UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number
811-21719
INVESTMENT MANAGERS SERIES TRUST
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

235 W. Galena Street
Milwaukee, WI 53212
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Diane J. Drake
Mutual Fund Administration, LLC
2220 E. Route 66, Suite 226
Glendora, CA 91740
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(626) 385-5777
Date of fiscal year end:
June 30
Date of reporting period:
June 30, 2025
Item 1. Report to Stockholders.
(a) The registrant’s annual report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Act”), is as follows:

AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund
Class A/ASDAX
TSR Fund Logo - Cover - AAM
ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER REPORT | June 30, 2025
This annual shareholder report contains important information about the AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund (“Fund”) for the period of July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. You can find additional information about the Fund at https://www.aamlive.com/publicsite/mutual-funds-detail-himco. You can also request this information by contacting us at (888) 966-9661.
Fund Expenses
(Based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Fund (Class) Costs of a $10,000 investment Costs paid as a percentage
of a $10,000 investment
AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund
(Class A/ASDAX)
$86 0.84%
Management's Discussion of Fund Performance
SUMMARY OF RESULTS
For the 12-month period ended June 30, 2025, the AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund Class A produced positive performance of 5.85%, before applicable sales charges.  The Bloomberg 1-3 Year U.S. Government/Credit Index ("Index") returned 5.94% over the same period.  The Fund was primarily invested in U.S. Treasuries, investment grade corporates, high yield corporates, bank loans, securitized sectors and cash.  The securitized sectors included asset-backed securities (ABS), commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) and collateralized loan obligations (CLOs).
TOP PERFORMANCE CONTRIBUTORS
- Sector allocation was the primary source of positive performance, particularly the out-of-benchmark allocations to CMBS, ABS, CLOs, bank loans and high yield corporates due to spread tightening and the positive carry
- The underweight to U.S. Treasuries was also of benefit
- Security selection within the Industrial sub-sector of investment grade corporates was a positive contributor
TOP PERFORMANCE DETRACTORS
- A shorter interest rate duration position relative to the Index was a detractor given the rally in interest rates over the course of the 12-month period
- The portfolio's cash position was a drag on performance given the relative outperformance of the spread sectors
- An underweight to investment grade corporates slightly detracted
- Security Selection within the Financial sub-sector of investment grade corporates detracted
- The Fund did not have any direct holdings in the emerging market sector which detracted from the positive performance to the Index
Fund Performance
The following graph and chart compare the initial and subsequent account values at the end of each of the most recently completed 10 fiscal years of the Fund, or for the life of the Fund, if shorter. It assumes a $10,000 initial investment at the beginning of the first fiscal year in an appropriate, broad-based securities market index for the same period.
GROWTH OF $10,000
Fund Performance - Growth of 10K
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund (Class A/ASDAX)1 3.16% 2.38% 2.31%
AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund (Class A/ASDAX) — excluding sales load 5.85% 2.91% 2.56%
Bloomberg 1-3 Year US Government/Credit 5.94% 1.58% 1.84%
Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index* 6.08% -0.73% 1.76%
1
Maximum sales charge (load) of 2.50% of offering price.
* SEC rules require that a broad-based securities market index be provided to compare the performance in annual shareholder reports and prospectuses. The fund also continues to compare its performance to the Bloomberg 1-3 Year US Government/Credit Index. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the SEC rule.
Keep in mind that the Fund’s past performance is not a good predictor of how the Fund will perform in the future.
The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares.
Visit https://www.aamlive.com/publicsite/mutual-funds-performance-himco for the most recent performance information.
Key Fund Statistics
The following table outlines key fund statistics that you should pay attention to.
Fund net assets $349,109,017
Total number of portfolio holdings 266
Total advisory fees paid (net) $1,010,632
Portfolio turnover rate as of the end of the reporting period 40%
Graphical Representation of Holdings
The tables below show the investment makeup of the Fund, representing percentage of the total net assets of the Fund. The Top Ten Holdings and Sector Allocation exclude short-term holdings, if any. Interest rate presented in the Top Ten Holdings are as of the reporting period end. The Sector Allocation chart represents Corporate Bonds held by the Fund.
Top Ten Holdings
United States Treasury Note, 4.37%, 11/30/2028 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.25%, 2/28/2029 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.00%, 7/31/2029 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.13%, 9/30/2027 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.00%, 1/31/2029 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.62%, 9/15/2026 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.25%, 3/15/2027 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.00%, 2/29/2028 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 3.50%, 9/15/2025 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.50%, 3/31/2026 1.4%
Asset Allocation
Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart
Sector Allocation
Graphical Representation - Allocation 2 Chart
Material Fund Changes
The Fund did not have any material changes that occurred since the beginning of the reporting period.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants
There were no changes in or disagreements with the Fund's accountants during the reporting period.
Availability of Additional Information
You can find additional information about the Fund such as the prospectus, financial information, fund holdings and proxy voting information at https://www.aamlive.com/publicsite/mutual-funds-detail-himco. You can also request this information by contacting us at (888) 966-9661.
Householding
In order to reduce expenses, we will deliver a single copy of prospectuses, proxies, financial reports and other communications to shareholders with the same residential address, provided they have the same last name, or we reasonably believe them to be members of the same family. Unless we are notified otherwise, we will continue to send recipients only one copy of these materials for as long as they remain a shareholder of the Fund. If you would like to receive individual mailings, please call (888) 966-9661 and we will begin sending you separate copies of these materials within 30 days after receiving your request.
AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund - Class A

AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund
Class C/ASDCX
TSR Fund Logo - Cover - AAM
ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER REPORT | June 30, 2025
This annual shareholder report contains important information about the AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund (“Fund”) for the period of July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. You can find additional information about the Fund at https://www.aamlive.com/publicsite/mutual-funds-detail-himco. You can also request this information by contacting us at (888) 966-9661.
Fund Expenses
(Based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Fund (Class) Costs of a $10,000 investment Costs paid as a percentage
of a $10,000 investment
AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund
(Class C/ASDCX)
$163 1.59%
Management's Discussion of Fund Performance
SUMMARY OF RESULTS
For the 12-month period ended June 30, 2025, the AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund Class C produced positive performance of 5.00%, before applicable sales charges.  The Bloomberg 1-3 Year U.S. Government/Credit Index ("Index") returned 5.94% over the same period.  The Fund was primarily invested in U.S. Treasuries, Investment grade corporates, high yield corporates, bank loans, securitized sectors and cash.  The securitized sectors included asset-backed securities (ABS), commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) and collateralized loan obligations (CLOs).
TOP PERFORMANCE CONTRIBUTORS
- Sector allocation was the primary source of positive performance, particularly the out-of-benchmark allocations to CMBS, ABS, CLOs, bank loans and high yield corporates due to spread tightening and the positive carry
- The underweight to U.S. Treasuries was also of benefit
- Security selection within the Industrial sub-sector of investment grade corporates was a positive contributor
TOP PERFORMANCE DETRACTORS
- A shorter interest rate duration position relative to the index was a detractor given the rally in interest rates over the course of the 12-month period
- The portfolio's cash position was a drag on the performance given the relative outperformance of the spread sectors
-  An underweight to investment grade corporates slightly detracted
- Security selection within the Financial sub-sector of investment grade corporates detracted
- The Fund did not have any direct holdings in the emerging market sector which detracted from the positive performance relative to the index
Fund Performance
The following graph and chart compare the initial and subsequent account values at the end of each of the most recently completed 10 fiscal years of the Fund, or for the life of the Fund, if shorter. It assumes a $10,000 initial investment at the beginning of the first fiscal year in an appropriate, broad-based securities market index for the same period.
GROWTH OF $10,000
Fund Performance - Growth of 10K
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund (Class C/ASDCX)1 4.00% 2.12% 1.80%
AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund (Class C/ASDCX) — excluding sales load 5.00% 2.12% 1.80%
Bloomberg 1-3 Year US Government/Credit 5.94% 1.58% 1.84%
Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index* 6.08% -0.73% 1.76%
1
A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge ("CDSC") of 1.00% may be imposed on certain purchases that are redeemed in whole or in part within 12 months of purchase.
* SEC rules require that a broad-based securities market index be provided to compare the performance in annual shareholder reports and prospectuses. The fund also continues to compare its performance to the Bloomberg 1-3 Year US Government/Credit Index. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the SEC rule.
Keep in mind that the Fund’s past performance is not a good predictor of how the Fund will perform in the future.
The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares.
Visit https://www.aamlive.com/publicsite/mutual-funds-performance-himco for the most recent performance information.
Key Fund Statistics
The following table outlines key fund statistics that you should pay attention to.
Fund net assets $349,109,017
Total number of portfolio holdings 266
Total advisory fees paid (net) $1,010,632
Portfolio turnover rate as of the end of the reporting period 40%
Graphical Representation of Holdings
The tables below show the investment makeup of the Fund, representing percentage of the total net assets of the Fund. The Top Ten Holdings and Sector Allocation exclude short-term holdings, if any. Interest rate presented in the Top Ten Holdings are as of the reporting period end. The Sector Allocation chart represents Corporate Bonds held by the Fund.
Top Ten Holdings
United States Treasury Note, 4.37%, 11/30/2028 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.25%, 2/28/2029 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.00%, 7/31/2029 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.13%, 9/30/2027 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.00%, 1/31/2029 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.62%, 9/15/2026 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.25%, 3/15/2027 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.00%, 2/29/2028 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 3.50%, 9/15/2025 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.50%, 3/31/2026 1.4%
Asset Allocation
Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart
Sector Allocation
Graphical Representation - Allocation 2 Chart
Material Fund Changes
The Fund did not have any material changes that occurred since the beginning of the reporting period.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants
There were no changes in or disagreements with the Fund's accountants during the reporting period.
Availability of Additional Information
You can find additional information about the Fund such as the prospectus, financial information, fund holdings and proxy voting information at https://www.aamlive.com/publicsite/mutual-funds-detail-himco. You can also request this information by contacting us at (888) 966-9661.
Householding
In order to reduce expenses, we will deliver a single copy of prospectuses, proxies, financial reports and other communications to shareholders with the same residential address, provided they have the same last name, or we reasonably believe them to be members of the same family. Unless we are notified otherwise, we will continue to send recipients only one copy of these materials for as long as they remain a shareholder of the Fund. If you would like to receive individual mailings, please call (888) 966-9661 and we will begin sending you separate copies of these materials within 30 days after receiving your request.
AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund - Class C

AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund
Class I/ASDIX
TSR Fund Logo - Cover - AAM
ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER REPORT | June 30, 2025
This annual shareholder report contains important information about the AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund (“Fund”) for the period of July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. You can find additional information about the Fund at https://www.aamlive.com/publicsite/mutual-funds-detail-himco. You can also request this information by contacting us at (888) 966-9661.
Fund Expenses
(Based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Fund (Class) Costs of a $10,000 investment Costs paid as a percentage
of a $10,000 investment
AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund
(Class I/ASDIX)
$61 0.59%
Management's Discussion of Fund Performance
SUMMARY OF RESULTS
For the 12-month period ended June 30, 2025, the AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund Class I produced positive performance of 6.00%.  The Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit Index ("Index") returned 5.94% over the same period.  The Fund was primarily invested in the U.S. Treasuries, investment grade corporates, high yield corporates, bank loans, securitized sectors and cash.  The securitized sectors included asset-backed securities (ABS), commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) and collateralized loan obligations (CLOs).
TOP PERFORMANCE CONTRIBUTORS
- Sector allocation was the primary source of positive performance, particularly the out-of-benchmark allocations to CMBS, ABS, CLOs, bank loans and high yield corporates due to spread tightening and the positive carry
- The underweight to U.S. Treasuries was also of benefit
- Security selection within the industrial sub-sector of investment grade corporates was a positive contributor
TOP PERFORMANCE DETRACTORS
- A shorter interest rate duration position relative to the index was a detractor given the rally in interest rates over the 12-month period
- The portfolio's cash position was a drag on performance given the outperformance of the spread sectors
- An underweight to investment grade corporates slightly detracted
- Security selection within the Financial sub-sector of investment grade corporates detracted
- The Fund did not have any direct holdings in the emerging market sector which detracted from the positive performance relative to the index 
Fund Performance
The following graph and chart compare the initial and subsequent account values at the end of each of the most recently completed 10 fiscal years of the Fund, or for the life of the Fund, if shorter. It assumes a $25,000 initial investment at the beginning of the first fiscal year in an appropriate, broad-based securities market index for the same period.
GROWTH OF $25,000
Fund Performance - Growth of 10K
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund (Class I/ASDIX) 6.00% 3.16% 2.81%
Bloomberg 1-3 Year US Government/Credit 5.94% 1.58% 1.84%
Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index* 6.08% -0.73% 1.76%
* SEC rules require that a broad-based securities market index be provided to compare the performance in annual shareholder reports and prospectuses. The fund also continues to compare its performance to the Bloomberg 1-3 Year US Government/Credit Index. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the SEC rule.
Keep in mind that the Fund’s past performance is not a good predictor of how the Fund will perform in the future.
The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares.
Visit https://www.aamlive.com/publicsite/mutual-funds-performance-himco for the most recent performance information.
Key Fund Statistics
The following table outlines key fund statistics that you should pay attention to.
Fund net assets $349,109,017
Total number of portfolio holdings 266
Total advisory fees paid (net) $1,010,632
Portfolio turnover rate as of the end of the reporting period 40%
Graphical Representation of Holdings
The tables below show the investment makeup of the Fund, representing percentage of the total net assets of the Fund. The Top Ten Holdings and Sector Allocation exclude short-term holdings, if any. Interest rate presented in the Top Ten Holdings are as of the reporting period end. The Sector Allocation chart represents Corporate Bonds held by the Fund.
Top Ten Holdings
United States Treasury Note, 4.37%, 11/30/2028 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.25%, 2/28/2029 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.00%, 7/31/2029 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.13%, 9/30/2027 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.00%, 1/31/2029 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.62%, 9/15/2026 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.25%, 3/15/2027 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.00%, 2/29/2028 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 3.50%, 9/15/2025 2.9%
United States Treasury Note, 4.50%, 3/31/2026 1.4%
Asset Allocation
Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart
Sector Allocation
Graphical Representation - Allocation 2 Chart
Material Fund Changes
The Fund did not have any material changes that occurred since the beginning of the reporting period.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants
There were no changes in or disagreements with the Fund's accountants during the reporting period.
Availability of Additional Information
You can find additional information about the Fund such as the prospectus, financial information, fund holdings and proxy voting information at https://www.aamlive.com/publicsite/mutual-funds-detail-himco. You can also request this information by contacting us at (888) 966-9661.
Householding
In order to reduce expenses, we will deliver a single copy of prospectuses, proxies, financial reports and other communications to shareholders with the same residential address, provided they have the same last name, or we reasonably believe them to be members of the same family. Unless we are notified otherwise, we will continue to send recipients only one copy of these materials for as long as they remain a shareholder of the Fund. If you would like to receive individual mailings, please call (888) 966-9661 and we will begin sending you separate copies of these materials within 30 days after receiving your request.
AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund - Class I

AAM/Insight Select Income Fund
Class A/CPUAX
TSR Fund Logo - Cover - AAM
ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER REPORT | June 30, 2025
This annual shareholder report contains important information about the AAM/Insight Select Income Fund (“Fund”) for the period of July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. You can find additional information about the Fund at https://www.aamlive.com/publicsite/mutual-funds-detail-selectincome. You can also request this information by contacting us at (888) 966-9661.
Fund Expenses
(Based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Fund (Class) Costs of a $10,000 investment Costs paid as a percentage
of a $10,000 investment
AAM/Insight Select Income Fund
(Class A/CPUAX)
$87 0.84%
Management's Discussion of Fund Performance
SUMMARY OF RESULTS
The following discussion compares the performance of the Fund to the Bloomberg US Credit Index to show how the Fund's performance compares to the returns of similar investments for the reporting period.  The Fund seeks to provide current income and outperformed the stated benchmark by investing primarily in the US investment grade corporate bonds, high yield corporate bonds, taxable municipals, US dollar denominated sovereign and foreign agency bonds, Asset-backed securities, and other forms of investment grade structured credit.
TOP PERFORMANCE CONTRIBUTORS
- Sector allocation modestly contributed positively to the Fund's relative performance, as overweight high yield corporates, and non-US IG holdings outperformed as spreads compressed over the year
- Security selection contributed strongly to overall Fund performance as spreads compressed and subordinated bonds and hybrid structures outperformed.  CLO holdings, Intel, Farmers Insurance (hybrid) and Southern California Edison (hybrid) were the top contributors to performance while Lincoln Insurance, Braskem and Geopark underperformed
- Duration was a positive contributor as the Fund periodically positioned long earning a bit of additional carry from the steep yield curve and positioning for the expectation of Federal Reserve cuts pushing yields lower
TOP PERFORMANCE DETRACTORS
- Sector allocation overweight to Treasuries and overweight to Energy as well as CLOs detracted from performance as the high-quality sectors underperformed in the face of spread compression although security selection in CLOs contributed positively
- Yield curve positioning detracted as the overweight to the 5yr contributed positively as the curve steepened in anticipation of eventual Fed cuts but this was negatively offset by a small overweight in the long end of the curve
Fund Performance
The following graph and chart compare the initial and subsequent account values at the end of each of the most recently completed 10 fiscal years of the Fund, or for the life of the Fund, if shorter. It assumes a $10,000 initial investment at the beginning of the first fiscal year in an appropriate, broad-based securities market index for the same period.
GROWTH OF $10,000
Fund Performance - Growth of 10K
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
AAM/Insight Select Income Fund (Class A/CPUAX)1 3.42% 0.05% 2.61%
AAM/Insight Select Income Fund (Class A/CPUAX) — excluding sales load 6.61% 0.67% 2.92%
Bloomberg Credit Bond 6.83% 0.12% 2.80%
Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index* 6.08% -0.73% 1.76%
1
Maximum sales charge (load) of 3.00% of offering price.
* SEC rules require that a broad-based securities market index be provided to compare the performance in annual shareholder reports and prospectuses. The fund also continues to compare its performance to the Bloomberg Credit Bond Index. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the SEC rule.
Keep in mind that the Fund’s past performance is not a good predictor of how the Fund will perform in the future.
The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares.
Visit https://www.aamlive.com/publicsite/mutual-funds-performance-selectincome for the most recent performance information.
Key Fund Statistics
The following table outlines key fund statistics that you should pay attention to.
Fund net assets $207,112,668
Total number of portfolio holdings 450
Total advisory fees paid (net) $297,247
Portfolio turnover rate as of the end of the reporting period 56%
Graphical Representation of Holdings
The tables below show the investment makeup of the Fund, representing percentage of the total net assets of the Fund. The Top Ten Holdings and Sector Allocation exclude short-term holdings, if any. Interest rate presented in the Top Ten Holdings are as of the reporting period end. The Sector Allocation chart represents Corporate Bonds held by the Fund.
Top Ten Holdings
United States Treasury Note, 3.88%, 5/31/2027 1.9%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 5.05%, 7/23/2030 0.9%
Bank of America Corp., 2.97%, 2/4/2033 0.8%
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 5.35%, 6/1/2034 0.8%
Morgan Stanley, 6.63%, 11/1/2034 0.8%
Mexico Government International Bond, 6.87%, 5/13/2037 0.8%
Fortress Credit Opportunities CLO Ltd., Series 2017-9A, Class A1TR, 6.07%, 10/15/2033 0.7%
MetLife, Inc., 9.25%, 4/8/2038 0.7%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 1.99%, 1/27/2032 0.7%
General Motors Co., 5.63%, 4/15/2030 0.7%
Asset Allocation
Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart
Sector Allocation
Graphical Representation - Allocation 2 Chart
Material Fund Changes
The Fund did not have any material changes that occurred since the beginning of the reporting period.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants
There were no changes in or disagreements with the Fund's accountants during the reporting period.
Availability of Additional Information
You can find additional information about the Fund such as the prospectus, financial information, fund holdings and proxy voting information at https://www.aamlive.com/publicsite/mutual-funds-detail-selectincome. You can also request this information by contacting us at (888) 966-9661.
Householding
In order to reduce expenses, we will deliver a single copy of prospectuses, proxies, financial reports and other communications to shareholders with the same residential address, provided they have the same last name, or we reasonably believe them to be members of the same family. Unless we are notified otherwise, we will continue to send recipients only one copy of these materials for as long as they remain a shareholder of the Fund. If you would like to receive individual mailings, please call (888) 966-9661 and we will begin sending you separate copies of these materials within 30 days after receiving your request.
AAM/Insight Select Income Fund - Class A

AAM/Insight Select Income Fund
Class C/CPUCX
TSR Fund Logo - Cover - AAM
ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER REPORT | June 30, 2025
This annual shareholder report contains important information about the AAM/Insight Select Income Fund (“Fund”) for the period of July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. You can find additional information about the Fund at https://www.aamlive.com/publicsite/mutual-funds-detail-selectincome. You can also request this information by contacting us at (888) 966-9661.
Fund Expenses
(Based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Fund (Class) Costs of a $10,000 investment Costs paid as a percentage
of a $10,000 investment
AAM/Insight Select Income Fund
(Class C/CPUCX)
$162 1.57%
Management's Discussion of Fund Performance
SUMMARY OF RESULTS
The following discussion compares the performance of the Fund to the Bloomberg US Credit Index to show how the Fund's performance compares to the returns of similar investments for the reporting period.  The Fund seeks to provide current income and outperformed the stated benchmark by investing primarily in the US investment grade corporate bonds, high yield corporate bonds, taxable municipals, US dollar denominated sovereign and foreign agency bonds, Asset-backed securities, and other forms of investment grade structured credit.
TOP PERFORMANCE CONTRIBUTORS
- Sector allocation modestly contributed positively to the Fund's relative performance, as overweight high yield corporates, and non-US IG holdings outperformed as spreads compressed over the year
- Security selection contributed strongly to overall Fund performance as spreads compressed and subordinated bonds and hybrid structures outperformed.  CLO holdings, Intel, Farmers Insurance (hybrid) and Southern California Edison (hybrid) were the top contributors to performance while Lincoln Insurance, Braskem and Geopark underperformed
- Duration was a positive contributor as the Fund periodically positioned long earning a bit of additional carry form the steep yield curve and positioning for the expectation of Federal Reserve cuts pushing yields lower
TOP PERFORMANCE DETRACTORS
- Sector allocation overweight to Treasuries and overweight to Energy as well as CLO's detracted from performance as the high-quality sectors underperformed in the face of spread compression although security selection in the CLOs contributed positively 
- Yield curve positioning detracted as the overweight to the 5yr contributed positively as the curve steepened in anticipation of eventual Fed cuts but this was negatively offset by a small overweight in the long end of the curve
Fund Performance
The following graph and chart compare the initial and subsequent account values at the end of each of the most recently completed 10 fiscal years of the Fund, or for the life of the Fund, if shorter. It assumes a $10,000 initial investment at the beginning of the first fiscal year in an appropriate, broad-based securities market index for the same period.
GROWTH OF $10,000
Fund Performance - Growth of 10K
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
AAM/Insight Select Income Fund (Class C/CPUCX)1 4.94% -0.08% 2.17%
AAM/Insight Select Income Fund (Class C/CPUCX) — excluding sales load 5.94% -0.08% 2.17%
Bloomberg Credit Bond 6.83% 0.12% 2.80%
Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index* 6.08% -0.73% 1.76%
1
A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge ("CDSC") of 1.00% may be imposed on certain purchases that are redeemed in whole or in part within 12 months of purchase.
* SEC rules require that a broad-based securities market index be provided to compare the performance in annual shareholder reports and prospectuses. The fund also continues to compare its performance to the Bloomberg Credit Bond Index. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the SEC rule.
Keep in mind that the Fund’s past performance is not a good predictor of how the Fund will perform in the future.
The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares.
Visit https://www.aamlive.com/publicsite/mutual-funds-performance-selectincome for the most recent performance information.
Key Fund Statistics
The following table outlines key fund statistics that you should pay attention to.
Fund net assets $207,112,668
Total number of portfolio holdings 450
Total advisory fees paid (net) $297,247
Portfolio turnover rate as of the end of the reporting period 56%
Graphical Representation of Holdings
The tables below show the investment makeup of the Fund, representing percentage of the total net assets of the Fund. The Top Ten Holdings and Sector Allocation exclude short-term holdings, if any. Interest rate presented in the Top Ten Holdings are as of the reporting period end. The Sector Allocation chart represents Corporate Bonds held by the Fund.
Top Ten Holdings
United States Treasury Note, 3.88%, 5/31/2027 1.9%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 5.05%, 7/23/2030 0.9%
Bank of America Corp., 2.97%, 2/4/2033 0.8%
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 5.35%, 6/1/2034 0.8%
Morgan Stanley, 6.63%, 11/1/2034 0.8%
Mexico Government International Bond, 6.87%, 5/13/2037 0.8%
Fortress Credit Opportunities CLO Ltd., Series 2017-9A, Class A1TR, 6.07%, 10/15/2033 0.7%
MetLife, Inc., 9.25%, 4/8/2038 0.7%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 1.99%, 1/27/2032 0.7%
General Motors Co., 5.63%, 4/15/2030 0.7%
Asset Allocation
Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart
Sector Allocation
Graphical Representation - Allocation 2 Chart
Material Fund Changes
The Fund did not have any material changes that occurred since the beginning of the reporting period.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants
There were no changes in or disagreements with the Fund's accountants during the reporting period.
Availability of Additional Information
You can find additional information about the Fund such as the prospectus, financial information, fund holdings and proxy voting information at https://www.aamlive.com/publicsite/mutual-funds-detail-selectincome. You can also request this information by contacting us at (888) 966-9661.
Householding
In order to reduce expenses, we will deliver a single copy of prospectuses, proxies, financial reports and other communications to shareholders with the same residential address, provided they have the same last name, or we reasonably believe them to be members of the same family. Unless we are notified otherwise, we will continue to send recipients only one copy of these materials for as long as they remain a shareholder of the Fund. If you would like to receive individual mailings, please call (888) 966-9661 and we will begin sending you separate copies of these materials within 30 days after receiving your request.
AAM/Insight Select Income Fund - Class C

AAM/Insight Select Income Fund
Class I/CPUIX
TSR Fund Logo - Cover - AAM
ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER REPORT | June 30, 2025
This annual shareholder report contains important information about the AAM/Insight Select Income Fund (“Fund”) for the period of July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. You can find additional information about the Fund at https://www.aamlive.com/publicsite/mutual-funds-detail-selectincome. You can also request this information by contacting us at (888) 966-9661.
Fund Expenses
(Based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
Fund (Class) Costs of a $10,000 investment Costs paid as a percentage
of a $10,000 investment
AAM/Insight Select Income Fund
(Class I/CPUIX)
$61 0.59%
Management's Discussion of Fund Performance
SUMMARY OF RESULTS
The following discussion compares the performance of the Fund to the Bloomberg US Credit Index to show how the Fund's performance compares to the returns of similar investments for the reporting period.  The Fund seeks to provide current income and outperformed the stated benchmark by investing primarily in US investment grade corporate bonds, high yield corporate bonds, taxable municipals, US dollar denominated sovereign and foreign agency bonds, Asset-backed securities, and other forms of Investment graded structured credit.
TOP PERFORMANCE CONTRIBUTORS
 - Sector allocation modestly contributed positively to the Fund's relative performance, as overweight high yield corporates, and non-US IG holdings outperformed as spreads compressed over the year
- Security selection contributed strongly to overall Fund performance as spreads compressed and subordinated bonds and hybrid structures outperformed.  CLO holdings, Intel, Farmers Insurance (hybrid) and Southern California Edison (hybrid) were the top contributors to performance while Lincoln Insurance, Braskem, and Geopark underperformed
 - Duration was a positive contributor as the Fund periodically positioned long earning a bit of additional carry from the steep yield curve and positioning for the expectation of Federal Reserve cuts pushing yields lower
TOP PERFORMANCE DETRACTORS
- Sector allocation overweight to Treasuries and overweight to Energy as well as CLO's detracted from performance as the high-quality sectors underperformed in the face of spread compression although security selection in CLOs contributed positively
- Yield curve positioning detracted as the overweight to the 5yr contributed positively as the curve steepened in anticipation of eventual Fed cuts but this was negatively offset by a small overweight in the long end of the curve|
Fund Performance
The following graph and chart compare the initial and subsequent account values at the end of each of the most recently completed 10 fiscal years of the Fund, or for the life of the Fund, if shorter. It assumes a $25,000 initial investment at the beginning of the first fiscal year in an appropriate, broad-based securities market index for the same period.
GROWTH OF $25,000
Fund Performance - Growth of 10K
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
AAM/Insight Select Income Fund (Class I/CPUIX) 7.00% 0.92% 3.20%
Bloomberg Credit Bond 6.83% 0.12% 2.80%
Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index* 6.08% -0.73% 1.76%
* SEC rules require that a broad-based securities market index be provided to compare the performance in annual shareholder reports and prospectuses. The fund also continues to compare its performance to the Bloomberg Credit Bond Index. There is no change in the fund’s investment strategies as a result of the SEC rule.
Keep in mind that the Fund’s past performance is not a good predictor of how the Fund will perform in the future.
The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares.
Visit https://www.aamlive.com/publicsite/mutual-funds-performance-selectincome for the most recent performance information.
Key Fund Statistics
The following table outlines key fund statistics that you should pay attention to.
Fund net assets $207,112,668
Total number of portfolio holdings 450
Total advisory fees paid (net) $297,247
Portfolio turnover rate as of the end of the reporting period 56%
Graphical Representation of Holdings
The tables below show the investment makeup of the Fund, representing percentage of the total net assets of the Fund. The Top Ten Holdings and Sector Allocation exclude short-term holdings, if any. Interest rate presented in the Top Ten Holdings are as of the reporting period end. The Sector Allocation chart represents Corporate Bonds held by the Fund.
Top Ten Holdings
United States Treasury Note, 3.88%, 5/31/2027 1.9%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 5.05%, 7/23/2030 0.9%
Bank of America Corp., 2.97%, 2/4/2033 0.8%
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 5.35%, 6/1/2034 0.8%
Morgan Stanley, 6.63%, 11/1/2034 0.8%
Mexico Government International Bond, 6.87%, 5/13/2037 0.8%
Fortress Credit Opportunities CLO Ltd., Series 2017-9A, Class A1TR, 6.07%, 10/15/2033 0.7%
MetLife, Inc., 9.25%, 4/8/2038 0.7%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 1.99%, 1/27/2032 0.7%
General Motors Co., 5.63%, 4/15/2030 0.7%
Asset Allocation
Graphical Representation - Allocation 1 Chart
Sector Allocation
Graphical Representation - Allocation 2 Chart
Material Fund Changes
The Fund did not have any material changes that occurred since the beginning of the reporting period.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants
There were no changes in or disagreements with the Fund's accountants during the reporting period.
Availability of Additional Information
You can find additional information about the Fund such as the prospectus, financial information, fund holdings and proxy voting information at https://www.aamlive.com/publicsite/mutual-funds-detail-selectincome. You can also request this information by contacting us at (888) 966-9661.
Householding
In order to reduce expenses, we will deliver a single copy of prospectuses, proxies, financial reports and other communications to shareholders with the same residential address, provided they have the same last name, or we reasonably believe them to be members of the same family. Unless we are notified otherwise, we will continue to send recipients only one copy of these materials for as long as they remain a shareholder of the Fund. If you would like to receive individual mailings, please call (888) 966-9661 and we will begin sending you separate copies of these materials within 30 days after receiving your request.
AAM/Insight Select Income Fund - Class I

   

 

(b) Not applicable.

 

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

 

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer. The registrant has not made any amendments to its code of ethics during the period covered by this report. The registrant has not granted any waivers from any provisions of the code of ethics during the period covered by this report.

 

The registrant undertakes to provide to any person without charge, upon request, a copy of its code of ethics by mail when they call the registrant at 1-888-966-9661.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

The registrant’s board of trustees has determined that there is at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee. William H. Young is the “audit committee financial expert” and is considered to be “independent” as each term is defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

The registrant has engaged its principal accountant to perform audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services during the past two fiscal years. “Audit services” refer to performing an audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years. “Audit-related services” refer to the assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit. “Tax services” refer to professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning. There were no “other services” provided by the principal accountant. The following table details the aggregate fees billed or expected to be billed for each of the last two fiscal years for audit fees, audit-related fees, tax fees and other fees by the principal accountant.

 

  AAM Funds    
    FYE 6/30/2025 FYE 6/30/2024
(a) Audit Fees $42,700 $41,650
(b) Audit-Related Fees N/A N/A
(c) Tax Fees $5,800 $5,600
(d) All Other Fees N/A N/A

 

(e)(1) The audit committee has adopted pre-approval policies and procedures that require the audit committee to pre-approve all audit and non-audit services of the registrant, including services provided to any entity affiliated with the registrant.

   

 

(e)(2) The percentage of fees billed by Tait, Weller, & Weller LLP applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows:

 

AAM Funds    
  FYE 6/30/2025 FYE 6/30/2024
Audit-Related Fees 0% 0%
Tax Fees 0% 0%
All Other Fees 0% 0%

 

(f) All of the principal accountant’s hours spent on auditing the registrant’s financial statements were attributed to work performed by full-time permanent employees of the principal accountant.

 

The following table indicates the non-audit fees billed or expected to be billed by the registrant’s accountant for services to the registrant and to the registrant’s investment advisor (and any other controlling entity, etc.—not sub-advisor) for the last two years. The audit committee of the Board of Trustees has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant’s investment advisor is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence and has concluded that the provision of such non-audit services by the accountant has not compromised the accountant’s independence.

 

  AAM Funds    
    FYE 6/30/2025 FYE 6/30/2024
(g) Registrant Non-Audit Related Fees N/A N/A
(h) Registrant’s Investment Advisor N/A N/A

 

(i) Not applicable.
(j) Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

(a) Not applicable to registrants who are not listed issuers (as defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).

 

(b) Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Investments.

 

(a) Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 7 of this Form.

 

(b) Not Applicable.
   

 

Item 7. Financial Statements and Financial Highlights for Open-End Management Investment Companies.

 

 

AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

(Class A: ASDAX)

(Class C: ASDCX)

(Class I: ASDIX)

 

ANNUAL FINANCIALS AND OTHER INFORMATION

JUNE 30, 2025

 

 

AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

A series of Investment Managers Series Trust

 

Table of Contents

 

Please note the Financials and Other Information only contains Items 7-11 required in Form N-CSR. All other required items will be filed with the SEC.

 

Item 7. Financial Statements and Financial Highlights  
Schedule of Investments 1
Statement of Assets and Liabilities 13
Statement of Operations 14
Statements of Changes in Net Assets 15
Financial Highlights 16
Class A 16
Class C 17
Class I 18
Notes to Financial Statements 19
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 28

 

This report and the financial statements contained herein are provided for the general information of the shareholders of the AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.

 

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AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount
        Value  
        ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 15.3%        
$ 2,687,000     American Express Credit Account Master Trust
Series 2024-1, Class A, 5.23%, 4/15/20291
  $ 2,740,369  
        Apidos CLO        
  1,052,632     Series 2012-11A, Class XR4, 5.28% (3-Month Term SOFR+100 basis points), 4/17/20341,2,3     1,051,802  
  1,000,000     Series 2020-34A, Class B1R, 6.18% (3-Month Term SOFR+191 basis points), 1/20/20351,2,3     1,001,128  
  2,333,000     BA Credit Card Trust
Series 2024-A1, Class A, 4.93%, 5/15/20291
    2,367,302  
  2,000,000     Balboa Bay Loan Funding Ltd.
Series 2022-1A, Class XR, 5.32% (3-Month Term SOFR+105 basis points), 4/20/20371,2,3
    1,997,870  
  1,000,000     Carmax Auto Owner Trust
Series 2022-3, Class C, 4.98%, 2/15/20281
    1,002,403  
        Commonbond Student Loan Trust        
  12,290     Series 2016-B, Class B, 4.00%, 10/25/20401,3     11,581  
  239,295     Series 2018-CGS, Class A1, 3.87%, 2/25/20461,3     231,868  
        Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust        
  663,687     Series 2023-1A, Class A, 6.48%, 3/15/20331,3     666,745  
  1,000,000     Series 2024-2A, Class A, 5.95%, 6/15/20341,3     1,019,714  
        Crown City CLO        
  666,667     Series 2022-4A, Class X, 5.37% (3-Month Term SOFR+110 basis points), 4/20/20371,2,3     665,976  
  666,667     Series 2023-5A, Class X, 5.42% (3-Month Term SOFR+115 basis points), 4/20/20371,2,3     666,643  
  1,500,000     Dryden CLO Ltd.
Series 2023-105A, Class XR, 5.38% (3-Month Term SOFR+105 basis points), 4/15/20381,2,3
    1,496,606  
  1,500,000     Eaton Vance CLO Ltd.
Series 2019-1A, Class X, 5.31% (3-Month Term SOFR+105 basis points), 7/15/20371,2,3
    1,498,589  
        Evergreen Credit Card Trust        
  1,248,000     Series 2024-CRT4, Class B, 5.25%, 10/15/20281,3     1,246,738  
  893,000     Series 2024-CRT4, Class C, 5.64%, 10/15/20281,3     893,170  
  314,000     Series 2025-CRT5, Class C, 5.53%, 5/15/20291,3     316,832  
        Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust        
  783,552     Series 2022-1A, Class D, 3.02%, 6/15/20281     776,339  
  909,000     Series 2022-2A, Class D, 4.56%, 7/17/20281     905,879  
        FirstKey Homes Trust        
  875,000     Series 2020-SFR1, Class C, 1.94%, 8/17/20373     868,229  
  1,575,000     Series 2020-SFR1, Class F2, 4.28%, 8/17/20373     1,566,884  
  580,000     Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust
Series 2022-C, Class C, 5.22%, 3/15/20301
    583,495  
  1,000,000     GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust
Series 2023-2, Class B, 4.82%, 10/16/20281
    1,005,093  
        GreenSky Home Improvement Trust        
  152,046     Series 2024-1, Class A2, 5.88%, 6/25/20591,3     152,817  
 1 

 

AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount
        Value  
        ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (Continued)        
$ 906,827     Series 2025-1A, Class A2, 5.12%, 3/25/20601,3   $ 908,425  
  179,024     HERO Funding Trust
Series 2015-2A, Class A, 3.99%, 9/20/20401,3
    169,267  
  1,000,000     HPEFS Equipment Trust
Series 2023-2A, Class C, 6.48%, 1/21/20311,3
    1,008,847  
        JP Morgan Mortgage Trust        
  1,500,000     Series 2023-HE3, Class M2, 6.80% (30-Day SOFR Average+250 basis points), 5/20/20541,2,3     1,516,684  
  493,333     Series 2024-HE3, Class M2, 6.30% (30-Day SOFR Average+200 basis points), 2/25/20551,2,3     495,317  
  907,784     Series 2025-HE1, Class M2, 6.05% (30-Day SOFR Average+175 basis points), 7/20/20551,2,3     906,361  
  2,000,000     Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust
Series 2019-CA, Class B, 3.67%, 2/15/20681,3
    1,880,836  
  2,000,000     Neuberger Berman CLO Ltd.
Series 2017-16SA, Class XR2, 5.26% (3-Month Term SOFR+95 basis points), 4/15/20391,2,3
    1,994,953  
  2,000,000     Octagon Ltd.
Series 2023-2A, Class XR, 5.34% (3-Month Term SOFR+105 basis points), 4/20/20381,2,3
    1,997,389  
  2,000,000     Park Avenue Institutional Advisers CLO Ltd.
Series 2019-2A, Class A2R, 6.22% (3-Month Term SOFR+197 basis points), 10/15/20341,2,3
    2,000,466  
  1,500,000     Race Point CLO Ltd.
Series 2015-9A, Class A2R2, 5.97% (3-Month Term SOFR+171 basis points), 10/15/20301,2,3
    1,502,734  
  750,000     Regatta VIII Funding Ltd.
Series 2017-1A, Class X, 5.38% (3-Month Term SOFR+110 basis points), 4/17/20371,2,3
    749,133  
  1,000,000     Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust
Series 2022-5, Class D, 5.67%, 12/16/20301
    1,009,076  
  1,833,333     Sixth Street CLO Ltd.
Series 2019-13A, Class XR, 5.22% (3-Month Term SOFR+95 basis points), 1/21/20381,2,3
    1,828,579  
        SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC        
  500,000     Series 2017-D, Class BFX, 3.61%, 9/25/20401,3     483,645  
  550,000     Series 2018-A, Class B, 3.61%, 2/25/20421,3     531,790  
  1,140,013     Store Master Funding
Series 2018-1A, Class A2, 4.29%, 10/20/20481,3
    1,124,267  
  266,666     TCW CLO Ltd.
Series 2017-1A, Class XR3, 5.23% (3-Month Term SOFR+95 basis points), 10/29/20341,2,3
    266,609  
        Tricon American Homes Trust        
  983,237     Series 2019-SFR1, Class A, 2.75%, 3/17/20383     970,015  
  1,000,000     Series 2020-SFR1, Class C, 2.25%, 7/17/20383     969,929  
  1,500,000     Venture CLO Ltd.
Series 2019-36A, Class A2R, 5.93% (3-Month Term SOFR+166 basis points), 4/20/20321,2,3
    1,500,776  
 2 

 

AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount
        Value  
        ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (Continued)        
$ 2,000,000     Vibrant CLO Ltd.
Series 2019-11A, Class A2R, 6.23% (3-Month Term SOFR+196 basis points), 7/20/20321,2,3
  $ 2,000,596  
        Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust        
  1,274,000     Series 2021-2A, Class E, 2.38%, 3/15/20271,3     1,267,717  
  1,830,000     Series 2021-3A, Class E, 3.42%, 4/15/20271,3     1,818,134  
        TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES        
        (Cost $53,846,040)     53,635,617  
                 
        BANK LOANS — 3.9%        
  1,589,162     1011778 BC ULC
6.08% (1-Month Term SOFR+175 basis points), 9/23/20301,2,4,5
    1,584,363  
  698,750     AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd.
6.54% (3-Month Term SOFR+225 basis points), 4/20/20281,2,5
    695,200  
  620,466     Aramark Services, Inc.
6.33% (1-Month Term SOFR+250 basis points), 6/24/20301,2,4
    623,051  
  1,322,473     Charter Communications Operating LLC
7.33% (3-Month Term SOFR+200 basis points), 12/9/20301,2,4
    1,323,299  
  1,044,361     Genesee & Wyoming, Inc.
6.29% (3-Month Term SOFR+200 basis points), 4/10/20311,2,4
    1,040,142  
  267,330     Hilcorp Energy I LP
6.31% (1-Month Term SOFR+200 basis points), 2/5/20304,6
    268,165  
  146,530     ICON Luxembourg Sarl PLC
6.29% (3-Month Term SOFR+200 basis points), 7/3/20281,2,4,5
    147,651  
  994,949     Iron Mountain Information Management LLC
6.33% (1-Month Term SOFR+225 basis points), 1/31/20311,2,4
    995,362  
  742,390     Medline Borrower LP
6.58% (1-Month Term SOFR+225 basis points), 10/23/20281,2,4
    744,079  
  552,863     PetSmart LLC
8.18% (1-Month Term SOFR+375 basis points), 2/14/20281,2,4
    548,371  
  36,508     PRA Health Sciences, Inc.
6.29% (3-Month Term SOFR+200 basis points), 7/3/20281,2,4
    36,787  
  1,054,357     Quikrete Holdings, Inc.
6.56% (1-Month Term SOFR+225 basis points), 2/10/20321,2,4
    1,054,226  
  405,960     Ryan Specialty LLC
4.33% (1-Month Term SOFR+225 basis points), 9/15/20311,2,4
    406,467  
  1,247,210     SBA Senior Finance LLC
6.07% (1-Month Term SOFR+200 basis points), 1/27/20311,2,4
    1,250,179  
  461,762     SkyMiles IP Ltd.
8.56% (3-Month Term SOFR+375 basis points), 10/20/20271,2,4,5
    465,313  
  998,000     Virgin Media Bristol LLC
6.94% (1-Month Term SOFR+250 basis points), 1/31/20281,2,4
    986,568  
  1,134,741     Vistra Operations Co. LLC
6.08% (1-Month Term SOFR+175 basis points), 12/31/20251,2,4
    1,138,956  
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AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount
        Value  
        BANK LOANS (Continued)        
$ 263,000     XPO, Inc.
6.08% (1-Month Term SOFR+200 basis points), 2/28/20311,2,4
  $ 263,921  
        TOTAL BANK LOANS        
        (Cost $13,535,805)     13,572,100  
                 
        COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 6.9%        
        Angel Oak Mortgage Trust        
  133,419     Series 2019-5, Class A3, 2.92%, 10/25/20491,3,6     131,621  
  2,000,000     Series 2020-R1, Class B1, 3.67%, 4/25/20531,3,6     1,789,448  
  68,158     Series 2019-6, Class A3, 2.93%, 11/25/20591,3,6     66,925  
  116,901     Series 2020-1, Class A3, 2.77%, 12/25/20591,3,6     113,655  
  1,332,800     Series 2020-3, Class B2, 5.32%, 4/25/20651,3,6     1,244,343  
  222,544     Series 2020-5, Class A3, 2.04%, 5/25/20651,3,6     214,757  
  724,446     Series 2020-4, Class M1, 3.80%, 6/25/20651,3,6     688,716  
  1,290,192     Arroyo Mortgage Trust
Series 2019-2, Class M1, 4.76%, 4/25/20491,3,6
    1,200,544  
        BRAVO Residential Funding Trust        
  140,071     Series 2021-NQM2, Class A2, 1.28%, 3/25/20601,3,6     135,745  
  1,286,842     Series 2021-NQM3, Class B1, 3.91%, 4/25/20601,3,6     1,171,582  
        Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc.        
  519,881     Series 2015-RP2, Class B4, 4.25%, 1/25/20531,3     511,273  
  43,966     Series 2018-RP1, Class A1, 3.00%, 9/25/20641,3,6     43,137  
  1,133,335     COLT Mortgage Loan Trust
Series 2021-4, Class A3, 1.65%, 10/25/20661,3,6
    970,229  
  995,053     Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Trust
Series 2019-AFC1, Class M1, 3.06%, 7/25/20491,3,6
    806,748  
        Deephaven Residential Mortgage Trust        
  729,158     Series 2021-3, Class A1, 1.19%, 8/25/20661,3,6     640,757  
  721,489     Series 2021-3, Class A3, 1.55%, 8/25/20661,3,6     635,375  
  425,219     Series 2021-4, Class A3, 2.24%, 11/25/20661,3,6     372,288  
  655,946     Series 2022-1, Class A1, 2.21%, 1/25/20671,3,6     600,982  
        Ellington Financial Mortgage Trust        
  1,918,667     Series 2020-1, Class A2, 3.15%, 5/25/20651,3,6     1,880,169  
  85,282     Series 2020-2, Class A2, 1.49%, 10/25/20651,3,6     80,076  
  238,784     Series 2021-1, Class A3, 1.11%, 2/25/20661,3,6     205,494  
  1,275,000     Mill City Mortgage Trust
Series 2015-1, Class B1, 3.80%, 6/25/20561,3,6
    1,240,977  
        New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust        
  81,598     Series 2020-NQM1, Class A2, 2.72%, 1/26/20601,3,6     77,099  
  163,196     Series 2020-NQM1, Class A3, 2.77%, 1/26/20601,3,6     153,922  
  1,216,574     NLT Trust
Series 2021-INV2, Class A3, 1.52%, 8/25/20561,3,6
    1,065,637  
        Residential Mortgage Loan Trust        
  2,400,615     Series 2020-2, Class A3, 2.91%, 5/25/20601,3,6     2,322,271  
  833,333     Series 2020-2, Class M1, 3.56%, 5/25/20601,3,6     791,541  
  72,906     Series 2021-1R, Class A3, 1.20%, 1/25/20651,3,6     69,835  
        SG Residential Mortgage Trust        
  11,403     Series 2019-3, Class A2, 2.88%, 9/25/20591,3,6     11,350  
 4 

 

AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount
        Value  
        COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (Continued)        
$ 11,802     Series 2019-3, Class A3, 3.08%, 9/25/20591,3,6   $ 11,747  
  919,680     Series 2021-1, Class A3, 1.56%, 7/25/20611,3,6     759,827  
  1,418,858     Series 2020-2, Class M1, 3.19%, 5/25/20651,3,6     1,270,465  
  1,200,000     Series 2020-2, Class B1, 4.25%, 5/25/20651,3,6     1,106,010  
        Starwood Mortgage Residential Trust        
  642,714     Series 2021-4, Class A1, 1.16%, 8/25/20561,3,6     562,518  
  336,177     Series 2021-4, Class A3, 1.58%, 8/25/20561,3,6     296,688  
  327,052     Series 2021-1, Class A1, 1.22%, 5/25/20651,3,6     305,959  
  561,305     TRK Trust
Series 2021-INV1, Class A3, 1.56%, 7/25/20561,3,6
    497,931  
        TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS        
        (Cost $26,589,544)     24,047,641  
                 
        COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 11.0%        
  502,475     Bank of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2017-BNK3, Class A3, 3.31%, 2/15/20501
    494,187  
  1,000,000     Benchmark Mortgage Trust
Series 2019-B12, Class A4, 2.86%, 8/15/20521
    935,403  
  1,500,000     BFLD Trust
Series 2020-EYP, Class D, 7.38% (1-Month Term SOFR+307 basis points), 10/15/20352,3,7
    0  
        BX Trust        
  700,000     Series 2021-MFM1, Class D, 5.93% (1-Month Term SOFR+161 basis points), 1/15/20342,3     699,782  
  1,200,000     Series 2021-LBA, Class FJV, 6.83% (1-Month Term SOFR+252 basis points), 2/15/20362,3     1,191,750  
  948,972     Series 2021-LBA, Class FV, 6.83% (1-Month Term SOFR+252 basis points), 2/15/20362,3     942,447  
  775,063     Series 2021-VOLT, Class F, 6.83% (1-Month Term SOFR+251 basis points), 9/15/20362,3     771,430  
  1,500,000     Series 2021-PAC, Class F, 6.82% (1-Month Term SOFR+251 basis points), 10/15/20362,3     1,492,500  
  980,000     Series 2021-VINO, Class E, 6.38% (1-Month Term SOFR+207 basis points), 5/15/20382,3     979,694  
  1,402,780     Series 2021-SOAR, Class F, 6.78% (1-Month Term SOFR+246 basis points), 6/15/20382,3     1,403,220  
  1,050,000     Series 2021-XL2, Class F, 6.67% (1-Month Term SOFR+236 basis points), 10/15/20382,3     1,050,329  
  770,000     Series 2022-LP2, Class E, 6.92% (1-Month Term SOFR+261 basis points), 2/15/20392,3     767,594  
  777,081     Series 2024-XL5, Class C, 6.25% (1-Month Term SOFR+194 basis points), 3/15/20412,3     778,053  
  839,244     Series 2024-CNYN, Class C, 6.25% (1-Month Term SOFR+194 basis points), 4/15/20412,3     840,555  
  1,000,000     CD Mortgage Trust
Series 2017-CD6, Class A5, 3.46%, 11/13/20501
    972,109  
  1,704,380     CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2016-C3, Class XA, 1.10%, 1/10/20481,6,8
    3,755  
 5 

 

AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount
        Value  
        COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (Continued)        
$ 1,000,000     DBJPM Mortgage Trust
Series 2016-C3, Class A5, 2.89%, 8/10/20491
  $ 979,676  
  2,144,319     Extended Stay America Trust
Series 2021-ESH, Class C, 6.13% (1-Month Term SOFR+181 basis points), 7/15/20382,3
    2,145,660  
        Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates        
  109,436     Series K046, Class X3, 3.76%, 4/25/20431,6,8     9  
  900,000     Series K050, Class X3, 1.61%, 10/25/20431,6,8     2,434  
  1,100,000     Series K052, Class X3, 1.67%, 1/25/20441,6,8     7,699  
  1,721,882     Series K097, Class X3, 2.09%, 9/25/20461,6,8     124,139  
        Government National Mortgage Association        
  2,149,993     Series 2013-139, Class IO, 0.34%, 10/16/20541,6,8     49,871  
  227,058     Series 2013-175, Class IO, 0.14%, 5/16/20551,6,8     357  
  138,324     Series 2014-120, Class IO, 0.42%, 4/16/20561,6,8     1,280  
  2,165,945     Series 2017-185, Class IO, 0.55%, 4/16/20591,6,8     76,289  
  2,819,858     Series 2017-169, Class IO, 0.52%, 1/16/20601,6,8     79,306  
  1,979,095     Series 2018-41, Class IO, 0.57%, 5/16/20601,6,8     65,082  
  3,321,158     Series 2018-52, Class IO, 0.59%, 7/16/20601,6,8     141,963  
  1,053,130     Series 2019-8, Class IO, 0.76%, 11/16/20601,6,8     56,659  
  16,693,431     Series 2020-8, Class IO, 0.53%, 1/16/20621,6,8     551,815  
        GS Mortgage Securities Trust        
  1,439,000     Series 2016-GS4, Class A4, 3.44%, 11/10/20491,6     1,413,717  
  1,610,000     Series 2017-GS7, Class A4, 3.43%, 8/10/20501     1,565,364  
  1,064,938     Series 2018-GS9, Class A3, 3.73%, 3/10/20511     1,042,126  
  644,563     GS Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust
Series 2024-HE2, Class A1, 5.81% (30-Day SOFR Average+150 basis points), 1/25/20551,2,3
    645,128  
  1,675,000     LCCM Mortgage Trust
Series 2017-LC26, Class A4, 3.55%, 7/12/20501,3
    1,636,534  
  1,050,000     Life Mortgage Trust
Series 2021-BMR, Class F, 6.78% (1-Month Term SOFR+246 basis points), 3/15/20382,3
    1,036,799  
  480,000     MHC Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2021-MHC, Class F, 7.03% (1-Month Term SOFR+272 basis points), 4/15/20382,3
    480,000  
  1,000,000     Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust
Series 2016-C32, Class A4, 3.72%, 12/15/20491
    987,302  
  1,000,000     NYCT Trust
Series 2024-3ELV, Class A, 6.30% (1-Month Term SOFR+199 basis points), 8/15/20292,3
    1,005,275  
  1,500,000     SMRT
Series 2022-MINI, Class E, 7.01% (1-Month Term SOFR+270 basis points), 1/15/20392,3
    1,474,687  
  1,174,378     SREIT Trust
Series 2021-MFP, Class F, 7.05% (1-Month Term SOFR+274 basis points), 11/15/20382,3
    1,174,378  
        UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
 6 

 

AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount
        Value  
        COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (Continued)        
$ 1,400,000     Series 2017-C5, Class A5, 3.47%, 11/15/20501   $ 1,349,190  
  1,000,000     Series 2018-C10, Class A4, 4.31%, 5/15/20511     981,569  
  1,000,000     Series 2019-C16, Class A4, 3.60%, 4/15/20521     958,906  
  11,451,827     Series 2019-C18, Class XA, 1.11%, 12/15/20521,6,8     358,797  
        Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  1,169,986     Series 2016-LC24, Class A4, 2.94%, 10/15/20491     1,148,127  
  1,500,000     Series 2016-NXS6, Class A4, 2.92%, 11/15/20491     1,467,903  
  500,000     Series 2019-C50, Class A5, 3.73%, 5/15/20521     479,762  
  1,152,610     Series 2015-LC22, Class XA, 0.75%, 9/15/20581,6,8     17  
  1,500,000     Series 2016-LC25, Class A4, 3.64%, 12/15/20591     1,475,394  
        WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust        
  2,842,323     Series 2014-C21, Class XB, 0.60%, 8/15/20471,6,8     6,185  
  6,400,000     Series 2014-C22, Class XB, 0.45%, 9/15/20571,6,8     24,352  
        TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES        
        (Cost $39,144,347)     38,316,559  
                 
        CORPORATE BONDS — 28.3%        
        COMMUNICATIONS — 0.8%        
  1,000,000     NBN Co., Ltd.
4.00%, 10/1/20271,3,5
    993,593  
  500,000     Netflix, Inc.
4.37%, 11/15/2026
    502,495  
  1,505,000     T-Mobile USA, Inc.
2.25%, 2/15/20261
    1,481,698  
              2,977,786  
        CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 3.2%        
  750,000     American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc.
4.00%, 1/15/20281,3
    733,774  
  1,200,000     Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
3.38%, 11/13/20251
    1,191,984  
        General Motors Financial Co., Inc.        
  1,000,000     5.40%, 5/8/2027     1,014,388  
  1,000,000     5.35%, 7/15/2027     1,014,941  
  1,000,000     5.52% (SOFR Index+117 basis points), 4/4/20282     992,803  
  1,000,000     5.35%, 1/7/20301     1,011,858  
        Hyundai Capital America        
  1,000,000     5.38% (SOFR+99 basis points), 3/25/20272,3     998,394  
  1,000,000     4.30%, 9/24/20273     991,839  
  1,488,000     International Game Technology PLC
4.13%, 4/15/20261,3,5
    1,487,098  
  150,000     Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc.
5.75%, 1/15/20281,3
    152,219  
  480,000     United Airlines, Inc.
4.37%, 4/15/20261,3
    476,832  
 7 

 

AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount
        Value  
        CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)        
        CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY (Continued)        
$ 1,000,000     Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC
4.90%, 8/14/20263
  $ 1,001,970  
              11,068,100  
        CONSUMER STAPLES — 0.4%        
  400,000     Albertsons Cos., Inc. / Safeway, Inc. / New Albertsons LP / Albertsons LLC
3.25%, 3/15/20261,3
    394,487  
  1,000,000     Philip Morris International, Inc.
4.38%, 11/1/2027
    1,004,398  
              1,398,885  
        ENERGY — 1.4%        
  529,000     Buckeye Partners LP
3.95%, 12/1/20261
    522,676  
  1,000,000     Chevron USA, Inc.
4.78% (SOFR Index+47 basis points), 2/26/20282
    1,004,282  
  149,000     DCP Midstream Operating LP
5.62%, 7/15/20271
    152,293  
  303,000     EnerSys
4.37%, 12/15/20271,3
    298,694  
  777,000     EQT Corp.
3.13%, 5/15/20261,3
    765,128  
  1,000,000     Kinder Morgan, Inc.
5.15%, 6/1/20301
    1,020,833  
  1,000,000     ONEOK, Inc.
4.25%, 9/24/20271
    998,164  
              4,762,070  
        FINANCIALS — 14.5%        
  1,000,000     AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation Trust
4.88%, 4/1/20281,5
    1,009,864  
  1,000,000     Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd.
4.95%, 1/15/20281,3,5
    1,005,593  
        Bank of America Corp.        
  1,500,000     1.73% (SOFR+96 basis points), 7/22/20271,6     1,457,853  
  1,000,000     4.98% (SOFR+83 basis points), 1/24/20291,6     1,013,853  
  1,000,000     5.22% (SOFR+83 basis points), 1/24/20291,2     998,640  
  1,500,000     5.82% (SOFR+157 basis points), 9/15/20291,6     1,562,421  
  1,000,000     Bank of New York Mellon
4.73% (SOFR+113 basis points), 4/20/20291,6
    1,013,945  
        Barclays PLC        
  1,000,000     7.32% (USD 1 Year Tsy+305 basis points), 11/2/20261,5,6     1,008,301  
  1,000,000     5.09% (SOFR+96 basis points), 2/25/20291,5,6     1,012,905  
  1,000,000     Capital One Financial Corp.
5.70% (SOFR+190 basis points), 2/1/20301,6
    1,034,261  
        Citigroup, Inc.        
  2,000,000     5.61% (SOFR+155 basis points), 9/29/20261,6     2,004,474  
 8 

 

AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount
        Value  
        CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)        
        FINANCIALS (Continued)        
$ 1,000,000     4.79% (SOFR+87 basis points), 3/4/20291,6   $ 1,007,077  
  1,000,000     5.85% (SOFR+146 basis points), 5/7/20311,2     1,005,368  
  914,000     Danske Bank A/S
5.02% (USD 1 Year Tsy+93 basis points), 3/4/20311,3,5,6
    923,935  
        Deutsche Bank A.G.        
  835,000     5.71% (SOFR+159 basis points), 2/8/20281,5,6     848,649  
  1,000,000     5.37% (SOFR+121 basis points), 1/10/20291,5,6     1,017,399  
        Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.        
  1,000,000     5.41% (SOFR+75 basis points), 5/21/20271,6     1,008,204  
  1,000,000     4.94% (SOFR+132 basis points), 4/23/20281,6     1,007,719  
  1,000,000     5.73% (SOFR+126 basis points), 4/25/20301,6     1,040,741  
        HSBC Holdings PLC        
  2,000,000     4.90% (SOFR+103 basis points), 3/3/20291,5,6     2,016,856  
  1,000,000     5.68% (SOFR+129 basis points), 3/3/20311,2,5     997,004  
        ING Groep N.V.        
  1,000,000     4.86% (SOFR+101 basis points), 3/25/20291,5,6     1,010,065  
  1,800,000     5.35% (SOFR Index+101 basis points), 3/25/20291,2,5     1,801,177  
  2,000,000     JPMorgan Chase & Co.
5.25% (SOFR+86 basis points), 10/22/20281,2
    2,006,022  
        MassMutual Global Funding II        
  1,000,000     5.10%, 4/9/20273     1,016,178  
  1,000,000     4.45%, 3/27/20283     1,005,895  
        Morgan Stanley Bank N.A.        
  2,000,000     5.07% (SOFR+69 basis points), 10/15/20271,2     2,001,084  
  665,000     4.97% (SOFR+93 basis points), 7/14/20281,6     672,942  
  1,000,000     5.02% (SOFR+91 basis points), 1/12/20291,6     1,015,463  
  1,000,000     5.17% (SOFR+145 basis points), 1/16/20301,6     1,020,944  
  2,000,000     National Bank of Canada
4.70% (SOFR+56 basis points), 3/5/20271,5,6
    2,000,298  
  1,000,000     Northwestern Mutual Global Funding
4.49%, 3/21/20283
    1,008,754  
  371,000     OneMain Finance Corp.
3.50%, 1/15/20271
    363,040  
  1,266,000     Penske Truck Leasing Co. Lp / PTL Finance Corp.
6.05%, 8/1/20281,3
    1,318,707  
  940,000     Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP / PTL Finance Corp.
5.75%, 5/24/20261,3
    947,832  
  1,000,000     PNC Bank N.A.
4.89% (SOFR+50 basis points), 1/15/20271,2
    1,000,269  
  1,000,000     Pricoa Global Funding
4.40%, 8/27/20273
    1,004,300  
  500,000     Principal Life Global Funding
4.60%, 8/19/20273
    502,694  
  703,000     RLJ Lodging Trust LP
3.75%, 7/1/20261,3
    695,929  
 9 

 

AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount
        Value  
        CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)        
        FINANCIALS (Continued)        
$ 1,000,000     State Street Corp.
5.34% (SOFR+95 basis points), 4/24/20281,2
  $ 1,004,654  
        UBS A.G.        
  1,000,000     4.86% (SOFR+72 basis points), 1/10/20281,5,6     1,008,067  
  1,500,000     5.62% (USISSO01+134 basis points), 9/13/20301,3,5,6     1,557,306  
  800,000     VICI Properties LP / VICI Note Co., Inc.
4.25%, 12/1/20261,3
    795,019  
        Wells Fargo & Co.        
  1,000,000     4.97% (SOFR+137 basis points), 4/23/20291,6     1,013,993  
  1,000,000     5.24% (SOFR+111 basis points), 1/24/20311,6     1,025,630  
              50,791,324  
        HEALTH CARE — 1.7%        
  1,165,000     CVS Health Corp.
4.30%, 3/25/20281
    1,160,070  
  1,000,000     GlaxoSmithKline Capital PLC
4.89% (SOFR+50 basis points), 3/12/20272,5
    1,001,688  
        HCA, Inc.        
  1,000,000     5.37%, 9/1/20261     1,004,946  
  1,000,000     5.26% (SOFR+87 basis points), 3/1/20281,2     1,005,748  
        IQVIA, Inc.        
  510,000     5.00%, 10/15/20261,3     509,474  
  1,000,000     5.00%, 5/15/20271,3     996,416  
  192,000     Tenet Healthcare Corp.
4.38%, 1/15/20301
    186,047  
              5,864,389  
        INDUSTRIALS — 0.6%        
  1,000,000     BAE Systems PLC
5.12%, 3/26/20291,3,5
    1,024,752  
  542,000     Herc Holdings, Inc.
5.50%, 7/15/20271,3
    542,048  
  250,000     Vertiv Group Corp.
4.13%, 11/15/20281,3
    243,680  
  400,000     XPO, Inc.
6.25%, 6/1/20281,3
    405,893  
              2,216,373  
        MATERIALS — 2.5%        
  1,000,000     Amrize Finance US LLC
4.60%, 4/7/20273
    1,003,955  
        Glencore Funding LLC        
  2,575,000     1.63%, 9/1/20251,3     2,561,610  
  1,500,000     5.09% (SOFR Index+75 basis points), 10/1/20262,3     1,499,854  
  1,000,000     5.34%, 4/4/20273     1,013,511  
        Rio Tinto Finance USA PLC        
  1,000,000     4.37%, 3/12/20275     1,005,149  
 10 

 

AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount
        Value  
        CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)        
        MATERIALS (Continued)        
$ 1,000,000     5.15% (SOFR Index+84 basis points), 3/14/20282,5   $ 1,005,704  
  536,000     SNF Group SACA
3.12%, 3/15/20271,3,5
    521,829  
              8,611,612  
        TECHNOLOGY — 2.1%        
  1,500,000     Dell International LLC / EMC Corp.
4.75%, 4/1/20281
    1,517,359  
        Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.        
  1,000,000     4.45%, 9/25/2026     1,001,514  
  1,000,000     4.55%, 10/15/20291     994,392  
  1,000,000     Oracle Corp.
3.25%, 11/15/20271
    977,374  
        Synopsys, Inc.        
  1,500,000     4.55%, 4/1/2027     1,507,245  
  1,500,000     4.65%, 4/1/20281     1,514,867  
              7,512,751  
        UTILITIES — 1.1%        
  800,000     Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.
4.83% (SOFR Index+52 basis points), 11/18/20272
    800,134  
  1,000,000     Georgia Power Co.
4.58% (SOFR Index+28 basis points), 9/15/20262
    998,620  
  1,000,000     NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc.
4.85%, 2/4/2028
    1,013,628  
  903,000     Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.
4.90%, 3/15/20301
    918,372  
              3,730,754  
        TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS        
        (Cost $98,217,422)     98,934,044  
                 
        MUNICIPAL BONDS — 0.3%        
  1,000,000     New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority
4.61%, 6/15/2026
    1,002,336  
        TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS        
        (Cost $1,000,000)     1,002,336  
                 
        U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCIES — 28.9%        
        United States Treasury Note        
  10,000,000     3.50%, 9/15/2025     9,985,940  
  5,000,000     4.50%, 3/31/2026     5,013,720  
  5,000,000     4.13%, 6/15/2026     5,005,990  
  10,000,000     4.62%, 9/15/2026     10,080,470  
  10,000,000     4.25%, 3/15/2027     10,075,390  
  10,000,000     4.13%, 9/30/2027     10,089,840  
  10,000,000     4.00%, 2/29/2028     10,074,610  
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AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount
        Value  
        U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCIES (Continued)        
$ 10,000,000     4.37%, 11/30/2028   $ 10,207,030  
  10,000,000     4.00%, 1/31/2029     10,088,670  
  10,000,000     4.25%, 2/28/2029     10,174,610  
  10,000,000     4.00%, 7/31/2029     10,092,190  
        TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCIES        
        (Cost $99,692,787)     100,888,460  

  

Number
of Shares
           
        SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 4.4%        
  15,305,081     Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund - Institutional Class 4.11%9     15,305,081  
        TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS        
        (Cost $15,305,081)     15,305,081  
        TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.0%        
        (Cost $347,331,026)     345,701,838  
        Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 1.0%     3,407,179  
        TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%   $ 349,109,017  

  

LLC – Limited Liability Company

ULC – Unlimited Liability Corporation

LP – Limited Partnership

PLC – Public Limited Company

IO – Interest Only

 

1 Callable.
2 Floating rate security.
3 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are restricted and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration normally to qualified institutional buyers. The total value of these securities is $118,208,309, which represents 33.9% of total net assets of the Fund.
4 Bank loans generally pay interest at rates which are periodically determined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. All loans carry a variable rate of interest. These base lending rates are generally (i) the Prime Rate offered by one or more major United States banks, (ii) the lending rate offered by one or more European banks such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”),  (iii) the Certificate of Deposit rate, or (iv) Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”). Bank Loans, while exempt from registration, under the Securities Act of 1933, contain certain restrictions on resale and cannot be sold publicly. Floating rate bank loans often require prepayments from excess cash flow or permit the borrower to repay at its election. The degree to which borrowers repay, whether as a contractual requirement or at their election, cannot be predicted with accuracy.
5 Foreign security denominated in U.S. Dollars.
6 Variable rate security. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of June 30, 2025.
7 The value of these securities was determined using significant unobservable inputs. These are reported as Level 3 securities in the Fair Value Hierarchy.
8 Interest-only security.
9 The rate is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Assets:      
Investments, at value (cost $347,331,026)   $ 345,701,838  
Cash     198,164  
Receivables:        
Fund shares sold     526,611  
Dividends and interest     3,109,580  
Prepaid expenses     36,627  
Total assets     349,572,820  
Liabilities:        
Payables:        
Investment securities purchased     658  
Fund shares redeemed     172,543  
Advisory fees     69,079  
Shareholder servicing fees (Note 7)     62,597  
Distribution fees - Class A & C (Note 8)     8,166  
Fund accounting and administration fees     52,498  
Transfer agent fees and expenses     14,163  
Custody fees     7,225  
Trustees’ deferred compensation (Note 3)     32,501  
Auditing fees     25,602  
Chief Compliance Officer fees     4,141  
Trustees’ fees and expenses     318  
Accrued other expenses     14,312  
Total liabilities     463,803  
Commitments and contingencies (Note 3)        
Net Assets   $ 349,109,017  
Components of Net Assets:        
Paid-in capital (par value of $0.01 per share with an unlimited number of shares authorized)   $ 353,834,085  
Total distributable earnings (accumulated deficit)     (4,725,068 )
Net Assets   $ 349,109,017  
Maximum Offering Price Per Share:        
Class A Shares:        
Net assets applicable to shares outstanding   $ 32,358,328  
Number of shares issued and outstanding     3,198,101  
Net asset value per share1   $ 10.12  
Maximum sales charge (2.50% of offering price)2     0.26  
Maximum offering price to public   $ 10.38  
Class C Shares:        
Net assets applicable to shares outstanding   $ 1,671,202  
Number of shares issued and outstanding     165,732  
Net asset value per share3   $ 10.08  
Class I Shares:        
Net assets applicable to shares outstanding   $ 315,079,487  
Number of shares issued and outstanding     31,094,024  
Net asset value per share   $ 10.13  

 

1 A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% will be imposed to the extent a finder’s fee was paid on certain redemptions of such shares within 18 months of purchase.
2 No initial sales charge is applied to purchases of $1 million or more. On sales of $100,000 or more, the sales charge will be reduced.
3 A CDSC of 1.00% may be charged on purchases that are redeemed within 12 months of purchase.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

For the Year Ended June 30, 2025

 

 

Investment income:        
Interest   $ 16,350,011  
Total investment income     16,350,011  
         
Expenses:        
Advisory fees     1,326,333  
Shareholder servicing fees (Note 7)     320,553  
Distribution fees - Class A (Note 8)     83,267  
Distribution fees - Class C (Note 8)     19,220  
Fund accounting and administration fees     397,664  
Transfer agent fees and expenses     76,762  
Custody fees     34,089  
Registration fees     93,712  
Auditing fees     26,464  
Shareholder reporting fees     24,426  
Chief Compliance Officer fees     23,265  
Trustees’ fees and expenses     20,395  
Legal fees     17,080  
Insurance fees     8,978  
Miscellaneous     5,286  
Interest expense     476  
Total expenses     2,477,970  
Advisory fees recovered (waived)     (315,701 )
Net expenses     2,162,269  
Net investment income (loss)     14,187,742  
         
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on:        
Net realized gain (loss) on:        
Investments     (171,255 )
Total net realized gain (loss) on:     (171,255 )
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:        
Investments     6,581,319  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     6,581,319  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     6,410,064  
         
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations   $ 20,597,806  

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

 

    For the
Year Ended
June 30, 2025
    For the
Year Ended
June 30, 2024
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from:                
Operations:                
Net investment income (loss)   $ 14,187,742     $ 17,268,341  
Net realized gain (loss) on investments     (171,255 )     (774,728 )
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments     6,581,319       7,190,973  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations     20,597,806       23,684,586  
                 
Distributions to Shareholders:                
Distributions:                
Class A     (1,335,880 )     (1,674,376 )
Class C     (63,476 )     (98,838 )
Class I     (13,240,274 )     (15,967,165 )
Total distributions to shareholders     (14,639,630 )     (17,740,379 )
                 
Capital Transactions:                
Net proceeds from shares sold:                
Class A     10,173,316       6,297,580  
Class C     20,000       12,200  
Class I     154,709,361       121,866,732  
Reinvestment of distributions:                
Class A     1,137,982       1,510,045  
Class C     58,394       92,723  
Class I     13,196,203       15,943,911  
Cost of shares redeemed:                
Class A1     (13,015,886 )     (20,511,939 )
Class C2     (483,086 )     (1,358,208 )
Class I3     (176,900,884 )     (227,695,514 )
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital transactions     (11,104,600 )     (103,842,470 )
                 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets     (5,146,424 )     (97,898,263 )
                 
Net Assets:                
Beginning of period     354,255,441       452,153,704  
End of period   $ 349,109,017     $ 354,255,441  
                 
Capital Share Transactions:                
Shares sold:                
Class A     1,015,746       637,628  
Class C     1,998       1,239  
Class I     15,421,877       12,332,313  
Shares reinvested:                
Class A     113,755       153,518  
Class C     5,853       9,447  
Class I     1,317,607       1,618,235  
Shares redeemed:                
Class A     (1,297,286 )     (2,080,321 )
Class C     (48,317 )     (137,790 )
Class I     (17,620,137 )     (23,047,199 )
Net increase (decrease) in capital share transactions     (1,088,904 )     (10,512,930 )

 

1 Net of redemption fee proceeds of $(10) and $1,792, respectively.
2 Net of redemption fee proceeds of $0 and $60, respectively.
3 Net of redemption fee proceeds of $111 and $366, respectively.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements. 

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AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Class A

 

 

Per share operating performance.

For a capital share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    For the Year Ended June 30,  
    2025     2024     2023     2022     2021  
Net asset value, beginning of period   $ 9.95     $ 9.81     $ 9.76     $ 10.10     $ 9.98  
Income from Investment Operations:                                        
Net investment income (loss) 1     0.39       0.41       0.30       0.08       0.09  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     0.18       0.15       0.04       (0.35 )     0.13  
Total from investment operations     0.57       0.56       0.34       (0.27 )     0.22  
                                         
Less Distributions:                                        
From net investment income     (0.40 )     (0.42 )     (0.29 )     (0.07 )     (0.10 )
Total distributions     (0.40 )     (0.42 )     (0.29 )     (0.07 )     (0.10 )
                                         
Redemption fee proceeds1     - 2      - 2      - 2      - 2      - 2 
                                         
Net asset value, end of period   $ 10.12     $ 9.95     $ 9.81     $ 9.76     $ 10.10  
                                         
Total return3     5.85 %     5.83 %     3.52 %     (2.65 )%     2.24 %
                                         
Ratios and Supplemental Data:                                        
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)   $ 32,358     $ 33,504     $ 45,645     $ 97,925     $ 126,051  
                                         
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:                                        
Before fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     0.93 %4      0.88 %     0.84 %     0.81 %     0.84 %
After fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     0.84 %4      0.84 %     0.84 %     0.84 %     0.84 %
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets:                                        
Before fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     3.75 %     4.12 %     3.06 %     0.79 %     0.94 %
After fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     3.84 %     4.16 %     3.06 %     0.76 %     0.94 %
                                         
Portfolio turnover rate     40 %     33 %     12 %     37 %     38 %

 

1 Based on average shares outstanding for the year.
2 Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
3 Total returns would have been lower/higher had expenses not been waived or absorbed/recovered by the Advisor. Returns shown include Rule 12b-1 fees of up to 0.25% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns shown do not include payment of sales load of 2.50% of offering price which is reduced on sales of $100,000 or more. Returns do not include payment of Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% will be imposed to the extent a finder’s fee was paid on certain redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months of the date of purchase. If the sales charge was included, total returns would be lower.
4 If interest expense had been excluded, the expense ratios would have remained unchanged for the year ended June 30, 2025.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Class C

 

 

Per share operating performance.

For a capital share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    For the Year Ended June 30,  
    2025     2024     2023     2022     2021  
Net asset value, beginning of period   $ 9.92     $ 9.78     $ 9.73     $ 10.08     $ 9.96  
Income from Investment Operations:                                        
Net investment income (loss) 1     0.31       0.34       0.22       - 2      0.02  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     0.18       0.14       0.04       (0.34 )     0.13  
Total from investment operations     0.49       0.48       0.26       (0.34 )     0.15  
                                         
Less Distributions:                                        
From net investment income     (0.33 )     (0.34 )     (0.21 )     (0.01 )     (0.03 )
Total distributions     (0.33 )     (0.34 )     (0.21 )     (0.01 )     (0.03 )
                                         
Redemption fee proceeds1     -       - 2      - 2      -       -  
                                         
Net asset value, end of period   $ 10.08     $ 9.92     $ 9.78     $ 9.73     $ 10.08  
                                         
Total return3     5.00 %     5.04 %     2.75 %     (3.42 )%     1.47 %
                                         
Ratios and Supplemental Data:                                        
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)   $ 1,671     $ 2,046     $ 3,258     $ 4,514     $ 5,875  
                                         
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:                                        
Before fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     1.68 %4      1.63 %     1.59 %     1.56 %     1.59 %
After fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     1.59 %4      1.59 %     1.59 %     1.59 %     1.59 %
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets:                                        
Before fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     3.00 %     3.37 %     2.31 %     0.04 %     0.19 %
After fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     3.09 %     3.41 %     2.31 %     0.01 %     0.19 %
                                         
Portfolio turnover rate     40 %     33 %     12 %     37 %     38 %

 

1 Based on average shares outstanding for the year.
2 Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
3 Total returns would have been lower/higher had expenses not been waived or absorbed/recovered by the Advisor. Returns shown include Rule 12b-1 fees of up to 1.00% and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns do not include payment of Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% on certain redemptions of Class C shares made within 12 months of purchase. If the sales charge was included, total returns would be lower.
4 If interest expense had been excluded, the expense ratios would have remained unchanged for the year ended June 30, 2025.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Class I

 

 

Per share operating performance.

For a capital share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    For the Year Ended June 30,  
    2025     2024     2023     2022     2021  
Net asset value, beginning of period   $ 9.97     $ 9.82     $ 9.78     $ 10.11     $ 9.99  
Income from Investment Operations:                                        
Net investment income (loss) 1     0.41       0.44       0.32       0.10       0.12  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     0.17       0.15       0.03       (0.33 )     0.13  
Total from investment operations     0.58       0.59       0.35       (0.23 )     0.25  
                                         
Less Distributions:                                        
From net investment income     (0.42 )     (0.44 )     (0.31 )     (0.10 )     (0.13 )
Total distributions     (0.42 )     (0.44 )     (0.31 )     (0.10 )     (0.13 )
                                         
Redemption fee proceeds1     - 2      - 2     - 2     - 2      - 2 
                                         
Net asset value, end of period   $ 10.13     $ 9.97     $ 9.82     $ 9.78     $ 10.11  
                                         
Total return3     6.00 %     6.20 %     3.67 %     (2.30 )%     2.48 %
                                         
Ratios and Supplemental Data:                                        
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)   $ 315,079     $ 318,705     $ 403,251     $ 444,545     $ 400,417  
                                         
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:                                        
Before fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     0.68 %4      0.63 %     0.59 %     0.56 %     0.59 %
After fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     0.59 %4      0.59 %     0.59 %     0.59 %     0.59 %
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets:                                        
Before fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     4.00 %     4.37 %     3.31 %     1.04 %     1.19 %
After fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     4.09 %     4.41 %     3.31 %     1.01 %     1.19 %
                                         
Portfolio turnover rate     40 %     33 %     12 %     37 %     38 %

 

1 Based on average shares outstanding for the year.
2 Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
3 Total returns would have been lower/higher had expenses not been waived or absorbed/recovered by the Advisor. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
4 If interest expense had been excluded, the expense ratios would have remained unchanged for the year ended June 30, 2025.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

June 30, 2025

 

 

Note 1 – Organization

AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund (the “Fund”) is organized as a diversified series of Investment Managers Series Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) which is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Fund’s primary investment objective is to seek to provide current income and long-term total return. The Fund’s inception date was June 30, 2014, but the Fund commenced investment operations on July 1, 2014. The Fund currently offers three classes of shares: Class A, Class C, and Class I.

 

The shares of each class represent an interest in the same portfolio of investments of the Fund and have equal rights as to voting, redemptions, dividends and liquidation, subject to the approval of the Trustees. Income, expenses (other than expenses attributable to a specific class) and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares in proportion to their relative net assets. Shareholders of a class that bears distribution and service expenses under the terms of a distribution plan have exclusive voting rights to that distribution plan.

 

The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 “Financial Services — Investment Companies”.

 

The Fund is deemed to be an individual reporting segment and is not part of a consolidated reporting entity. The objective and strategy of the Fund is used by the Advisor to make investment decisions, and the results of the operations, as shown on the Statements of Operations and the financial highlights for the Fund is the information utilized for the day-to-day management of the Fund. The Fund is party to the expense agreements as disclosed in the Notes to the Financial Statements and there are no resources allocated to a Fund based on performance measurements. The management of the Fund’s Advisor is deemed to be the Chief Operating Decision Maker with respect to the Fund’s investment decisions.

 

Note 2 – Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

(a) Valuation of Investments

The Fund values equity securities at the last reported sale price on the principal exchange or in the principal over the counter (“OTC”) market in which such securities are traded, as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE on the day the securities are being valued or, if the last-quoted sales price is not readily available, the securities will be valued at the last bid or the mean between the last available bid and ask price. Securities traded on the NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”). Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at the daily closing net asset value of the respective investment company. Debt securities are valued by utilizing a price supplied by independent pricing service providers. The independent pricing service providers may use various valuation methodologies including matrix pricing and other analytical pricing models as well as market transactions and dealer quotations. These models generally consider such factors as yields or prices of bonds of comparable quality, type of issue, coupon, maturity, ratings and general market conditions. If a price is not readily available for a portfolio security, the security will be valued at fair value (the amount which the Fund might reasonably expect to receive for the security upon its current sale). The Board of Trustees has designated the Advisor as the Fund’s valuation designee (the “Valuation Designee”) to make all fair value determinations with respect to the Fund’s portfolio investments, subject to the Board’s oversight. As the Valuation Designee, the Advisor has adopted and implemented policies and procedures to be followed when the Fund must utilize fair value pricing.

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AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued

June 30, 2025

 

 

(b) Corporate Debt Securities

Corporate debt securities are fixed-income securities issued by businesses to finance their operations, although corporate debt instruments may also include bank loans to companies. Notes, bonds, bank loans, debentures and commercial paper are the most common types of corporate debt securities, with the primary difference being their maturities and secured or unsecured status. Commercial paper has the shortest term and is usually unsecured. The broad category of corporate debt securities includes debt issued by domestic or foreign companies of all kinds, including those with small-, mid- and large-capitalizations. Corporate debt may be rated investment grade or below investment grade and may carry variable or floating rates of interest.

 

Corporate debt securities carry credit risk, interest rate risk and prepayment risk. Credit risk is the risk that a fund could lose money if the issuer of a corporate debt security is unable to pay interest or repay principal when it is due. Some corporate debt securities that are rated below investment grade are generally considered speculative because they present a greater risk of loss, including default, than higher quality debt securities. The credit risk of a particular issuer’s debt security may vary based on its priority for repayment.

 

Interest rate risk is the risk that the value of certain corporate debt securities will tend to fall when interest rates rise. In general, corporate debt securities with longer terms tend to fall more in value when interest rates rise than corporate debt securities with shorter terms. Prepayment risk occurs when issuers prepay fixed rate debt securities when interest rates fall, forcing the Fund to invest in securities with lower interest rates. Issuers of debt securities are also subject to the provisions of bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors that may restrict the ability of the issuer to pay, when due, the principal of and interest on its debt securities.

 

(c) Bank Loans

The Fund may purchase participations in commercial loans (bank loans). Such investments may be secured or unsecured. Loan participations typically represent direct participation, together with other parties, in a loan to a corporate borrower, and generally are offered by banks or other financial institutions or lending syndicates. The Fund may participate in such syndications, or can buy part of a loan, becoming a part lender. When purchasing indebtedness and loan participations, the Fund assumes the credit risk associated with the corporate borrower and may assume the credit risk associated with an interposed bank or other financial intermediary. The indebtedness and loan participations in which the Fund intend to invest may not be rated by any nationally recognized rating service.

 

Bank loans may be structured to include both term loans, which are generally fully funded at the time of investment and unfunded loan commitments, which are contractual obligations for future funding. Unfunded loan commitments may include revolving credit facilities, which may obligate the Fund to supply additional cash to the borrower on demand, representing a potential financial obligation by the Fund in the future. The Fund may receive a commitment fee based on the undrawn portion of the underlying line of credit portion of a senior floating rate interest. Commitment fees are processed as a reduction in cost.

 

(d) Investment Transactions, Investment Income and Expenses

Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on investments are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded net of applicable withholding taxes on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends, if applicable, are paid (a portion of which may be reclaimable) or provided for in accordance with the applicable country’s tax rules and rates and are disclosed in the Statement of Operations. Withholding tax reclaims are filed in certain countries to recover a portion of the amounts previously withheld. The Fund records a reclaim receivable based on a number of factors, including a jurisdiction’s legal obligation to pay reclaims as well as payment history and market convention. Discounts on debt securities are accreted or amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Premiums for callable debt securities are amortized to the earliest call date, if the call price was less than the purchase price. If the call price was not at par and the security was not called, the security is amortized to the next call price and date. Income and expenses of the Fund are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class of shares in proportion to their relative net assets, except for distribution and service fees which are unique to each class of shares. Expenses incurred by the Trust with respect to more than one fund are allocated in proportion to the net assets of each fund except where allocation of direct expenses to each fund or an alternative allocation method can be more appropriately made.

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AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued

June 30, 2025

 

 

(e) Federal Income Taxes

The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of their net investment income and any net realized gains to their shareholders. Therefore, no provision is made for federal income or excise taxes. Due to the timing of dividend distributions and the differences in accounting for income and realized gains and losses for financial statement and federal income tax purposes, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the year in which the income and realized gains and losses are recorded by the Fund.

 

Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (the “Income Tax Statement”) requires an evaluation of tax positions taken (or expected to be taken) in the course of preparing a Fund’s tax returns to determine whether these positions meet a “more-likely-than-not” standard that, based on the technical merits, have a more than fifty percent likelihood of being sustained by a taxing authority upon examination. A tax position that meets the “more-likely-than-not” recognition threshold is measured to determine the amount of benefit to recognize in the financial statements. The Fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations.

 

The Income Tax Statement requires management of the Fund to analyze tax positions taken in the prior three open tax years, if any, and tax positions expected to be taken in the Fund’s current tax year, as defined by the IRS statute of limitations for all major jurisdictions, including federal tax authorities and certain state tax authorities. As of June 30, 2025, and during the prior three open tax years the Fund did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Fund has no examination in progress and is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.

 

(f) Distributions to Shareholders

The Fund will make distributions of net investment income monthly and net capital gains, if any, at least annually. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The amount and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

 

The character of distributions made during the year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from the characterization for federal income tax purposes due to differences in the recognition of income, expense and gain (loss) items for financial statement and tax purposes.

 

(g) Illiquid Securities

Pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted a Liquidity Risk Management Program (“LRMP”) that requires, among other things, that the Fund limits its illiquid investments that are assets to no more than 15% of net assets. An illiquid investment is any security which may not reasonably be expected to be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. If the Advisor, at any time determines that the value of illiquid securities held by the Fund exceeds 15% of its net asset value, the Advisor will take such steps as it considers appropriate to reduce them as soon as reasonably practicable in accordance with the Fund’s written LRMP.

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AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued

June 30, 2025

 

 

Note 3 – Investment Advisory and Other Agreements

The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Advisors Asset Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”). Under the terms of the Agreement, the Fund pays a monthly investment advisory fee to the Advisor at the annual rate of 0.38% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The Advisor has engaged Hartford Investment Management Company (the “Sub-Advisor”) to manage the Fund and pays the Sub-Advisor from its advisory fees.

 

The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or pay for operating expenses of the Fund to ensure that the total annual fund operating expenses (excluding any front-end or contingent deferred loads, taxes, leverage interest, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on short sales, acquired fund fees and expenses (as determined in accordance with Form N-1A), expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, and extraordinary expenses such as litigation expenses) do not exceed 0.84%, 1.59% and 0.59% of the average daily net assets of the Fund’s Class A, Class C and Class I Shares, respectively. This agreement is in effect until October 31, 2034, and it may be terminated before that date only by the Trust’s Board of Trustees.

 

For the year ended June 30, 2025, the Advisor waived a portion of its advisory fees totaling $315,701. The Advisor is permitted to seek reimbursement from the Fund, subject to certain limitations, of fees waived or payments made to the Fund for a period ending three full fiscal years after the date of the waiver or payment. This reimbursement may be requested from the Fund if the reimbursement will not cause the Fund’s annual expense ratio to exceed the lesser of (a) the expense limitation in effect at the time such fees were waived or payments made, or (b) the expense limitation in effect at the time of the reimbursement. At June 30, 2025, the amount of these potentially recoverable expenses was $490,859. The potential recoverable amount is noted as “Commitments and contingencies” as reported on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Advisor may recapture all or a portion of this amount no later than June 30 of the years stated below:

 

2026   $ 2,036  
2027     173,122  
2028     315,701  
Total   $ 490,859  

 

UMB Fund Services, Inc. (“UMBFS”) serves as the Fund’s fund accountant, transfer agent and co-administrator; and Mutual Fund Administration, LLC (“MFAC”) serves as the Fund’s other co-administrator. UMB Bank, n.a., an affiliate of UMBFS, serves as the Fund’s custodian. The Fund’s allocated fees incurred for fund accounting, fund administration, transfer agency and custody services for the year ended June 30, 2025, are reported on the Statement of Operations.

 

IMST Distributors, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Foreside Financial Group, LLC (d/b/a ACA Group), serves as the Fund’s distributor (the “Distributor”). The Distributor does not receive compensation from the Fund for its distribution services; the Advisor pays the Distributor a fee for its distribution-related services.

 

Certain trustees and officers of the Trust are employees of UMBFS or MFAC. The Fund does not compensate trustees and officers affiliated with the Fund’s co-administrators. For the year ended June 30, 2025, the Fund’s allocated fees incurred to Trustees who are not affiliated with the Fund’s co-administrators are reported on the Statement of Operations.

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AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued

June 30, 2025

 

 

The Fund’s Board of Trustees has adopted a Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) for the Independent Trustees that enables Trustees to elect to receive payment in cash or the option to select various fund(s) in the Trust in which their deferred accounts shall be deemed to be invested. If a trustee elects to defer payment, the Plan provides for the creation of a deferred payment account. The Fund’s liability for these amounts is adjusted for market value changes in the invested fund(s) and remains a liability to the Fund until distributed in accordance with the Plan. The Trustees Deferred compensation liability under the Plan constitutes a general unsecured obligation of the Fund and is disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Contributions made under the plan and the change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation and income are included in the Trustees’ fees and expenses in the Statement of Operations.

 

Dziura Compliance Consulting, LLC provides Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) services to the Trust. The Fund’s allocated fees incurred for CCO services for the year ended June 30, 2025, are reported on the Statement of Operations.

 

Note 4 – Federal Income Taxes

At June 30, 2025, gross unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments, based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

Cost of investments   $ 347,331,026  
         
Gross unrealized appreciation     3,327,035  
Gross unrealized depreciation     (4,956,223 )
         
Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)   $ (1,629,188 )

 

The difference between cost amounts for financial statement and federal income tax purposes is due primarily to timing differences in recognizing certain gains and losses in security transactions.

 

As of June 30, 2025, the components of accumulated earnings/(deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Undistributed ordinary income   $ 1,248,509  
Undistributed long-term capital gains     -  
Tax accumulated earnings     1,248,509  
         
Accumulated capital and other losses     (4,311,888 )
Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments     (1,629,188 )
Unrealized Trustees’ deferred compensation     (32,501 )
Total accumulated earnings/(deficit)   $ (4,725,068 )

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AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued

June 30, 2025

 

 

The tax character of the distributions paid during the fiscal years ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, were as follows:

 

Distributions paid from:   2025     2024  
Ordinary income   $ 14,639,630     $ 17,740,379  
Net long-term capital gains     -       -  
Total distributions paid   $ 14,639,630     $ 17,740,379  

 

At June 30, 2025, the Fund had an accumulated capital loss carry forward as follows:

 

    Not Subject to Expiration:  
Short-term   $ 1,401,138  
Long-term     2,910,750  
Total   $ 4,311,888  

 

The fund utilized $0 of its capital loss carryforwards during the year ended June 30, 2025. To the extent that a fund may realize future net capital gains, those gains will be offset by any of its unused capital loss carryforward. Future capital loss carryover utilization in any given year may be subject to Internal Revenue Code limitations.

 

Note 5 – Redemption Fee

The Fund may impose a redemption fee of 1.00% of the total redemption amount on all shares redeemed within 30 days of purchase. For the year ended June 30, 2025 and the year ended June 30, 2024, the Fund received $101 and $2,218, respectively.

 

Note 6 – Investment Transactions

For the year ended June 30, 2025, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term investments, forward contracts, futures contracts, options contracts and swap contracts were $128,637,574 and $140,655,856, respectively.

 

Note 7 – Shareholder Servicing Plan

The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, has adopted a Shareholder Servicing Plan to pay a fee at an annual rate of up to 0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets of shares serviced by shareholder servicing agents who provide administrative and support services to their customers.

 

For the year ended June 30, 2025, shareholder servicing fees incurred are disclosed on the Statement of Operations.

 

Note 8 – Distribution Plan

The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, has adopted a Rule 12b-1 plan with respect to the Fund’s Class A Shares and Class C Shares. Under the plan, the Fund pays to the Distributor distribution fees for the sale and distribution of the Fund’s Class A and Class C Shares and/or shareholder liaison service fees in connection with the provision of personal services to shareholders of each such Class and the maintenance of their shareholder accounts.

 

For Class A Shares, the maximum annual fee payable to the Distributor for such distribution and/or administrative services is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of such shares. For Class C shares, the maximum annual fees payable to the Distributor for distribution services and administrative services are 0.75% and 0.25%, respectively, of the average daily net assets of such shares. Class I Shares are not subject to any distribution or service fees under the plan.

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AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued

June 30, 2025

 

 

For the year ended June 30, 2025, the Fund’s distribution and service fees incurred are disclosed on the Statement of Operations.

 

Note 9 – Indemnifications

In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations, which provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. However, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.

 

Note 10 – Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure

Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with GAAP, and expands disclosure about fair value measurements. It also provides guidance on determining when there has been a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity for an asset or a liability, when a transaction is not orderly, and how that information must be incorporated into a fair value measurement.

 

Under Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized into three broad Levels as described below:

 

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access.

 

Level 2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, 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 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available; representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.

 

The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, 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 greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.

 

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 within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety, is determined based on the lowest Level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

 25 

 

AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued

June 30, 2025

 

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of June 30, 2025, in valuing the Fund’s assets carried at fair value:

 

    Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
Investments                                
Asset-Backed Securities   $ -     $ 53,635,617     $ -     $ 53,635,617  
Bank Loans     -       13,572,100       -       13,572,100  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations     -       24,047,641       -       24,047,641  
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities2     -       38,316,559       0       38,316,559  
Corporate Bonds1     -       98,934,044       -       98,934,044  
Municipal Bonds     -       1,002,336       -       1,002,336  
U.S. Government and Agencies     -       100,888,460       -       100,888,460  
Short-Term Investments     15,305,081       -       -       15,305,081  
Total Investments   $ 15,305,081     $ 330,396,757     $ 0     $ 345,701,838  

 

1 For a detailed break-out of corporate bonds by major industry classification, please refer to the Schedule of Investments.

 

2 The Fund held Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities with $0 market value at the beginning and ending of period with no activity during the year.

 

The following table presents additional quantitative information about valuation methodologies and inputs used for investments that are measured at fair value and categorized within Level 3 as of June 30, 2025:

 

Asset Class   Fair Value at
June 30, 2025
    Valuation
Technique(s)
  Unobservable
Input
  Range of
Input
    Weighted
Average of Input
  Impact to Valuation from
an Increase in Input(1)
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities   $ 0     Asset Approach   Estimated Recovery Proceeds   $ 0     N/A   Increase

 

(1) This column represents the directional change in the fair value of the Level 3 investments that would result from an increase to the corresponding unobservable input. A decrease to the unobservable input would have the opposite effect.

 

Note 11 – Unfunded Commitments

The Fund may enter into unfunded loan commitments. Unfunded loan commitments may be partially or wholly unfunded. During the contractual period, the Fund is obliged to provide funding to the borrower upon demand. Unfunded loan commitments are fair valued in accordance with the valuation policy described in Note 2(a) and unrealized appreciation or depreciation, if any, is recorded on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. As of June 30, 2025, the Fund did not have any unfunded commitments outstanding.

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AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued

June 30, 2025

 

 

Note 12 – Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risks

Certain local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illnesses and/or other public health issues, financial institution instability or other events may have a significant impact on a security or instrument. These types of events and other like them are collectively referred to as “Market Disruptions and Geopolitical Risks” and they may have adverse impacts on the worldwide economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, the financial health of individual companies and the market in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Some of the impacts noted in recent times include but are not limited to embargos, political actions, supply chain disruptions, tariffs, bank failures, restrictions to investment and/or monetary movement including the forced selling of securities or the inability to participate impacted markets. The duration of these events could adversely affect the Fund’s performance, the performance of the securities in which the Fund invests and may lead to losses on your investment. The ultimate impact of “Market Disruptions and Geopolitical Risks” on the financial performance of the Fund’s investments is not reasonably estimable at this time. Management is actively monitoring these events.

 

Note 13 – New Accounting Pronouncements and Regulatory Updates

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures (“ASU 2023-07”),” which enhances disclosure requirements about significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker (the “CODM”). ASU 2023-07, among other things, (i) requires a single segment public entity to provide all of the disclosures as required by Topic 280, (ii) requires a public entity to disclose the title and position of the CODM and an explanation of how the CODM uses the reported measure(s) of segment profit or loss in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources and (iii) provides the ability for a public entity to elect more than one performance measure. ASU 2023-07 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Management has evaluated the impact of applying ASU 2023-07, and the Fund has adopted the ASU during the reporting period. The adoption of the ASU does not have a material impact on the financial statements. Required disclosure is included in Note 1.

 

Note 14 – Events Subsequent to the Fiscal Period End

The Fund has adopted financial reporting rules regarding subsequent events which require an entity to recognize in the financial statements the effects of all subsequent events that provide additional evidence about conditions that existed at the date of the balance sheet. Management has evaluated the Fund’s related events and transactions that occurred through the date of issuance of the Fund’s financial statements. There were no events or transactions that occurred during this period that materially impacted the amounts or disclosures in the Fund’s financial statements.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Board of Trustees of

Investment Managers Series Trust

and the Shareholders of the AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of the AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund (the “Fund”), a series of Investment Managers Series Trust, including the schedule of investments, as of June 30, 2025, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, 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 the Fund as of June 30, 2025, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s 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 Fund 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 have served as the auditor of one or more of the funds in the Trust since 2007.

 

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 Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its 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 Fund’s 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 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. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of June 30, 2025 by correspondence with the custodian and agent banks, when replies were not received, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

 
  TAIT, WELLER & BAKER LLP

 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

August 29, 2025

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

(Class A: CPUAX)

(Class C: CPUCX)

(Class I: CPUIX)

 

ANNUAL FINANCIALS AND OTHER INFORMATION

JUNE 30, 2025

   

 

AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

A series of Investment Managers Series Trust

 

Table of Contents

 

Please note the Financials and Other Information only contains Items 7-11 required in Form N-CSR. All other required items will be filed with the SEC.

 

Item 7. Financial Statements and Financial Highlights  
Schedule of Investments 1
Statement of Assets and Liabilities 23
Statement of Operations 25
Statements of Changes in Net Assets 26
Financial Highlights 28
Class A 28
Class C 29
Class I 30
Notes to Financial Statements 31
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 43
Supplemental Information 44

 

This report and the financial statements contained herein are provided for the general information of the shareholders of the AAM/Insight Select Income Fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.

 

www.aamlive.com/publicsite/mutual-funds

   

 

 

AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount1
        Value  
        ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 11.8%        
  243,877     AASET 2025-1
Series 2025-1A, Class A, 5.94%, 2/16/20502
  $ 249,429  
  22,175     Amur Equipment Finance Receivables LLC
Series 2022-2A, Class A2, 5.30%, 6/21/20282,3
    22,220  
  47,144     Auxilior Term Funding LLC
Series 2023-1A, Class A2, 6.18%, 12/15/20282,3
    47,523  
        Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC        
  50,000     Series 2020-1A, Class A, 2.33%, 8/20/20262,3     49,876  
  282,000     Series 2025-2A, Class A, 5.12%, 8/20/20312,3     286,831  
  1,000,000     Bain Capital Credit CLO 2020-3 Ltd.
Series 2020-3A, Class A1RR, 5.49% (3-Month Term SOFR+121 basis points), 10/23/20342,3,4
    1,000,245  
  241,884     Blackbird Capital Aircraft
Series 2021-1A, Class B, 3.45%, 7/15/20462,3
    226,804  
  665,000     BlackRock Shasta CLO XIII LLC
Series 2024-1A, Class A1, 6.11% (3-Month Term SOFR+185 basis points), 7/15/20362,3,4
    665,894  
  450,000     Centersquare Issuer LLC
Series 2025-1A, Class A2, 5.50%, 3/26/20552,3
    442,701  
  850,000     Cerberus Loan Funding XLIX LLC
Series 2024-5A, Class A, 5.61% (3-Month Term SOFR+135 basis points), 1/15/20342,3,4
    847,378  
  500,815     CF Hippolyta Issuer LLC
Series 2020-1, Class A1, 1.69%, 7/15/20602,3
    495,455  
  50,702     Chesapeake Funding II LLC
Series 2023-2A, Class A1, 6.16%, 10/15/20352,3
    51,375  
  1,000,000     Churchill MMSLF CLO-IV Ltd.
Series 2024-3A, Class A, 5.87% (3-Month Term SOFR+160 basis points), 10/22/20352,3,4
    993,691  
  325,000     CLI Funding IX LLC
Series 2025-1A, Class A, 5.35%, 6/20/20502,3
    327,425  
  109,000     COMM Mortgage Trust
Series 2020-CX, Class D, 2.77%, 11/10/20462,3,5
    88,794  
  257,899     Commonbond Student Loan Trust
Series 2019-AGS, Class A1, 2.54%, 1/25/20472,3
    235,974  
  185,076     Cross Mortgage Trust
Series 2024-H2, Class A2, 6.42%, 4/25/20692,3,6
    186,821  
  503,000     CyrusOne Data Centers Issuer I LLC
Series 2025-1A, Class A2, 5.91%, 2/20/20502,3
    512,213  
  178,700     Daimler Trucks Retail Trust
 Series 2023-1, Class A3, 5.90%, 3/15/20273
    179,790  
  598,000     DataBank Issuer
Series 2021-2A, Class A2, 2.40%, 10/25/20512,3
    574,819  
  600,230     DB Master Finance LLC
Series 2021-1A, Class A2I, 2.04%, 11/20/20512,3
    578,049  
  525,150     Domino’s Pizza Master Issuer LLC
Series 2021-1A, Class A2I, 2.66%, 4/25/20512,3
    489,856  
 1 

 

AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount1

        Value  
        ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (Continued)        
  204,743     EnFin Residential Solar Receivables Trust
Series 2024-2A, Class A, 5.98%, 9/20/20552,3
  $ 197,107  
  151,341     ENFIN Residential Solar Receivables Trust
Series 2024-1A, Class A, 6.65%, 2/20/20552,3
    151,179  
  545,000     Flexential Issuer
Series 2021-1A, Class A2, 3.25%, 11/27/20512,3
    527,364  
        Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust        
  370,000     Series 2022-C, Class B, 5.03%, 2/15/20283     371,711  
  194,000     Series 2024-1, Class A, 4.87%, 8/15/20362,3,6     197,463  
  1,500,000     Fortress Credit Opportunities CLO Ltd.
Series 2017-9A, Class A1TR, 6.07% (3-Month Term SOFR+181 basis points), 10/15/20332,3,4
    1,501,496  
  250,000     Golub Capital Partners CLO Ltd.
Series 2020-47A, Class CR, 6.66% (3-Month Term SOFR+240 basis points), 8/5/20372,3,4
    250,891  
  45,552     Hilton Grand Vacations Trust
Series 2023-1A, Class A, 5.72%, 1/25/20382,3
    46,370  
        Huntington Bank Auto Credit-Linked Notes        
  183,812     Series 2024-2, Class B1, 5.44%, 10/20/20322,3     185,509  
  255,673     Series 2025-1, Class B, 4.96%, 3/21/20332,3     256,658  
  177,410     ITE Rail Fund Levered LP
Series 2021-1A, Class A, 2.25%, 2/28/20512,3
    166,836  
  473,000     IVY Hill Middle Market Credit Fund XII Ltd.
Series 12A, Class BRR, 6.30% (3-Month Term SOFR+200 basis points), 4/20/20372,3,5
    471,226  
  158,602     Jersey Mike’s Funding LLC
Series 2024-1A, Class A2, 5.63%, 2/15/20552,3
    161,069  
  155,773     JP Morgan Mortgage Trust Series
Series 2024-CES1, Class A2, 6.15%, 6/25/20542,3,6
    156,970  
  1,000,000     LCM 37 Ltd.
Series 37A, Class A1R, 5.32% (3-Month Term SOFR+106 basis points), 4/15/20342,3,4
    997,966  
  600,000     MCF CLO IX Ltd.
Series 2019-1A, Class A1RR, 6.28% (3-Month Term SOFR+200 basis points), 4/17/20362,3,4
    601,217  
        MF1 Ltd.        
  910,500     Series 2021-FL7, Class AS, 5.88% (1-Month Term SOFR+157 basis points), 10/16/20362,3,4     905,974  
  448,000     Series 2022-FL8, Class C, 6.52% (1-Month Term SOFR+220 basis points), 2/19/20372,3,4     445,376  
  65,492     Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust
Series 2021-A, Class A, 0.84%, 5/15/20692,3
    59,680  
  1,058,000     New Economy Assets Phase 1 Sponsor LLC
Series 2021-1, Class A1, 1.91%, 10/20/20612,3
    998,263  
  95,671     New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust
Series 2021-NQ2R, Class A1, 0.94%, 10/25/20582,3,5
    93,159  
  147,000     Oscar U.S. Funding XVI LLC
Series 2024-1A, Class A3, 5.54%, 2/10/20282,3
    148,223  
 2 

 

AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount1

        Value  
        ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (Continued)        
  117,710     RCKT Mortgage Trust
Series 2024-CES2, Class A2, 6.39%, 4/25/20442,3,5
  $ 118,981  
  1,000,000     Regatta XXII Funding Ltd.
Series 2022-2A, Class AR, 5.52% (3-Month Term SOFR+125 basis points), 7/20/20352,3,4
    999,755  
  582,000     Retained Vantage Data Centers Issuer LLC
Series 2024-1A, Class A2, 4.99%, 9/15/20492,3
    576,461  
  250,000     Santander Bank Auto Credit-Linked Notes Series
Series 2024-B, Class C, 5.14%, 1/18/20332,3
    250,592  
  175,114     Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust
Series 2022-5, Class C, 4.74%, 10/16/20283
    175,058  
  984,000     Slam Ltd.
Series 2021-1A, Class A, 2.43%, 6/15/20462,3
    931,591  
  250,000     SLAM 2025-1 Ltd.
Series 2025-1A, Class A, 5.81%, 5/15/20502
    258,462  
        SMB Private Education Loan Trust        
  18,219     Series 2017-B, Class A2B, 5.18% (1-Month Term SOFR+86 basis points), 10/15/20352,3,4     18,189  
  258,489     Series 2019-B, Class A2B, 5.43% (1-Month Term SOFR+111 basis points), 6/15/20372,3,4     258,611  
  132,378     Tesla Auto Lease Trust
Series 2023-B, Class A3, 6.13%, 9/21/20262,3
    132,797  
  373,214     TIF Funding II LLC
Series 2021-1A, Class A, 1.65%, 2/20/20462,3
    335,237  
  301,781     TIF Funding III LLC
Series 2024-1A, Class A, 5.48%, 4/20/20492,3
    306,050  
  950,000     Voya CLO Ltd.
Series 2019-1A, Class A1RR, 5.63% (3-Month Term SOFR+137 basis points), 10/15/20372,3,4
    953,078  
        Willis Engine Structured Trust        
  448,467     Series 2018-A, Class A, 4.75%, 9/15/20432,3,6     445,385  
  548,058     Series 2021-A, Class A, 3.10%, 5/15/20462,3     509,369  
  704,980     Zayo Issuer LLC
Series 2025-2A, Class A2, 5.95%, 6/20/20552,3
    725,768  
        TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES        
        (Cost $24,730,453)     24,440,254  
                 
        COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 1.1%        
  960,000     BANK5
Series 2024-5YR12, Class A2, 5.42%, 12/15/20573
    986,641  
  361,611     BX Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2024-AIR2, Class A, 5.81% (1-Month Term SOFR+149 basis points), 10/15/20412,4
    362,287  
  162,000     BXHPP Trust FILM
Series 2021-FILM, Class C, 5.53% (1-Month Term SOFR+121 basis points), 8/15/20362,4
    148,394  
  105,860     COLT Mortgage Loan Trust
Series 2023-3, Class A2, 7.43%, 9/25/20682,3,6
    107,385  
 3 

 

AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount1

        Value  
        COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (Continued)        
  138,000     Hudson Yards Mortgage Trust
Series 2025-SPRL, Class C, 6.15%, 1/13/20402,5
  $ 142,070  
  554,000     PMT Issuer Trust - FMSR
Series 2021-FT1, Class A, 7.43% (1-Month Term SOFR+312 basis points), 3/25/20262,3,4
    556,912  
        TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES        
        (Cost $2,290,078)     2,303,689  
                 
        CORPORATE BONDS — 81.0%        
        COMMUNICATIONS — 5.2%        
  105,000     Alphabet, Inc.
5.25%, 5/15/20553
    103,563  
        AT&T, Inc.        
  750,000     4.75%, 5/15/20463     655,240  
  1,500,000     3.55%, 9/15/20553     1,014,127  
  775,000     Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital
6.83%, 10/23/20553
    794,246  
  500,000     Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.
5.13%, 8/15/20272,3
    494,369  
  1,045,000     Comcast Corp.
3.45%, 2/1/20503
    717,404  
  600,000     Cox Enterprises, Inc.
7.37%, 7/15/20272
    632,301  
  200,000     Iliad Holding SASU
8.50%, 4/15/20312,3,7
    213,941  
        Meta Platforms, Inc.        
  335,000     4.45%, 8/15/20523     282,702  
  556,000     5.40%, 8/15/20543     542,943  
  595,000     NBN Co., Ltd.
4.25%, 10/1/20292,3,7
    592,714  
        Paramount Global        
  419,000     4.20%, 5/19/20323     382,553  
  83,000     6.87%, 4/30/2036     85,028  
  640,000     5.85%, 9/1/20433     557,831  
  530,000     Prosus N.V.
4.99%, 1/19/20522,3,7
    409,321  
  725,000     Rogers Communications, Inc.
7.12% (USD 5 Year Tsy+262 basis points), 4/15/20553,7,8
    734,865  
  503,000     Snap, Inc.
6.88%, 3/1/20332,3
    515,913  
  489,000     Time Warner Cable LLC
6.55%, 5/1/2037
    505,247  
  48,000     T-Mobile USA, Inc.
4.95%, 3/15/20283
    48,803  
        Verizon Communications, Inc.        
  615,000     4.02%, 12/3/20293     606,650  
 4 

 

AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount1
        Value  
        CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)        
        COMMUNICATIONS (Continued)        
  664,000     3.55%, 3/22/20513   $ 475,512  
  477,000     Vmed O2 UK Financing I PLC
4.75%, 7/15/20312,3,7
    441,288  
  70,000     Warnermedia Holdings, Inc.
5.14%, 3/15/20523
    43,754  
              10,850,315  
        CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 8.6%        
  155,000     Air Canada
3.88%, 8/15/20262,3,7
    153,431  
  118,008     Air Canada Class A Pass-Through Trust
5.25%, 10/1/20302,7
    119,051  
        American Airlines Class AA Pass-Through Trust        
  164,820     3.65%, 8/15/2030     159,302  
  259,017     3.35%, 4/15/2031     246,368  
  323,548     3.15%, 8/15/2033     297,067  
        American Airlines, Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd.        
  116,333     5.50%, 4/20/20262,7     116,068  
  161,000     5.75%, 4/20/20292,7     161,220  
  425,000     Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.
5.00%, 2/15/20322,3
    404,342  
  650,000     Avianca Midco 2 PLC
9.62%, 2/14/20302,3,7
    599,495  
  400,000     Benteler International A.G.
10.50%, 5/15/20282,3,7
    420,972  
  84,500     British Airways Class A Pass-Through Trust
4.25%, 11/15/20322
    81,005  
  418,000     Builders FirstSource, Inc.
6.37%, 3/1/20342,3
    425,934  
  37,000     Caesars Entertainment, Inc.
8.12%, 7/1/20272,3
    37,148  
        Carnival Corp.        
  300,000     6.00%, 5/1/20292,3,7     303,128  
  121,000     6.12%, 2/15/20332,3,7     123,803  
        Delta Air Lines, Inc. / SkyMiles IP Ltd.        
  20,500     4.50%, 10/20/20252,7     20,450  
  623,000     4.75%, 10/20/20282,7     624,369  
        ERAC USA Finance LLC        
  377,000     5.20%, 10/30/20342,3     384,134  
  750,000     7.00%, 10/15/20372     860,693  
        Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC        
  204,000     5.80%, 3/5/20273     205,613  
  550,000     7.12%, 11/7/20333     570,896  
  1,360,000     General Motors Co.
5.63%, 4/15/20303
    1,389,976  
        General Motors Financial Co., Inc.        
 5 

 

AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount1
        Value  
        CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)        
        CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY (Continued)        
  797,000     3.60%, 6/21/20303   $ 745,396  
  1,213,000     2.35%, 1/8/20313     1,050,245  
  500,000     Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
6.62%, 7/15/20303
    509,087  
  805,000     Home Depot, Inc.
5.30%, 6/25/20543
    773,699  
  930,000     International Game Technology PLC
5.25%, 1/15/20292,3,7
    922,038  
  687,000     Las Vegas Sands Corp.
6.20%, 8/15/20343
    702,218  
  151,000     Latam Airlines Group S.A.
7.62%, 1/7/20312,3,7
    151,302  
  845,000     Marriott International, Inc.
5.50%, 4/15/20373
    845,837  
  555,000     Melco Resorts Finance Ltd.
5.38%, 12/4/20292,3,7
    518,785  
  585,000     Meritage Homes Corp.
5.65%, 3/15/20353
    586,720  
  584,000     NCL Corp. Ltd.
6.25%, 3/1/20302,3,7
    588,631  
  152,000     Paychex, Inc.
5.60%, 4/15/20353
    157,153  
  500,000     Prime Security Services Borrower LLC / Prime Finance, Inc.
3.38%, 8/31/20272,3
    483,666  
  93,014     United Airlines Class A Pass-Through Trust
5.87%, 4/15/2029
    94,902  
  148,074     United Airlines Class A Pass-Through Trust
5.80%, 7/15/2037
    151,047  
        United Airlines Class AA Pass-Through Trust        
  138,092     4.15%, 2/25/2033     132,233  
  460,946     2.70%, 11/1/2033     411,811  
  137,637     United Airlines Class B Pass-Through Trust
4.60%, 9/1/2027
    135,928  
        United Airlines, Inc.        
  64,000     4.38%, 4/15/20262,3     63,578  
  273,000     4.63%, 4/15/20292,3     264,992  
  355,000     Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC
6.45%, 11/16/20302,3
    377,711  
  400,000     Wynn Macau Ltd.
5.63%, 8/26/20282,3,7
    393,236  
              17,764,680  
        CONSUMER STAPLES — 3.8%        
  152,000     Altria Group, Inc.
5.95%, 2/14/20493
    151,297  
  635,000     Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc.
4.70%, 2/1/20363
    619,775  
 6 

 

AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount1
        Value  
        CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)        
        CONSUMER STAPLES (Continued)        
        BAT Capital Corp.        
  119,000     6.34%, 8/2/20303   $ 128,224  
  400,000     7.08%, 8/2/20433     440,921  
  306,000     5.65%, 3/16/20523     285,513  
        Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc.        
  376,000     6.40%, 1/15/20342,3     400,996  
  352,000     4.00%, 5/17/20512,3     259,075  
  200,000     Diageo Investment Corp.
5.63%, 4/15/20353
    209,249  
  179,000     HCA, Inc.
5.60%, 4/1/20343
    183,189  
  574,000     J M Smucker Co.
6.50%, 11/15/20533
    614,015  
  815,000     JBS USA Holding Lux Sarl / JBS USA Foods Group Holdings, Inc. / JBS USA Food Co.
5.50%, 1/15/20362,3
    817,799  
  206,000     JBS USA LUX S.A. / JBS USA Food Co. / JBS USA Finance, Inc.
3.63%, 1/15/20323,7
    188,314  
  251,000     Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.
4.50%, 11/15/20453
    209,982  
  151,000     Kroger Co.
5.50%, 9/15/20543
    143,452  
  229,000     MARB BondCo PLC
3.95%, 1/29/20312,3,7
    202,927  
        Mars, Inc.        
  855,000     5.20%, 3/1/20352,3     864,702  
  557,000     5.65%, 5/1/20452,3     558,683  
  600,000     NBM U.S. Holdings, Inc.
6.62%, 8/6/20292,3
    603,473  
  730,000     Philip Morris International, Inc.
4.25%, 11/10/2044
    620,523  
  383,000     Viking Baked Goods Acquisition Corp.
8.62%, 11/1/20312,3
    374,659  
              7,876,768  
        ENERGY — 10.0%        
  414,000     Aker BP ASA
3.10%, 7/15/20312,3,7
    369,565  
        BP Capital Markets PLC        
  81,000     4.38% (USD 5 Year Tsy+404 basis points)3,7,8,9     80,767  
  884,000     6.13% (USD 5 Year Tsy+192 basis points)3,7,8,9     882,238  
  235,000     Cheniere Energy Partners LP
5.55%, 10/30/20352,3
    236,952  
  1,162,000     CITGO Petroleum Corp.
8.37%, 1/15/20292,3
    1,208,611  
 7 

 

AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount1
        Value  
        CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)        
        ENERGY (Continued)        
  92,000     Columbia Pipelines Operating Co. LLC
6.54%, 11/15/20532,3
  $ 95,197  
  604,000     Coterra Energy, Inc.
5.40%, 2/15/20353
    597,797  
  668,000     CVR Energy, Inc.
5.75%, 2/15/20282,3
    639,448  
  310,000     Diamondback Energy, Inc.
5.40%, 4/18/20343
    310,971  
        DT Midstream, Inc.        
  358,000     4.30%, 4/15/20322,3     334,901  
  245,000     5.80%, 12/15/20342,3     249,357  
  200,000     Empresa Nacional del Petroleo
5.95%, 7/30/20342,3,7
    202,346  
        Enbridge, Inc.        
  150,000     6.70%, 11/15/20533,7     162,441  
  480,000     7.37% (USD 5 Year Tsy+312 basis points), 3/15/20553,7,8     497,729  
  180,000     6.00% (3-Month Term SOFR+415 basis points), 1/15/20773,7,10     179,890  
        Energy Transfer LP        
  275,000     5.40%, 10/1/20473     245,074  
  500,000     6.25%, 4/15/20493     493,868  
  108,000     5.95%, 5/15/20543     102,772  
  241,000     Eni S.p.A.
5.95%, 5/15/20542,3,7
    233,312  
        Enterprise Products Operating LLC        
  475,000     6.45%, 9/1/2040     521,277  
  366,000     3.30%, 2/15/20533     242,292  
  126,000     5.38% (3-Month Term SOFR+283 basis points), 2/15/20783,10     123,908  
  129,000     EQT Corp.
6.38%, 4/1/20292,3
    133,041  
  1,000,000     Exxon Mobil Corp
1.41%, 6/26/20393
    854,186  
        Global Partners LP / GLP Finance Corp.        
  68,000     6.87%, 1/15/20293     69,050  
  518,000     8.25%, 1/15/20322,3     544,636  
  170,000     7.12%, 7/1/20332,3     172,549  
  303,000     Harbour Energy PLC
6.33%, 4/1/20352,3,7
    301,061  
  130,000     Hess Midstream Operations LP
5.13%, 6/15/20282,3
    129,092  
  59,000     Howard Midstream Energy Partners LLC
7.37%, 7/15/20322,3
    62,035  
  540,000     Ithaca Energy North Sea PLC
8.12%, 10/15/20292,3,7
    556,120  
  420,000     Medco Cypress Tree Pte Ltd.
8.62%, 5/19/20302,3,7
    430,096  
 8 

 

AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount1
        Value  
        CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)        
        ENERGY (Continued)        
  983,000     MPLX LP
4.90%, 4/15/20583
  $ 789,575  
        NGPL PipeCo LLC        
  820,000     4.88%, 8/15/20272,3     815,809  
  737,000     7.77%, 12/15/20372     841,165  
  1,165,000     ONEOK, Inc.
6.05%, 9/1/20333
    1,221,012  
  400,000     Petroleos del Peru S.A.
4.75%, 6/19/20322,7
    308,972  
  485,000     Petroleos Mexicanos
6.50%, 3/13/20277
    481,653  
  238,000     Phillips 66
4.88%, 11/15/20443
    206,677  
  250,000     Plains All American Pipeline LP / PAA Finance Corp.
4.50%, 12/15/20263
    250,347  
  250,000     Saudi Arabian Oil Co.
5.75%, 7/17/20542,3,7
    233,725  
  234,000     South Bow USA Infrastructure Holdings LLC
5.58%, 10/1/20342,3
    231,566  
  462,000     Targa Resources Corp.
4.90%, 9/15/20303
    465,826  
  809,000     Targa Resources Partners LP / Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp.
5.50%, 3/1/20303
    820,909  
        TotalEnergies Capital S.A.        
  277,000     5.49%, 4/5/20543,7     266,598  
  635,000     5.43%, 9/10/20643,7     595,102  
  736,000     TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.
7.00% (USD 5 Year Tsy+262 basis points), 6/1/20653,7,8
    735,781  
  561,000     Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC
7.00%, 1/31/20362,3
    561,000  
  800,000     Williams Cos., Inc.
4.90%, 1/15/20453
    703,546  
              20,791,842  
        FINANCIALS — 25.7%        
        AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation Trust        
  669,000     3.30%, 1/30/20323,7     605,633  
  150,000     6.95% (USD 5 Year Tsy+272 basis points), 3/10/20553,7,8     155,977  
  175,000     6.50% (USD 5 Year Tsy+244 basis points), 1/31/20563,7,8     174,151  
  156,000     Aircastle Ltd. / Aircastle Ireland DAC
5.75%, 10/1/20312,3,7
    160,233  
        Allianz S.E.        
  600,000     3.50% (USD 5 Year Tsy+297 basis points)2,3,7,8,9,11     589,688  
  200,000     3.20% (USD 5 Year Tsy+216 basis points)2,3,7,8,9,11     175,155  
  175,000     Allstate Corp.
6.50% (3-Month USD Libor+212 basis points), 5/15/20673,10
    179,495  
 9 

 

AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount1
        Value  
        CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)        
        FINANCIALS (Continued)        
  747,000     American Homes 4 Rent LP
5.50%, 2/1/20343
  $ 759,585  
  287,000     Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
5.55%, 2/15/20553
    275,672  
  400,000     Banco Santander S.A.
5.59%, 8/8/20287
    413,113  
        Bank of America Corp.        
  200,000     4.18%, 11/25/20273     199,202  
  1,895,000     2.97% (SOFR+133 basis points), 2/4/20333,10     1,697,295  
  965,000     5.87% (SOFR+184 basis points), 9/15/20343,10     1,018,498  
  384,000     5.47% (SOFR+165 basis points), 1/23/20353,10     394,565  
  1,055,000     5.51% (SOFR+131 basis points), 1/24/20363,10     1,085,143  
  799,000     5.74% (SOFR+170 basis points), 2/12/20363,10     812,011  
  200,000     5.88%, 2/7/2042     209,215  
  599,000     Bank of Montreal
7.30% (USD 5 Year Tsy+301 basis points), 11/26/20843,7,8
    610,105  
  1,250,000     Bank of Nova Scotia
7.35% (USD 5 Year Tsy+290 basis points), 4/27/20853,7,8
    1,259,627  
  200,000     Barclays PLC
6.04% (SOFR+242 basis points), 3/12/20553,7,10
    205,232  
  603,000     Boston Properties LP
2.55%, 4/1/20323
    508,825  
  115,000     Brown & Brown, Inc.
5.55%, 6/23/20353
    117,234  
  600,000     Capital One Financial Corp.
7.62% (SOFR+307 basis points), 10/30/20313,10
    677,656  
        Citigroup, Inc.        
  779,000     5.45% (SOFR+145 basis points), 6/11/20353,10     795,910  
  658,000     6.02% (SOFR+183 basis points), 1/24/20363,10     675,218  
  672,000     6.75% (USD 5 Year Tsy+257 basis points)3,8,9     676,980  
        Citizens Financial Group, Inc.        
  103,000     5.84% (SOFR+201 basis points), 1/23/20303,10     106,596  
  798,000     6.64% (SOFR+232 basis points), 4/25/20353,10     859,993  
        Corebridge Financial, Inc.        
  31,000     5.75%, 1/15/20343     32,208  
  328,000     6.38% (USD 5 Year Tsy+265 basis points), 9/15/20543,8     326,818  
  694,000     Cousins Properties LP
5.38%, 2/15/20323
    701,284  
  265,000     Extra Space Storage LP
2.35%, 3/15/20323
    224,902  
  1,050,000     Farmers Insurance Exchange
4.75% (3-Month USD Libor+323 basis points), 11/1/20572,3,10
    857,258  
  407,000     First Industrial LP
5.25%, 1/15/20313
    411,738  
  450,000     Global Payments, Inc.
5.40%, 8/15/20323
    459,060  
 10 

 

AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount1
        Value  
        CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)        
        FINANCIALS (Continued)        
        Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.        
  209,000     5.95%, 1/15/2027   $ 214,652  
  790,000     6.29% (3-Month Term SOFR+201 basis points), 10/28/20273,4     803,057  
  1,787,000     5.05% (SOFR+121 basis points), 7/23/20303,10     1,816,139  
  1,640,000     1.99% (SOFR+109 basis points), 1/27/20323,10     1,419,860  
  250,000     6.75%, 10/1/2037     274,709  
  391,000     5.56% (SOFR+158 basis points), 11/19/20453,10     385,437  
  519,000     5.73% (SOFR+170 basis points), 1/28/20563,10     519,684  
  232,000     High Street Funding Trust II
4.68%, 2/15/20482,3
    197,938  
  224,000     HSBC Holdings PLC
4.95%, 3/31/20307
    227,786  
        JPMorgan Chase & Co.        
  287,000     5.30% (SOFR+145 basis points), 7/24/20293,10     294,620  
  1,280,000     2.58% (3-Month Term SOFR+125 basis points), 4/22/20323,10     1,142,689  
  1,551,000     5.35% (SOFR+184 basis points), 6/1/20343,10     1,596,714  
  1,009,000     5.34% (SOFR+162 basis points), 1/23/20353,10     1,032,896  
  307,000     5.50% (SOFR+132 basis points), 1/24/20363,10     315,991  
  482,000     5.53% (SOFR+155 basis points), 11/29/20453,10     483,697  
  930,000     Liberty Mutual Group, Inc.
3.95%, 10/15/20502,3
    680,982  
  341,000     Lincoln National Corp.
5.85%, 3/15/20343
    350,915  
  452,000     Lloyds Banking Group PLC
5.59% (USD 1 Year Tsy+120 basis points), 11/26/20353,7,10
    459,801  
  401,000     M&T Bank Corp.
5.18% (SOFR+140 basis points), 7/8/20313,10
    407,515  
        Macquarie Airfinance Holdings Ltd.        
  848,000     5.15%, 3/17/20302,3,7     847,334  
  59,000     6.50%, 3/26/20312,3,7     62,433  
  236,000     Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.
4.90%, 4/1/20772
    194,396  
        MetLife, Inc.        
  1,219,000     9.25%, 4/8/20382,3     1,446,196  
  333,000     10.75%, 8/1/20393     445,779  
  1,150,000     6.40%, 12/15/20663     1,201,011  
        Morgan Stanley        
  1,250,000     5.04% (SOFR+122 basis points), 7/19/20303,10     1,270,832  
  575,000     4.89% (SOFR+208 basis points), 7/20/20333,10     575,715  
  1,415,000     6.63% (SOFR+205 basis points), 11/1/20343,10     1,559,910  
  78,000     Nasdaq, Inc.
5.35%, 6/28/20283
    80,323  
  260,000     Park Intermediate Holdings LLC / PK Domestic Property LLC / PK Finance Co.-Issuer
7.00%, 2/1/20302,3
    267,295  
        Phillips Edison Grocery Center Operating Partnership I LP        
 11 

 

AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount1
        Value  
        CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)        
        FINANCIALS (Continued)        
  490,000     5.25%, 8/15/20323   $ 494,562  
  80,000     5.75%, 7/15/20343     82,229  
  244,000     4.95%, 1/15/20353     236,259  
  281,000     Pine Street Trust III
6.22%, 5/15/20542,3
    277,268  
        PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.        
  166,000     6.62% (SOFR Index+173 basis points), 10/20/20273,10     170,640  
  379,000     5.00% (3-Month Term SOFR+356 basis points)3,9,10,11     378,771  
  227,000     Prologis LP
5.25%, 3/15/20543
    213,336  
  447,000     Prudential Financial, Inc.
5.70% (3-Month USD Libor+266 basis points), 9/15/20483,10
    452,776  
  215,000     Rexford Industrial Realty LP
2.15%, 9/1/20313
    184,286  
  900,000     Royal Bank of Canada
7.50% (USD 5 Year Tsy+289 basis points), 5/2/20843,7,8
    929,903  
  572,000     Sabra Health Care LP
3.20%, 12/1/20313
    509,479  
  78,000     Santander Holdings USA, Inc.
6.50% (SOFR+236 basis points), 3/9/20293,10
    81,316  
  462,000     SBA Tower Trust
2.59%, 10/15/20312,3
    402,842  
  159,000     Simon Property Group LP
5.85%, 3/8/20533
    159,305  
  278,000     State Street Corp.
6.70% (USD 5 Year Tsy+261 basis points)3,8,9
    289,669  
  564,000     Store Capital LLC
5.40%, 4/30/20302,3
    571,351  
        Toronto-Dominion Bank        
  382,000     5.53%, 7/17/20267     386,679  
  350,000     7.25% (USD 5 Year Tsy+298 basis points), 7/31/20843,7,8     359,180  
        Truist Financial Corp.        
  96,000     7.16% (SOFR+245 basis points), 10/30/20293,10     103,826  
  66,000     5.87% (SOFR+236 basis points), 6/8/20343,10     68,941  
  70,000     5.71% (SOFR+192 basis points), 1/24/20353,10     72,559  
  1,232,000     6.67% (USD 5 Year Tsy+300 basis points)3,8,9,11     1,234,433  
        U.S. Bancorp        
  94,000     5.84% (SOFR+226 basis points), 6/12/20343,10     98,756  
  265,000     5.68% (SOFR+186 basis points), 1/23/20353,10     275,189  
        UBS Group A.G.        
  250,000     3.09% (SOFR+173 basis points), 5/14/20322,3,7,10     226,878  
  200,000     5.70% (USD 1 Year Tsy+177 basis points), 2/8/20352,3,7,8     207,740  
  325,000     5.58% (SOFR+176 basis points), 5/9/20362,3,7,10     332,389  
  475,000     Vornado Realty LP
2.15%, 6/1/20263
    461,567  
        Wells Fargo & Co.        
 12 

 

AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount1
        Value  
        CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)        
        FINANCIALS (Continued)        
  290,000     5.57% (SOFR+174 basis points), 7/25/20293,10   $ 299,399  
  366,000     5.20% (SOFR+150 basis points), 1/23/20303,10     374,790  
  535,000     6.49% (SOFR+206 basis points), 10/23/20343,10     584,849  
  1,200,000     5.50% (SOFR+178 basis points), 1/23/20353,10     1,230,817  
  1,000,000     4.75%, 12/7/2046     857,450  
  719,000     3.90% (USD 5 Year Tsy+345 basis points)3,8,9,11     712,325  
  1,010,000     Westpac Banking Corp.
2.67% (USD 5 Year Tsy+175 basis points), 11/15/20353,7,8
    890,747  
              53,200,087  
        GOVERNMENTS — 3.5%        
  325,000     Argentine Republic Government International Bond
3.50%, 7/9/20413,6,7
    200,229  
  458,000     Brazilian Government International Bond
5.50%, 11/6/20307
    458,779  
  301,000     Chile Government International Bond
4.85%, 1/22/20293,7
    305,289  
  950,000     Colombia Government International Bond
7.75%, 11/7/20363,7
    927,628  
  290,000     Corp Andina de Fomento
6.75% (USISSO05+312 basis points)2,3,7,8,9
    295,198  
  954,000     Israel Government International Bond
5.75%, 3/12/20547
    873,482  
        Mexico Government International Bond        
  1,494,000     6.87%, 5/13/20373,7     1,556,643  
  360,000     6.62%, 1/29/20383,7     365,400  
        Peruvian Government International Bond        
  309,000     5.88%, 8/8/20543,7     298,117  
  618,000     6.20%, 6/30/20553,7     620,163  
  690,000     Republic of Poland Government International Bond
4.88%, 2/12/20307
    703,426  
  730,000     Romanian Government International Bond
5.75%, 3/24/20352,7
    674,097  
              7,278,451  
        HEALTH CARE — 3.6%        
        Amgen, Inc.        
  61,000     5.25%, 3/2/20303     62,831  
  146,000     5.65%, 3/2/20533     142,870  
  1,000,000     Bayer U.S. Finance II LLC
4.63%, 6/25/20382,3
    886,600  
  247,000     Bayer U.S. Finance LLC
6.50%, 11/21/20332,3
    264,742  
  864,000     Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
5.55%, 2/22/20543
    843,813  
 13 

 

AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount1
        Value  
        CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)        
        HEALTH CARE (Continued)        
  322,000     CVS Health Corp.
6.00%, 6/1/20443
  $ 318,565  
  625,000     Eli Lilly & Co.
5.50%, 2/12/20553
    630,187  
        HCA, Inc.        
  500,000     5.87%, 2/1/20293     518,678  
  595,000     6.20%, 3/1/20553     599,421  
  206,000     Novartis Capital Corp.
4.70%, 9/18/20543
    184,732  
        Royalty Pharma PLC        
  829,000     2.20%, 9/2/20303,7     734,627  
  320,000     2.15%, 9/2/20313,7     274,315  
  323,000     STERIS Irish FinCo UnLtd Co.
2.70%, 3/15/20313,7
    290,023  
        Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.        
  651,000     5.30%, 7/5/20343,7     661,389  
  545,000     3.18%, 7/9/20503,7     357,437  
        UnitedHealth Group, Inc.        
  397,000     3.05%, 5/15/20413     292,158  
  253,000     5.95%, 6/15/20553     257,437  
  204,000     Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
5.35%, 12/1/20283
    210,299  
              7,530,124  
        INDUSTRIALS — 3.1%        
  119,000     AGCO Corp.
5.80%, 3/21/20343
    120,787  
  270,000     Albion Financing 1 SARL / Aggreko Holdings, Inc.
7.00%, 5/21/20302,3,7
    275,464  
  189,000     Amphenol Corp.
5.38%, 11/15/20543
    185,009  
        Ashtead Capital, Inc.        
  422,000     4.00%, 5/1/20282,3     415,556  
  201,000     5.95%, 10/15/20332,3     208,182  
  200,000     BAE Systems PLC
5.50%, 3/26/20542,3,7
    197,530  
        Boeing Co.        
  556,000     5.80%, 5/1/20503     534,401  
  193,000     6.86%, 5/1/20543     211,558  
  136,000     Bombardier, Inc.
6.75%, 6/15/20332,3,7
    140,926  
  1,040,000     CSX Corp.
4.90%, 3/15/20553
    934,447  
  336,000     Herc Holdings, Inc.
5.50%, 7/15/20272,3
    336,030  
 14 

 

AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount1
        Value  
        CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)        
        INDUSTRIALS (Continued)        
  136,000     Norfolk Southern Corp.
5.55%, 3/15/20343
  $ 142,128  
  414,000     Rolls-Royce PLC
5.75%, 10/15/20272,3,7
    424,919  
  367,000     Ryder System, Inc.
6.60%, 12/1/20333
    403,449  
  200,000     Siemens Funding B.V.
5.80%, 5/28/20552,3,7
    205,701  
  175,000     Terex Corp.
6.25%, 10/15/20322,3
    175,353  
  400,000     TK Elevator U.S. Newco, Inc.
5.25%, 7/15/20272,3
    399,613  
  52,000     TransDigm, Inc.
6.75%, 8/15/20282,3
    53,103  
  160,000     Triton Container International Ltd.
3.15%, 6/15/20312,3,7
    138,819  
  200,000     Union Pacific Corp.
3.84%, 3/20/20603
    144,155  
        United Parcel Service, Inc.        
  390,000     5.95%, 5/14/20553     400,798  
  277,000     6.05%, 5/14/20653     283,874  
              6,331,802  
        MATERIALS — 4.0%        
  200,000     Alcoa Nederland Holding B.V.
7.12%, 3/15/20312,3,7
    209,831  
  323,000     Alumina Pty Ltd.
6.38%, 9/15/20322,3,7
    328,236  
  525,000     Anglo American Capital PLC
5.75%, 4/5/20342,3,7
    542,208  
  516,000     AngloGold Ashanti Holdings PLC
3.75%, 10/1/20303,7
    481,560  
  553,000     Ball Corp.
6.00%, 6/15/20293
    566,250  
        Braskem Netherlands Finance B.V.        
  460,000     8.00%, 10/15/20342,3,7     368,414  
  349,000     5.88%, 1/31/20502,7     219,253  
  505,000     Celanese US Holdings LLC
5.59%, 1/19/20293
    625,844  
  200,000     Cemex S.A.B. de C.V.
7.20% (USD 5 Year Tsy+352 basis points)2,3,7,8,9
    202,050  
  323,000     Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.
6.87%, 11/1/20292,3
    317,911  
  487,000     Corp Nacional del Cobre de Chile
6.33%, 1/13/20352,3,7
    505,282  
  220,000     Glencore Funding LLC
5.89%, 4/4/20542,3
    215,823  
 15 

 

AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount1
        Value  
        CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)        
        MATERIALS (Continued)        
  240,000     LD Celulose International GmbH
7.95%, 1/26/20322,3,7
  $ 252,600  
  271,000     Olin Corp.
6.62%, 4/1/20332,3
    266,377  
        Rio Tinto Finance USA PLC        
  617,000     5.75%, 3/14/20553,7     618,749  
  214,000     5.88%, 3/14/20653,7     215,269  
  761,000     Sherwin-Williams Co.
2.90%, 3/15/20523
    465,813  
  200,000     Smurfit Kappa Treasury ULC
5.44%, 4/3/20343,7
    202,808  
  430,000     Smyrna Ready Mix Concrete LLC
8.87%, 11/15/20312,3
    450,880  
  400,000     Solvay Finance America LLC
5.85%, 6/4/20342,3
    414,507  
  295,000     Steel Dynamics, Inc.
5.25%, 5/15/20353
    295,241  
  313,000     Suzano Austria GmbH
3.75%, 1/15/20313,7
    292,973  
  146,000     Vale Overseas Ltd.
6.40%, 6/28/20543,7
    143,433  
              8,201,312  
        TECHNOLOGY — 5.5%        
  575,000     Autodesk, Inc.
5.30%, 6/15/20353
    584,788  
        Broadcom, Inc.        
  1,125,000     3.47%, 4/15/20342,3     1,005,249  
  1,030,000     3.19%, 11/15/20362,3     853,871  
  98,000     Dell International LLC / EMC Corp.
8.35%, 7/15/20463
    125,127  
  500,000     Foundry JV Holdco LLC
6.30%, 1/25/20392,3
    523,025  
  804,000     Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.
5.00%, 10/15/20343
    780,340  
  839,000     HP, Inc.
5.40%, 4/25/20303
    861,663  
  313,000     IBM International Capital Pte Ltd.
5.30%, 2/5/20543,7
    293,235  
        Intel Corp.        
  1,122,000     5.15%, 2/21/20343     1,119,547  
  234,000     5.70%, 2/10/20533     218,083  
        Micron Technology, Inc.        
  109,000     5.30%, 1/15/20313     111,612  
  166,000     2.70%, 4/15/20323     144,413  
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount1
        Value  
        CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)        
        TECHNOLOGY (Continued)        
  151,000     Microsoft Corp.
2.68%, 6/1/20603
  $ 89,426  
  526,000     NXP B.V. / NXP Funding LLC / NXP USA, Inc.
4.30%, 6/18/20293,7
    521,109  
        Oracle Corp.        
  924,000     4.20%, 9/27/20293     917,318  
  500,000     3.85%, 7/15/20363     440,298  
  458,000     3.60%, 4/1/20403     366,516  
  780,000     4.00%, 7/15/20463     602,237  
  940,000     5.37%, 9/27/20543     860,669  
        Synopsys, Inc.        
  194,000     5.15%, 4/1/20353     195,904  
  117,000     5.70%, 4/1/20553     116,545  
  768,000     VMware, Inc.
2.20%, 8/15/20313
    666,135  
              11,397,110  
        UTILITIES — 8.0%        
  446,898     AES Panama Generation Holdings SRL
4.38%, 5/31/20302,3,7
    408,018  
  789,000     Arizona Public Service Co.
4.25%, 3/1/20493
    621,363  
  1,025,000     Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.
5.65%, 6/1/20543
    1,017,122  
  700,000     Black Hills Corp.
6.15%, 5/15/20343
    734,624  
  229,000     CMS Energy Corp.
3.75% (USD 5 Year Tsy+290 basis points), 12/1/20503,8
    205,969  
        Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.        
  140,000     5.90%, 11/15/20533     143,050  
  1,000,000     5.70%, 5/15/20543     998,960  
        Constellation Energy Generation LLC        
  1,000,000     6.13%, 1/15/20343     1,077,280  
  493,000     5.75%, 3/15/20543     483,632  
        Duke Energy Corp.        
  1,000,000     5.45%, 6/15/20343     1,027,223  
  800,000     5.00%, 8/15/20523     701,876  
  870,000     Duke Energy Indiana LLC
5.40%, 4/1/20533
    829,717  
  200,000     Electricite de France S.A.
9.12% (USD 5 Year Tsy+541 basis points)2,3,7,8,9
    225,631  
  300,000     Enel Finance International N.V.
7.50%, 10/14/20322,3,7
    342,049  
  433,000     Entergy Corp.
7.12% (USD 5 Year Tsy+267 basis points), 12/1/20543,8
    448,112  
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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount1
        Value  
        CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)        
        UTILITIES (Continued)        
  97,000     Eversource Energy
5.50%, 1/1/20343
  $ 98,794  
        Exelon Corp.        
  905,000     4.05%, 4/15/20303     890,163  
  212,000     6.50% (USD 5 Year Tsy+198 basis points), 3/15/20553,8     215,672  
  354,000     FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Electric Co
4.30%, 1/15/20292,3
    350,674  
  307,000     IPALCO Enterprises, Inc.
4.25%, 5/1/20303
    294,754  
  314,000     Jersey Central Power & Light Co.
2.75%, 3/1/20322,3
    275,222  
  327,000     NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc.
6.50% (USD 5 Year Tsy+198 basis points), 8/15/20553,8
    334,259  
        NiSource, Inc.        
  218,000     3.60%, 5/1/20303     209,062  
  112,000     5.40%, 6/30/20333     114,546  
  481,000     Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
3.50%, 8/1/20503
    308,897  
  187,000     Pinnacle West Capital Corp.
5.15%, 5/15/20303
    191,386  
  253,000     PPL Capital Funding, Inc.
5.25%, 9/1/20343
    255,074  
  111,000     Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.
6.12%, 10/15/20333
    117,903  
  239,000     Puget Energy, Inc.
2.38%, 6/15/20283
    225,676  
  1,033,000     San Diego Gas & Electric Co.
5.40%, 4/15/20353
    1,054,931  
        Southern California Edison Co.        
  139,000     5.25%, 3/15/20303     140,416  
  249,000     6.20%, 9/15/20553     238,777  
        Southern Co. Gas Capital Corp.        
  926,000     5.88%, 3/15/20413     948,509  
  121,000     3.95%, 10/1/20463     93,100  
  822,000     4.40%, 5/30/20473     668,765  
  157,000     Xcel Energy, Inc.
5.60%, 4/15/20353
    160,325  
              16,451,531  
        TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS        
        (Cost $172,176,938)     167,674,022  
                 
        MUNICIPAL BONDS — 0.2%        
  250,000     City of New York NY
6.38%, 2/1/20553
    259,975  
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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Principal
Amount1
        Value  
        MUNICIPAL BONDS (Continued)        
  294,000     University of Michigan
3.60%, 4/1/2047
  $ 242,842  
        TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS        
        (Cost $544,000)     502,817  
                 
        U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCIES — 2.9%        
  1,288,000     United States Treasury Bond
4.75%, 2/15/2045
    1,282,566  
        United States Treasury Note        
  3,900,000     3.88%, 5/31/2027     3,908,837  
  700,000     4.62%, 2/15/2035     722,422  
        TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCIES        
        (Cost $5,927,682)     5,913,825  

  

Number
of Shares
           
        SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 2.3%        
  4,742,266     Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund - Institutional Class 4.11%12     4,742,266  
        TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS        
        (Cost $4,742,266)     4,742,266  
        TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.3%        
        (Cost $210,411,417)     205,576,873  
        Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.7%     1,535,795  
        TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%   $ 207,112,668  

  

LLC – Limited Liability Company

LP – Limited Partnership

PLC – Public Limited Company

ULC – Unlimited Liability Corporation

 

1 Local currency.
2 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are restricted and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration normally to qualified institutional buyers. The total value of these securities is $70,768,962, which represents 34.2% of total net assets of the Fund.
3 Callable.
4 Floating rate security.
5 Variable rate security. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of June 30, 2025.
6 Step rate security.
7 Foreign security denominated in U.S. Dollars.
8 Fixed to variable security. Fixed rate indicated is the rate effective at June 30, 2025. Security may convert at a future date to a variable rate of referenced rate and spread.
9 Perpetual security. Date shown is next call date.
10 Fixed to float security. Fixed rate indicated is the rate effective at June 30, 2025. Security may convert at a future date to a floating rate or referenced rate and spread.
11 Interest-only security.
12 The rate is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

SWAP CONTRACTS

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty/
Reference Entity
  Rating(a)
(Moody’s/
S&P)
  Pay/(b)
Receive
Fixed
Rate
  Fixed/Rate
Frequency
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
    Premium
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
    Value  
Goldman Sachs International                                                
Markit CDX NA High Yield CDSI Series 44 Index     Receive   5%/Quarterly   6/20/30   $ 2,500,000     $ (159,719 )   $ (29,373 )   $ (189,092 )
TOTAL CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP CONTRACTS           $ (159,719 )   $ (29,373 )   $ (189,092 )

 

(a) Ratings are presented for credit default contracts in which the fund has sold protection on the underlying referenced debt. Ratings for an underlying index represent the average of the ratings of all the securities included in that index. The Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s (S&P) ratings are believed to be the most recent ratings available at June 30, 2025.
(b) If AAM/Insight Select Income Fund is paying a fixed rate, the counterparty acts as guarantor of the variable instrument. If AAM/Insight Select Income Fund is receiving a fixed rate, AAM/Insight Select Income Fund acts as guarantor of the variable instrument.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Sale Contracts   Counterparty   Currency
Exchange
  Settlement
Date
  Currency
Amount
Sold
    Value At
Settlement
Date
    Value At
June 30, 2025
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Euro   JP Morgan   EUR per USD   7/11/2025     1,232,000     $ (1,408,720 )   $ (1,452,432 )   $ (43,712 )
                          (1,408,720 )     (1,452,432 )     (43,712 )
TOTAL FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS     $ (1,408,720 )   $ (1,452,432 )   $ (43,712 )

 

EUR – Euro

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

Number of
Contracts
Long (Short)
  Description   Expiration
Date
  Notional
Value
    Value/Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Interest Rate Futures                    
55   2-Year U.S. Treasury Note   September 2025   $ 11,441,289     $ 43,000  
144   5-Year U.S. Treasury Note   September2025     15,696,000       205,948  
(4)   Euro BOBL   September 2025     (552,555 )     1,831  
(8)   Euro Bund   September 2025     (1,222,213 )     7,234  
122   U.S. Treasury Long Bond   September 2025     14,087,188       616,694  
(63)   Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note   September 2025     (7,198,734 )     (185,304 )
14   Ultra Long-Term U.S. Treasury Bond   September 2025     1,667,750       82,578  
                         
TOTAL FUTURES CONTRACTS       $ 33,918,725     $ 771,981  

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

Assets:      
Investments, at value (cost $210,411,417)   $ 205,576,873  
Foreign currency, at value (cost $11,272)     11,531  
Cash     48,288  
Cash deposited with broker for futures contracts     127,470  
Cash deposited with broker for swap contracts     328,685  
Receivables:        
Investment securities sold     320,070  
Fund shares sold     153,289  
Variation margin on futures contracts     771,981  
Dividends and interest     2,584,485  
Prepaid expenses     40,464  
Total assets     209,963,136  
Liabilities:        
Payables:        
Investment securities purchased     2,226,059  
Fund shares redeemed     195,246  
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts     43,712  
Premiums received on open swap contracts     159,719  
Unrealized depreciation on open swap contracts     29,373  
Advisory fees     29,939  
Shareholder servicing fees (Note 7)     29,340  
Distribution fees - Class A & C (Note 8)     3,646  
Fund accounting and administration fees     39,958  
Transfer agent fees and expenses     14,987  
Custody fees     8,539  
Trustees’ deferred compensation (Note 3)     25,762  
Auditing fees     22,460  
Chief Compliance Officer fees     3,864  
Trustees’ fees and expenses     2,891  
Accrued other expenses     14,973  
Total liabilities     2,850,468  
Commitments and contingencies (Note 3)        
Net Assets   $ 207,112,668  
         
Components of Net Assets:        
Paid-in capital (par value of $0.01 per share with an unlimited number of shares authorized)   $ 227,207,856  
Total distributable earnings (accumulated deficit)     (20,095,188 )
Net Assets   $ 207,112,668  
         
Maximum Offering Price Per Share:        
Class A Shares:        
Net assets applicable to shares outstanding   $ 8,572,362  
Number of shares issued and outstanding     924,400  
Net asset value per share1   $ 9.27  
Maximum sales charge (3.00% of offering price)2     0.29  
Maximum offering price to public   $ 9.56  
Class C Shares:        
Net assets applicable to shares outstanding   $ 2,299,556  
Number of shares issued and outstanding     247,891  
Net asset value per share3   $ 9.28  
Class I Shares:        
Net assets applicable to shares outstanding   $ 196,240,750  
Number of shares issued and outstanding     21,154,789  
Net asset value per share   $ 9.28  

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - Continued

As of June 30, 2025

 

 

1 A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% will be imposed to the extent a finder’s fee was paid on certain redemptions of such shares within 18 months of purchase.
2 No initial sales charge is applied to purchases of $1 million or more. On sales of $100,000 or more, the sales charge will be reduced.
3 A CDSC of 1.00% may be charged on purchases that are redeemed within 12 months of purchase.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

For the Year Ended  June 30, 2025

 

 

Investment income:      
Interest (net of foreign withholding taxes of $13,076)   $ 10,073,587  
Total investment income     10,073,587  
         
Expenses:        
Advisory fees     719,112  
Shareholder servicing fees - Class A (Note 7)     8,524  
Shareholder servicing fees - Class C (Note 7)     1,862  
Shareholder servicing fees - Class I (Note 7)     161,825  
Distribution fees - Class A (Note 8)     23,583  
Distribution fees - Class C (Note 8)     26,770  
Fund accounting and administration fees     310,005  
Transfer agent fees and expenses     83,938  
Custody fees     42,940  
Registration fees     66,687  
Shareholder reporting fees     33,858  
Legal fees     28,397  
Chief Compliance Officer fees     24,144  
Auditing fees     23,889  
Trustees’ fees and expenses     23,188  
Miscellaneous     6,557  
Insurance fees     5,426  
Interest expense     1,278  
Total expenses     1,591,983  
Advisory fees recovered (waived)     (421,865 )
Net expenses     1,170,118  
Net investment income (loss)     8,903,469  
         
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on:        
Net realized gain (loss) on:        
Investments     (2,270,226 )
Forward contracts     45,007  
Futures contracts     313,445  
Swap contracts     (190,038 )
Foreign currency transactions     6,130  
Total net realized gain (loss) on:     (2,095,682 )
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:        
Investments     4,423,458  
Forward contracts     (136,528 )
Futures contracts     551,802  
Swap contracts     (29,373 )
Foreign currency translations     2,245  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     4,811,604  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     2,715,922  
         
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations   $ 11,619,391  

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

 

    For the
Year Ended
June 30, 2025
    For the
Year Ended
June 30, 2024
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from:                
Operations:                
Net investment income (loss)   $ 8,903,469     $ 6,155,527  
Net realized gain (loss) on investments, forward contracts, futures contracts, swap contracts, and foreign currency transactions     (2,095,682 )     (4,677,935 )
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, forward contracts, futures contracts, swap contracts, and foreign currency transactions     4,811,604       7,809,707  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations     11,619,391       9,287,299  
                 
Distributions to Shareholders:                
Distributions:                
Class A     (423,547 )     (375,965 )
Class C     (99,797 )     (88,044 )
Class I     (8,204,423 )     (5,529,506 )
Class Y1     (30 )     (30 )
Total distributions to shareholders     (8,727,797 )     (5,993,545 )
                 
Capital Transactions:                
Net proceeds from shares sold:                
Class A     3,436,836       2,668,849  
Class C     543,540       764,054  
Class I     116,003,720       72,563,641  
Reinvestment of distributions:                
Class A     400,749       347,401  
Class C     97,894       84,861  
Class I     8,148,906       5,475,343  
Class Y1     30       30  
Cost of shares redeemed:                
Class A2     (4,339,474 )     (2,634,051 )
Class C     (899,384 )     (915,101 )
Class I3     (76,245,261 )     (34,657,169 )
Class Y1     (710 )     -  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital transactions     47,146,846       43,697,858  
                 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets     50,038,440       46,991,612  
                 
Net Assets:                
Beginning of period     157,074,228       110,082,616  
End of period   $ 207,112,668     $ 157,074,228  
                 
Capital Share Transactions:                
Shares sold:                
Class A     373,870       300,758  
Class C     58,004       85,585  
Class I     12,572,336       8,209,332  
Shares reinvested:                
Class A     43,716       39,105  
Class C     10,666       9,552  
Class I     888,796       615,566  
Class Y1     4       3  
Shares redeemed:                
Class A     (474,241 )     (294,777 )
Class C     (98,520 )     (102,703 )

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS - Continued

 

 

    For the
Year Ended
June 30, 2025
    For the
Year Ended
June 30, 2024
 
Class I     (8,322,182 )     (3,893,656 )
Class Y1     (78 )     -  
Net increase (decrease) in capital share transactions     5,052,371       4,968,765  

 

1 Class Y shares were liquidated on April 30, 2025.
2 Net of redemption fee proceeds of $356 and $2,799, respectively.
3 Net of redemption fee proceeds of $1,921 and $450, respectively.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Class A

 

 

Per share operating performance.

For a capital share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    For the Year Ended June 30,  
    2025     2024     2023     2022     2021  
Net asset value, beginning of period   $ 9.09     $ 8.94     $ 9.09     $ 11.07     $ 10.87  
Income from Investment Operations:                                        
Net investment income (loss) 1     0.41       0.39       0.36       0.29       0.29  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     0.18       0.15       (0.17 )     (1.94 )     0.31  
Total from investment operations     0.59       0.54       0.19       (1.65 )     0.60  
                                         
Less Distributions:                                        
From net investment income     (0.41 )     (0.39 )     (0.34 )     (0.30 )     (0.29 )
From net realized gain     -       -       -       (0.03 )     (0.11 )
Total distributions     (0.41 )     (0.39 )     (0.34 )     (0.33 )     (0.40 )
                                         
Redemption fee proceeds1     -       - 2      - 2      - 2      - 2 
                                         
Net asset value, end of period   $ 9.27     $ 9.09     $ 8.94     $ 9.09     $ 11.07  
                                         
Total return3     6.61 %     6.20 %     2.12 %     (15.28 )%     5.55 %
                                         
Ratios and Supplemental Data:                                        
Net assets, end of period   $ 8,572,362     $ 8,916,975     $ 8,367,657     $ 8,969,207     $ 12,070,502  
                                         
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:                                        
Before fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     1.06 %4      1.00 %     1.00 %     0.92 %     0.92 %
After fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     0.84 %4      0.81 %     0.79 %     0.78 %     0.79 %
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets:                                        
Before fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     4.26 %     4.21 %     3.79 %     2.60 %     2.47 %
After fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     4.48 %     4.40 %     4.00 %     2.74 %     2.60 %
                                         
Portfolio turnover rate     56 %     51 %     40 %     59 %     104 %

 

1 Based on average shares outstanding for the year.
2 Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
3 Total returns would have been lower/higher had expenses not been waived or absorbed/recovered by the Advisor. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Returns shown do not include payment of sales load of 3.00% of offering price which is reduced on sales of $100,000 or more.  Returns do not include payment of Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% that will be imposed to the extent a finder’s fee was paid on certain redemptions of Class A shares made within 18 months of purchase.  If the sales charge was included, total returns would be lower.
4 If interest expense had been excluded, the expense ratios would have remained unchanged for the year ended June 30, 2025.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Class C

 

 

Per share operating performance.

For a capital share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    For the Year Ended June 30,  
    2025     2024     2023     2022     2021  
Net asset value, beginning of period   $ 9.09     $ 8.94     $ 9.09     $ 11.06     $ 10.86  
Income from Investment Operations:                                        
Net investment income (loss) 1     0.35       0.33       0.29       0.21       0.20  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     0.18       0.14       (0.17 )     (1.95 )     0.31  
Total from investment operations     0.53       0.47       0.12       (1.74 )     0.51  
                                         
Less Distributions:                                        
From net investment income     (0.34 )     (0.32 )     (0.27 )     (0.20 )     (0.20 )
From net realized gain     -       -       -       (0.03 )     (0.11 )
Total distributions     (0.34 )     (0.32 )     (0.27 )     (0.23 )     (0.31 )
                                         
Redemption fee proceeds1     -       - 2      - 2      - 2      - 2 
                                         
Net asset value, end of period   $ 9.28     $ 9.09     $ 8.94     $ 9.09     $ 11.06  
                                         
Total return3     5.94 %     5.41 %     1.32 %     (15.97 )%     4.74 %
                                         
Ratios and Supplemental Data:                                        
Net assets, end of period   $ 2,299,556     $ 2,524,640     $ 2,550,145     $ 3,234,680     $ 4,454,691  
                                         
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:                                        
Before fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     1.79 %4      1.75 %     1.77 %     1.70 %     1.69 %
After fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     1.57 %4      1.56 %     1.56 %     1.56 %     1.56 %
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets:                                        
Before fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     3.53 %     3.47 %     3.02 %     1.82 %     1.70 %
After fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     3.75 %     3.66 %     3.23 %     1.96 %     1.83 %
                                         
Portfolio turnover rate     56 %     51 %     40 %     59 %     104 %

 

1 Based on average shares outstanding for the year.
2 Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
3 Total returns would have been lower/higher had expenses not been waived or absorbed/recovered by the Advisor. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.  Returns do not include payment of Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% on certain redemptions of Class C shares made within 12 months of purchase.  If the sales charge was included, total returns would be lower.
4 If interest expense had been excluded, the expense ratios would have remained unchanged for the year ended June 30, 2025.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Class I

 

 

Per share operating performance.

For a capital share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    For the Year Ended June 30,  
    2025     2024     2023     2022     2021  
Net asset value, beginning of period   $ 9.09     $ 8.95     $ 9.10     $ 11.09     $ 10.88  
Income from Investment Operations:                                        
Net investment income (loss) 1     0.43       0.42       0.38       0.31       0.31  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     0.19       0.13       (0.17 )     (1.95 )     0.32  
Total from investment operations     0.62       0.55       0.21       (1.64 )     0.63  
                                         
Less Distributions:                                        
From net investment income     (0.43 )     (0.41 )     (0.36 )     (0.32 )     (0.31 )
From net realized gain     -       -       -       (0.03 )     (0.11 )
Total distributions     (0.43 )     (0.41 )     (0.36 )     (0.35 )     (0.42 )
                                         
Redemption fee proceeds1     -       - 2      - 2      - 2      - 2 
                                         
Net asset value, end of period   $ 9.28     $ 9.09     $ 8.95     $ 9.10     $ 11.09  
                                         
Total return3     7.00 %     6.36 %     2.35 %     (15.14 )%     5.88 %
                                         
Ratios and Supplemental Data:                                        
Net assets, end of period   $ 196,240,750     $ 145,631,936     $ 99,164,178     $ 123,385,419     $ 216,050,597  
                                         
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:                                        
Before fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     0.81 %4      0.73 %     0.77 %     0.71 %     0.69 %
After fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     0.59 %4      0.54 %     0.56 %     0.57 %     0.56 %
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets:                                        
Before fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     4.51 %     4.49 %     4.02 %     2.81 %     2.70 %
After fees waived and expenses absorbed/recovered     4.73 %     4.68 %     4.23 %     2.95 %     2.83 %
                                         
Portfolio turnover rate     56 %     51 %     40 %     59 %     104 %

 

1 Based on average shares outstanding for the year.
2 Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
3 Total returns would have been lower/higher had expenses not been waived or absorbed/recovered by the Advisor.  Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
4 If interest expense had been excluded, the expense ratios would have remained unchanged for the year ended June 30, 2025.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

June 30, 2025

 

 

Note 1 – Organization

AAM/Insight Select Income Fund (the “Fund”) is organized as a diversified series of Investment Managers Series Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) which is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).

 

The Fund’s primary investment objective is to seek current income. The Fund currently offers three classes of shares: Class A, Class C, and Class I. The Fund’s Class A, Class C and Class I shares commenced investment operations on April 19, 2013. The Fund’s Class Y shares commenced investment operations on October 31, 2017. Effective April 30, 2025 the Fund’s Class Y shares were terminated.

 

The shares of each class represent an interest in the same portfolio of investments of the Fund and have equal rights as to voting, redemptions, dividends and liquidation, subject to the approval of the Trustees.  Income, expenses (other than expenses attributable to a specific class) and realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares in proportion to their relative net assets.  Shareholders of a class that bears distribution and service expenses under the terms of a distribution plan have exclusive voting rights to that distribution plan.

 

The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 “Financial Services—Investment Companies”.

 

The Fund is deemed to be an individual reporting segment and is not part of a consolidated reporting entity. The objective and strategy of the Fund is used by the Advisor to make investment decisions, and the results of the operations, as shown on the Statements of Operations and the financial highlights for the Fund is the information utilized for the day-to-day management of the Fund. The Fund is party to the expense agreements as disclosed in the Notes to the Financial Statements and there are no resources allocated to a Fund based on performance measurements. The management of the Fund’s Advisor is deemed to be the Chief Operating Decision Maker with respect to the Fund’s investment decisions.

 

Note 2 – Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

(a) Valuation of Investments

The Fund values equity securities at the last reported sale price on the principal exchange or in the principal over the counter (“OTC”) market in which such securities are traded, as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE on the day the securities are being valued or, if the last-quoted sales price is not readily available, the securities will be valued at the last bid or the mean between the last available bid and ask price. Securities traded on the NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”). Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at the daily closing net asset value of the respective investment company. Debt securities are valued by utilizing a price supplied by independent pricing service providers. The independent pricing service providers may use various valuation methodologies including matrix pricing and other analytical pricing models as well as market transactions and dealer quotations. These models generally consider such factors as yields or prices of bonds of comparable quality, type of issue, coupon, maturity, ratings and general market conditions. If a price is not readily available for a portfolio security, the security will be valued at fair value (the amount which the Fund might reasonably expect to receive for the security upon its current sale). The Board of Trustees has designated the Advisor as the Fund’s valuation designee (the “Valuation Designee”) to make all fair value determinations with respect to the Fund’s portfolio investments, subject to the Board’s oversight. As the Valuation Designee, the Advisor has adopted and implemented policies and procedures to be followed when the Fund must utilize fair value pricing.

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – Continued

June 30, 2025

 

 

(b) Futures Contracts

The Fund may enter into futures contracts (including contracts relating to foreign currencies, interest rates and other financial indexes), and purchase and write (sell) related options traded on exchanges designated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) or, consistent with CFTC regulations, on foreign exchanges. Upon entering into futures contracts, the Fund bears risks that it may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the futures contracts and may realize a loss. Additional risks include counterparty credit risk, the possibility of an illiquid market, and that a change in the value of the contract or option may not correlate with changes in the value of the underlying asset.

 

Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund deposits cash or securities with the broker, known as a futures commission merchant (FCM), in an amount sufficient to meet the initial margin requirement. The initial margin deposit must be maintained at an established level over the life of the contract. Cash deposited as initial margin is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as cash deposited with broker. Securities deposited as initial margin are designated in the Schedule of Investments. During the period the futures contracts are open, changes in the value of the contracts are recognized as unrealized gains or losses by “marked to market” on a daily basis to reflect the market value of the contracts at the end of each day’s trading. Variation margin payments are received or made depending upon whether unrealized gains or losses are incurred. The variation margin payments are equal to the daily change in the contract value and are recorded as variation margin receivable or payable and are offset in unrealized gains or losses. Depending upon the agreement with the broker, the Fund may or may not settle variation margin daily. When the contracts are closed or expires, the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the proceeds from, or cost of, the closing transaction and the Fund’s basis in the contract.

 

(c) Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

The Fund may utilize forward foreign currency exchange contracts (“forward contracts”) under which it is obligated to exchange currencies on specified future dates at specified rates, and is subject to the translations of foreign exchange rates fluctuations. All contracts are “marked-to-market” daily and any resulting unrealized gains or losses are recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation on foreign currency translations. The Fund records realized gains or losses at the time the forward contract is settled. Counter parties to these forward contracts are major U.S. financial institutions.

 

(d) Swap Agreements

The Fund may enter into credit default swap agreements for investment purposes. A credit default swap agreement may have as reference obligations one or more securities that are not currently held by the Fund. The Fund may be either the buyer or seller in the transaction. Credit default swaps may also be structured based on the debt of a basket of issuers, rather than a single issuer, and may be customized with respect to the default event that triggers purchase or other factors. As a seller, the Fund would generally receive an upfront payment or a fixed rate of income throughout the term of the swap, which typically is between six months and three years, provided that there is no credit event. If a credit event occurs, generally the seller must pay the buyer the full face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference obligations that may have little or no value. The notional value will be used to segregate liquid assets for selling protection on credit default swaps. If the Fund were a buyer and no credit event occurs, the Fund would recover nothing if the swap is held through its termination date. However, if a credit event occurs, the buyer may elect to receive the full notional value of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference obligation that may have little or no value. The use of swap agreements by the Fund entails certain risks, which may be different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in the securities and other investments that are the referenced asset for the swap agreement. Swaps are highly specialized instruments that require investment techniques, risk analyses, and tax planning different from those associated with stocks, bonds, and other traditional investments. The use of a swap requires an understanding not only of the referenced asset, reference rate, or index, but also of the swap itself, without the benefit of observing the performance of the swap under all the possible market conditions. Because some swap agreements have a leverage component, adverse changes in the value or level of the underlying asset, reference rate, or index can result in a loss substantially greater than the amount invested in the swap itself. Certain swaps have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment.

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – Continued

June 30, 2025

 

 

The Fund may also purchase credit default swap contracts in order to hedge against the risk of default of the debt of a particular issuer or basket of issuers, in which case the Fund would function as the counterparty referenced in the preceding paragraph. This would involve the risk that the investment may expire worthless and would only generate income in the event of an actual default by the issuer(s) of the underlying obligation(s) (or, as applicable, a credit downgrade or other indication of financial instability). It would also involve the risk that the seller may fail to satisfy its payment obligations to the Fund in the event of a default. The purchase of credit default swaps involves costs, which will reduce the Fund’s return.

 

(e) Asset-Backed Securities

Asset-backed securities include pools of mortgages, loans, receivables or other assets. Payment of principal and interest may be largely dependent upon the cash flows generated by the assets backing the securities, and, in certain cases, supported by letters of credit, surety bonds, or other credit enhancements. The value of asset-backed securities may also be affected by the creditworthiness of the servicing agent for the pool, the originator of the loans or receivables, or the financial institution(s) providing the credit support. In addition, asset-backed securities are not backed by any governmental agency.

 

Collateralized Debt Obligations (“CDOs”) include Collateralized Bond Obligations (“CBOs”), Collateralized Loan Obligations (“CLOs”) and other similarly structured securities. CBOs and CLOs are types of asset backed securities. A CBO is a trust which is backed by a diversified pool of high risk, below investment grade fixed income securities. A CLO is a trust typically collateralized by a pool of loans, which may include, among others, domestic and foreign senior secured loans, senior unsecured loans, and subordinate corporate loans, including loans that may be rated below investment grade or equivalent unrated loans. The risks of an investment in a CDO depend largely on the type of the collateral securities and the class of the CDO in which a Fund invests. CDOs carry additional risks including, but not limited to, (i) the possibility that distributions from collateral securities will not be adequate to make interest or other payments, (ii) the collateral may decline in value or default, (iii) a Fund may invest in CDOs that are subordinate to other classes, and (iv) the complex structure of the security may not be fully understood at the time of investment and may produce disputes with the issuer or unexpected investment results.

 

(f) Preferred Stock Risk

Preferred stock represents an equity interest in a company that generally entitles the holder to receive, in preference to the holders of other stocks such as common stock, dividends and a fixed share of the proceeds resulting from a liquidation of the company. The market value of preferred stock is subject to company-specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities and is also sensitive to changes in the company’s creditworthiness, the ability of the company to make payments on the preferred stock, and changes in interest rates, typically declining in value if interest rates rise.

 

(g) Investment Transactions, Investment Income and Expenses

Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on investments are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded net of applicable withholding taxes on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends, if applicable, are paid (a portion of which may be reclaimable) or provided for in accordance with the applicable country’s tax rules and rates and are disclosed in the Statement of Operations. Withholding tax reclaims are filed in certain countries to recover a portion of the amounts previously withheld. The Fund records a reclaim receivable based on a number of factors, including a jurisdiction’s legal obligation to pay reclaims as well as payment history and market convention. Income and expenses of the Fund are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class of shares relative net assets, except for distribution and service fees which are unique to each class of shares. Expenses incurred by the Trust with respect to more than one Fund are allocated in proportion to the net assets of each Fund except where allocation of direct expenses to each Fund or an alternative allocation method can be more appropriately made.

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – Continued

June 30, 2025

 

 

(h) Federal Income Taxes

The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of their net investment income and any net realized gains to their shareholders. Therefore, no provision is made for federal income or excise taxes. Due to the timing of dividend distributions and the differences in accounting for income and realized gains and losses for financial statement and federal income tax purposes, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the year in which the income and realized gains and losses are recorded by the Fund.

 

Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (the “Income Tax Statement”) requires an evaluation of tax positions taken (or expected to be taken) in the course of preparing a Fund’s tax returns to determine whether these positions meet a “more-likely-than-not” standard that, based on the technical merits, have a more than fifty percent likelihood of being sustained by a taxing authority upon examination. A tax position that meets the “more-likely-than-not” recognition threshold is measured to determine the amount of benefit to recognize in the financial statements. The Fund recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations.

 

The Income Tax Statement requires management of the Fund to analyze tax positions taken in the prior three open tax years, if any, and tax positions expected to be taken in the Fund’s current tax year, as defined by the IRS statute of limitations for all major jurisdictions, including federal tax authorities and certain state tax authorities. As of June 30, 2025, and during the prior three open tax years the Fund did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Fund has no examinations in progress and is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.

 

(i) Distributions to Shareholders

The Fund will make distributions of net investment income monthly and net capital gains, if any, at least annually. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The amount and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

 

The character of distributions made during the year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from the characterization for federal income tax purposes due to differences in the recognition of income, expense and gain (loss) items for financial statement and tax purposes.

 

(j) Illiquid Securities

Pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted a Liquidity Risk Management Program (“LRMP”) that requires, among other things, that the Fund limits its illiquid investments that are assets to no more than 15% of net assets. An illiquid investment is any security which may not reasonably be expected to be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. If the Advisor, at any time determines that the value of illiquid securities held by the Fund exceeds 15% of its net asset value, the Advisor will take such steps as it considers appropriate to reduce them as soon as reasonably practicable in accordance with the Fund’s written LRMP.

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – Continued

June 30, 2025

 

 

Note 3 – Investment Advisory and Other Agreements

The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Advisors Asset Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”). Under the terms of the Agreement, the Fund pays a monthly investment advisory fee to the Advisor at the annual rate of 0.38% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The Advisor has engaged Insight North America LLC (the “Sub-Advisor”) to manage the Fund and pay the Sub-Advisor from its advisory fees.

 

The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or pay for operating expenses of the Fund to ensure that total annual fund operating expenses (excluding taxes, leverage interest, brokerage commissions, dividend and interest expenses on short sales, acquired fund fees and expenses (as determined in accordance with Form N-1A), expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, or extraordinary expenses such as litigation expenses) do not exceed 0.85%, 1.60%, 0.60% and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of the Fund’s Class A, Class C, Class I and Class Y Shares, respectively. This agreement is in effect until October 31, 2034, and it may be terminated before that date only by the Trust’s Board of Trustees.

 

For the year ended June 30, 2025, the Advisor waived its fees totaling $421,865 for the Fund. The Advisor is permitted to seek reimbursement from the Fund, subject to certain limitations, of fees waived or payments made to the Fund for a period ending three full fiscal years after the date of the waiver or payment. This reimbursement may be requested from the Fund if the reimbursement will not cause the Fund’s annual expense ratio to exceed the lesser of (a) the expense limitation in effect at the time such fees were waived or payments made, or (b) the expense limitation in effect at the time of the reimbursement. At June 30, 2025, the amount of these potentially recoverable expenses was $912,807. The potential recoverable amount is noted as “Commitments and contingencies” as reported on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Advisor may recapture all or a portion of this amount no later than June 30 of the years stated below:

 

2026   $ 234,038  
2027     256,904  
2028     421,865  
Total   $ 912,807  

 

UMB Fund Services, Inc. (“UMBFS”) serves as the Fund’s fund accountant, transfer agent and co-administrator; and Mutual Fund Administration, LLC (“MFAC”) serves as the Fund’s other co-administrator. UMB Bank, N.A., an affiliate of UMBFS, serves as the Fund’s custodian. The Fund’s allocated fees incurred for fund accounting, fund administration, transfer agency and custody services for the year ended June 30, 2025, are reported on the Statement of Operations.

 

IMST Distributors, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Foreside Financial Group, LLC (d/b/a ACA Group), serves as the Fund’s distributor (the “Distributor”). The Distributor does not receive compensation from the Fund for its distribution services; the Advisor pays the Distributor a fee for its distribution-related services.

 

Certain trustees and officers of the Trust are employees of UMBFS or MFAC. The Fund does not compensate trustees and officers affiliated with the Fund’s co-administrators. For the year ended June 30, 2025, the Fund’s allocated fees incurred to Trustees who are not affiliated with the Fund’s co-administrators are reported on the Statement of Operations.

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – Continued

June 30, 2025

 

 

The Fund’s Board of Trustees has adopted a Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) for the Independent Trustees that enables Trustees to elect to receive payment in cash or the option to select various fund(s) in the Trust in which their deferred accounts shall be deemed to be invested. If a trustee elects to defer payment, the Plan provides for the creation of a deferred payment account. The Fund’s liability for these amounts is adjusted for market value changes in the invested fund and remains a liability to the Fund until distributed in accordance with the Plan.  The Trustees’ Deferred compensation liability under the Plan constitutes a general unsecured obligation of the Fund and is disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.  Contributions made under the plan and the change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation and income are included in the Trustees’ fees and expenses in the Statement of Operations.

 

Dziura Compliance Consulting, LLC provides Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) services to the Trust. The Fund’s allocated fees incurred for CCO services for the year ended June 30, 2025, are reported on the Statement of Operations.

 

Note 4 – Federal Income Taxes

At June 30, 2025, gross unrealized appreciation and (depreciation) of investments, based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

Cost of investments   $ 210,494,281  
         
Gross unrealized appreciation     2,853,292  
Gross unrealized depreciation     (7,770,700 )
         
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)   $ (4,917,408 )

 

The difference between cost amounts for financial statement and federal income tax purposes is due primarily to wash sales.

 

U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be reclassified between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share. For the year ended June 30, 2025, permanent differences in book and tax accounting have been reclassified to paid-in capital and total distributable earnings (accumulated deficit) as follows:

 

  Increase (Decrease)  
  Paid in Capital     Total Distributable
Earnings
(Accumulated Deficit)
 
  $ 337     $ (337 )

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – Continued

June 30, 2025

 

 

As of June 30, 2025, the components of accumulated earnings (deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Undistributed ordinary income   $ 770,217  
Undistributed long-term capital gains     -  
Tax accumulated earnings     770,217  
         
Accumulated capital and other losses     (15.894,048 )
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments     (4,917,408 )
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap contracts     (29,373 )
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) deferred compensation     (25,763 )
Gross unrealized appreciation on foreign currency transactions     1,187  
Total accumulated earnings (deficit)   $ (20,095,188 )

 

The tax character of the distributions paid during the fiscal years ended June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2024 were as follows:

 

    2025     2024  
Distributions paid from:                
Ordinary income   $ 8,727,797     $ 5,993,545  
Net long-term capital gains     -       -  
Total distributions paid   $ 8,727,797     $ 5,993,545  

 

At June 30, 2025, the Fund had an accumulated capital loss carry forward as follows:

 

Not Subject to Expiration:      
Short-term   $ 2,423,586  
Long-term     13,470,462  
Total   $ 15,894,048  

 

To the extent that a fund may realize future net capital gains, those gains will be offset by any of its unused capital loss carryforward. Future capital loss carryover utilization in any given year may be subject to Internal Revenue Code limitations.

 

Note 5 – Redemption Fee

The Fund may impose a redemption fee of 2.00% of the total redemption amount on all shares redeemed within 90 days of purchase. For the year ended June 30, 2025 and the year ended June 30, 2024, the Fund received $2,277 and $3,249, respectively, in redemption fees.

 

Note 6 – Investment Transactions

For the year ended June 30, 2025, purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term investments, forward contracts and futures contracts, were $147,780,766 and $102,241,665, respectively.

 

Note 7 – Shareholder Servicing Plan

The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, has adopted a Shareholder Servicing Plan to pay a fee at an annual rate of up to 0.10% of the average daily net assets attributable to Class A shares, Class C shares, and Class I shares serviced by shareholder servicing agents who provide administrative and support services to their customers. The Class Y shares do not participate in the Shareholder Servicing Plan.

 

For the year ended June 30, 2025, shareholder servicing fees incurred are disclosed on the Statement of Operations.

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – Continued

June 30, 2025

 

 

Note 8 – Distribution Plan

The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, has adopted a Rule 12b-1 plan with respect to its Class A and Class C Shares. Under the plan, the Fund pays to the Distributor distribution fees in connection with the sale and distribution of the Fund’s Class A and Class C Shares and/or administrative service fees in connection with the provision of ongoing services to shareholders and the maintenance of shareholder accounts.

 

For Class A Shares, the maximum annual fee payable to the Distributor for such distribution and/or administrative services is 0.25% of the average daily net assets of such shares. For Class C shares, the maximum annual fees payable to the Distributor for distribution services and administrative services are 0.75% and 0.25%, respectively, of the average daily net assets of such shares. Class I Shares are not subject to any distribution or service fees under the Plan.

 

For the year ended June 30, 2025, distribution and service fees incurred are disclosed on the Statement of Operations.

 

Note 9 – Indemnifications

In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations, which provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred.  However, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.

 

Note 10 – Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure

Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with GAAP, and expands disclosure about fair value measurements. It also provides guidance on determining when there has been a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity for an asset or a liability, when a transaction is not orderly, and how that information must be incorporated into a fair value measurement.

 

Under Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized into three broad Levels as described below:

 

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access.

 

Level 2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, 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 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available; representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.

 

The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, 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 greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – Continued

June 30, 2025

 

 

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 within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety, is determined based on the lowest Level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of June 30, 2025, in valuing the Fund’s assets carried at fair value:

 

    Level 1     Level 2     Level 3*     Total  
Assets                                
Investments                                
Asset-Backed Securities   $ -     $ 24,440,254     $ -     $ 24,440,254  
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities     -       2,303,689       -       2,303,689  
Corporate Bonds1     -       167,674,022       -       167,674,022  
Municipal Bonds     -       502,817       -       502,817  
U.S. Government and Agencies     -       5,913,825       -       5,913,825  
Short-Term Investments     4,742,266       -       -       4,742,266  
Total Investments     4,742,266       200,834,607       -       205,576,873  
Other Financial Instruments**                                
Futures Contracts     957,285       -       -       957,285  
Total Assets   $ 5,699,551     $ 200,834,607     $ -     $ 206,534,158  
                                 
Liabilities                                
Other Financial Instruments**                                
Credit Default Swap Contracts   $ -     $ 29,373     $ -     $ 29,373  
Forward Contracts     -       43,712       -       43,712  
Futures Contracts     185,304       -       -       185,304  
Total Liabilities   $ 185,304     $ 73,085     $ -     $ 258,389  

 

1 For a detailed break-out of corporate bonds by major sector classification, please refer to the Schedules of Investments.
* The Fund did not hold any Level 3 securities at period end.
** Other financial instruments are derivative instruments such as swap contracts, forward contracts and futures contracts. Swap contracts, forwards contracts and futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

Note 11 – Derivatives and Hedging Disclosures

Derivatives and Hedging requires enhanced disclosures about the Fund’s derivative and hedging activities, including how such activities are accounted for and their effects on the Fund’s financial position and performance. The Fund invested in futures contracts and forward contracts during the year ended June 30, 2025.

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – Continued

June 30, 2025

 

 

The effects of these derivative instruments on the Fund’s financial position and financial performance as reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Operations are presented in the tables below. The fair values of derivative instruments, as of June 30, 2025, by risk category are as follows:

 

        Asset
Derivatives
    Liability
Derivatives
 
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments   Statement of Asset and
Liabilities Location
  Value     Value  
Credit Default Swap Contracts   Unrealized appreciation on open swap contracts   $ -     $ 29,373  
Foreign Exchange Contract   Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts     -       43,712  
Interest Rate Contracts   Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on open futures contracts*     957,285       185,304  

 

* Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation is shown as variation margin as presented on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The effects of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the year ended June 30, 2025, are as follows:

 

Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments       Total  
Credit Default Swap Contracts   Swap Contracts   $ (190,038 )
Foreign Exchange Contracts   Forward Contracts     45,007  
Interest Rate Contracts   Futures Contracts     313,445  

 

Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation on Derivatives Recognized in Income
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments       Total  
Credit Default Swap Contracts   Swap Contracts   $ (29,373 )
Foreign Exchange Contracts   Forward Contracts     (136,528 )
Interest Rate Contracts   Futures Contracts     551,802  

 

The quarterly average volumes of derivative instruments as of June 30, 2025, are as follows:

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments           Total  
Swap Contracts   Credit Default Swap Contracts   Notional Amount   $ 500,000  
Foreign Exchange Contracts   Long Forward Contracts   Notional Amount     124,431  
Foreign Exchange Contracts   Short Forward Contracts   Notional Amount     (3,171,742 )
Interest Rate Contracts   Long Futures Contracts   Notional Amount     38,039,633  
Interest Rate Contracts   Short Futures Contracts   Notional Amount     (12,292,308 )

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – Continued

June 30, 2025

 

 

Note 12 - Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities requires an entity to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of its financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position. The guidance requires retrospective application for all comparative periods presented.

 

A Fund mitigates credit risk with respect to OTC derivative counterparties through credit support annexes included with ISDA Master Agreements or other Master Netting Agreements which are the standard contracts governing most derivative transactions between the Fund and each of its counterparties. These agreements allow the Fund and each counterparty to offset certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables against each other and/or with collateral, which is generally held by the Fund’s custodian. The amount of collateral moved to/from applicable counterparties is based upon minimum transfer amounts specified in the agreement. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance.

 

              Amounts Not Offset in
Consolidated Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
     

Description/Financial

Instrument/Statement of
Assets and Liabilities
Category

  Counterparty   Gross Amounts
Presented in
Consolidated
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
    Financial
Instruments*
  Cash
Collateral**
    Net Amount  
Unrealized depreciation on open swap contracts – liability payable   J.P. Morgan   $ 29,373   $ -     (29,373 )     -  

 

* Amounts relate to master netting agreements and collateral agreements (for example, ISDA) which have been determined by the Advisor to be legally enforceable in the event of default and where certain other criteria are met in accordance with applicable offsetting accounting guidance.
** Amounts relate to master netting agreements and collateral agreements which have been determined by the Advisor to be legally enforceable in the event of default but where certain other criteria are not met in accordance with applicable offsetting accounting guidance. The collateral amounts may exceed the related net amounts of financial assets and liabilities presented in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Where this is the case, the total amount reported is limited to the net amounts of financial assets and liabilities with that counterparty.

 

Note 13 – Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risks

Certain local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illnesses and/or other public health issues, financial institution instability or other events may have a significant impact on a security or instrument. These types of events and other like them are collectively referred to as “Market Disruptions and Geopolitical Risks” and they may have adverse impacts on the worldwide economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, the financial health of individual companies and the market in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Some of the impacts noted in recent times include but are not limited to embargos, political actions, supply chain disruptions, tariffs, bank failures, restrictions to investment and/or monetary movement including the forced selling of securities or the inability to participate impacted markets. The duration of these events could adversely affect the Fund’s performance, the performance of the securities in which the Fund invests and may lead to losses on your investment. The ultimate impact of “Market Disruptions and Geopolitical Risks” on the financial performance of the Fund’s investments is not reasonably estimable at this time. Management is actively monitoring these events.

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – Continued

June 30, 2025

 

 

Note 14 - Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures (“ASU 2023-07”),” which enhances disclosure requirements about significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker (the “CODM”). ASU 2023-07, among other things, (i) requires a single segment public entity to provide all of the disclosures as required by Topic 280, (ii) requires a public entity to disclose the title and position of the CODM and an explanation of how the CODM uses the reported measure(s) of segment profit or loss in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources and (iii) provides the ability for a public entity to elect more than one performance measure. ASU 2023-07 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Management has evaluated the impact of applying ASU 2023-07, and the Fund has adopted the ASU during the reporting period. The adoption of the ASU does not have a material impact on the financial statements. Required disclosure is included in Note 1.

 

Note 15 – Events Subsequent to the Fiscal Period End

The Fund has adopted financial reporting rules regarding subsequent events which require an entity to recognize in the financial statements the effects of all subsequent events that provide additional evidence about conditions that existed at the date of the balance sheet. Management has evaluated the Fund’s related events and transactions that occurred through the date of issuance of the Fund’s financial statements. There were no events or transactions that occurred during this period that materially impacted the amounts or disclosures in the Fund’s financial statements.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Board of Trustees of

Investment Managers Series Trust

and the Shareholders of the AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of the AAM/Insight Select Income Fund (the “Fund”), a series of Investment Managers Series Trust, including the schedule of investments, as of June 30, 2025, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, 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 the Fund as of June 30, 2025, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s 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 Fund 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 have served as the auditor of one or more of the funds in the Trust since 2007.

 

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 Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its 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 Fund’s 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 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. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of June 30, 2025 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

 
  TAIT, WELLER & BAKER LLP

 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

August 29, 2025

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AAM/Insight Select Income Fund

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Unaudited)

 

 

Long-Term Capital Gain

The Fund designates $0.00 as long term capital gain distribution.

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Form N-CSR Items 8 - 11 (Unaudited)

 

 

Item 8. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants for Open-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not Applicable.

 

Item 9. Proxy Disclosures for Open-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not Applicable.

 

Item 10. Remuneration Paid to Directors, Officers, and Others of Open-End Management Investment Companies.

 

This information is included in Item 7, as part of the financial statements.

 

Item 11. Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of Investment Advisory Contract.

 

Board Consideration of Investment Advisory Agreements (Unaudited)

At an in-person meeting held on March 19-20, 2025, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Investment Managers Series Trust (the “Trust”), including the trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”) as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), reviewed and unanimously approved the renewal of the investment advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) between the Trust and Advisors Asset Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”), and the sub-advisory agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) between the Advisor and Hartford Investment Management Company (the “Sub-Advisor”), with respect to the AAM/HIMCO Short Duration Fund series of the Trust (the “Fund”) for additional one-year terms from when they otherwise would expire. The Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement are referred to below as the “Fund Advisory Agreements.” In approving the renewal of each Fund Advisory Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined that such renewal was in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.

 

Background

In advance of the meeting, the Board received information about the Fund and the Fund Advisory Agreements from the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor, and Mutual Fund Administration, LLC and UMB Fund Services, Inc., the Trust’s co-administrators, certain portions of which are discussed below. The materials, among other things, included information about the organization and financial condition of the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor; information regarding the background, experience, and compensation structure of relevant personnel providing services to the Fund; information about the Advisor’s and the Sub-Advisor’s compliance policies and procedures, disaster recovery and contingency planning, and policies with respect to portfolio execution and trading; information regarding the profitability of the Advisor’s overall relationship with the Fund; reports comparing the performance of the Fund with returns of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (the “U.S. Aggregate Bond Index”), the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit 1-3 Year Index (the “U.S. Government/Credit Index”), and a group of comparable funds (the “Peer Group”) selected by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”) from Morningstar, Inc.’s Ultrashort Bond category (the “Fund Universe”) for the one-, three-, five-, and ten-year periods ended December 31, 2024; reports comparing the investment advisory fee and total expenses of the Fund with those of the Peer Group and Fund Universe; and the advisory and sub-advisory fees paid pursuant to the Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement, respectively. The Board also received a memorandum from legal counsel to the Trust discussing the legal standards under the 1940 Act and other applicable law for their consideration of the proposed renewal of the Fund Advisory Agreements. In addition, the Board considered information reviewed by the Board during the year at other Board and Board committee meetings. No representatives of the Advisor or Sub-Advisor were present during the Board’s consideration of the Fund Advisory Agreements, and the Independent Trustees were represented by their legal counsel with respect to the matters considered.

 

In renewing each Fund Advisory Agreement, the Board and the Independent Trustees considered a variety of factors, including those discussed below. In their deliberations, the Board and the Independent Trustees did not identify any particular factor that was controlling, and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to the various factors.

   

 

Form N-CSR Items 8 - 11 (Unaudited) - Continued

 

  

Advisors Asset Management, Inc.

 

Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services

With respect to the performance results of the Fund, the meeting materials indicated that the Fund’s annualized total return for the ten-year period was above the Peer Group and Fund Universe median returns, the U.S. Government/Credit Index return, and the U.S. Aggregate Bond Index return. The Fund’s annualized total return for the five-year period was above the U.S. Government/Credit Index and U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returns, but below the Fund Universe and Peer Group median returns by 0.06% and 0.10%, respectively. For the one-year period, the Fund’s total return was above the U.S. Government/Credit Index and U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returns, but below the Fund Universe and Peer Group median returns by 0.18% and 0.26%, respectively. The Fund’s annualized total return for the three-year period was above the U.S. Government/Credit Index and U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returns, but below the Peer Group and Fund Universe median returns by 0.36% and 0.44%, respectively. The Trustees considered the Advisor’s assertion that during periods when short-term interest rates increase, the Fund is generally expected to underperform relative to the funds in the Peer Group and Fund Universe, due to its longer duration. The Trustees also considered Advisor’s belief that given the Fund’s longer duration, it should be included in the Short-Term Bond category rather than the Fund Universe, which has a duration ceiling of one year.

 

The Board considered the overall quality of services provided by the Advisor to the Fund. In doing so, the Board considered the Advisor’s specific responsibilities in day-to-day management and oversight of the Fund, as well as the qualifications, experience, and responsibilities of the personnel involved in the activities of the Fund. The Board also considered the overall quality of the organization and operations of the Advisor, as well as its compliance structure. In addition, the Board considered the respective roles of the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor, noting that the Advisor provides overall supervision of the general investment management and investment operations of the Fund and oversees the Sub-Advisor with respect to the Fund’s operations, including monitoring the investment and trading activities of the Sub-Advisor, monitoring the Fund’s compliance with its investment policies, and providing general administrative services related to the Advisor’s overall supervision of the Fund; and that the Sub-Advisor’s responsibilities include day-to-day portfolio management. The Board and the Independent Trustees concluded that based on the various factors they had reviewed, the nature, overall quality, and extent of the management and oversight services provided by the Advisor to the Fund were satisfactory.

 

Advisory Fee and Expense Ratio

With respect to the advisory fee paid by the Fund, the meeting materials indicated that the annual investment advisory fee (gross of fee waivers) was higher than the Peer Group and Fund Universe medians by 0.125% and 0.13%, respectively. The Trustees considered the Advisor’s belief that the Fund utilizes more sophisticated asset classes than some of the funds in the Peer Group and Fund Universe, and that the Fund’s value-added investment process is evidenced by the Fund’s strong performance relative to its benchmark. The Trustees noted that the Advisor does not manage any other accounts with the same objectives and policies as the Fund, and therefore they did not have a good basis for comparing the Fund’s advisory fee with those of other similar client accounts of the Advisor. The Trustees also considered that the Fund’s advisory fee was the same as the advisory fee paid by the other series of the Trust managed by the Advisor.

 

The annual total expenses paid by the Fund (net of fee waivers) for the Fund’s most recent fiscal year were higher than both the Peer Group and Fund Universe medians by 0.24%. The Trustees considered the Advisor’s observation that some of the funds in the Peer Group are part of larger fund complexes and therefore could have lower expenses or support lower expense caps.

   

 

Form N-CSR Items 8 - 11 (Unaudited) - Continued

 

 

The Board and the Independent Trustees concluded that based on the factors they had reviewed, the compensation payable to the Advisor under the Advisory Agreement was fair and reasonable in light of the nature and quality of the services the Advisor provides to the Fund.

 

Profitability, Benefits to the Advisor, and Economies of Scale

The Board next considered information prepared by the Advisor relating to its costs and profits with respect to the Fund for the year ended December 31, 2024, noting that the Advisor had waived a portion of its advisory fee for the Fund, and that the Advisor did not realize a profit with respect to the Fund.

 

The Board also considered the benefits received by the Advisor as a result of the Advisor’s relationship with the Fund, other than the receipt of its investment advisory fee, including the beneficial effects from the review by the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer of the Advisor’s compliance program, the intangible benefits of the Advisor’s association with the Fund generally, and any favorable publicity arising in connection with the Fund’s performance. The Trustees noted that although there were no advisory fee breakpoints, the asset level of the Fund was not currently likely to lead to significant economies of scale, and that any such economies would be considered in the future as the assets of the Fund grow.

 

Hartford Investment Management Company

Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services

The Board considered the overall quality of services provided by the Sub-Advisor to the Fund. In doing so, the Board considered the Sub-Advisor’s specific responsibilities in day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund, as well as the qualifications, experience, and responsibilities of the personnel involved in the activities of the Fund. The Board also considered the overall quality of the organization and operations of the Sub-Advisor, as well as its compliance structure. The Board’s observations regarding the performance of the Fund are described above. The Board and the Independent Trustees concluded that based on the various factors they had reviewed, the nature, overall quality, and extent of the management services provided by the Sub-Advisor to the Fund were satisfactory.

 

Sub-Advisory Fee

The Board reviewed information regarding the sub-advisory fee charged by the Sub-Advisor with respect to the Fund and noted that for as long as the Advisor has agreed to waive investment advisory fees payable to it by the Fund and/or absorb expenses pursuant to an operating expense limitation agreement, the Sub-Advisor has agreed to contribute to such waiver and/or reimbursement. The Trustees also noted that the sub-advisory fee charged by the Sub-Advisor with respect to the Fund was lower than the Sub-Advisor’s standard fee schedule for institutional client accounts managed using its short duration strategy up to the $75 million asset level, but higher than its standard fee schedule above that level. The Board noted, however, that management of mutual fund assets requires compliance with certain requirements under the 1940 Act that do not apply to the Sub-Advisor’s institutional clients. The Board noted that the Advisor pays the Sub-Advisor’s sub-advisory fee out of the Advisor’s advisory fee.

 

The Board and the Independent Trustees concluded that based on the factors they had reviewed, the compensation payable to the Sub-Advisor under the Sub-Advisory Agreement was fair and reasonable in light of the nature and quality of the services the Sub-Advisor provides to the Fund.

 

Benefits to the Sub-Advisor

The Board considered the benefits received by the Sub-Advisor as a result of its relationship with the Fund, other than the receipt of its sub-advisory fee, including any research received from broker-dealers providing execution services to the Fund, the beneficial effects from the review by the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer of the Sub-Advisor’s compliance program, the intangible benefits of the Sub-Advisor’s association with the Fund generally, and any favorable publicity arising in connection with the Fund’s performance.

   

 

Form N-CSR Items 8 - 11 (Unaudited) - Continued

 

 

Conclusion

Based on these and other factors, the Board and the Independent Trustees concluded that renewal of the Fund Advisory Agreements was in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders and, accordingly, renewed each Fund Advisory Agreement.

   

 

Form N-CSR Items 8 - 11 (Unaudited) - Continued

 

 

Board Consideration of Investment Advisory Agreements (Unaudited)

At an in-person meeting held on March 19-20, 2025, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Investment Managers Series Trust (the “Trust”), including the trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”) as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), reviewed and unanimously approved the renewal of the investment advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) between the Trust and Advisors Asset Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”), and the sub-advisory agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) between the Advisor and Insight North America LLC (the “Sub-Advisor”), with respect to the AAM/Insight Select Income Fund series of the Trust (the “Fund”) for additional one-year terms from when they otherwise would expire. The Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement are referred to below as the “Fund Advisory Agreements.” In approving the renewal of each Fund Advisory Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined that such renewal was in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders.

 

Background

In advance of the meeting, the Board received information about the Fund and the Fund Advisory Agreements from the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor, and Mutual Fund Administration, LLC and UMB Fund Services, Inc., the Trust’s co-administrators, certain portions of which are discussed below. The materials, among other things, included information about the organization and financial condition of the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor; information regarding the background, experience, and compensation structure of relevant personnel providing services to the Fund; information about the Advisor’s and the Sub-Advisor’s compliance policies and procedures, disaster recovery and contingency planning, and policies with respect to portfolio execution and trading; information regarding the profitability of the Advisor’s overall relationship with the Fund; reports comparing the performance of the Fund with returns of the Bloomberg U.S. Credit Index (the “U.S. Credit Index”), the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (the “U.S. Aggregate Bond Index”), and a group of comparable funds (the “Peer Group”) selected by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”) from Morningstar, Inc.’s Corporate Bond category (the “Fund Universe”) for the one-, three-, five-, and ten-year periods ended December 31, 2024; reports comparing the investment advisory fee and total expenses of the Fund with those of the Peer Group and Fund Universe; and the advisory and sub-advisory fees paid pursuant to the Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement, respectively. The Board also received a memorandum from legal counsel to the Trust discussing the legal standards under the 1940 Act and other applicable law for their consideration of the proposed renewal of the Fund Advisory Agreements. In addition, the Board considered information reviewed by the Board during the year at other Board and Board committee meetings. No representatives of the Advisor or Sub-Advisor were present during the Board’s consideration of the Fund Advisory Agreements, and the Independent Trustees were represented by their legal counsel with respect to the matters considered.

 

In renewing each Fund Advisory Agreement, the Board and the Independent Trustees considered a variety of factors, including those discussed below. In their deliberations, the Board and the Independent Trustees did not identify any particular factor that was controlling, and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to the various factors.

   

 

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Advisors Asset Management, Inc.

 

Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services

With respect to the performance results of the Fund, the meeting materials indicated that the Fund’s annualized total returns for the one-, three-, five-, and ten-year periods were above the Peer Group and Fund Universe median returns, the U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returns, and the U.S. Credit Index returns.

 

The Board considered the overall quality of services provided by the Advisor to the Fund. In doing so, the Board considered the Advisor’s specific responsibilities in day-to-day management and oversight of the Fund, as well as the qualifications, experience, and responsibilities of the personnel involved in the activities of the Fund. The Board also considered the overall quality of the organization and operations of the Advisor, as well as its compliance structure. In addition, the Board considered the respective roles of the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor, noting that the Advisor provides overall supervision of the general investment management and investment operations of the Fund and oversees the Sub-Advisor with respect to the Fund’s operations, including monitoring the investment and trading activities of the Sub-Advisor, monitoring the Fund’s compliance with its investment policies, and providing general administrative services related to the Advisor’s overall supervision of the Fund; and that the Sub-Advisor’s responsibilities include day-to-day portfolio management. The Board and the Independent Trustees concluded that based on the various factors they had reviewed, the nature, overall quality, and extent of the management and oversight services provided by the Advisor to the Fund were satisfactory.

 

Advisory Fee and Expense Ratio

With respect to the advisory fee paid by the Fund, the meeting materials indicated that the annual investment advisory fee (gross of fee waivers) was lower than the Peer Group median and the same as the Fund Universe median. The Trustees noted that the Advisor does not manage any other accounts with the same objectives and policies as the Fund, and therefore they did not have a good basis for comparing the Fund’s advisory fee with those of other similar client accounts of the Advisor. The Trustees also considered that the Fund’s advisory fee was the same as the advisory fee paid by the other series of the Trust managed by the Advisor.

 

The annual total expenses paid by the Fund (net of fee waivers) for the Fund’s most recent fiscal year were higher than the Peer Group and Fund Universe medians by 0.03% and 0.04%, respectively. The Trustees noted, however, that the average net assets of the Fund’s class considered by Broadridge were significantly lower than the average net assets of corresponding classes of funds in the Peer Group and Fund Universe, and that certain of those other funds also had significant assets in other classes. The Trustees also considered that the Fund’s total expenses were not in the highest quartile of those funds in the Peer Group or Fund Universe.

 

The Board and the Independent Trustees concluded that based on the factors they had reviewed, the compensation payable to the Advisor under the Advisory Agreement was fair and reasonable in light of the nature and quality of the services the Advisor provides to the Fund.

 

Profitability, Benefits to the Advisor, and Economies of Scale

The Board next considered information prepared by the Advisor relating to its costs and profits with respect to the Fund for the year ended December 31, 2024, noting that the Advisor had waived a significant portion of its advisory fee for the Fund, and that the Advisor did not realize a profit with respect to the Fund.

 

The Board also considered the benefits received by the Advisor as a result of the Advisor’s relationship with the Fund, other than the receipt of its investment advisory fee, including the beneficial effects from the review by the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer of the Advisor’s compliance program, the intangible benefits of the Advisor’s association with the Fund generally, and any favorable publicity arising in connection with the Fund’s performance. The Trustees noted that although there were no advisory fee breakpoints, the asset level of the Fund was not currently likely to lead to significant economies of scale, and that any such economies would be considered in the future as the assets of the Fund grow.

   

 

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Insight North America LLC

 

Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services

The Board considered the overall quality of services provided by the Sub-Advisor to the Fund. In doing so, the Board considered the Sub-Advisor’s specific responsibilities in day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund, as well as the qualifications, experience, and responsibilities of the personnel involved in the activities of the Fund. The Board also considered the overall quality of the organization and operations of the Sub-Advisor, as well as its compliance structure. The Board’s observations regarding the performance of the Fund are described above. The Board and the Independent Trustees concluded that based on the various factors they had reviewed, the nature, overall quality, and extent of the management services provided by the Sub-Advisor to the Fund were satisfactory.

 

Sub-Advisory Fee

The Board reviewed information regarding the sub-advisory fee charged by the Sub-Advisor with respect to the Fund, and noted that it was lower than the advisory fee that the Sub-Advisor charges to manage a closed-end fund, and lower than the sub-advisory fee that the Sub-Advisor charges to sub-advise an open-end fund, each of which have the same or similar strategies as the Fund. The Board observed that the Advisor pays the Sub-Advisor’s sub-advisory fee out of the Advisor’s advisory fee.

 

The Board and the Independent Trustees concluded that based on the factors they had reviewed, the compensation payable to the Sub-Advisor under the Sub-Advisory Agreement was fair and reasonable in light of the nature and quality of the services the Sub-Advisor provides to the Fund.

 

Benefits to the Sub-Advisor

The Board considered the benefits received by the Sub-Advisor as a result of its relationship with the Fund, other than the receipt of its sub-advisory fee, including any research received from broker-dealers providing execution services to the Fund, the beneficial effects from the review by the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer of the Sub-Advisor’s compliance program, the intangible benefits of the Sub-Advisor’s association with the Fund generally, and any favorable publicity arising in connection with the Fund’s performance.

 

Conclusion

Based on these and other factors, the Board and the Independent Trustees concluded that renewal of the Fund Advisory Agreements was in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders and, accordingly, renewed each Fund Advisory Agreement. 

   

 

 

Item 12. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

 

Item 13. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

 

Item 14. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

 

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

 

Item 15. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The registrant has not made any material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Trustees.

 

Item 16. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) The Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have reviewed the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, as required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based on their review, such officers have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed in this report is appropriately recorded, processed, summarized and reported and made known to them by others within the Registrant and by the Registrant’s service provider.

 

(b) There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
   

 

Item 17. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

 

Item 18. Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation.

 

(a) Not Applicable.

 

(b) Not Applicable.

 

Item 19. Exhibits.

 

(a) (1) Any code of ethics or amendment thereto, that is subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy Item 2 requirements through filing an exhibit. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form N-CSR filed June 8, 2018.

 

(a) (2) Any policy required by the listing standards adopted pursuant to Rule 10D-1 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.10D-1) by the registered national securities exchange or registered national securities association upon which the registrant’s securities are listed. Instruction to paragraph (a)(2). Not Applicable.

 

(a) (3) A separate certification for each principal executive and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)). Filed herewith

 

(a) (4) Not Applicable

 

(a) (5) Not Applicable

 

(b) Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.
   

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant) Investment Managers Series Trust  
     
By (Signature and Title) /s/ Maureen Quill  
  Maureen Quill, President and Principal Executive Officer  
     
Date 9/8/2025  

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By (Signature and Title) /s/ Maureen Quill  
  Maureen Quill, President and Principal Executive Officer  
     
Date 9/8/2025  
     
By (Signature and Title) /s/ Rita Dam  
  Rita Dam, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer  
     
Date 9/8/2025