Every year we send shareholders informative materials such as the Transamerica ETF Trusts Annual Report, the Transamerica ETF Trusts Prospectus, and
other required documents that keep you informed regarding your Funds. The Trust will only send one piece per mailing address, a method that saves your Funds money by reducing mailing and printing costs. We will continue to do this unless
you tell us not to. To elect to receive individual mailings, simply call a Transamerica Customer Service Representative toll free at 1-888-316-8077, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday-Friday. Your request will take effect within 30 days.
Premium/Discount Information
Information about differences between the
per share net asset value of each Fund and the closing price of shares of each Fund are available, without charge, at www.deltashares.com.
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NOTICE OF PRIVACY POLICY
(unaudited)
Your privacy is very important to us. We want you
to understand what information we collect and how we use it. We collect and use nonpublic personal information in connection with providing our customers with a broad range of financial products and services as effectively and
conveniently as possible. We treat nonpublic personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
What Information We Collect and From Whom We Collect It
We may collect nonpublic personal information about you from the following sources:
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Information we receive from you on applications or other forms, such as your name, address, and account number;
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Information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others, such as your account balance and purchase/redemption
history; and
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Information we receive from non-affiliated third parties, including consumer reporting agencies.
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What Information We Disclose and To Whom We Disclose It
We do not disclose
any nonpublic personal information about current or former customers to anyone without their express consent, except as permitted by law. We may disclose the nonpublic personal information we collect, as described above, to persons or companies that
perform services on our behalf and to other financial institutions with which we have joint marketing agreements. We will require these companies to protect the confidentiality of your nonpublic personal information and to use it only to perform the
services for which we have hired them.
Our Security Procedures
We
restrict access to your nonpublic personal information and only allow disclosures to persons and companies as permitted by law to assist in providing products or services to you. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect
your nonpublic personal information and to safeguard the disposal of certain consumer information.
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please call
1-888-316-8077 on any business day between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. Eastern Time.
Note: This Privacy Policy applies
only to customers that have a direct relationship with us or our affiliates. If you own shares of our funds in the name of a third party such as a bank or broker-dealer, its privacy policy may apply to you instead of ours.
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Customer Service: 1-888-316-8077
1801 California St., Suite 5200 Denver, CO 80202
Distributor: Foreside Fund Services, LLC
www.deltashares.com
In an effort to reduce paper mailings and conserve natural resources, we encourage you to visit our website,
www.transamerica.com, to set up an account and enroll in eDelivery.
The Transamerica ETF Trust is advised by Transamerica Asset Management, Inc.
and distributed by Foreside Fund Services, LLC., Member of FINRA
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