0001752724-23-095363.txt : 20230511 0001752724-23-095363.hdr.sgml : 20230511 20230511084038 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-23-095363 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20230228 FILED AS OF DATE: 20230511 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20230511 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20230511 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001496292 IRS NUMBER: 272988890 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-22438 FILM NUMBER: 23909035 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7337 EAST DOUBLETREE RANCH ROAD STREET 2: STE 100 CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-477-3000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7337 EAST DOUBLETREE RANCH ROAD STREET 2: STE 100 CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ING Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100712 N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0404 N-CEN LIVE 0001496292 XXXXXXXX 811-22438 false false false N-2 Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund 811-22438 0001496292 549300MBU0OQHUKI2Y86 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road Suite 100 Scottsdale 85258 US-AZ US 1-800-992-0180 Voya Investment Management Co. 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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 

To the Shareholders and 
Board of Trustees of Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund 

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund (the Fund) as of and for the year ended February 28, 2023, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), we considered the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.  

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

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

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

Our consideration of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the PCAOB. However, we noted no deficiencies in the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of February 28, 2023.  

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.  

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP  
Boston, Massachusetts 
April 25, 2023