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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001729678-20-000009
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 40-17F2
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
FILED AS OF DATE: 20200626
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200626
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20200626
SUBJECT COMPANY:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BNY MELLON HIGH YIELD STRATEGIES FUND
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001057861
IRS NUMBER: 134001109
STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA
FISCAL YEAR END: 0331
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 40-17F2
SEC ACT: 1940 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-08703
FILM NUMBER: 20993279
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC.
STREET 2: 240 GREENWICH STREET
CITY: NEW YORK
STATE: NY
ZIP: 10286
BUSINESS PHONE: 2129226400
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC.
STREET 2: 240 GREENWICH STREET
CITY: NEW YORK
STATE: NY
ZIP: 10286
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DREYFUS HIGH YIELD STRATEGIES FUND
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980316
FILED BY:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BNY MELLON HIGH YIELD STRATEGIES FUND
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001057861
IRS NUMBER: 134001109
STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA
FISCAL YEAR END: 0331
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 40-17F2
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC.
STREET 2: 240 GREENWICH STREET
CITY: NEW YORK
STATE: NY
ZIP: 10286
BUSINESS PHONE: 2129226400
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC.
STREET 2: 240 GREENWICH STREET
CITY: NEW YORK
STATE: NY
ZIP: 10286
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DREYFUS HIGH YIELD STRATEGIES FUND
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980316
40-17F2
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r-40172033120201.txt
Report of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors of
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund:
We have examined managements assertion, included in the
accompanying Management Statement Regarding
Compliance With Certain Provisions of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, that BNY Mellon High Yield
Strategies Fund (the Fund), the sole series of BNY Mellon
High Yield Strategies Fund, complied with the
requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 under
the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Act) as of March
31, 2020. Management is responsible for its assertion about
the Funds compliance with those requirements of
subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of the Act (the
specified requirements). Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on managements assertion about the Funds
compliance based on our examination.
Our examination was conducted in accordance with
attestation standards established by the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants. Those standards require
that we plan and perform the examination to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether managements assertion
about compliance with the specified requirements is fairly
stated, in all material respects. An examination involves
performing procedures to obtain evidence about whether
managements assertion is fairly stated in all materials
respects. The nature, timing, and extent of the procedures
selected depend on our judgement, including an assessment
of the risks of material misstatement of managements
assertion, whether due to fraud or error. We believe that the
evidence we obtained is sufficient and appropriate to
provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Included among our procedures were the following tests
performed as of March 31, 2020, and with respect to
agreement of security purchases and sales, for the period
from November 30, 2019 (the date of the Funds last
examination) through March 31, 2020:
1. Confirmation with the Custodian of all securities held,
hypothecated, pledged or placed in escrow or out for
transfer with brokers or pledgees, if any;
2. Obtained the Custodian reconciliation of security positions
held by institutions in book entry form (e.g., the Federal
Reserve Bank, The Depository Trust Company and various
sub-custodians) to Custodian records and verified that
reconciling items were cleared in a timely manner;
3. Reconciliation of the Funds securities per the books and
records of the Fund to those of the Custodian;
4. Agreement of pending purchase and sale activity for the
Fund as of March 31, 2020, if any, to documentation of
corresponding subsequent bank statements;
5. Agreement of five security purchases and five security
sales, since the date of the last examination, from the books
and records of the Fund to corresponding bank statements;
6. Review of the BNY Mellon Asset Servicing Custody and
Securities Lending Services Service Organization Control
Report (SOC 1 Report) for the period April 1, 2019 to
March 31, 2020 and noted no relevant findings were
reported in the areas of Asset Custody and Trade
Settlement.
We believe that our examination provides a reasonable
basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a
legal determination on the Funds compliance with specified
requirements.
In our opinion, managements assertion that the Fund
complied with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c)
of Rule 17f-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of
March 31, 2020, with respect to securities reflected in the
investment accounts of the Funds is fairly stated, in all
material respects.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and The Board of Directors of BNY Mellon
High Yield Strategies Fund, and the Securities and
Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should
not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.
/s/ KPMG LLP
New York, New York
June 26, 2020
June 26, 2020
Management Statement Regarding Compliance With
Certain Provisions of the Investment Company Act of
1940
We, as members of management of BNY Mellon High
Yield Strategies Fund (the Fund), the sole series of BNY
Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund, are responsible for
complying with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c)
of Rule 17f-2, Custody of Investments by Registered
Management Investment Companies of the Investment
Company Act of 1940. We are also responsible for
establishing and maintaining effective internal controls
over compliance with those requirements. We have
performed an evaluation of the Funds compliance with the
requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 as of
March 31, 2020 and for the period from November 30,
2019 (the date of the Funds last examination) through
March 31, 2020.
Based on the evaluation, we assert that the Fund was in
compliance with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c)
of Rule 17f-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of
March 31, 2020, and for the period from November 30,
2019 (the date of the Funds last examination) through
March 31, 2020 with respect to securities reflected in the
investment accounts of the Funds.
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund
Jim Windels
Treasurer
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