0001145549-24-001831.txt : 20240112 0001145549-24-001831.hdr.sgml : 20240112 20240112084727 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001145549-24-001831 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20231031 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240112 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240112 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20240112 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FEDERATED HERMES CORE TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001034106 ORGANIZATION NAME: IRS NUMBER: 232934777 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1212 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-08519 FILM NUMBER: 24530679 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4000 ERICSSON DRIVE CITY: WARRENDALE STATE: PA ZIP: 15086-7561 BUSINESS PHONE: 8003417400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4000 ERICSSON DRIVE CITY: WARRENDALE STATE: PA ZIP: 15086-7561 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FEDERATED CORE TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20180601 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FEDERATED CORE TRUST/PA DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19971126 0001034106 S000054054 Emerging Markets Core Fund C000169915 Emerging Markets Core Fund N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0404 N-CEN LIVE 0001034106 XXXXXXXX true false false N-1A S000054054 true Federated Hermes Core Trust 811-08519 0001034106 254900HYFNGKM5PJOV84 Federated Hermes Funds 4000 Ericsson Drive Warrendale 15086-7561 US-PA US 8003417400 Federated Hermes Core Trust Federated Hermes Funds 4000 Ericsson Drive Warrendale 15086-7561 8003417400 Registrant - All records required to be maintained that are not maintained by other service providers. Federated Administrative Services 1001 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh 15222-3779 4122881900 Administrator - Records include but are not limited to those related to calculation of NAV, income and expense accruals, securities pricing, preparation of regulatory documents, financial books and records, performance calculations and tax related documents. Federated Securities Corp. 1001 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh 15222-3779 4122881900 Distributor - Records include but are not limited to trade blotters, asset and liability ledgers, income and expense ledgers, capital account ledgers, customer account ledgers, securities records, order tickets and trade confirmations. Federated Advisory Services Company 1001 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh 15222-3779 4122881900 Advisor - All investment advisor records required to be maintained that are not maintained by other service providers. Federated Investment Management Company 1001 Liberty Avenue Pittsburgh 15222-3779 4122881900 Advisor - All investment advisor records required to be maintained that are not maintained by other service providers. Federated Hermes (UK) LLP 150 Cheapside London GB EC2V 6ET 4122881900 Sub Advisor - All investment advisor records required to be maintained that are not maintained by other service providers. State Street Bank and Trust Company 1 Iron Street Boston 02110 6177863000 Custodian - Fund securities and cash records SS&C GIDS, Inc. P.O. Box 219318 Kansas City 64121-9318 8168714100 Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent - Fund shareholder records N N N-1A 4 Y J. Christopher Donahue 000814703 Y John T. Collins N/A N G. Thomas Hough N/A N Maureen Lally-Green N/A N Thomas M. O'Neill N/A N P. Jerome Richey N/A N John S. Walsh N/A N Madelyn A. Reilly N/A N John B. 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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of

Federated Hermes Core Trust:

 

In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of Emerging Markets Core Fund (the “Fund”) (one of the portfolios constituting Federated Hermes Core Trust (the “Trust”)) as of and for the year ended October 31, 2023, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), we considered the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Our consideration of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the PCAOB. However, we noted no deficiencies in the Trust’s internal control over financial

reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of October 31, 2023.

 

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

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 

Boston, Massachusetts

December 22, 2023