N-CSRS 1 s121403_ncsrs.htm N-CSRS

  

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549 

 

 

 

FORM N-CSRS

 

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES 

 

Investment Company Act File Number 811-22698 

 

KraneShares Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 

 

 

 

280 Park Avenue

32nd Floor

New York, New York 10017

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

  

Jonathan Krane

KraneShares Trust

280 Park Avenue

32nd Floor

New York, New York 10017

(Name and address of agent for service)

  

Copy to:

Stacy L. Fuller

K&L Gates LLP

1601 K Street NW

Washington, DC 20006-1600

  

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (855) 857-2638

 

Date of fiscal year end: March 31, 2020

 

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2019

  

 

 

  

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

 

A copy of the report transmitted to stockholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act, as amended [17 CFR § 270.30e-1], are attached hereto.

 

 

Semi-Annual Report

KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF

KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF

KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF

KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology Index ETF

KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF

KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF

KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF

KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF

KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF

KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund’s shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from the Fund (if you hold your Fund shares directly with the Fund) or from your financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or bank (if you hold your Fund shares through a financial intermediary). Instead, the reports will be made available on a website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. If you hold your Fund shares directly with the Fund, you may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications electronically from the Fund by contacting the Fund at 855-857-2638 or, if you hold your Fund shares through a financial intermediary, contacting your financial intermediary.

You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you hold your Fund shares directly with the Fund, you can inform the Fund that you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports at 855-857-2638 or, if you hold your Fund shares through a financial intermediary, contacting your financial intermediary. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all of the KraneShares Funds you hold directly with series of the Trust or through your financial intermediary, as applicable.

September 30, 2019

   

 

Table of Contents

Schedules of Investments

   

KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF

 

1

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF

 

5

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF

 

7

KraneShares E Fund Commercial Paper ETF

 

18

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF

 

22

KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF

 

31

KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology ETF

 

37

KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF

 

41

KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility ETF

 

44

KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF

 

48

KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF

 

50

KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF

 

54

KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF

 

57

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

 

70

Statements of Operations

 

74

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

78

Financial Highlights

 

92

Notes to Financial Statements

 

96

Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement

 

120

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

 

127

Supplemental Information

 

129

The Funds file their complete schedules of Fund holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT within sixty days after the end of the period. The Funds’ Form N-PORT reports are available on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov, and may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

A description of the policies and procedures that KraneShares Trust uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to Fund securities, as well as information relating to how the Funds voted proxies relating to Fund securities during the most recent 12-month year ended June 30, are available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 855-857-2638; and (ii) on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Fund shares may only be purchased or redeemed from a Fund in large Creation Unit aggregations. Investors who cannot transact in Creation Units of a Fund’s shares must buy or sell Fund shares in the secondary market at their market price, which may be at a premium or discount to a Fund’s net asset value, with the assistance of a broker. In doing so, the investor may incur brokerage commissions and may pay more than net asset value when buying Fund shares and receive less than net asset value when selling Fund shares.

 

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF 

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK — 99.4%‡

     

 

 

CHINA — 99.4%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 0.7%

     

 

 

China South Publishing & Media Group, Cl A

 

5,400

 

$

9,150

Shanghai Oriental Pearl Group, Cl A

 

15,800

 

 

20,244

       

 

29,394

Consumer Discretionary — 9.3%

     

 

 

Dashang, Cl A

 

1,400

 

 

5,085

Fuyao Glass Industry Group, Cl A

 

11,000

 

 

33,087

Hisense Home Appliances Group, Cl A

 

3,000

 

 

4,558

HLA, Cl A

 

13,900

 

 

15,805

Joyoung, Cl A

 

2,300

 

 

7,047

KingClean Electric, Cl A

 

600

 

 

1,841

Lao Feng Xiang, Cl A

 

1,000

 

 

6,863

Midea Group, Cl A

 

30,500

 

 

218,248

Rainbow Department Store, Cl A

 

3,800

 

 

6,375

Shanghai Jinjiang International Hotels Development, Cl A

 

1,300

 

 

4,214

TCL, Cl A

 

80,500

 

 

40,130

Wuchan Zhongda Group, Cl A

 

13,100

 

 

10,053

Zhejiang Hangmin, Cl A

 

4,060

 

 

3,451

Zhejiang Meida Industrial, Cl A

 

1,800

 

 

3,244

Zhejiang Semir Garment, Cl A

 

4,000

 

 

6,923

       

 

366,924

Consumer Staples — 17.3%

     

 

 

By-health, Cl A

 

7,000

 

 

18,154

Chacha Food, Cl A

 

1,900

 

 

6,782

Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development, Cl A

 

8,300

 

 

28,708

Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group, Cl A

 

46,700

 

 

186,507

Jiangsu Yanghe Brewery Joint-Stock, Cl A

 

4,700

 

 

68,448

Luzhou Laojiao, Cl A

 

5,700

 

 

68,021

Wuliangye Yibin, Cl A

 

14,300

 

 

259,920

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Consumer Staples (continued)

     

 

 

Yixintang Pharmaceutical Group, Cl A

 

1,500

 

$

4,707

Yonghui Superstores, Cl A

 

28,200

 

 

35,106

       

 

676,353

Energy — 1.5%

     

 

 

China Shenhua Energy, Cl A

 

19,400

 

 

51,018

Huolinhe Opencut Coal Industry of Inner Mongolia, Cl A

 

5,100

 

 

5,835

       

 

56,853

Financials — 44.0%

     

 

 

Agricultural Bank of China, Cl A

 

296,800

 

 

143,804

Bank of China, Cl A

 

163,600

 

 

82,015

Bank of Communications, Cl A

 

213,800

 

 

163,167

Bohai Leasing, Cl A*

 

14,200

 

 

7,119

China Construction Bank, Cl A

 

52,200

 

 

51,095

China Life Insurance, Cl A

 

13,800

 

 

53,104

China Merchants Bank, Cl A

 

43,500

 

 

211,676

China Merchants Securities, Cl A

 

22,000

 

 

50,678

CITIC Securities, Cl A

 

60,000

 

 

188,876

GF Securities, Cl A*

 

20,000

 

 

38,005

Guotai Junan Securities, Cl A

 

34,900

 

 

85,867

Huatai Securities, Cl A

 

24,800

 

 

66,296

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, Cl A

 

167,900

 

 

130,018

Industrial Bank, Cl A

 

80,200

 

 

196,873

Ping An Insurance Group of China, Cl A

 

18,200

 

 

221,829

Shenwan Hongyuan Group, Cl A

 

49,000

 

 

32,798

       

 

1,723,220

Health Care — 2.9%

     

 

 

China Animal Healthcare*(A)(B)(C)

 

4,000

 

 

China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

3,000

 

 

12,237

Huadong Medicine, Cl A

 

6,000

 

 

22,013

Jilin Aodong Pharmaceutical Group, Cl A

 

5,000

 

 

10,783

KPC Pharmaceuticals, Cl A

 

4,200

 

 

6,258

Livzon Pharmaceutical Group, Cl A

 

2,480

 

 

9,217

Shandong Buchang Pharmaceuticals, Cl A

 

4,810

 

 

12,845

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding, Cl A

 

8,900

 

 

22,683

Sunflower Pharmaceutical Group, Cl A

 

2,100

 

 

4,246

Tasly Pharmaceutical Group, Cl A

 

7,000

 

 

15,272

       

 

115,554

Industrials — 9.6%

     

 

 

China State Construction Engineering, Cl A

 

164,800

 

 

125,310

CNHTC Jinan Truck, Cl A

 

2,000

 

 

4,103

CRRC, Cl A

 

75,200

 

 

77,083

Henan Zhongyuan Expressway, Cl A

 

7,100

 

 

4,067

Shanghai Construction Group, Cl A

 

33,600

 

 

15,950

Shanghai International Port Group, Cl A

 

23,300

 

 

18,565

Shanghai Tunnel Engineering, Cl A

 

14,200

 

 

11,712

Sichuan Road & Bridge, Cl A

 

16,200

 

 

7,328

Sieyuan Electric, Cl A

 

3,600

 

 

5,586

TangShan Port Group, Cl A

 

22,400

 

 

7,716

Weichai Power, Cl A

 

35,000

 

 

54,990

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Industrials (continued)

     

 

 

Wolong Electric Group, Cl A

 

4,900

 

$

5,702

Xiamen ITG Group, Cl A

 

10,200

 

 

10,484

Zhejiang Yankon Group, Cl A

 

6,800

 

 

4,142

Zhengzhou Yutong Bus, Cl A

 

10,200

 

 

19,854

       

 

372,592

Information Technology — 0.9%

     

 

 

Aisino, Cl A

 

8,400

 

 

24,643

Hanergy Thin Film Power Group*(A)(B)(C)

 

65,064

 

 

Hangzhou First Applied Material, Cl A

 

800

 

 

5,086

Shenzhen Everwin Precision Technology, Cl A

 

4,100

 

 

8,147

       

 

37,876

Materials — 4.0%

     

 

 

Anhui Conch Cement, Cl A

 

15,600

 

 

90,307

China Lumena New Materials*(A)(B)(C)

 

28,720

 

 

Guangdong Tapai Group, Cl A

 

2,800

 

 

3,772

ORG Technology, Cl A*

 

8,000

 

 

5,276

Shenzhen Jinjia Group, Cl A

 

6,800

 

 

9,151

Tianhe Chemicals Group*(A)(B)(C)

 

40,000

 

 

Xinyangfeng Agricultural Technology, Cl A

 

4,000

 

 

5,769

Zhejiang Longsheng Group, Cl A

 

20,400

 

 

40,165

       

 

154,440

Real Estate — 6.8%

     

 

 

Beijing Capital Development, Cl A

 

9,400

 

 

10,688

Beijing Urban Construction Investment & Development, Cl A

 

9,240

 

 

9,083

China Fortune Land Development, Cl A

 

13,600

 

 

51,363

Financial Street Holdings, Cl A

 

8,000

 

 

8,626

Gemdale, Cl A

 

17,300

 

 

27,981

Oceanwide Holdings, Cl A

 

11,700

 

 

7,078

Poly Developments and Holdings Group, Cl A

 

55,000

 

 

110,136

RiseSun Real Estate Development, Cl A

 

13,500

 

 

15,653

Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development, Cl A

 

6,420

 

 

12,280

Zhongtian Financial Group, Cl A

 

30,000

 

 

14,157

       

 

267,045

Utilities — 2.4%

     

 

 

SDIC Power Holdings, Cl A

 

32,000

 

 

40,374

Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities Group, Cl A

 

14,600

 

 

9,977

Shanghai Electric Power, Cl A

 

7,900

 

 

8,728

Shenergy, Cl A

 

21,600

 

 

16,787

Zhejiang Zheneng Electric Power, Cl A

 

31,300

 

 

17,094

       

 

92,960

TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $3,804,492)

     

 

3,893,211

       

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.4%
(Cost $3,804,492)

     

 

3,893,211

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 0.6%

     

 

24,879

NET ASSETS — 100%

     

$

3,918,090

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF (concluded)

‡      Industries are utilized for compliance purposes, whereas sectors are utilized for reporting.

*       Non-income producing security.

(A)   Security is fair valued using methods determined in good faith by the Fair Value Committee of the Board of Trustees. The total value of such securities as of September 30, 2019 was $0 and represents 0.0% of Net Assets.

(B)   Level 3 security in accordance with fair value hierarchy.

(C)  Security considered illiquid. The total value of such securities as of September 30, 2019 was $0 and represents 0.0% of Net Assets.

Cl — Class

The following summarizes the market value of the Fund’s investments used as of September 30, 2019, based on the inputs used to value them:

Investments in Securities

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3^

 

Total

Common Stock

 

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

China

 

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Communication Services

 

$

29,394

 

$

 

$

 

$

29,394

Consumer Discretionary

 

 

366,924

 

 

 

 

 

 

366,924

Consumer Staples

 

 

676,353

 

 

 

 

 

 

676,353

Energy

 

 

56,853

 

 

 

 

 

 

56,853

Financials

 

 

1,723,220

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,723,220

Health Care

 

 

115,554

 

 

 

 

 

 

115,554

Industrials

 

 

372,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

372,592

Information Technology

 

 

37,876

 

 

 

 

 

 

37,876

Materials

 

 

154,440

 

 

 

 

 

 

154,440

Real Estate

 

 

267,045

 

 

 

 

 

 

267,045

Utilities

 

 

92,960

 

 

 

 

 

 

92,960

Total Common Stock

 

 

3,893,211

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,893,211

Total Investments in Securities

 

$

3,893,211

 

$

 

$

 

$

3,893,211

^    A reconciliation of Level 3 investments, including certain disclosures related to significant inputs used in valuing Level 3 investments is only presented when the Fund has over 1% of Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets

For the period ended September 30, 2019, there have been no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 investments.

For the period ended September 30, 2019, there have been no transfers between Level 2 and Level 3 investments.

For the period ended September 30, 2019, the transfers in and out of Level 3 occurred due to a halt in trading of these securities. Transfers between levels are recognized at period end.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF 

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK — 102.4%‡

     

 

 

CHINA — 87.4%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 47.2%

     

 

 

58.com ADR*

 

966,170

 

$

47,641,843

Autohome ADR*

 

557,979

 

 

46,384,794

Baidu ADR*

 

1,100,903

 

 

113,128,792

Bilibili ADR*

 

1,822,830

 

 

25,738,360

Bitauto Holdings ADR*

 

345,998

 

 

5,179,590

HUYA ADR*

 

597,347

 

 

14,121,283

iQIYI ADR*(A)

 

2,700,713

 

 

43,562,501

Momo ADR

 

1,510,648

 

 

46,799,875

NetEase ADR

 

233,612

 

 

62,182,842

Qutoutiao ADR(A)

 

1,380,877

 

 

5,109,245

SINA*

 

642,900

 

 

25,195,251

Sogou ADR*(A)

 

708,297

 

 

3,498,987

Tencent Holdings

 

3,578,575

 

 

150,731,620

Tencent Music Entertainment Group ADR*

 

4,365,782

 

 

55,751,036

Weibo ADR*(A)

 

631,793

 

 

28,272,737

YY ADR*

 

616,139

 

 

34,645,496

       

 

707,944,252

Consumer Discretionary — 34.4%

     

 

 

Alibaba Group Holding ADR*

 

879,155

 

 

147,021,091

Baozun ADR*(A)

 

379,147

 

 

16,189,577

Ctrip.com International ADR*

 

1,815,235

 

 

53,168,233

JD.com ADR*

 

3,473,687

 

 

97,992,710

Pinduoduo ADR*

 

3,092,357

 

 

99,635,742

TAL Education Group ADR*

 

1,719,274

 

 

58,867,942

Uxin ADR(A)

 

1,657,093

 

 

4,059,878

Vipshop Holdings ADR*

 

4,435,403

 

 

39,563,795

       

 

516,498,968

Financials — 3.2%

     

 

 

360 Finance ADR(A)

 

162,392

 

 

1,445,289

Fanhua ADR(A)

 

451,122

 

 

12,013,379

LexinFintech Holdings ADR*(A)

 

751,329

 

 

7,535,830

PPDAI Group ADR

 

1,756,208

 

 

5,093,003

Qudian ADR*

 

1,915,255

 

 

13,196,107

Yirendai ADR*(A)

 

117,304

 

 

823,474

ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance, Cl H*(A)

 

3,398,700

 

 

8,020,505

       

 

48,127,587

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (concluded)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

 

Industrials — 1.4%

     

 

 

 

51job ADR*

 

290,287

 

$

21,481,238

 

Information Technology — 1.2%

     

 

 

 

Kingsoft

 

8,133,000

 

 

17,263,199

 

TOTAL CHINA

     

 

1,311,315,244

 

HONG KONG — 15.0%

     

 

 

 

Communication Services — 3.0%

     

 

 

 

Alibaba Pictures Group*

 

139,544,000

 

 

22,606,434

 

China Literature*(A)

 

3,510,600

 

 

11,934,267

 

iDreamSky Technology Holdings*(A)

 

4,196,800

 

 

2,259,165

 

NetDragon Websoft Holdings

 

2,400,815

 

 

5,585,997

 

Wise Talent Information Technology*

 

1,310,800

 

 

3,086,635

 

       

 

45,472,498

 

Consumer Discretionary — 11.2%

     

 

 

 

Meituan Dianping, Cl B*

 

13,592,300

 

 

138,880,938

 

Tongcheng-Elong Holdings*

 

19,038,800

 

 

29,240,395

 

       

 

168,121,333

 

Financials — 0.4%

     

 

 

 

Yixin Group*

 

23,398,500

 

 

5,462,058

 

Information Technology — 0.4%

     

 

 

 

Weimob*

 

14,375,000

 

 

6,454,576

 

TOTAL HONG KONG

     

 

225,510,465

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $1,682,853,008)

     

 

1,536,825,709

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT(B)(C) — 6.9%

     

 

 

 

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Cl Institutional, 2.270%

 

104,328,298

 

 

104,328,298

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT
(Cost $104,328,298)

     

 

104,328,298

 

       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 109.3%
(Cost $1,787,181,306)

     

 

1,641,154,007

 

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — (9.3)%

     

 

(139,650,975

)

NET ASSETS — 100%

     

$

1,501,503,032

 

‡      Industries are utilized for compliance purposes, whereas sectors are utilized for reporting.

*       Non-income producing security.

(A)   This security or a partial position of this security is on loan at September 30, 2019. The total market value of securities on loan at September 30, 2019 was $101,348,781.

(B)   The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of September 30, 2019.

(C)   This security was purchased with cash collateral held from securities on loan. The total value of such security as of September 30, 2019 was $104,328,298.

ADR — American Depositary Receipt

Cl — Class

As of September 30, 2019, all of the Fund’s investments were considered Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy, in accordance with the authoritative guidance under U.S. GAAP.

For the period ended September 30, 2019, there have been no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 investments. Transfers between levels are recognized at period end.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK — 99.9%‡

     

 

 

CHINA — 99.9%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 1.8%

     

 

 

Beijing Enlight Media, Cl A

 

448,660

 

$

588,060

China Film, Cl A

 

237,921

 

 

514,742

China South Publishing & Media Group, Cl A

 

274,648

 

 

465,362

China United Network Communications, Cl A

 

4,747,220

 

 

3,995,238

Chinese Universe Publishing and Media Group, Cl A

 

210,736

 

 

385,399

CITIC Guoan Information Industry, Cl A

 

599,497

 

 

303,056

Giant Network Group, Cl A

 

206,380

 

 

546,208

Mango Excellent Media, Cl A

 

106,785

 

 

684,266

Perfect World, Cl A

 

134,049

 

 

519,963

Shanghai Oriental Pearl Group, Cl A

 

525,006

 

 

672,689

Wuhu Sanqi Interactive Entertainment Network Technology Group, Cl A

 

325,004

 

 

820,565

Youzu Interactive, Cl A

 

135,927

 

 

302,644

       

 

9,798,192

Consumer Discretionary — 7.2%

     

 

 

Anhui Zhongding Sealing Parts, Cl A

 

186,700

 

 

226,408

BTG Hotels Group, Cl A

 

149,675

 

 

351,908

BYD, Cl A

 

277,258

 

 

1,893,890

Changzhou Xingyu Automotive Lighting Systems, Cl A

 

42,201

 

 

455,919

China Grand Automotive Services Group, Cl A

 

1,251,587

 

 

674,762

China International Travel Service, Cl A

 

298,607

 

 

3,891,274

China Shipbuilding Industry Group Power, Cl A

 

262,490

 

 

840,268

Chongqing Changan Automobile, Cl A

 

596,520

 

 

618,973

Fuyao Glass Industry Group, Cl A

 

306,335

 

 

921,424

Global Top E-Commerce, Cl A

 

238,300

 

 

253,276

Gree Electric Appliances of Zhuhai, Cl A

 

459,968

 

 

3,690,720

Guangzhou Automobile Group, Cl A

 

363,696

 

 

624,902

Haier Smart Home, Cl A

 

932,468

 

 

1,997,810

Hangzhou Robam Appliances, Cl A

 

145,141

 

 

534,533

HLA, Cl A

 

458,092

 

 

520,880

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

7

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Consumer Discretionary (continued)

     

 

 

Huayu Automotive Systems, Cl A

 

482,179

 

$

1,586,737

Liaoning Cheng Da, Cl A*

 

233,938

 

 

433,401

Midea Group, Cl A

 

527,002

 

 

3,771,047

NanJi E-Commerce, Cl A*

 

375,400

 

 

541,978

NavInfo, Cl A

 

300,235

 

 

684,454

Ningbo Joyson Electronic, Cl A*

 

203,275

 

 

493,585

Oppein Home Group, Cl A

 

42,791

 

 

667,883

SAIC Motor, Cl A

 

1,191,166

 

 

3,966,550

Shandong Linglong Tyre, Cl A

 

183,519

 

 

523,738

Shanghai Jinjiang International Hotels Development, Cl A

 

81,800

 

 

265,175

Shanghai Yuyuan Tourist Mart Group, Cl A

 

494,669

 

 

564,548

Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town, Cl A

 

1,254,675

 

 

1,235,138

Songcheng Performance Development, Cl A

 

222,136

 

 

869,109

Suning.com, Cl A

 

1,423,783

 

 

2,065,534

Suofeiya Home Collection, Cl A

 

141,184

 

 

338,468

TCL, Cl A

 

2,072,200

 

 

1,033,024

Visual China Group, Cl A

 

107,100

 

 

306,849

Wanxiang Qianchao, Cl A

 

421,033

 

 

305,404

Weifu High-Technology Group, Cl A

 

127,974

 

 

293,538

Wuchan Zhongda Group, Cl A

 

658,630

 

 

505,418

Zhejiang Semir Garment, Cl A

 

275,300

 

 

476,490

Zhejiang Supor, Cl A

 

83,694

 

 

840,667

Zhejiang Wanfeng Auto Wheel, Cl A

 

334,466

 

 

330,195

       

 

39,595,877

Consumer Staples — 14.9%

     

 

 

Angel Yeast, Cl A

 

125,981

 

 

477,201

Anhui Gujing Distillery, Cl A

 

58,703

 

 

945,338

Anhui Kouzi Distillery, Cl A

 

91,800

 

 

717,051

Beijing Dabeinong Technology Group, Cl A

 

648,900

 

 

415,263

Beijing Shunxin Agriculture, Cl A

 

113,410

 

 

828,357

Beijing Yanjing Brewery, Cl A

 

431,100

 

 

350,738

Chongqing Fuling Zhacai Group, Cl A

 

120,700

 

 

377,420

Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food, Cl A

 

344,158

 

 

5,296,926

Fujian Sunner Development, Cl A

 

158,011

 

 

545,644

Guangdong Haid Group, Cl A

 

241,821

 

 

1,059,905

Heilongjiang Agriculture, Cl A

 

271,900

 

 

368,945

Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development, Cl A

 

420,509

 

 

1,454,458

Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group, Cl A

 

932,419

 

 

3,723,826

Jiangsu King’s Luck Brewery JSC, Cl A

 

191,807

 

 

868,090

Jiangsu Yanghe Brewery Joint-Stock, Cl A

 

230,508

 

 

3,356,975

Jiangxi Zhengbang Technology, Cl A

 

362,700

 

 

767,434

Jonjee Hi-Tech Industrial And Commercial Holding, Cl A

 

121,851

 

 

723,987

Kweichow Moutai, Cl A

 

192,148

 

 

30,943,007

Laobaixing Pharmacy Chain JSC, Cl A

 

43,829

 

 

464,792

Luzhou Laojiao, Cl A

 

223,975

 

 

2,672,821

Muyuan Foodstuff, Cl A

 

265,708

 

 

2,623,146

New Hope Liuhe, Cl A

 

644,792

 

 

1,550,311

Shanghai Jahwa United, Cl A

 

102,700

 

 

493,999

Shanxi Xinghuacun Fen Wine Factory, Cl A

 

133,326

 

 

1,443,375

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

8

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Consumer Staples (continued)

     

 

 

Sichuan Swellfun, Cl A

 

74,722

 

$

474,206

Tech-Bank Food, Cl A

 

177,350

 

 

286,096

Tongwei, Cl A

 

593,780

 

 

1,059,312

Tsingtao Brewery, Cl A

 

106,424

 

 

722,787

Wens Foodstuffs Group

 

812,529

 

 

4,230,357

Wuliangye Yibin, Cl A

 

593,668

 

 

10,790,638

Yonghui Superstores, Cl A

 

1,463,671

 

 

1,822,107

Yuan Longping High-tech Agriculture, Cl A

 

201,388

 

 

353,639

       

 

82,208,151

Energy — 2.3%

     

 

 

China Merchants Energy Shipping, Cl A

 

927,800

 

 

619,729

China Petroleum & Chemical, Cl A

 

3,897,084

 

 

2,739,506

China Shenhua Energy, Cl A

 

672,576

 

 

1,768,747

Guanghui Energy, Cl A

 

1,039,005

 

 

483,042

Jizhong Energy Resources, Cl A

 

540,400

 

 

264,857

Offshore Oil Engineering, Cl A

 

676,187

 

 

510,369

PetroChina, Cl A

 

2,476,355

 

 

2,146,507

Shaanxi Coal Industry, Cl A

 

1,274,469

 

 

1,558,018

Shandong Xinchao Energy, Cl A*

 

1,040,000

 

 

292,724

Shanxi Lu’an Environmental Energy Development, Cl A

 

457,462

 

 

463,791

Shanxi Xishan Coal & Electricity Power, Cl A

 

481,946

 

 

396,830

Yang Quan Coal Industry Group, Cl A

 

367,800

 

 

265,760

Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services Group, Cl A

 

146,506

 

 

554,126

Yanzhou Coal Mining, Cl A

 

377,200

 

 

562,536

       

 

12,626,542

Financials — 27.2%

     

 

 

Agricultural Bank of China, Cl A

 

11,392,207

 

 

5,519,666

Anxin Trust, Cl A

 

836,431

 

 

551,671

Avic Capital, Cl A

 

1,372,800

 

 

897,745

Bank of Beijing, Cl A

 

3,233,552

 

 

2,427,020

Bank of Chengdu, Cl A

 

552,400

 

 

629,661

Bank of China, Cl A

 

5,372,200

 

 

2,693,171

Bank of Communications, Cl A

 

6,002,814

 

 

4,581,210

Bank of Guiyang, Cl A

 

492,127

 

 

586,456

Bank of Hangzhou, Cl A

 

784,591

 

 

928,387

Bank of Jiangsu, Cl A

 

1,765,564

 

 

1,658,956

Bank of Nanjing, Cl A

 

1,297,209

 

 

1,560,386

Bank of Ningbo, Cl A

 

796,616

 

 

2,812,229

Bank of Shanghai, Cl A

 

2,172,649

 

 

2,844,657

Caitong Securities, Cl A

 

548,909

 

 

765,576

Changjiang Securities, Cl A

 

845,705

 

 

828,983

China CITIC Bank, Cl A

 

867,934

 

 

685,480

China Construction Bank, Cl A

 

1,467,226

 

 

1,436,161

China Everbright Bank, Cl A

 

6,088,384

 

 

3,359,132

China Life Insurance, Cl A

 

424,639

 

 

1,634,050

China Merchants Bank, Cl A

 

3,154,929

 

 

15,352,291

China Merchants Securities, Cl A

 

874,590

 

 

2,014,648

China Minsheng Banking, Cl A

 

5,423,410

 

 

4,571,911

China Pacific Insurance Group, Cl A

 

961,486

 

 

4,694,871

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

9

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Financials (continued)

     

 

 

CITIC Securities, Cl A

 

1,504,643

 

$

4,736,511

Dongxing Securities, Cl A

 

421,780

 

 

646,739

East Money Information, Cl A

 

1,027,020

 

 

2,125,603

Everbright Securities, Cl A

 

597,433

 

 

947,868

First Capital Securities, Cl A

 

535,637

 

 

477,042

Founder Securities, Cl A

 

1,259,006

 

 

1,214,719

GF Securities, Cl A*

 

905,228

 

 

1,720,151

Guosen Securities, Cl A

 

627,041

 

 

1,078,259

Guotai Junan Securities, Cl A

 

1,149,481

 

 

2,828,150

Guoyuan Securities, Cl A

 

514,668

 

 

615,480

Haitong Securities, Cl A

 

1,237,587

 

 

2,478,224

Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network, Cl A

 

82,200

 

 

1,141,859

Huaan Securities, Cl A

 

553,754

 

 

477,668

Huatai Securities, Cl A

 

998,995

 

 

2,670,534

Huaxi Securities, Cl A

 

401,431

 

 

552,016

Huaxia Bank, Cl A

 

1,961,027

 

 

2,026,603

Hubei Biocause Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

755,641

 

 

745,991

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, Cl A

 

8,246,626

 

 

6,386,019

Industrial Bank, Cl A

 

3,177,062

 

 

7,798,955

Industrial Securities, Cl A

 

1,024,144

 

 

892,032

New China Life Insurance, Cl A

 

318,966

 

 

2,173,875

Northeast Securities, Cl A

 

357,900

 

 

407,456

Orient Securities, Cl A

 

912,535

 

 

1,303,402

Pacific Securities, Cl A

 

1,042,500

 

 

499,265

Ping An Bank, Cl A

 

2,625,948

 

 

5,732,724

Ping An Insurance Group of China, Cl A

 

1,656,681

 

 

20,192,337

SDIC Capital, Cl A

 

538,765

 

 

940,040

Sealand Securities, Cl A

 

644,712

 

 

445,986

Shanghai AJ Group, Cl A

 

248,000

 

 

301,439

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Cl A

 

4,488,971

 

 

7,442,645

Shanxi Securities, Cl A

 

432,646

 

 

475,588

Shenwan Hongyuan Group, Cl A

 

3,446,581

 

 

2,306,987

Sinolink Securities, Cl A

 

462,500

 

 

564,103

SooChow Securities, Cl A

 

458,787

 

 

594,267

Southwest Securities, Cl A

 

863,300

 

 

545,214

Western Securities, Cl A

 

535,589

 

 

668,249

Xishui Strong Year Inner Mongolia, Cl A

 

167,142

 

 

204,328

Zheshang Securities, Cl A

 

424,800

 

 

514,552

       

 

149,907,198

Health Care — 8.2%

     

 

 

Aier Eye Hospital Group, Cl A

 

473,896

 

 

2,353,819

Beijing SL Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

157,150

 

 

274,636

Beijing Tiantan Biological Products, Cl A

 

159,828

 

 

635,400

Beijing Tongrentang, Cl A

 

209,736

 

 

790,049

BGI Genomics, Cl A

 

61,220

 

 

548,487

Changchun High & New Technology Industry Group, Cl A

 

25,981

 

 

1,434,754

Chengdu Kanghong Pharmaceutical Group, Cl A

 

89,239

 

 

416,254

China National Accord Medicines, Cl A

 

57,111

 

 

347,807

China National Medicines, Cl A

 

116,900

 

 

446,077

China Reform Health Management and Services Group, Cl A*

 

137,500

 

 

337,723

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

10

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Health Care (continued)

     

 

 

China Resources Double Crane Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

159,566

 

$

272,602

China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

149,685

 

 

610,587

Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products, Cl A

 

203,926

 

 

1,354,995

Dong-E-E-Jiao, Cl E

 

100,037

 

 

426,977

Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings, Cl A

 

215,039

 

 

1,044,902

Guizhou Bailing Group Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

215,789

 

 

313,355

Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting, Cl A

 

114,750

 

 

997,065

Huadong Medicine, Cl A

 

267,641

 

 

981,935

Hualan Biological Engineering, Cl A

 

214,550

 

 

1,030,508

Hubei Jumpcan Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

124,580

 

 

494,049

Jafron Biomedical, Cl A

 

63,952

 

 

679,712

Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine, Cl A

 

676,368

 

 

7,641,485

Jiangsu Yuyue Medical Equipment & Supply, Cl A

 

153,317

 

 

463,738

Jilin Aodong Pharmaceutical Group, Cl A

 

177,845

 

 

383,523

Jinyu Bio-Technology, Cl A

 

177,400

 

 

468,764

Joincare Pharmaceutical Group Industry, Cl A

 

296,416

 

 

407,192

Jointown Pharmaceutical Group, Cl A

 

287,177

 

 

573,855

Lepu Medical Technology Beijing, Cl A

 

272,511

 

 

956,299

Livzon Pharmaceutical Group, Cl A

 

94,058

 

 

349,563

Meinian Onehealth Healthcare Holdings, Cl A

 

572,828

 

 

975,409

Shandong Buchang Pharmaceuticals, Cl A

 

176,260

 

 

470,688

Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group, Cl A

 

307,579

 

 

1,088,405

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding, Cl A

 

294,135

 

 

749,630

Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceutical Group, Cl A

 

159,000

 

 

414,132

Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products, Cl A

 

98,708

 

 

1,026,170

Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics, Cl A

 

61,948

 

 

1,600,141

Shenzhen Salubris Pharmaceuticals, Cl A

 

133,326

 

 

349,128

Shijiazhuang Yiling Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

184,469

 

 

278,724

Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

220,169

 

 

797,285

Tasly Pharmaceutical Group, Cl A

 

231,358

 

 

504,755

Tonghua Dongbao Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

311,071

 

 

762,301

Walvax Biotechnology, Cl A

 

235,153

 

 

888,755

Winning Health Technology Group, Cl A

 

248,100

 

 

551,704

WuXi AppTec, Cl A

 

224,479

 

 

2,725,358

Yifan Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

184,621

 

 

346,688

Yunnan Baiyao Group, Cl A

 

159,230

 

 

1,695,715

Zhangzhou Pientzehuang Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

92,250

 

 

1,316,086

Zhejiang Conba Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

407,900

 

 

361,565

Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

202,211

 

 

418,512

Zhejiang NHU, Cl A

 

328,617

 

 

984,305

       

 

45,341,568

Industrials — 12.6%

     

 

 

AECC Aero-Engine Control, Cl A

 

175,200

 

 

334,394

AECC Aviation Power, Cl A

 

344,044

 

 

1,053,638

Air China, Cl A

 

609,436

 

 

682,727

AVIC Aircraft, Cl A

 

423,427

 

 

922,015

AVIC Electromechanical Systems, Cl A

 

551,890

 

 

503,109

AVIC Shenyang Aircraft, Cl A*

 

142,738

 

 

619,627

AVICOPTER, Cl A

 

90,200

 

 

567,381

Beijing New Building Materials, Cl A

 

258,416

 

 

651,359

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

11

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Industrials (continued)

     

 

 

Beijing Originwater Technology, Cl A

 

481,792

 

$

452,701

China Aerospace Times Electronics, Cl A*

 

415,900

 

 

351,184

China Avionics Systems, Cl A

 

224,239

 

 

445,891

China Communications Construction, Cl A

 

419,224

 

 

593,507

China Eastern Airlines, Cl A

 

1,427,700

 

 

1,035,608

China Gezhouba Group, Cl A

 

704,264

 

 

574,954

China International Marine Containers Group, Cl A

 

232,820

 

 

331,892

China Meheco, Cl A

 

163,400

 

 

295,855

China National Chemical Engineering, Cl A

 

754,439

 

 

612,747

China Railway Construction, Cl A

 

1,759,242

 

 

2,330,481

China Railway Group, Cl A

 

2,850,200

 

 

2,394,724

China Railway Hi-tech Industry, Cl A

 

339,800

 

 

488,202

China Shipbuilding Industry, Cl A

 

3,499,099

 

 

2,699,831

China Southern Airlines, Cl A

 

1,315,402

 

 

1,221,239

China Spacesat, Cl A

 

180,831

 

 

548,733

China State Construction Engineering, Cl A

 

6,420,406

 

 

4,881,925

CMST Development, Cl A

 

336,400

 

 

233,179

Contemporary Amperex Technology, Cl A

 

111,899

 

 

1,120,369

COSCO SHIPPING Development, Cl A

 

1,213,078

 

 

426,374

COSCO SHIPPING Energy Transportation, Cl A

 

418,400

 

 

393,722

COSCO SHIPPING Holdings, Cl A*

 

986,864

 

 

657,799

CRRC, Cl A

 

3,720,556

 

 

3,813,711

Dalian Port PDA, Cl A

 

1,183,100

 

 

334,658

Daqin Railway, Cl A

 

2,273,610

 

 

2,416,499

Dongfang Electric, Cl A

 

420,726

 

 

542,610

Eve Energy, Cl A

 

148,400

 

 

631,529

Fangda Carbon New Material, Cl A*

 

411,880

 

 

670,202

Guangdong LY Intelligent Manufacturing, Cl A*

 

695,900

 

 

912,119

Guangshen Railway, Cl A

 

864,391

 

 

372,812

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Cl A

 

316,509

 

 

995,019

Guoxuan High-Tech, Cl A

 

173,800

 

 

304,464

Hongfa Technology, Cl A

 

113,900

 

 

403,368

Inner Mongolia First Machinery Group, Cl A

 

258,400

 

 

381,022

Jiangsu Hengli Hydraulic, Cl A

 

134,937

 

 

727,479

Jiangsu Zhongtian Technology, Cl A

 

468,900

 

 

567,313

Juneyao Airlines, Cl A*

 

250,620

 

 

479,748

Metallurgical Corp of China, Cl A

 

2,730,321

 

 

1,066,711

NARI Technology, Cl A

 

706,834

 

 

2,024,135

Ningbo Zhoushan Port, Cl A

 

1,343,100

 

 

701,530

Power Construction Corp of China, Cl A

 

1,949,846

 

 

1,264,183

Sany Heavy Industry, Cl A

 

1,280,853

 

 

2,561,276

SF Holding, Cl A

 

180,184

 

 

994,630

Shanghai Construction Group, Cl A

 

1,361,811

 

 

646,465

Shanghai Electric Group, Cl A

 

1,228,160

 

 

863,351

Shanghai International Airport, Cl A

 

147,389

 

 

1,646,599

Shanghai International Port Group, Cl A

 

1,299,500

 

 

1,035,422

Shanghai M&G Stationery, Cl A

 

140,739

 

 

878,190

Shanghai Mechanical and Electrical Industry, Cl A

 

123,337

 

 

287,220

Shanghai Tunnel Engineering, Cl A

 

480,850

 

 

396,601

Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone Group, Cl A

 

119,132

 

 

297,280

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

12

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Industrials (continued)

     

 

 

Shenzhen Inovance Technology, Cl A

 

254,215

 

$

866,108

Siasun Robot & Automation, Cl A

 

238,583

 

 

482,097

Sinochem International, Cl A

 

414,136

 

 

287,063

Sinotrans, Cl A

 

669,800

 

 

398,624

Spring Airlines, Cl A

 

140,239

 

 

835,598

Suzhou Gold Mantis Construction Decoration, Cl A

 

409,341

 

 

519,902

TangShan Port Group, Cl A

 

906,300

 

 

312,202

TBEA, Cl A

 

568,050

 

 

517,046

Tian Di Science & Technology, Cl A

 

632,900

 

 

290,695

Tianjin Port, Cl A

 

307,345

 

 

265,116

Tus Environmental Science And Technology Development, Cl A

 

218,782

 

 

289,209

Weichai Power, Cl A

 

916,222

 

 

1,439,535

XCMG Construction Machinery, Cl A

 

1,198,087

 

 

743,226

Xiamen C & D, Cl A

 

433,618

 

 

528,269

Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology, Cl A

 

527,805

 

 

925,351

Yunda Holding, Cl A

 

227,009

 

 

1,093,529

Zhejiang Chint Electrics, Cl A

 

329,051

 

 

1,005,879

Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls, Cl A

 

422,995

 

 

779,507

Zhejiang Weixing New Building Materials, Cl A

 

240,586

 

 

535,669

Zhengzhou Yutong Bus, Cl A

 

338,549

 

 

658,969

Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology, Cl A

 

983,541

 

 

785,048

       

 

69,199,955

Information Technology — 10.5%

     

 

 

360 Security Technology, Cl A

 

206,934

 

 

680,391

Aisino, Cl A

 

284,803

 

 

835,521

AVIC Jonhon Optronic Technology, Cl A

 

157,206

 

 

906,534

Beijing Shiji Information Technology, Cl A

 

136,018

 

 

751,402

Beijing Sinnet Technology, Cl A

 

235,700

 

 

613,245

BOE Technology Group, Cl A

 

5,178,780

 

 

2,719,490

Chaozhou Three-Circle Group, Cl A

 

266,603

 

 

746,662

China Greatwall Technology Group, Cl A

 

449,000

 

 

811,082

China National Software & Service, Cl A

 

75,642

 

 

760,318

China TransInfo Technology, Cl A

 

227,400

 

 

561,717

Dawning Information Industry, Cl A

 

137,637

 

 

661,665

DHC Software, Cl A

 

476,430

 

 

449,664

Fiberhome Telecommunication Technologies, Cl A

 

178,779

 

 

684,954

Focus Media Information Technology, Cl A

 

2,244,729

 

 

1,650,259

Foxconn Industrial Internet, Cl A

 

607,012

 

 

1,224,020

GCL System Integration Technology, Cl A*

 

774,600

 

 

727,828

Gigadevice Semiconductor Beijing, Cl A

 

43,567

 

 

886,934

Glodon, Cl A

 

172,308

 

 

856,328

GoerTek, Cl A

 

496,314

 

 

1,221,812

GRG Banking Equipment, Cl A

 

368,399

 

 

444,687

Guangzhou Haige Communications Group, Cl A

 

352,765

 

 

484,106

Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology, Cl A

 

1,429,751

 

 

6,466,834

Hangzhou Silan Microelectronics, Cl A

 

200,700

 

 

425,783

Hengtong Optic-electric, Cl A

 

291,175

 

 

634,443

Holitech Technology, Cl A

 

476,610

 

 

387,097

Hubei Kaile Science & Technology, Cl A

 

153,000

 

 

321,374

Hundsun Technologies, Cl A

 

122,784

 

 

1,271,134

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

13

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Information Technology (continued)

     

 

 

Hytera Communications, Cl A

 

281,000

 

$

403,722

Iflytek, Cl A

 

336,559

 

 

1,501,536

Inspur Electronic Information Industry, Cl A

 

197,200

 

 

709,690

Jiangsu Changjiang Electronics Technology, Cl A

 

245,183

 

 

590,881

Lens Technology, Cl A

 

500,423

 

 

721,777

Leyard Optoelectronic, Cl A

 

388,850

 

 

378,983

LONGi Green Energy Technology, Cl A

 

554,264

 

 

2,035,841

Luxshare Precision Industry, Cl A

 

818,083

 

 

3,065,577

MLS, Cl A

 

162,810

 

 

260,133

NAURA Technology Group, Cl A

 

70,024

 

 

643,054

Newland Digital Technology, Cl A

 

159,647

 

 

366,187

Ninestar, Cl A

 

162,600

 

 

676,703

OFILM Group, Cl A

 

414,865

 

 

691,326

Sanan Optoelectronics, Cl A

 

623,731

 

 

1,229,784

Shanghai 2345 Network Holding Group, Cl A

 

882,524

 

 

409,057

Shanghai Baosight Software, Cl A

 

128,918

 

 

645,565

Shengyi Technology, Cl A

 

323,816

 

 

1,130,898

Shennan Circuits, Cl A

 

51,945

 

 

1,098,372

Shenzhen Kingdom Sci-Tech, Cl A

 

130,500

 

 

381,932

Shenzhen Sunway Communication, Cl A

 

149,245

 

 

748,189

Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing, Cl A

 

245,692

 

 

677,776

Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor, Cl A

 

425,900

 

 

722,238

Tianma Microelectronics, Cl A

 

313,211

 

 

606,141

Tunghsu Optoelectronic Technology, Cl A

 

838,145

 

 

666,648

Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics, Cl A

 

92,759

 

 

663,622

Unisplendour, Cl A

 

145,842

 

 

642,904

Venustech Group, Cl A

 

137,108

 

 

614,002

Wangsu Science & Technology, Cl A

 

372,099

 

 

521,060

Westone Information Industry, Cl A

 

128,200

 

 

500,686

Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment, Cl A

 

134,805

 

 

636,158

Yealink Network Technology, Cl A

 

76,400

 

 

649,291

Yonyou Network Technology, Cl A

 

380,211

 

 

1,644,642

Zhejiang Dahua Technology, Cl A

 

458,477

 

 

1,108,763

ZTE, Cl A*

 

525,694

 

 

2,356,392

       

 

57,884,814

Materials — 7.7%

     

 

 

Aluminum Corp of China, Cl A*

 

2,000,200

 

 

985,927

Angang Steel, Cl A

 

815,011

 

 

352,656

Anhui Conch Cement, Cl A

 

611,646

 

 

3,540,784

Baoshan Iron & Steel, Cl A

 

2,839,000

 

 

2,349,534

BBMG, Cl A

 

1,275,308

 

 

592,901

Beijing Oriental Yuhong Waterproof Technology, Cl A

 

228,219

 

 

671,759

Beijing Sanju Environmental Protection and New Material, Cl A

 

359,515

 

 

313,642

Chengzhi, Cl A

 

127,800

 

 

262,179

China Jushi, Cl A

 

535,662

 

 

609,082

China Molybdenum, Cl A

 

2,701,691

 

 

1,377,101

China Northern Rare Earth Group High-Tech, Cl A

 

555,600

 

 

845,708

Elion Clean Energy, Cl A

 

418,900

 

 

251,063

Ganfeng Lithium, Cl A

 

170,465

 

 

538,522

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

14

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Materials (continued)

     

 

 

GEM, Cl A

 

634,800

 

$

395,572

Guangdong HEC Technology Holding, Cl A

 

460,900

 

 

471,149

Hengli Petrochemical, Cl A

 

901,502

 

 

1,884,757

Hengyi Petrochemical, Cl A

 

434,551

 

 

791,675

Hesteel, Cl A

 

1,623,959

 

 

573,066

Huaxin Cement, Cl A

 

208,260

 

 

549,725

Hunan Valin Steel, Cl A*

 

645,650

 

 

368,881

Inner Mongolia BaoTou Steel Union, Cl A

 

6,971,600

 

 

1,425,326

Inner Mongolia Junzheng Energy & Chemical Industry Group, Cl A

 

1,290,445

 

 

543,920

Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical, Cl A

 

47,400

 

 

330,549

Jiangxi Copper, Cl A

 

317,371

 

 

638,635

Jinduicheng Molybdenum, Cl A

 

411,179

 

 

434,717

Lomon Billions Group, Cl A

 

310,782

 

 

552,263

Luxi Chemical Group, Cl A

 

224,000

 

 

308,968

Maanshan Iron & Steel, Cl A

 

912,700

 

 

343,803

Nanjing Iron & Steel, Cl A

 

676,700

 

 

290,913

Ningbo Shanshan, Cl A

 

171,674

 

 

257,468

Rongsheng Petro Chemical, Cl A

 

641,397

 

 

983,490

Sansteel Minguang Fujian, Cl A

 

374,950

 

 

422,142

Shandong Gold Mining, Cl A

 

397,631

 

 

1,887,038

Shandong Hualu Hengsheng Chemical, Cl A

 

248,757

 

 

572,324

Shandong Nanshan Aluminum, Cl A

 

1,827,600

 

 

542,557

Shandong Sun Paper Industry JSC, Cl A

 

396,300

 

 

440,074

Shanying International Holding, Cl A

 

701,100

 

 

302,385

Shenghe Resources Holding, Cl A

 

268,395

 

 

342,766

Shenzhen Zhongjin Lingnan Nonfemet, Cl A

 

545,893

 

 

308,829

Sichuan Hebang Biotechnology

 

1,350,600

 

 

293,148

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical, Cl A

 

934,004

 

 

545,398

Tangshan Jidong Cement, Cl A

 

206,119

 

 

442,475

Tangshan Sanyou Chemical Industries, Cl A

 

315,700

 

 

228,115

Tianqi Lithium, Cl A

 

174,707

 

 

665,439

Tongkun Group, Cl A

 

278,679

 

 

495,606

Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group, Cl A

 

1,609,900

 

 

489,201

Transfar Zhilian, Cl A

 

498,279

 

 

542,851

Wanhua Chemical Group, Cl A

 

480,165

 

 

2,968,588

Western Mining, Cl A

 

364,401

 

 

282,695

Xiamen Tungsten, Cl A

 

216,170

 

 

405,932

Xinjiang Zhongtai Chemical, Cl A

 

328,300

 

 

320,889

Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes, Cl A

 

610,300

 

 

333,301

Xinyu Iron & Steel, Cl A

 

487,700

 

 

303,908

Yintai Resources, Cl A

 

313,472

 

 

572,407

Yunnan Energy New Material

 

102,637

 

 

479,323

Yunnan Tin, Cl A*

 

255,205

 

 

362,730

Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt, Cl A

 

164,959

 

 

621,611

Zhejiang Jiahua Energy Chemical Industry, Cl A

 

219,073

 

 

324,566

Zhejiang Juhua, Cl A

 

419,800

 

 

415,614

Zhejiang Longsheng Group, Cl A

 

497,571

 

 

979,646

Zhongjin Gold, Cl A

 

527,837

 

 

641,576

Zijin Mining Group, Cl A

 

2,644,902

 

 

1,211,117

       

 

42,579,986

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

15

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Real Estate — 4.4%

     

 

 

Beijing Capital Development, Cl A

 

394,526

 

$

448,601

China Enterprise

 

621,538

 

 

394,271

China Fortune Land Development, Cl A

 

459,190

 

 

1,734,212

China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Holdings, Cl A

 

1,007,377

 

 

2,678,834

China Vanke, Cl A

 

1,487,172

 

 

5,393,737

Financial Street Holdings, Cl A

 

457,159

 

 

492,932

Gemdale, Cl A

 

690,407

 

 

1,116,647

Grandjoy Holdings Group, Cl A

 

500,383

 

 

474,373

Greenland Holdings, Cl A

 

1,240,641

 

 

1,226,534

Jiangsu Zhongnan Construction Group, Cl A

 

567,400

 

 

616,566

Jinke Properties Group, Cl A

 

816,641

 

 

750,177

Oceanwide Holdings, Cl A

 

529,763

 

 

320,475

Poly Developments and Holdings Group, Cl A

 

1,819,190

 

 

3,642,864

RiseSun Real Estate Development, Cl A

 

664,993

 

 

771,039

Seazen Holdings, Cl A

 

345,165

 

 

1,371,728

Shanghai Zhangjiang High-Tech Park Development, Cl A

 

236,807

 

 

513,990

Sichuan Languang Development, Cl A

 

456,408

 

 

384,111

Tahoe Group, Cl A

 

380,680

 

 

320,379

Xinhu Zhongbao, Cl A

 

1,315,168

 

 

532,240

Yango Group, Cl A

 

619,380

 

 

511,727

Zhejiang China Commodities City Group, Cl A

 

832,456

 

 

440,638

       

 

24,136,075

Utilities — 3.1%

     

 

 

Chengdu Xingrong Environment, Cl A

 

456,733

 

 

306,356

China National Nuclear Power, Cl A

 

1,983,766

 

 

1,469,518

China Yangtze Power, Cl A

 

3,364,567

 

 

8,589,041

GD Power Development, Cl A

 

3,005,200

 

 

1,005,773

Huadian Power International, Cl A

 

1,038,185

 

 

520,459

Huaneng Power International, Cl A

 

728,810

 

 

591,931

Hubei Energy Group, Cl A

 

663,500

 

 

378,150

Inner Mongolia MengDian HuaNeng Thermal Power, Cl A

 

888,200

 

 

370,643

SDIC Power Holdings, Cl A

 

1,037,869

 

 

1,309,472

Shanghai Electric Power, Cl A

 

400,300

 

 

442,274

Shenergy, Cl A

 

751,194

 

 

583,813

Shenzhen Energy Group, Cl A

 

505,264

 

 

408,955

Sichuan Chuantou Energy, Cl A

 

673,225

 

 

940,848

       

 

16,917,233

TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $575,987,704)

     

 

550,195,591

       

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.9%
(Cost $575,987,704)

     

 

550,195,591

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 0.1%

     

 

550,539

NET ASSETS — 100%

     

$

550,746,130

‡      Industries are utilized for compliance purposes, whereas sectors are utilized for reporting.

*       Non-income producing security.

Cl — Class

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

16

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF (concluded)

As of September 30, 2019, all of the Fund’s investments were considered Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy, in accordance with the authoritative guidance under U.S. GAAP.

For the period ended September 30, 2019, there have been no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 investments. Transfers between levels are recognized at period end.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

17

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF

 

Face
Amount
(A)

 

Value

COMMERCIAL PAPER — 79.5%‡

     

 

 

CHINA — 79.5%

     

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 3.2%

     

 

 

Beijing Tourism Group
3.170%, 12/06/2019

 

4,000,000

 

$

560,246

Consumer Staples — 3.9%

     

 

 

China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation
2.680%, 11/30/2019

 

5,000,000

 

 

699,904

Energy — 21.4%

     

 

 

China Energy Conservation & Environmental Protection Group
3.500%, 10/14/2019

 

4,000,000

 

 

560,101

Chongqing Water Asset Management
3.250%, 02/11/2020

 

3,000,000

 

 

420,108

GD Power Development
3.280%, 05/22/2020

 

3,000,000

 

 

420,583

Guangdong Energy Group
2.600%, 11/20/2019

 

5,000,000

 

 

699,913

Nanjing Railway Construction Investment
3.830%, 11/05/2019

 

3,000,000

 

 

420,307

Shaanxi Coal and Chemical Industry Group
3.240%, 11/24/2019

 

6,000,000

 

 

840,321

Yanchang Petroleum Group
2.430%, 10/16/2019

 

3,000,000

 

 

420,007

       

 

3,781,340

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

18

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF (continued)

 

Face
Amount
(A)

 

Value

COMMERCIAL PAPER (continued)

     

 

 

Financials — 4.0%

     

 

 

Beijing State-Owned Assets Management First Harbor Engineering
2.950%, 11/18/2019

 

5,000,000

 

$

700,051

Health Care — 4.0%

     

 

 

SinoPharm Group
3.070%, 11/17/2019

 

5,000,000

 

 

700,174

Industrials — 28.6%

     

 

 

Anhui Transportation Holding Group
2.730%, 12/13/2019

 

4,000,000

 

 

559,830

China Southern Airlines
2.300%, 10/22/2019

 

5,000,000

 

 

699,927

Chinese Universe Publish
2.980%, 12/23/2019

 

4,000,000

 

 

560,023

Guangzhou Development
2.690%, 01/07/2020

 

6,000,000

 

 

839,619

Shaanxi Non-ferrous Metals Holding Group
2.850%, 01/18/2020

 

5,000,000

 

 

699,481

Tianjin Infrastructure Construction & Investment Group
3.300%, 01/09/2020

 

5,000,000

 

 

700,235

Xiamen ITG Group
3.000%, 11/25/2019

 

5,000,000

 

 

700,054

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group
3.490%, 10/22/2019

 

2,000,000

 

 

280,036

       

 

5,039,205

Materials — 14.4%

     

 

 

China National Chemical
2.900%, 10/27/2019

 

5,000,000

 

 

700,048

Jiangsu Shagang Group
3.290%, 11/22/2019

 

5,000,000

 

 

700,198

Shougang Group
3.140%, 11/15/2019

 

5,000,000

 

 

700,244

Wangfujing Group
3.200%, 05/11/2020

 

3,000,000

 

 

419,883

       

 

2,520,373

TOTAL COMMERCIAL PAPER
(Cost $14,583,049)

     

 

14,001,293

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

19

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF (continued)

 

Face
Amount
(A)/
Shares

 

Value

CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — 13.5%

     

 

 

CHINA — 13.5%

     

 

 

Industrials — 13.5%

     

 

 

Anhui Publishing Group
3.550%, 01/21/2020

 

10,000,000

 

$

1,402,103

Qingdao City Construction Investment Group
3.000%, 04/07/2020

 

3,000,000

 

 

419,623

Sinochem Fertilizer
3.000%, 10/23/2019

 

4,000,000

 

 

560,029

TOTAL CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $2,512,377)

     

 

2,381,755

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS(B)(C) — 0.2%

     

 

 

China Universal Express Income Money Market Fund, 2.247%

 

388

 

 

54

E Fund Money Market Fund, 2.432%*

 

106,097

 

 

14,866

Fortune SGAM Xianjin Tianyi Money Market Fund, 2.342%

 

162,898

 

 

22,825

Xianjinbao Real-Time Redemption Money Market Fund, 1.989%

 

3,525

 

 

494

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $24,453)

     

 

38,239

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 93.2%
(Cost $17,119,879)

     

 

16,421,287

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 6.8%

     

 

1,206,078

NET ASSETS — 100%

     

$

17,627,365

*    Affiliated investment is a Chinese investment company which is managed by E Fund Management (Hong Kong) Co., Limited (the “Sub-Adviser”) or an affiliate of the Sub-Adviser or which is distributed by an affiliate of the Fund’s distributor. Transactions with affiliated companies during the period ended September 30, 2019 are as follows:

Value of
Shares
Held as of 3/31/19

 

Purchases
at Cost

 

Proceeds
from Sales

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Realized
Gain
(Loss)

 

Value of
Shares
Held as
of 9/30/19

 

Number
of Shares
Held as
of 9/30/19

 

Dividend
Income

 

Capital Gains
Distributions

E Fund Money Market Fund

                       

 $384,215

 

 $574,216

 

 $(932,142)

 

 $ 6,618

 

 $(18,041)

 

 $ 14,866

 

106,097

 

 $3,318

 

 $  —

‡      Narrow industries are utilized for compliance purposes, whereas broad sectors are utilized for reporting.

(A)   In CNY unless otherwise indicated.

(B)  The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of September 30, 2019.

(C)  Class not available

CNY — Chinese Yuan

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

20

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF (concluded)

The following summarizes the market value of the Fund’s investments used as of September 30, 2019, based on the inputs used to value them:

Investments in Securities

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Commercial Paper

 

$

 

$

14,001,293

 

$

 

$

14,001,293

Corporate Obligations

 

 

 

 

2,381,755

 

 

 

 

2,381,755

Short-Term Investments

 

 

38,239

 

 

 

 

 

 

38,239

Total Investments in Securities

 

$

38,239

 

$

16,383,048

 

$

 

$

16,421,287

For the period ended September 30, 2019, there have been no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 investments. Transfers between levels are recognized at period end.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

21

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF 

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK — 99.7%

     

 

 

CHINA — 90.3%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 15.1%

     

 

 

58.com ADR*

 

296

 

$

14,596

Autohome ADR*

 

178

 

 

14,797

Baidu ADR*

 

720

 

 

73,987

China Mobile

 

15,972

 

 

132,125

China Telecom, Cl H

 

36,000

 

 

16,394

China Unicom Hong Kong

 

14,000

 

 

14,858

Momo ADR

 

280

 

 

8,674

NetEase ADR

 

284

 

 

75,595

Shanghai Oriental Pearl Group, Cl A

 

6,740

 

 

8,636

SINA*

 

240

 

 

9,406

Tencent Holdings

 

16,058

 

 

676,372

Tencent Music Entertainment Group ADR*

 

1

 

 

13

Weibo ADR*

 

176

 

 

7,876

YY ADR*

 

171

 

 

9,615

       

 

1,062,944

Consumer Discretionary — 20.1%

     

 

 

Alibaba Group Holding ADR*

 

3,983

 

 

666,077

ANTA Sports Products

 

6,000

 

 

49,634

BAIC Motor, Cl H

 

9,500

 

 

5,865

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings

 

14,000

 

 

15,037

BYD, Cl A

 

1,900

 

 

12,979

BYD, Cl H

 

3,000

 

 

14,982

China Grand Automotive Services Group, Cl A

 

10,200

 

 

5,499

China International Travel Service, Cl A

 

1,800

 

 

23,457

Chongqing Changan Automobile, Cl A

 

15,700

 

 

16,291

Ctrip.com International ADR*

 

1,565

 

 

45,839

Dongfeng Motor Group, Cl H

 

12,000

 

 

11,404

Fuyao Glass Industry Group, Cl A

 

6,600

 

 

19,852

Geely Automobile Holdings

 

13,000

 

 

22,055

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

22

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Consumer Discretionary (continued)

     

 

 

Great Wall Motor, Cl H

 

18,500

 

$

12,389

Gree Electric Appliances of Zhuhai, Cl A

 

3,000

 

 

24,072

Guangzhou Automobile Group, Cl H

 

14,000

 

 

13,394

Haier Smart Home, Cl A

 

6,700

 

 

14,355

Huayu Automotive Systems, Cl A

 

3,700

 

 

12,176

Huazhu Group ADR

 

411

 

 

13,571

JD.com ADR*

 

4,684

 

 

132,136

Midea Group, Cl A

 

5,400

 

 

38,641

NavInfo, Cl A

 

5,400

 

 

12,310

New Oriental Education & Technology Group ADR*

 

481

 

 

53,276

SAIC Motor, Cl A

 

5,557

 

 

18,505

Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town, Cl A

 

14,400

 

 

14,176

Shenzhou International Group Holdings

 

3,000

 

 

39,187

Suning.com, Cl A

 

10,300

 

 

14,943

Suofeiya Home Collection, Cl A

 

2,500

 

 

5,993

TAL Education Group ADR*

 

952

 

 

32,596

Vipshop Holdings ADR*

 

1,543

 

 

13,763

Yum China Holdings

 

889

 

 

40,387

       

 

1,414,841

Consumer Staples — 7.0%

     

 

 

Anhui Gujing Distillery, Cl A

 

700

 

 

11,273

China Mengniu Dairy

 

7,000

 

 

26,207

China Resources Beer Holdings

 

10,000

 

 

53,002

Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food, Cl A

 

1,900

 

 

29,243

Guangdong Haid Group, Cl A

 

3,700

 

 

16,217

Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development, Cl A

 

3,700

 

 

12,798

Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group, Cl A

 

6,000

 

 

23,962

Jiangsu Yanghe Brewery Joint-Stock, Cl A

 

1,200

 

 

17,476

Kweichow Moutai, Cl A

 

1,000

 

 

161,037

Luzhou Laojiao, Cl A

 

1,800

 

 

21,480

Muyuan Foodstuff, Cl A

 

2,900

 

 

28,630

New Hope Liuhe, Cl A

 

16,900

 

 

40,634

Shanxi Xinghuacun Fen Wine Factory, Cl A

 

700

 

 

7,578

Tingyi Cayman Islands Holding

 

10,000

 

 

14,083

Want Want China Holdings

 

18,000

 

 

14,396

Yonghui Superstores, Cl A

 

12,600

 

 

15,686

       

 

493,702

Energy — 2.9%

     

 

 

China Oilfield Services, Cl H

 

12,000

 

 

14,343

China Petroleum & Chemical, Cl A

 

22,200

 

 

15,606

China Petroleum & Chemical, Cl H

 

50,500

 

 

30,019

China Shenhua Energy, Cl H

 

9,000

 

 

18,070

CNOOC

 

37,826

 

 

57,708

Offshore Oil Engineering, Cl A

 

15,100

 

 

11,397

PetroChina, Cl A

 

11,500

 

 

9,968

PetroChina, Cl H

 

51,984

 

 

26,724

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

23

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Energy (continued)

     

 

 

Shaanxi Coal Industry, Cl A

 

9,600

 

$

11,736

Shanxi Lu’an Environmental Energy Development, Cl A

 

6,000

 

 

6,083

       

 

201,654

Financials — 19.5%

     

 

 

Agricultural Bank of China, Cl A

 

21,000

 

 

10,175

Agricultural Bank of China, Cl H

 

84,397

 

 

33,051

Anxin Trust, Cl A

 

9,567

 

 

6,310

Avic Capital, Cl A

 

18,100

 

 

11,837

Bank of Beijing, Cl A

 

23,400

 

 

17,563

Bank of China, Cl A

 

24,700

 

 

12,382

Bank of China, Cl H

 

175,396

 

 

68,911

Bank of Communications, Cl A

 

36,000

 

 

27,474

Bank of Communications, Cl H

 

5,000

 

 

3,266

Bank of Hangzhou, Cl A

 

11,500

 

 

13,608

Bank of Jiangsu, Cl A

 

18,700

 

 

17,571

Bank of Nanjing, Cl A

 

12,100

 

 

14,555

Bank of Ningbo, Cl A

 

5,500

 

 

19,416

Bank of Shanghai, Cl A

 

15,704

 

 

20,561

Changjiang Securities, Cl A

 

17,500

 

 

17,154

China CITIC Bank, Cl H

 

25,000

 

 

13,330

China Construction Bank, Cl A

 

10,300

 

 

10,082

China Construction Bank, Cl H

 

257,000

 

 

196,043

China Everbright Bank, Cl A

 

45,000

 

 

24,828

China Life Insurance, Cl H

 

18,483

 

 

42,816

China Merchants Bank, Cl A

 

12,000

 

 

58,393

China Merchants Securities, Cl A

 

7,800

 

 

17,968

China Minsheng Banking, Cl A

 

22,800

 

 

19,220

China Pacific Insurance Group, Cl A

 

4,300

 

 

20,996

CITIC Securities, Cl A

 

9,000

 

 

28,331

Everbright Securities, Cl A

 

8,400

 

 

13,327

Founder Securities, Cl A

 

14,400

 

 

13,894

GF Securities, Cl A*

 

4,300

 

 

8,171

Guosen Securities, Cl A

 

9,600

 

 

16,508

Guotai Junan Securities, Cl A

 

6,600

 

 

16,238

Haitong Securities, Cl A

 

10,200

 

 

20,425

Huatai Securities, Cl A

 

4,900

 

 

13,099

Huaxia Bank, Cl A

 

15,700

 

 

16,225

Hubei Biocause Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

10,300

 

 

10,168

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, Cl A

 

42,000

 

 

32,524

Industrial Bank, Cl A

 

16,300

 

 

40,013

Industrial Securities, Cl A

 

22,169

 

 

19,309

New China Life Insurance, Cl A

 

1,800

 

 

12,268

New China Life Insurance, Cl H

 

3,700

 

 

14,631

Noah Holdings ADR*

 

171

 

 

4,993

Orient Securities, Cl A

 

11,400

 

 

16,283

PICC Property & Casualty, Cl H

 

15,510

 

 

18,103

Ping An Bank, Cl A

 

16,891

 

 

36,875

Ping An Insurance Group of China, Cl A

 

7,200

 

 

87,757

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

24

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Financials (continued)

     

 

 

Ping An Insurance Group of China, Cl H

 

15,000

 

$

172,303

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Cl A

 

24,000

 

 

39,792

Shenwan Hongyuan Group, Cl A

 

27,100

 

 

18,140

       

 

1,366,887

Health Care — 5.3%

     

 

 

3SBio*

 

6,000

 

 

9,950

Alibaba Health Information Technology*

 

14,000

 

 

12,233

Beijing Tongrentang, Cl A

 

3,044

 

 

11,466

Changchun High & New Technology Industry Group, Cl A

 

500

 

 

27,612

China Medical System Holdings

 

7,000

 

 

8,322

China Traditional Chinese Medicine Holdings

 

14,000

 

 

6,429

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group

 

12,000

 

 

24,094

Dong-E-E-Jiao, Cl E

 

2,400

 

 

10,244

Genscript Biotech*

 

10,000

 

 

19,160

Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings, Cl A

 

1,900

 

 

9,232

Huadong Medicine, Cl A

 

2,280

 

 

8,365

Hualan Biological Engineering, Cl A

 

3,600

 

 

17,291

Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine, Cl A

 

3,600

 

 

40,672

Meinian Onehealth Healthcare Holdings, Cl A

 

5,760

 

 

9,808

Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group, Cl A

 

3,100

 

 

10,970

Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group, Cl H

 

2,500

 

 

6,713

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding, Cl A

 

6,000

 

 

15,291

Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

1,900

 

 

6,880

Sino Biopharmaceutical

 

18,000

 

 

22,869

Sinopharm Group, Cl H

 

4,800

 

 

15,032

Tasly Pharmaceutical Group, Cl A

 

3,000

 

 

6,545

Tong Ren Tang Technologies, Cl H

 

7,000

 

 

6,367

Tonghua Dongbao Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

4,200

 

 

10,292

Wuxi Biologics Cayman*

 

2,500

 

 

25,512

Yunnan Baiyao Group, Cl A

 

1,200

 

 

12,779

Zhangzhou Pientzehuang Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

600

 

 

8,560

Zhejiang NHU, Cl A

 

3,600

 

 

10,783

       

 

373,471

Industrials — 7.9%

     

 

 

51job ADR*

 

113

 

 

8,362

AECC Aviation Power, Cl A

 

3,100

 

 

9,494

AVIC Aircraft, Cl A

 

4,300

 

 

9,363

AVIC Electromechanical Systems, Cl A

 

6,000

 

 

5,470

AVIC Shenyang Aircraft, Cl A*

 

1,900

 

 

8,248

Beijing Capital International Airport, Cl H

 

10,000

 

 

8,534

China Communications Construction, Cl H

 

24,000

 

 

18,767

China Conch Venture Holdings

 

6,000

 

 

22,196

China Eastern Airlines, Cl A

 

20,500

 

 

14,870

China Everbright International

 

12,323

 

 

9,494

China Gezhouba Group, Cl A

 

8,500

 

 

6,939

China Merchants Port Holdings

 

10,552

 

 

15,883

China Railway Construction, Cl A

 

8,500

 

 

11,260

China Railway Construction, Cl H

 

9,500

 

 

10,385

China Railway Group, Cl H

 

18,000

 

 

10,929

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

25

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Industrials (continued)

     

 

 

China Southern Airlines, Cl A

 

7,900

 

$

7,335

China State Construction Engineering, Cl A

 

33,000

 

 

25,092

China State Construction International Holdings

 

12,000

 

 

11,282

CITIC

 

12,780

 

 

16,139

COSCO SHIPPING Development, Cl A

 

49,200

 

 

17,293

COSCO SHIPPING Holdings, Cl A*

 

22,800

 

 

15,197

CRRC, Cl A

 

16,800

 

 

17,221

CRRC, Cl H

 

13,000

 

 

9,071

Daqin Railway, Cl A

 

13,900

 

 

14,774

Fosun International

 

9,000

 

 

11,136

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Cl A

 

6,000

 

 

18,863

Jiangsu Expressway, Cl H

 

12,000

 

 

15,246

Metallurgical Corp of China, Cl A

 

34,200

 

 

13,362

Ningbo Zhoushan Port, Cl A

 

6,500

 

 

3,395

Power Construction Corp of China, Cl A

 

15,700

 

 

10,179

Sany Heavy Industry, Cl A

 

10,800

 

 

21,596

Shanghai Electric Group, Cl H

 

38,000

 

 

12,264

Shanghai International Airport, Cl A

 

1,200

 

 

13,406

Shanghai International Port Group, Cl A

 

10,800

 

 

8,605

Suzhou Gold Mantis Construction Decoration, Cl A

 

6,700

 

 

8,510

Weichai Power, Cl A

 

20,988

 

 

32,976

Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology, Cl A

 

8,449

 

 

14,813

Zhejiang Chint Electrics, Cl A

 

3,000

 

 

9,171

Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls, Cl A

 

6,240

 

 

11,499

Zhengzhou Yutong Bus, Cl A

 

5,444

 

 

10,596

Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric, Cl H

 

2,400

 

 

9,934

Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology, Cl A

 

30,600

 

 

24,424

       

 

553,573

Information Technology — 4.3%

     

 

 

AAC Technologies Holdings

 

3,000

 

 

15,881

Aisino, Cl A

 

3,100

 

 

9,094

BOE Technology Group, Cl A

 

39,100

 

 

20,532

DHC Software, Cl A

 

7,900

 

 

7,456

Focus Media Information Technology, Cl A

 

11,500

 

 

8,454

GDS Holdings ADR*

 

233

 

 

9,339

Hanergy Thin Film Power Group*(A)(B)(C)

 

4,364

 

 

Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology, Cl A

 

8,309

 

 

37,582

Hengtong Optic-electric, Cl A

 

3,100

 

 

6,755

Iflytek, Cl A

 

2,500

 

 

11,154

Kingdee International Software Group

 

12,000

 

 

12,644

Kingsoft

 

6,000

 

 

12,736

Lenovo Group

 

14,000

 

 

9,340

LONGi Green Energy Technology, Cl A

 

4,680

 

 

17,190

Luxshare Precision Industry, Cl A

 

7,150

 

 

26,793

OFILM Group, Cl A

 

5,382

 

 

8,968

Sanan Optoelectronics, Cl A

 

6,600

 

 

13,013

Sunny Optical Technology Group

 

1,900

 

 

27,921

Tianma Microelectronics, Cl A

 

6,000

 

 

11,612

TravelSky Technology, Cl H

 

5,000

 

 

10,383

Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics, Cl A

 

1,300

 

 

9,301

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

26

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Information Technology (continued)

     

 

 

Yonyou Network Technology, Cl A

 

3,250

 

$

14,058

Zhejiang Dahua Technology, Cl A

 

4,200

 

 

10,157

       

 

310,363

Materials — 2.8%

     

 

 

Angang Steel, Cl A

 

19,470

 

 

8,425

Anhui Conch Cement, Cl A

 

3,000

 

 

17,367

Anhui Conch Cement, Cl H

 

3,000

 

 

17,814

Baoshan Iron & Steel, Cl A

 

15,100

 

 

12,497

BBMG, Cl A

 

23,400

 

 

10,879

China Molybdenum, Cl H

 

39,000

 

 

12,935

China National Building Material, Cl H

 

14,000

 

 

12,572

China Northern Rare Earth Group High-Tech, Cl A

 

8,500

 

 

12,938

Ganfeng Lithium, Cl A

 

1,800

 

 

5,687

Hesteel, Cl A

 

26,400

 

 

9,316

Inner Mongolia BaoTou Steel Union, Cl A

 

52,900

 

 

10,815

Rongsheng Petro Chemical, Cl A

 

6,100

 

 

9,353

Shandong Hualu Hengsheng Chemical, Cl A

 

3,600

 

 

8,282

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical, Cl A

 

27,100

 

 

15,825

Tianqi Lithium, Cl A

 

1,800

 

 

6,856

Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt, Cl A

 

780

 

 

2,939

Zhejiang Longsheng Group, Cl A

 

9,000

 

 

17,720

Zijin Mining Group, Cl A

 

15,100

 

 

6,914

       

 

199,134

Real Estate — 3.3%

     

 

 

China Fortune Land Development, Cl A

 

3,600

 

 

13,596

China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Holdings, Cl A

 

7,200

 

 

19,146

China Overseas Land & Investment

 

12,839

 

 

40,371

China Resources Land

 

12,214

 

 

51,181

China Vanke, Cl A

 

7,143

 

 

25,907

China Vanke, Cl H

 

3,700

 

 

12,885

Gemdale, Cl A

 

8,400

 

 

13,586

Greenland Holdings, Cl A

 

14,400

 

 

14,236

Poly Developments and Holdings Group, Cl A

 

10,300

 

 

20,625

Seazen Holdings, Cl A

 

2,400

 

 

9,538

Xinhu Zhongbao, Cl A

 

25,300

 

 

10,239

       

 

231,310

Utilities — 2.1%

     

 

 

Beijing Enterprises Water Group

 

24,000

 

 

12,277

China Longyuan Power Group, Cl H

 

12,000

 

 

6,735

China National Nuclear Power, Cl A

 

19,300

 

 

14,297

China Yangtze Power, Cl A

 

9,600

 

 

24,507

ENN Energy Holdings

 

482

 

 

4,986

Guangdong Investment

 

12,000

 

 

23,481

Huadian Power International, Cl A

 

20,400

 

 

10,227

Huaneng Power International, Cl H

 

13,077

 

 

6,289

Hubei Energy Group, Cl A

 

21,100

 

 

12,025

SDIC Power Holdings, Cl A

 

10,800

 

 

13,626

Sichuan Chuantou Energy, Cl A

 

10,900

 

 

15,233

       

 

143,683

TOTAL CHINA

     

 

6,351,562

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

27

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

HONG KONG — 9.4%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 0.3%

     

 

 

Alibaba Pictures Group*

 

120,000

 

$

19,440

       

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 0.3%

     

 

 

China First Capital Group*

 

14,000

 

 

4,090

Haier Electronics Group

 

6,000

 

 

15,652

       

 

19,742

Consumer Staples — 0.1%

     

 

 

Sun Art Retail Group

 

9,000

 

 

9,138

       

 

 

Energy — 0.2%

     

 

 

Yanzhou Coal Mining, Cl H

 

12,000

 

 

12,185

       

 

 

Financials — 4.3%

     

 

 

China Cinda Asset Management, Cl H

 

4,504

 

 

885

China Galaxy Securities, Cl H

 

30,500

 

 

16,224

China Huarong Asset Management, Cl H

 

49,000

 

 

7,376

China International Capital, Cl H

 

5,200

 

 

10,082

China Merchants Bank, Cl H

 

9,500

 

 

45,201

China Minsheng Banking, Cl H

 

27,500

 

 

18,697

China Pacific Insurance Group, Cl H

 

8,600

 

 

31,594

China Taiping Insurance Holdings

 

5,000

 

 

11,162

CITIC Securities, Cl H

 

6,000

 

 

11,235

Far East Horizon

 

7,000

 

 

6,501

GF Securities, Cl H

 

12,000

 

 

12,567

Huatai Securities, Cl H

 

7,400

 

 

11,082

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, Cl H

 

171,441

 

 

114,813

People’s Insurance Group of China, Cl H

 

19,452

 

 

7,791

       

 

305,210

Health Care — 0.0%

     

 

 

Shanghai Henlius Biotech, Cl H*

 

23

 

 

       

 

 

Industrials — 0.2%

     

 

 

Fullshare Holdings

 

30,000

 

 

976

Shenzhen International Holdings

 

7,016

 

 

13,478

       

 

14,454

Information Technology — 0.5%

     

 

 

Kingboard Holdings

 

3,500

 

 

9,264

Meitu*

 

15,000

 

 

3,444

Semiconductor Manufacturing International*

 

15,000

 

 

18,751

       

 

31,459

Materials — 0.3%

     

 

 

China Resources Cement Holdings

 

12,000

 

 

12,032

Nine Dragons Paper Holdings

 

12,000

 

 

10,103

       

 

22,135

Real Estate — 2.0%

     

 

 

China Evergrande Group

 

6,000

 

 

12,782

China Jinmao Holdings Group

 

24,000

 

 

13,746

CIFI Holdings Group

 

25,195

 

 

14,720

Country Garden Holdings

 

25,000

 

 

31,667

Guangzhou R&F Properties

 

5,200

 

 

7,867

KWG Group Holdings

 

6,773

 

 

5,935

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Real Estate (continued)

     

 

 

Longfor Group Holdings

 

6,000

 

$

22,425

Shimao Property Holdings

 

3,500

 

 

10,224

Sunac China Holdings

 

6,000

 

 

24,109

       

 

143,475

Utilities — 1.2%

     

 

 

China Gas Holdings

 

5,000

 

 

19,325

China Resources Gas Group

 

10,000

 

 

49,430

China Resources Power Holdings

 

10,000

 

 

12,131

       

 

80,886

TOTAL HONG KONG

     

 

658,124

TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $7,067,403)

     

 

7,009,686

       

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.7%
(Cost $7,067,403)

     

 

7,009,686

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 0.3%

     

 

19,471

NET ASSETS — 100%

     

$

7,029,157

‡      Industries are utilized for compliance purposes, whereas sectors are utilized for reporting.

*       Non-income producing security.

(A)   Security is fair valued using methods determined in good faith by the Fair Value Committee of the Board of Trustees. The total value of such securities as of September 30, 2019 was $0 and represents 0.0% of Net Assets.

(B)   Level 3 security in accordance with fair value hierarchy.

(C)   Security considered illiquid. The total value of such securities as of September 30, 2019 was $0 and represents 0.0% of Net Assets.

ADRAmerican Depositary Receipt

ClClass

The following summarizes the market value of the Fund’s investments used as of September 30, 2019, based on the inputs used to value them:

Investments in Securities

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3^

 

Total

Common Stock

 

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

China

 

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Communication Services

 

$

1,062,944

 

$

 

$

 

$

1,062,944  

Consumer Discretionary

 

 

1,414,841

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

1,414,841  

Consumer Staples

 

 

493,702

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

493,702  

Energy

 

 

201,654

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

201,654  

Financials

 

 

1,366,887

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

1,366,887  

Health Care

 

 

373,471

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

373,471  

Industrials

 

 

553,573

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

553,573  

Information Technology

 

 

310,363

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

310,363  

Materials

 

 

199,134

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

199,134  

Real Estate

 

 

231,310

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

231,310  

Utilities

 

 

143,683

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

143,683  

Hong Kong

 

 

658,124

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

658,124  

Total Common Stock

 

 

7,009,686

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

7,009,686  

Total Investments in Securities

 

$

7,009,686

 

$

 

$

 

$

7,009,686  

^      A reconciliation of Level 3 investments, including certain disclosures related to significant inputs used in valuing Level 3 investments is only presented when the Fund has over 1% of Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF (concluded)

For the period ended September 30, 2019, there have been no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 investments.

For the period ended September 30, 2019, there have been no transfers between Level 2 and Level 3 investments.

For the period ended September 30, 2019, the transfers in and out of Level 3 occurred due to a halt in trading of these securities. Transfers between levels are recognized at period end.

Amounts designated as “” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK — 98.7%

     

 

 

CHINA — 38.3%

     

 

 

Energy — 0.2%

     

 

 

Guanghui Energy, Cl A

 

87,900

 

$

40,865

       

 

 

Financials — 4.1%

     

 

 

Bank of Chengdu, Cl A

 

46,400

 

 

52,890

Bank of Guiyang, Cl A

 

41,527

 

 

49,486

Bank of Hangzhou, Cl A

 

66,100

 

 

78,214

Bank of Jiangsu, Cl A

 

148,555

 

 

139,585

Bank of Nanjing, Cl A

 

109,391

 

 

131,584

Bank of Ningbo, Cl A

 

68,146

 

 

240,571

Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank, Cl H

 

103,425

 

 

55,015

       

 

747,345

Industrials — 18.6%

     

 

 

Beijing New Building Materials, Cl A

 

21,608

 

 

54,465

China Communications Construction, Cl H

 

192,000

 

 

150,134

China Conch Venture Holdings

 

69,500

 

 

257,099

China Gezhouba Group, Cl A

 

59,650

 

 

48,698

China Railway Construction, Cl H

 

86,000

 

 

94,015

China Railway Group, Cl H

 

166,500

 

 

101,097

China Railway Hi-tech Industry, Cl A

 

28,676

 

 

41,200

China Shipbuilding Industry, Cl A

 

295,200

 

 

227,770

China State Construction Engineering, Cl A

 

546,979

 

 

415,910

Contemporary Amperex Technology, Cl A

 

9,400

 

 

94,116

CRRC, Cl H

 

196,850

 

 

137,353

Daqin Railway, Cl A

 

192,032

 

 

204,101

Dongfang Electric, Cl A

 

36,100

 

 

46,558

Guangdong LY Intelligent Manufacturing, Cl A*

 

60,300

 

 

79,036

Inner Mongolia First Machinery Group, Cl A

 

21,500

 

 

31,703

Jiangsu Expressway, Cl H

 

52,000

 

 

66,066

Jiangsu Zhongtian Technology, Cl A

 

40,049

 

 

48,455

Metallurgical Corp of China, Cl A

 

232,200

 

 

90,718

NARI Technology, Cl A

 

59,600

 

 

170,674

Ningbo Zhoushan Port, Cl A

 

112,701

 

 

58,866

Shanghai Construction Group, Cl A

 

116,000

 

 

55,066

Shanghai Electric Group, Cl H

 

114,000

 

 

36,791

Shanghai International Port Group, Cl A

 

111,510

 

 

88,850

Shanghai Tunnel Engineering, Cl A

 

40,700

 

 

33,569

Shenzhen Inovance Technology, Cl A

 

21,400

 

 

72,909

Siasun Robot & Automation, Cl A

 

20,400

 

 

41,222

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Industrials (continued)

     

 

 

Suzhou Gold Mantis Construction Decoration, Cl A

 

35,119

 

$

44,604

TBEA, Cl A

 

48,075

 

 

43,758

XCMG Construction Machinery, Cl A

 

103,048

 

 

63,925

Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology, Cl A

 

44,344

 

 

77,744

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings

 

87,500

 

 

60,742

Zhejiang Expressway, Cl H

 

62,000

 

 

53,621

Zhejiang Weixing New Building Materials, Cl A

 

20,840

 

 

46,401

Zhengzhou Yutong Bus, Cl A

 

28,497

 

 

55,468

Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric, Cl H

 

26,500

 

 

109,693

Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology, Cl A

 

84,957

 

 

67,812

       

 

3,370,209

Materials — 4.0%

     

 

 

Anhui Conch Cement, Cl H

 

52,500

 

 

311,743

BBMG, Cl A

 

108,100

 

 

50,256

Beijing Oriental Yuhong Waterproof Technology, Cl A

 

19,424

 

 

57,174

China National Building Material, Cl H

 

167,000

 

 

149,971

China Northern Rare Earth Group High-Tech, Cl A

 

46,124

 

 

70,208

Huaxin Cement, Cl A

 

17,700

 

 

46,721

Yunnan Chihong Zinc & Germanium, Cl A

 

65,759

 

 

40,701

       

 

726,774

Utilities — 11.4%

     

 

 

Beijing Enterprises Holdings

 

22,000

 

 

101,169

CGN Power, Cl H

 

461,875

 

 

116,656

China Longyuan Power Group, Cl H

 

135,000

 

 

75,771

China National Nuclear Power, Cl A

 

168,642

 

 

124,925

China Yangtze Power, Cl A

 

281,643

 

 

718,976

ENN Energy Holdings

 

35,000

 

 

362,081

GD Power Development, Cl A

 

253,100

 

 

84,707

Huadian Power International, Cl A

 

87,742

 

 

43,986

Huaneng Power International, Cl H

 

163,000

 

 

78,387

Huaneng Renewables, Cl H(A)(B)(C)

 

200,860

 

 

69,773

SDIC Power Holdings, Cl A

 

83,806

 

 

105,738

Shenergy, Cl A

 

63,119

 

 

49,055

Sichuan Chuantou Energy, Cl A

 

56,384

 

 

78,798

Zhejiang Zheneng Electric Power, Cl A

 

117,041

 

 

63,919

       

 

2,073,941

TOTAL CHINA

     

 

6,959,134

       

 

 

HONG KONG — 5.2%

     

 

 

Industrials — 1.0%

     

 

 

China Communications Services, Cl H

 

104,000

 

 

58,902

Shenzhen International Holdings

 

40,810

 

 

78,399

Sinotruk Hong Kong

 

29,500

 

 

43,727

       

 

181,028

Materials — 0.6%

     

 

 

China Resources Cement Holdings

 

104,000

 

 

104,273

       

 

 

Utilities — 3.6%

     

 

 

China Gas Holdings

 

81,400

 

 

314,618

China Power International Development

 

197,000

 

 

40,961

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Utilities (continued)

     

 

 

China Resources Gas Group

 

39,500

 

$

195,248

China Resources Power Holdings

 

82,635

 

 

100,245

       

 

651,072

TOTAL HONG KONG

     

 

936,373

       

 

 

INDIA — 3.3%

     

 

 

Industrials — 0.6%

     

 

 

AIA Engineering

 

4,506

 

 

113,434

       

 

 

Materials — 2.7%

     

 

 

Hindalco Industries

 

137,895

 

 

372,325

PI Industries

 

6,420

 

 

118,405

       

 

490,730

TOTAL INDIA

     

 

604,164

       

 

 

INDONESIA — 3.9%

     

 

 

Energy — 1.1%

     

 

 

Adaro Energy

 

1,632,700

 

 

148,375

Bukit Asam

 

348,400

 

 

55,469

       

 

203,844

Materials — 2.8%

     

 

 

Barito Pacific

 

3,124,800

 

 

217,933

Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper

 

332,300

 

 

151,577

Pabrik Kertas Tjiwi Kimia

 

174,500

 

 

129,692

       

 

499,202

TOTAL INDONESIA

     

 

703,046

       

 

 

ISRAEL — 2.4%

     

 

 

Materials — 2.4%

     

 

 

Israel Chemicals

 

86,716

 

 

430,611

TOTAL ISRAEL

     

 

430,611

       

 

 

JORDAN — 0.4%

     

 

 

Financials — 0.4%

     

 

 

Arab Bank

 

9,738

 

 

78,426

TOTAL JORDAN

     

 

78,426

       

 

 

KAZAKHSTAN — 1.6%

     

 

 

Energy — 1.6%

     

 

 

KazMunaiGas Exploration Production GDR*(A)(B)(C)

 

27,720

 

 

293,832

TOTAL KAZAKHSTAN

     

 

293,832

       

 

 

KUWAIT — 1.5%

     

 

 

Industrials — 1.5%

     

 

 

Agility Public Warehousing KSC

 

114,408

 

 

270,279

TOTAL KUWAIT

     

 

270,279

       

 

 

MALAYSIA — 5.3%

     

 

 

Energy — 0.3%

     

 

 

Sapura Energy

 

874,000

 

 

58,448

       

 

 

Industrials — 1.0%

     

 

 

Sime Darby

 

326,200

 

 

175,293

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Materials — 4.0%

     

 

 

Petronas Chemicals Group

 

293,700

 

$

528,898

Press Metal Aluminium Holdings

 

168,700

 

 

191,787

       

 

720,685

TOTAL MALAYSIA

     

 

954,426

       

 

 

PHILIPPINES — 4.5%

     

 

 

Industrials — 4.5%

     

 

 

DMCI Holdings

 

466,600

 

 

74,811

International Container Terminal Services

 

117,920

 

 

273,926

JG Summit Holdings

 

335,560

 

 

469,382

TOTAL PHILIPPINES

     

 

818,119

       

 

 

POLAND — 1.8%

     

 

 

Materials — 1.8%

     

 

 

KGHM Polska Miedz

 

16,793

 

 

335,094

TOTAL POLAND

     

 

335,094

       

 

 

RUSSIA — 11.7%

     

 

 

Energy — 4.7%

     

 

 

Rosneft

 

131,520

 

 

849,941

       

 

 

Materials — 7.0%

     

 

 

MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC

 

4,964

 

 

1,276,605

TOTAL RUSSIA

     

 

2,126,546

       

 

 

SINGAPORE — 8.4%

     

 

 

Financials — 5.3%

     

 

 

Oversea-Chinese Banking

 

122,024

 

 

958,262

       

 

 

Industrials — 3.1%

     

 

 

Hutchison Port Holdings Trust, Cl U

 

210,100

 

 

32,776

Keppel

 

55,700

 

 

238,847

Singapore Airlines

 

20,600

 

 

136,151

Singapore Technologies Engineering

 

60,100

 

 

166,884

       

 

574,658

TOTAL SINGAPORE

     

 

1,532,920

       

 

 

SOUTH AFRICA — 5.8%

     

 

 

Materials — 5.8%

     

 

 

Anglo American Platinum

 

6,175

 

 

371,836

Impala Platinum Holdings*

 

77,649

 

 

487,940

Kumba Iron Ore

 

7,658

 

 

189,131

TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA

     

 

1,048,907

       

 

 

THAILAND — 3.5%

     

 

 

Energy — 0.9%

     

 

 

IRPC

 

1,380,300

 

 

166,078

       

 

 

Materials — 2.6%

     

 

 

PTT Global Chemical

 

263,600

 

 

463,250

TOTAL THAILAND

     

 

629,328

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

TURKEY — 0.8%

     

 

 

Industrials — 0.8%

     

 

 

Turk Hava Yollari AO*

 

63,187

 

$

138,538

TOTAL TURKEY

     

 

138,538

       

 

 

UNITED KINGDOM — 0.3%

     

 

 

Energy — 0.3%

     

 

 

NAC Kazatomprom JSC GDR

 

4,547

 

 

60,020

TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM

     

 

60,020

TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $19,601,355)

     

 

17,919,763

       

 

 

PREFERRED STOCK — 0.7%

     

 

 

RUSSIA— 0.7%

     

 

 

Energy — 0.7%

     

 

 

Transneft(D)

 

52

 

 

120,057

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK
(Cost $147,822)

     

 

120,057

       

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.4%
(Cost $19,749,177)

     

 

18,039,820

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 0.6%

     

 

114,814

NET ASSETS — 100%

     

$

18,154,634

‡      Industries are utilized for compliance purposes, whereas sectors are utilized for reporting.

*       Non-income producing security.

(A)   Security is fair valued using methods determined in good faith by the Fair Value Committee of the Board of Trustees. The total value of such securities as of September 30, 2019 was $363,605 and represents 2.0% of Net Assets.

(B)   Level 3 security in accordance with fair value hierarchy.

(C)   Security considered illiquid. The total value of such securities as of September 30, 2019 was $363,605 and represents 2.0% of Net Assets.

(D)    Currently, no stated interest rate.

CL — Class

GDR — Global Depositary Receipt

PJSC — Public Joint Stock Company

The following summarizes the market value of the Fund’s investments used as of September 30, 2019, based on the inputs used to value them:

Investments in Securities

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Common Stock

 

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

China

 

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Energy

 

$

40,865

 

$

 

$

 

$

40,865  

Financials

 

 

747,345

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

747,345  

Industrials

 

 

3,370,209

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

3,370,209  

Materials

 

 

726,774

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

726,774  

Utilities

 

 

2,004,168

 

 

  —

 

 

69,773

 

 

2,073,941  

Hong Kong

 

 

936,373

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

936,373  

India

 

 

604,164

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

604,164  

Indonesia

 

 

703,046

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

703,046  

Israel

 

 

430,611

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

430,611  

Jordan

 

 

78,426

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

78,426  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF (concluded)

Investments in Securities

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Kazakhstan

 

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Energy

 

$

 

$

 

$

293,832

 

$

293,832  

Kuwait

 

 

270,279

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

270,279  

Malaysia

 

 

954,426

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

954,426  

Philippines

 

 

818,119

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

818,119  

Poland

 

 

335,094

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

335,094  

Russia

 

 

2,126,546

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

2,126,546  

Singapore

 

 

1,532,920

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

1,532,920  

South Africa

 

 

1,048,907

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

1,048,907  

Thailand

 

 

629,328

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

629,328  

Turkey

 

 

138,538

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

138,538  

United Kingdom

 

 

60,020

 

 

  —

 

 

  —

 

 

60,020  

Total Common Stock

 

 

17,556,158

 

 

  —

 

 

363,605

 

 

17,919,763  

Preferred Stock

 

 

  —

 

 

120,057

 

 

  —

 

 

120,057  

Total Investments in Securities

 

$

17,556,158

 

$

120,057

 

$

363,605

 

$

18,039,820  

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

The following is a reconciliation of the investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

 

Common Stock

Beginning balance as of March 31, 2019

 

$

293,832

Accrued discounts/premiums

 

 

Realized gain/(loss)(1)

 

 

Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)(2)

 

 

Purchases

 

 

Sales

 

 

Transfer into Level 3

 

 

69,773

Transfer out of Level 3

 

 

Ending balance as of September 30, 2019

 

$

363,605

(1)    Realized gain/(loss) from the sale of Level 3 securities is included on the Statement of Operations in Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

(2)    Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) is included on the Statement of Operations in Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments

For the period ended September 30, 2019, there have been no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 investments.

For the period ended September 30, 2019, there have been no transfers between Level 2 and Level 3 investments.

Amounts designated as “” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology Index ETF

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK — 100.2%

     

 

 

ARGENTINA — 3.7%

     

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 3.7%

     

 

 

MercadoLibre*

 

1,446

 

$

797,079

TOTAL ARGENTINA

     

 

797,079

       

 

 

BRAZIL — 7.2%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 0.8%

     

 

 

Smiles Fidelidade

 

18,400

 

 

166,711

       

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 3.7%

     

 

 

B2W Cia Digital*

 

55,170

 

 

634,295

CVC Brasil Operadora e Agencia de Viagens

 

13,426

 

 

180,629

       

 

814,924

Information Technology — 2.7%

     

 

 

Cielo

 

306,280

 

 

588,236

TOTAL BRAZIL

     

 

1,569,871

       

 

 

CHINA — 38.6%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 22.1%

     

 

 

58.com ADR*

 

10,108

 

 

498,426

Autohome ADR*

 

6,079

 

 

505,347

Baidu ADR*

 

7,071

 

 

726,616

China Telecom, Cl H

 

1,162,000

 

 

529,166

iQIYI ADR*(A)

 

31,596

 

 

509,644

NetEase ADR

 

2,862

 

 

761,807

Tencent Holdings

 

17,975

 

 

757,117

Weibo ADR*

 

11,707

 

 

523,888

       

 

4,812,011

Consumer Discretionary — 16.5%

     

 

 

Alibaba Group Holding ADR*

 

4,712

 

 

787,987

Ctrip.com International ADR*

 

22,848

 

 

669,218

JD.com ADR*

 

26,042

 

 

734,645

New Oriental Education & Technology Group ADR*

 

7,370

 

 

816,301

TAL Education Group ADR*

 

16,845

 

 

576,773

       

 

3,584,924

TOTAL CHINA

     

 

8,396,935

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

GREECE — 5.0%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 2.6%

     

 

 

Hellenic Telecommunications Organization

 

41,233

 

$

568,198

       

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 2.4%

     

 

 

OPAP

 

51,542

 

 

530,164

TOTAL GREECE

     

 

1,098,362

       

 

 

INDIA — 0.8%

     

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 0.8%

     

 

 

MakeMyTrip*

 

7,618

 

 

172,852

TOTAL INDIA

     

 

172,852

       

 

 

MALAYSIA — 3.5%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 2.7%

     

 

 

Telekom Malaysia

 

685,400

 

 

589,310

       

 

 

Information Technology — 0.8%

     

 

 

My EG Services

 

490,800

 

 

164,108

TOTAL MALAYSIA

     

 

753,418

       

 

 

MEXICO — 2.7%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 2.7%

     

 

 

Grupo Televisa

 

298,700

 

 

585,025

TOTAL MEXICO

     

 

585,025

       

 

 

NETHERLANDS — 1.1%

     

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 1.1%

     

 

 

Prosus*

 

3,217

 

 

236,209

TOTAL NETHERLANDS

     

 

236,209

       

 

 

POLAND — 3.0%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 0.7%

     

 

 

Orange Polska

 

110,778

 

 

152,663

       

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 2.3%

     

 

 

Cyfrowy Polsat

 

76,445

 

 

503,767

TOTAL POLAND

     

 

656,430

       

 

 

PUERTO RICO — 0.8%

     

 

 

Information Technology — 0.8%

     

 

 

EVERTEC

 

5,534

 

 

172,772

TOTAL PUERTO RICO

     

 

172,772

       

 

 

RUSSIA — 3.1%

     

 

 

Information Technology — 3.1%

     

 

 

Mail.Ru Group GDR*

 

24,567

 

 

514,924

QIWI ADR

 

7,190

 

 

157,821

TOTAL RUSSIA

     

 

672,745

       

 

 

SOUTH AFRICA — 2.3%

     

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 2.3%

     

 

 

Naspers, Cl N

 

3,246

 

 

491,326

TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA

     

 

491,326

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

SOUTH KOREA — 20.8%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 12.1%

     

 

 

Kakao

 

4,905

 

$

555,639

KT ADR

 

50,675

 

 

573,134

NAVER

 

6,182

 

 

811,415

NCSoft

 

1,207

 

 

525,726

Studio Dragon*

 

2,901

 

 

165,647

       

 

2,631,561

Consumer Discretionary — 0.7%

     

 

 

DoubleUGames

 

3,461

 

 

159,718

       

 

 

Consumer Staples — 0.8%

     

 

 

Orion Holdings

 

12,421

 

 

165,108

       

 

 

Financials — 0.7%

     

 

 

Daou Technology

 

9,821

 

 

163,389

       

 

 

Health Care — 0.8%

     

 

 

Celltrion Pharm*

 

6,014

 

 

176,224

       

 

 

Information Technology — 5.7%

     

 

 

Com2uSCorp

 

2,109

 

 

164,503

Douzone Bizon

 

3,268

 

 

178,679

Netmarble(A)

 

6,936

 

 

547,968

NHN*

 

3,262

 

 

169,897

Pearl Abyss*

 

1,014

 

 

167,849

       

 

1,228,896

TOTAL SOUTH KOREA

     

 

4,524,896

       

 

 

TAIWAN — 2.3%

     

 

 

Information Technology — 2.3%

     

 

 

Wistron NeWeb

 

65,000

 

 

170,962

WPG Holdings

 

131,880

 

 

162,382

WT Microelectronics

 

133,000

 

 

166,118

TOTAL TAIWAN

     

 

499,462

       

 

 

THAILAND — 2.5%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 2.5%

     

 

 

Intouch Holdings

 

258,837

 

 

554,318

TOTAL THAILAND

     

 

554,318

       

 

 

UNITED STATES — 2.8%

     

 

 

Information Technology — 2.8%

     

 

 

Pagseguro Digital, Cl A*

 

13,068

 

 

605,179

TOTAL UNITED STATES

     

 

605,179

TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $24,499,788)

     

 

21,786,879

       

 

 

PREFERRED STOCK — 0.7%

     

 

 

BRAZIL— 0.7%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 0.7%

     

 

 

Oi(B)*

 

414,800

 

 

144,394

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK
(Cost $176,681)

     

 

144,394

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology Index ETF (concluded)

 

Shares

 

Value

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT(C)(D) — 3.9%

     

 

 

 

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Cl Institutional, 2.270%

 

851,781

 

$

851,781

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT
(Cost $851,781)

     

 

851,781

 

       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 104.8%
(Cost $25,528,250)

     

 

22,783,054

 

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — (4.8)%

     

 

(1,053,288

)

NET ASSETS — 100%

     

$

21,729,766

 

‡       Industries are utilized for compliance purposes, whereas sectors are utilized for reporting.

*       Non-income producing security.

(A)   This security or a partial position of this security is on loan at September 30, 2019.  The total market value of securities on loan at September 30, 2019 was $823,981.

(B)   Currently, no stated interest rate.

(C)   The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of September 30, 2019.

(D)   This security was purchased with cash collateral held from securities on loan. The total value of such security as of September 30, 2019 was $851,781.

ADR American Depositary Receipt

Cl — Class

GDR — Global Depositary Receipt

As of September 30, 2019, all of the Fund’s investments were considered Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy, in accordance with the authoritative guidance under U.S. GAAP.

For the period ended September 30, 2019, there have been no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 investments. Transfers between levels are recognized at period end.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK — 98.4%

     

 

 

CHINA — 75.0%

     

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 13.7%

     

 

 

BYD, Cl A

 

6,600

 

$

45,083

BYD, Cl H

 

51,500

 

 

257,191

NIO ADR*

 

53,000

 

 

82,680

Tianneng Power International

 

87,885

 

 

61,883

Yadea Group Holdings

 

136,694

 

 

29,643

       

 

476,480

Consumer Staples — 1.2%

     

 

 

NVC Lighting Holding

 

315,000

 

 

41,387

       

 

 

Industrials — 24.1%

     

 

 

Capital Environment Holdings*

 

640,000

 

 

15,267

China Conch Venture Holdings

 

91,000

 

 

336,633

China Everbright International

 

336,216

 

 

259,043

Contemporary Amperex Technology, Cl A

 

4,200

 

 

42,052

CT Environmental Group*(A)(B)(C)

 

329,000

 

 

1,049

Dynagreen Environmental Protection Group, Cl H

 

48,000

 

 

19,226

Tus Environmental Science And Technology Development, Cl A

 

8,500

 

 

11,236

Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology, Cl A

 

19,835

 

 

34,775

Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology, Cl H

 

99,004

 

 

117,197

       

 

836,478

Information Technology — 10.5%

     

 

 

JinkoSolar Holding ADR*

 

4,060

 

 

64,757

LONGi Green Energy Technology, Cl A

 

21,330

 

 

78,346

Sanan Optoelectronics, Cl A

 

24,400

 

 

48,108

Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment, Cl A

 

5,400

 

 

25,483

Xinyi Solar Holdings

 

251,704

 

 

150,906

       

 

367,600

Real Estate — 8.6%

     

 

 

China Vanke, Cl A

 

19,300

 

 

69,998

China Vanke, Cl H

 

65,900

 

 

229,491

       

 

299,489

Utilities — 16.9%

     

 

 

Beijing Enterprises Water Group

 

302,500

 

 

154,735

China Datang Renewable Power, Cl H

 

305,000

 

 

29,569

China Everbright Water

 

73,614

 

 

16,768

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Utilities (continued)

     

 

 

China Longyuan Power Group, Cl H

 

289,800

 

$

162,655

Huaneng Renewables, Cl H(A)(B)(C)

 

582,000

 

 

223,425

       

 

587,152

TOTAL CHINA

     

 

2,608,586

       

 

 

HONG KONG — 23.4%

     

 

 

Industrials — 2.0%

     

 

 

China High Speed Transmission Equipment Group

 

52,000

 

 

31,905

Fullshare Holdings

 

1,152,500

 

 

37,489

       

 

69,394

Information Technology — 6.0%

     

 

 

China Railway Signal & Communication, Cl H

 

191,000

 

 

118,166

GCL-Poly Energy Holdings*

 

1,675,000

 

 

67,304

Wasion Holdings

 

65,000

 

 

24,626

       

 

210,096

Real Estate — 11.3%

     

 

 

China Merchants Land

 

158,000

 

 

21,767

Shimao Property Holdings

 

57,000

 

 

166,505

SOHO China

 

268,500

 

 

76,720

Yuexiu Real Estate Investment Trust

 

200,000

 

 

128,071

       

 

393,063

Utilities — 4.1%

     

 

 

Canvest Environmental Protection Group

 

82,000

 

 

35,773

China Everbright Greentech

 

47,000

 

 

27,339

Concord New Energy Group

 

770,000

 

 

37,816

GCL New Energy Holdings*

 

752,000

 

 

26,859

Panda Green Energy Group*

 

502,000

 

 

14,728

       

 

142,515

TOTAL HONG KONG

     

 

815,068

TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $3,780,029)

     

 

3,423,654

       

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 98.4%
(Cost $3,780,029)

     

 

3,423,654

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 1.6%

     

 

55,733

NET ASSETS — 100%

     

$

3,479,387

‡      Industries are utilized for compliance purposes, whereas sectors are utilized for reporting.

*       Non-income producing security.

†       Real Estate Investment Trust

(A)   Security is fair valued using methods determined in good faith by the Fair Value Committee of the Board of Trustees. The total value of such securities as of September 30, 2019 was $224,474 and represents 6.5% of Net Assets.

(B)   Level 3 security in accordance with fair value hierarchy.

(C)   Security considered illiquid.  The total value of such securities as of September 30, 2019 was $224,474 and represents 6.5% of Net Assets.

ADR — American Depositary Receipt

Cl — Class

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF (concluded)

The following summarizes the market value of the Fund’s investments used as of September 30, 2019, based on the inputs used to value them:

Investments in Securities

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Common Stock

 

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

China

 

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Consumer Discretionary

 

$

476,480

 

$

 

$

 

$

476,480

Consumer Staples

 

 

41,387

 

 

 

 

 

 

41,387

Industrials

 

 

835,429

 

 

 

 

1,049

 

 

836,478

Information Technology

 

 

367,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

367,600

Real Estate

 

 

299,489

 

 

 

 

 

 

299,489

Utilities

 

 

363,727

 

 

 

 

223,425

 

 

587,152

Hong Kong

 

 

815,068

 

 

 

 

 

 

815,068

Total Common Stock

 

 

3,199,180

 

 

 

 

224,474

 

 

3,423,654

Total Investments in Securities

 

$

3,199,180

 

$

 

$

224,474

 

$

3,423,654

The following is a reconciliation of the investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

 

Common Stock

Beginning balance as of March 31, 2019

 

$

Accrued discounts/premiums

 

 

Realized gain/(loss)(1)

 

 

Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)(2)

 

 

Purchases

 

 

Sales

 

 

Transfer into Level 3

 

 

224,474

Transfer out of Level 3

 

 

Ending balance as of September 30, 2019

 

$

224,474

(1)    Realized gain/(loss) from the sale of Level 3 securities is included on the Statement of Operations in Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

(2)    Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) is included on the Statement of Operations in Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments

For the period ended September 30, 2019, there have been no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 investments.

For the period ended September 30, 2019, there have been no transfers between Level 2 and Level 3 investments.

For the period ended September 30, 2019, the transfer in and out of level 3 occurred due to a halt in trading of these securities. Transfers between levels are recognized at period end.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK — 96.1%‡

     

 

 

AUSTRIA — 1.3%

     

 

 

Information Technology — 1.3%

     

 

 

ams

 

7,079

 

$

314,993

TOTAL AUSTRIA

     

 

314,993

       

 

 

CANADA — 1.6%

     

 

 

Materials — 1.6%

     

 

 

First Quantum Minerals

 

48,514

 

 

407,825

TOTAL CANADA

     

 

407,825

       

 

 

CHILE — 2.8%

     

 

 

Materials — 2.8%

     

 

 

Antofagasta

 

32,693

 

 

362,186

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile ADR(A)

 

11,952

 

 

332,146

TOTAL CHILE

     

 

694,332

       

 

 

CHINA — 22.3%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 1.9%

     

 

 

Baidu ADR*

 

4,630

 

 

475,779

Consumer Discretionary — 12.6%

     

 

 

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings

 

320,000

 

 

343,700

BYD, Cl H(A)

 

71,500

 

 

357,070

China Shipbuilding Industry Group Power, Cl A

 

108,646

 

 

347,791

Great Wall Motor, Cl H

 

462,000

 

 

309,399

Guangdong Dongfang Precision Science & Technology, Cl A

 

502,800

 

 

329,511

Huizhou Desay Sv Automotive, Cl A

 

88,300

 

 

291,193

Kuang-Chi Technologies, Cl A

 

241,092

 

 

302,496

Ningbo Joyson Electronic, Cl A*

 

140,700

 

 

341,643

NIO ADR*(A)

 

119,000

 

 

185,640

Zotye Automobile, Cl A*

 

611,900

 

 

298,187

       

 

3,106,630

Industrials — 4.8%

     

 

 

Camel Group, Cl A

 

230,105

 

 

292,900

Guoxuan High-Tech, Cl A

 

160,789

 

 

281,671

Jiangxi Special Electric Motor, Cl A*

 

535,806

 

 

299,371

Zhejiang Narada Power Source, Cl A*

 

198,000

 

 

324,121

       

 

1,198,063

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

44

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Information Technology — 3.0%

     

 

 

GoerTek, Cl A

 

180,828

 

$

445,157

Shanghai Belling, Cl A

 

137,300

 

 

290,320

       

 

735,477

TOTAL CHINA

     

 

5,515,949

       

 

 

FRANCE — 2.0%

     

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 1.5%

     

 

 

Valeo

 

11,314

 

 

366,953

Information Technology — 0.5%

     

 

 

STMicroelectronics

 

6,168

 

 

119,223

TOTAL FRANCE

     

 

486,176

       

 

 

GERMANY — 10.2%

     

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 8.4%

     

 

 

Bayerische Motoren Werke

 

12,558

 

 

884,288

Daimler

 

17,011

 

 

846,043

Hella GmbH & KGaA

 

7,831

 

 

350,203

       

 

2,080,534

Information Technology — 1.8%

     

 

 

Infineon Technologies

 

25,228

 

 

454,140

TOTAL GERMANY

     

 

2,534,674

       

 

 

JAPAN — 1.6%

     

 

 

Materials — 1.6%

     

 

 

Hitachi Chemical

 

12,300

 

 

401,180

TOTAL JAPAN

     

 

401,180

       

 

 

NETHERLANDS — 2.1%

     

 

 

Information Technology — 2.1%

     

 

 

NXP Semiconductors

 

4,778

 

 

521,375

TOTAL NETHERLANDS

     

 

521,375

       

 

 

PERU — 2.0%

     

 

 

Materials — 2.0%

     

 

 

Southern Copper

 

14,624

 

 

499,117

TOTAL PERU

     

 

499,117

       

 

 

SOUTH KOREA — 2.0%

     

 

 

Information Technology — 2.0%

     

 

 

Samsung SDI

 

2,609

 

 

486,400

TOTAL SOUTH KOREA

     

 

486,400

       

 

 

SWITZERLAND — 1.5%

     

 

 

Information Technology — 1.5%

     

 

 

STMicroelectronics

 

19,706

 

 

381,226

TOTAL SWITZERLAND

     

 

381,226

       

 

 

TAIWAN — 2.6%

     

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 1.3%

     

 

 

Cub Elecparts

 

40,000

 

 

320,392

Information Technology — 1.3%

     

 

 

Parade Technologies

 

18,000

 

 

313,301

TOTAL TAIWAN

     

 

633,693

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

45

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

 

UNITED KINGDOM — 1.4%

     

 

 

 

Information Technology — 1.4%

     

 

 

 

Dialog Semiconductor*

 

7,201

 

$

340,950

 

TOTAL UNITED KINGDOM

     

 

340,950

 

       

 

 

 

UNITED STATES — 42.7%

     

 

 

 

Communication Services — 3.6%

     

 

 

 

Alphabet, Cl A*

 

731

 

 

892,653

 

       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 12.0%

     

 

 

 

Aptiv

 

5,737

 

 

501,528

 

General Motors

 

24,168

 

 

905,817

 

Gentherm*

 

7,940

 

 

326,215

 

Tesla*(A)

 

3,704

 

 

892,182

 

Visteon*

 

4,164

 

 

343,697

 

       

 

2,969,439

 

Industrials — 1.3%

     

 

 

 

EnerSys

 

5,056

 

 

333,393

 

Information Technology — 22.2%

     

 

 

 

Advanced Micro Devices*

 

29,169

 

 

845,609

 

Ambarella*

 

5,182

 

 

325,611

 

Analog Devices

 

7,803

 

 

871,829

 

Cirrus Logic*

 

6,015

 

 

322,284

 

Maxim Integrated Products

 

8,710

 

 

504,396

 

MaxLinear, Cl A*

 

14,622

 

 

327,240

 

NVIDIA

 

4,991

 

 

868,783

 

Skyworks Solutions

 

6,270

 

 

496,898

 

Texas Instruments

 

7,007

 

 

905,585

 

       

 

5,468,235

 

Materials — 3.6%

     

 

 

 

Albemarle

 

5,599

 

 

389,242

 

FMC

 

5,642

 

 

494,691

 

       

 

883,933

 

TOTAL UNITED STATES

     

 

10,547,653

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $26,163,762)

     

 

23,765,543

 

       

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCK — 3.6%

     

 

 

 

GERMANY— 3.6%

     

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 3.6%

     

 

 

 

Volkswagen(B)

 

5,189

 

 

882,842

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK
(Cost $894,897)

     

 

882,842

 

       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT(C)(D) — 6.6%

     

 

 

 

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Cl Institutional, 2.270%

 

1,643,490

 

 

1,643,490

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT
(Cost $1,643,490)

     

 

1,643,490

 

       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 106.3%
(Cost $28,702,149)

     

 

26,291,875

 

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — (6.3)%

     

 

(1,559,086

)

NET ASSETS — 100%

     

$

24,732,789

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

46

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF (concluded)

‡       Industries are utilized for compliance purposes, whereas sectors are utilized for reporting.

*       Non-income producing security.

(A)   This security or a partial position of this security is on loan at September 30, 2019.  The total market value of securities on loan at September 30, 2019 was $1,596,887.

(B)   Currently, no stated interest rate.

(C)   The rate shown is the 7-day effective yield as of September 30, 2019.

(D)   This security was purchased with cash collateral held from securities on loan. The total value of such security as of September 30, 2019 was $1,643,490.

ADR — American Depositary Receipt

Cl — Class

As of September 30, 2019, all of the Fund’s investments were considered Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy, in accordance with the authoritative guidance under U.S. GAAP.

For the period ended September 30, 2019, there have been no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 investments. Transfers between levels are recognized at period end.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

47

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK — 99.9%‡

     

 

 

CHINA — 99.9%

     

 

 

Health Care — 99.9%

     

 

 

3SBio*

 

149,000

 

$

247,085

Aier Eye Hospital Group, Cl A

 

107,830

 

 

535,586

Alibaba Health Information Technology*

 

392,000

 

 

342,526

Beijing SL Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

34,902

 

 

60,995

Beijing Tiantan Biological Products, Cl A

 

36,758

 

 

146,132

Beijing Tongrentang, Cl A

 

47,568

 

 

179,182

BGI Genomics, Cl A

 

14,100

 

 

126,326

Changchun High & New Technology Industry Group, Cl A

 

5,800

 

 

320,295

Chengdu Kanghong Pharmaceutical Group, Cl A

 

19,210

 

 

89,605

China Medical System Holdings

 

158,000

 

 

187,841

China National Accord Medicines, Cl A

 

11,832

 

 

72,057

China National Medicines, Cl A

 

26,055

 

 

99,423

China Reform Health Management and Services Group, Cl A*

 

31,000

 

 

76,141

China Resources Double Crane Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

35,407

 

 

60,489

China Resources Pharmaceutical Group

 

185,500

 

 

173,920

China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

32,709

 

 

133,425

China Traditional Chinese Medicine Holdings

 

264,000

 

 

121,234

Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products, Cl A

 

46,900

 

 

311,629

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group

 

532,000

 

 

1,068,153

Dong-E-E-Jiao, Cl A

 

3,600

 

 

15,365

Dong-E-E-Jiao, Cl E

 

19,214

 

 

82,009

Genscript Biotech*

 

110,000

 

 

210,756

Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings, Cl A

 

49,246

 

 

239,293

Guizhou Bailing Group Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

48,600

 

 

70,574

Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting, Cl A

 

25,550

 

 

222,004

Huadong Medicine, Cl A

 

59,022

 

 

216,543

Hualan Biological Engineering, Cl A

 

49,064

 

 

235,660

Hubei Jumpcan Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

26,275

 

 

104,199

Humanwell Healthcare Group, Cl A

 

47,270

 

 

81,550

Hutchison China MediTech ADR*

 

6,818

 

 

121,633

Jafron Biomedical, Cl A

 

14,300

 

 

151,987

Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine, Cl A

 

133,609

 

 

1,509,492

Jiangsu Yuyue Medical Equipment & Supply, Cl A

 

34,210

 

 

103,475

Jilin Aodong Pharmaceutical Group, Cl A

 

40,611

 

 

87,578

Jinyu Bio-Technology, Cl A

 

41,168

 

 

108,783

Joincare Pharmaceutical Group Industry, Cl A

 

66,048

 

 

90,731

Jointown Pharmaceutical Group, Cl A

 

63,550

 

 

126,990

Lepu Medical Technology Beijing, Cl A

 

59,500

 

 

208,798

Livzon Pharmaceutical Group, Cl A

 

20,940

 

 

77,823

Luye Pharma Group

 

133,000

 

 

94,838

Meinian Onehealth Healthcare Holdings, Cl A

 

133,410

 

 

227,171

Shandong Buchang Pharmaceuticals, Cl A

 

39,869

 

 

106,467

Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer, Cl H

 

240,000

 

 

247,060

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

48

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF (concluded)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Health Care (continued)

     

 

 

Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group, Cl A

 

67,759

 

$

239,773

Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group, Cl H

 

58,500

 

 

157,082

Shanghai Henlius Biotech, Cl H*

 

504

 

 

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding, Cl A

 

64,994

 

 

165,643

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding, Cl H

 

96,600

 

 

174,978

Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceutical Group, Cl A

 

36,228

 

 

94,360

Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products, Cl A

 

23,000

 

 

239,108

Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics, Cl A

 

14,100

 

 

364,209

Shenzhen Salubris Pharmaceuticals, Cl A

 

29,643

 

 

77,623

Shijiazhuang Yiling Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

41,525

 

 

62,742

Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

49,300

 

 

178,527

Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group

 

446,000

 

 

67,702

Sino Biopharmaceutical

 

790,500

 

 

1,004,335

Sinopharm Group, Cl H

 

142,400

 

 

445,942

SSY Group

 

178,000

 

 

140,776

Tasly Pharmaceutical Group, Cl A

 

50,352

 

 

109,853

Tong Ren Tang Technologies, Cl H

 

69,000

 

 

62,756

Tonghua Dongbao Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

70,691

 

 

173,233

Walvax Biotechnology, Cl A

 

54,100

 

 

204,470

Winning Health Technology Group, Cl A

 

57,100

 

 

126,974

WuXi AppTec, Cl A

 

51,205

 

 

621,671

WuXi AppTec, Cl H

 

18,200

 

 

198,962

Wuxi Biologics Cayman*

 

66,500

 

 

678,623

Yifan Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

41,839

 

 

78,567

Yunnan Baiyao Group, Cl A

 

35,465

 

 

377,683

Zhangzhou Pientzehuang Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

20,823

 

 

297,071

Zhejiang Conba Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

92,400

 

 

81,904

Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

44,116

 

 

91,306

Zhejiang NHU, Cl A

 

72,933

 

 

218,456

TOTAL COMMON STOCK

     

 

 

(Cost $14,545,795)

     

 

15,827,152

       

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.9%

     

 

 

(Cost $14,545,795)

     

 

15,827,152

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 0.1%

     

 

19,798

NET ASSETS — 100%

     

$

15,846,950

‡      Industries are utilized for compliance purposes, whereas sectors are utilized for reporting.

*       Non-income producing security.

ADR — American Depositary Receipt

Cl — Class

As of September 30, 2019, all of the Fund’s investments were considered Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy, in accordance with the authoritative guidance under U.S. GAAP.

For the period ended September 30, 2019, there have been no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 investments. Transfers between levels are recognized at period end.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

49

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF

 

Face
Amount

 

Value

CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — 95.8%

 

 

   

 

 

CHINA — 73.3%

 

 

   

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 2.9%

 

 

   

 

 

Baoxin Auto Finance I

 

 

   

 

 

5.625%, VAR US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 3 Yr+8.909%, 10/30/2020

 

$

200,000

 

$

159,517

Golden Eagle Retail Group

 

 

   

 

 

4.625%, 05/21/2023

 

 

200,000

 

 

190,500

   

 

   

 

350,017

Financials — 29.1%

 

 

   

 

 

Bank of Communications

 

 

   

 

 

5.000%, VAR US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 5 Yr+3.344%, 07/29/2020

 

 

300,000

 

 

303,510

CCB Life Insurance

 

 

   

 

 

4.500%, VAR US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 5 Yr+2.680%, 04/21/2022

 

 

300,000

 

 

295,647

CFLD Cayman Investment

 

 

   

 

 

8.600%, 04/08/2024

 

 

200,000

 

 

197,500

China Construction Bank

 

 

   

 

 

4.650%, VAR US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 5 Yr+2.974%, 12/16/2020

 

 

400,000

 

 

405,080

China Life Insurance

 

 

   

 

 

4.000%, VAR US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 5 Yr+2.294%, 07/03/2020

 

 

200,000

 

 

200,300

China Reinsurance Finance

 

 

   

 

 

3.375%, 03/09/2022

 

 

400,000

 

 

399,906

Fortune Star BVI

 

 

   

 

 

5.950%, 01/29/2021

 

 

200,000

 

 

198,961

GLP China Holdings

 

 

   

 

 

4.974%, 02/26/2024

 

 

200,000

 

 

210,221

Guotai Junan Holdings

 

 

   

 

 

3.875%, 03/11/2022

 

 

200,000

 

 

204,308

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China

 

 

   

 

 

6.000%, VAR US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 5 Yr+4.382%, 12/10/2019

 

 

300,000

 

 

301,526

Poly Real Estate Finance

 

 

   

 

 

4.750%, 09/17/2023

 

 

200,000

 

 

210,556

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

50

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF (continued)

 

Face
Amount

 

Value

CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS (continued)

 

 

   

 

 

Financials (continued)

 

 

   

 

 

Ronshine China Holdings

 

 

   

 

 

8.750%, 04/25/2021

 

$

200,000

 

$

199,907

Sino-Ocean Land Treasure IV

 

 

   

 

 

5.250%, 03/30/2022

 

 

200,000

 

 

205,702

Westwood Group Holdings

 

 

   

 

 

5.375%, 10/19/2023

 

 

200,000

 

 

212,756

   

 

   

 

3,545,880

Industrials — 4.2%

 

 

   

 

 

CNAC HK Synbridge

 

 

   

 

 

5.000%, 05/05/2020

 

 

300,000

 

 

303,232

Huzhou City Investment Development Group

 

 

   

 

 

4.875%, 12/20/2020

 

 

200,000

 

 

202,299

   

 

   

 

505,531

Materials — 2.1%

 

 

   

 

 

Chinalco Capital Holdings

 

 

   

 

 

4.250%, 04/21/2022

 

 

250,000

 

 

252,411

   

 

   

 

 

Real Estate — 30.6%

 

 

   

 

 

Central Plaza Development

 

 

   

 

 

7.125%, VAR US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 5 Yr+10.532%, 12/02/2019

 

 

200,000

 

 

200,000

Chengdu Economic & Technological Development Zone State-Owned Assets Investment

 

 

   

 

 

7.500%, 02/12/2022

 

 

200,000

 

 

200,998

China Aoyuan Group

 

 

   

 

 

7.950%, 09/07/2020

 

 

200,000

 

 

206,486

China Evergrande Group

 

 

   

 

 

7.500%, 06/28/2020

 

 

400,000

 

 

330,745

Country Garden Holdings

 

 

   

 

 

8.000%, 09/27/2021

 

 

400,000

 

 

434,239

Fantasia Holdings Group

 

 

   

 

 

15.000%, 12/18/2021

 

 

200,000

 

 

203,983

Franshion Brilliant

 

 

   

 

 

5.750%, VAR US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 5 Yr+3.859%, 01/17/2022

 

 

200,000

 

 

193,594

Kaisa Group Holdings

 

 

   

 

 

8.500%, 06/30/2020

 

 

200,000

 

 

181,224

Logan Property Holdings

 

 

   

 

 

5.250%, 05/23/2020

 

 

200,000

 

 

192,705

Shimao Property Holdings

 

 

   

 

 

6.125%, 02/21/2022

 

 

300,000

 

 

317,957

Shui On Development Holding

 

 

   

 

 

6.400%, VAR US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 5 Yr+7.627%, 06/20/2022

 

 

200,000

 

 

198,599

Sunac China Holdings

 

 

   

 

 

8.350%, 04/19/2021

 

 

200,000

 

 

197,711

Times China Holdings

 

 

   

 

 

6.600%, 11/30/2020

 

 

200,000

 

 

197,205

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

51

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF (continued)

 

Face
Amount

 

Value

CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS (continued)

 

 

   

 

 

Real Estate (continued)

 

 

   

 

 

Well Hope Development

 

 

   

 

 

3.875%, VAR US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 5 Yr+6.927%, 10/19/2022

 

$

200,000

 

$

197,800

Wuhan Real Estate Development & Investment Group

 

 

   

 

 

5.700%, 08/09/2021

 

 

250,000

 

 

257,867

Yuzhou Properties

 

 

   

 

 

8.500%, 02/04/2022

 

 

200,000

 

 

202,526

   

 

   

 

3,713,639

Utilities — 4.4%

 

 

   

 

 

Lenovo Group

 

 

   

 

 

4.750%, 03/29/2023

 

 

200,000

 

 

203,308

Nuoxi Capital

 

 

   

 

 

5.350%, 01/24/2023

 

 

200,000

 

 

149,404

Tsinghua Unic

 

 

   

 

 

5.375%, 01/31/2023

 

 

200,000

 

 

181,805

   

 

   

 

534,517

TOTAL CHINA

 

 

   

 

8,901,995

   

 

   

 

 

HONG KONG — 22.5%

 

 

   

 

 

Financials — 11.4%

 

 

   

 

 

Bank of East Asia

 

 

   

 

 

5.500%, VAR US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 5 Yr+3.834%, 12/02/2020

 

 

250,000

 

 

250,704

China CITIC Bank International

 

 

   

 

 

7.100%, VAR US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 5 Yr+4.151%, 11/06/2023

 

 

200,000

 

 

215,365

CMB Wing Lung Bank

 

 

   

 

 

6.500%, VAR US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 5 Yr+3.948%, 01/24/2024

 

 

250,000

 

 

263,690

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Asia

 

 

   

 

 

4.250%, VAR US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 5 Yr+3.135%, 07/21/2021

 

 

300,000

 

 

300,285

Nanyang Commercial Bank

 

 

   

 

 

5.000%, VAR US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 5 Yr+3.205%, 06/02/2022

 

 

350,000

 

 

343,825

   

 

   

 

1,373,869

Industrials — 1.7%

 

 

 

Celestial Miles

 

 

   

 

 

5.750%, VAR US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 5 Yr+8.205%, 01/31/2024

 

 

200,000

 

 

209,018

   

 

   

 

 

Real Estate — 5.2%

 

 

   

 

 

HLP Finance

 

 

   

 

 

4.750%, 06/25/2022

 

 

200,000

 

 

209,615

Metropolitan Light

 

 

   

 

 

5.500%, 11/21/2020

 

 

180,000

 

 

185,497

NWD Finance BVI

 

 

   

 

 

5.750%, 10/05/2021

 

 

250,000

 

 

247,607

   

 

   

 

642,719

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF (concluded)

 

Face
Amount

 

Value

CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS (continued)

 

 

   

 

 

Utilities — 4.2%

 

 

   

 

 

OVPH

 

 

   

 

 

5.875%, 03/01/2021

 

$

500,000

 

$

509,375

TOTAL HONG KONG

 

 

   

 

2,734,981

TOTAL CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS

 

 

   

 

 

(Cost $11,543,767)

 

 

   

 

11,636,976

   

 

   

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 95.8%

 

 

   

 

 

(Cost $11,543,767)

 

 

   

 

11,636,976

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 4.2%

 

 

   

 

514,453

NET ASSETS — 100%

 

 

   

$

12,151,429

‡     Perpetual Bond — Maturity Date listed represents the next call date.

VAR — Variable Rate

As of September 30, 2019, all of the Fund’s investments were considered Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, in accordance with the authoritative guidance under U.S. GAAP.

For the period ended September 30, 2019, there have been no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 investments. Transfers between levels are recognized at period end.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

53

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK — 99.0%‡

     

 

 

BRAZIL — 8.7%

     

 

 

Health Care — 8.7%

     

 

 

Fleury

 

1,300

 

$

8,239

Hapvida Participacoes e Investimentos

 

2,800

 

 

36,541

Notre Dame Intermedica Participacoes

 

2,000

 

 

26,168

Odontoprev

 

2,400

 

 

9,357

Qualicorp Consultoria e Corretora de Seguros

 

1,100

 

 

8,189

TOTAL BRAZIL

     

 

88,494

       

 

 

CHINA — 39.9%

     

 

 

Health Care — 39.9%

     

 

 

3SBio*

 

6,500

 

 

10,779

Aier Eye Hospital Group, Cl A

 

7,416

 

 

36,835

Changchun High & New Technology Industry Group, Cl A

 

400

 

 

22,089

China Biologic Products Holdings*

 

94

 

 

10,760

China Medical System Holdings

 

6,000

 

 

7,133

Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products, Cl A

 

3,913

 

 

26,000

Genscript Biotech*

 

4,000

 

 

7,664

Huadong Medicine, Cl A

 

4,440

 

 

16,289

Hualan Biological Engineering, Cl A

 

3,300

 

 

15,851

Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine, Cl A

 

5,190

 

 

58,631

Lepu Medical Technology Beijing, Cl A

 

4,222

 

 

14,816

Luye Pharma Group

 

8,000

 

 

5,705

Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer, Cl H

 

12,000

 

 

12,353

Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group, Cl H

 

1,500

 

 

4,028

Shanghai Henlius Biotech, Cl H*

 

11

 

 

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding, Cl H

 

2,200

 

 

3,985

Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics, Cl A

 

2,300

 

 

59,410

Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

3,393

 

 

12,287

Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group

 

23,000

 

 

3,491

Walvax Biotechnology, Cl A

 

3,700

 

 

13,984

WuXi AppTec, Cl H

 

280

 

 

3,061

Wuxi Biologics Cayman*

 

3,500

 

 

35,717

Zai Lab ADR*

 

155

 

 

5,014

Zhangzhou Pientzehuang Pharmaceutical, Cl A

 

1,400

 

 

19,973

TOTAL CHINA

     

 

405,855

       

 

 

HONG KONG — 3.0%

     

 

 

Health Care — 3.0%

     

 

 

Innovent Biologics*

 

3,000

 

 

9,548

Microport Scientific

 

4,000

 

 

3,623

Ping An Healthcare and Technology*

 

2,700

 

 

15,791

YiChang HEC ChangJiang Pharmaceutical, Cl H

 

400

 

 

1,952

TOTAL HONG KONG

     

 

30,914

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

54

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

HUNGARY — 1.4%

     

 

 

Health Care — 1.4%

     

 

 

Richter Gedeon Nyrt

 

867

 

$

14,024

TOTAL HUNGARY

     

 

14,024

       

 

 

INDIA — 10.1%

     

 

 

Health Care — 10.1%

     

 

 

Aurobindo Pharma

 

2,620

 

 

21,775

Lupin

 

1,989

 

 

20,087

Piramal Enterprises

 

791

 

 

18,221

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries

 

7,829

 

 

43,023

TOTAL INDIA

     

 

103,106

       

 

 

INDONESIA — 2.5%

     

 

 

Health Care — 2.5%

     

 

 

Kalbe Farma

 

211,600

 

 

24,969

TOTAL INDONESIA

     

 

24,969

       

 

 

MALAYSIA — 8.0%

     

 

 

Health Care — 8.0%

     

 

 

Hartalega Holdings

 

13,700

 

 

17,178

IHH Healthcare

 

35,700

 

 

48,430

KPJ Healthcare

 

19,500

 

 

4,122

Top Glove

 

10,600

 

 

11,266

TOTAL MALAYSIA

     

 

80,996

       

 

 

SOUTH AFRICA — 2.8%

     

 

 

Health Care — 2.8%

     

 

 

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings

 

1,983

 

 

11,241

Life Healthcare Group Holdings

 

6,284

 

 

9,399

Netcare

 

6,586

 

 

7,623

TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA

     

 

28,263

       

 

 

SOUTH KOREA — 16.3%

     

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 0.9%

     

 

 

HLB*

 

180

 

 

9,089

       

 

 

Health Care — 15.4%

     

 

 

ABLBio*

 

194

 

 

2,741

Celltrion*

 

297

 

 

40,720

Celltrion Healthcare*

 

658

 

 

27,725

Daewoong

 

274

 

 

3,379

Daewoong Pharmaceutical

 

55

 

 

6,851

Genexine*

 

91

 

 

3,865

Green Cross

 

54

 

 

5,124

Hanall Biopharma*

 

224

 

 

4,888

Hanmi Pharm

 

53

 

 

12,229

Hanmi Science

 

287

 

 

9,501

Helixmith*

 

91

 

 

5,044

Hugel*

 

20

 

 

6,446

Komipharm International*

 

257

 

 

2,632

Medy-Tox

 

25

 

 

7,526

SillaJen*

 

329

 

 

2,239

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

55

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF (concluded)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Health Care (continued)

     

 

 

Yuhan

 

62

 

$

11,844

Yungjin Pharmaceutical*

 

908

 

 

3,553

       

 

156,307

TOTAL SOUTH KOREA

     

 

165,396

       

 

 

THAILAND — 6.3%

     

 

 

Health Care — 6.3%

     

 

 

Bangkok Chain Hospital

 

12,400

 

 

6,406

Bangkok Dusit Medical Services

 

60,700

 

 

48,028

Bumrungrad Hospital

 

2,400

 

 

10,044

TOTAL THAILAND

     

 

64,478

TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $1,034,446)

     

 

1,006,495

       

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.0%
(Cost $1,034,446)

     

 

1,006,495

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 1.0%

     

 

10,235

NET ASSETS — 100%

     

$

1,016,730

‡      Industries are utilized for compliance purposes, whereas sectors are utilized for reporting.

*       Non-income producing security.

ADR — American Depositary Receipt

Cl — Class

As of September 30, 2019, all of the Fund’s investments were considered Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy, in accordance with the authoritative guidance under U.S. GAAP.

For the period ended September 30, 2019, there have been no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 investments. Transfers between levels are recognized at period end.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK — 92.8%‡

     

 

 

BRAZIL — 6.6%

     

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 0.7%

     

 

 

Kroton Educacional

 

1,000

 

$

2,691

Lojas Renner

 

550

 

 

6,651

Magazine Luiza

 

800

 

 

7,095

       

 

16,437

Consumer Staples — 1.2%

     

 

 

Ambev

 

3,800

 

 

17,515

BRF*

 

300

 

 

2,756

JBS

 

600

 

 

4,713

Raia Drogasil

 

200

 

 

4,603

       

 

29,587

Energy — 0.8%

     

 

 

Petroleo Brasileiro

 

2,200

 

 

15,966

Ultrapar Participacoes

 

600

 

 

2,662

       

 

18,628

Financials — 1.6%

     

 

 

B3 - Brasil Bolsa Balcao

 

1,400

 

 

14,728

Banco Bradesco

 

800

 

 

6,025

Banco do Brasil

 

700

 

 

7,663

Banco Santander Brasil

 

300

 

 

3,274

BB Seguridade Participacoes

 

500

 

 

4,223

IRB Brasil Resseguros S

 

300

 

 

2,700

       

 

38,613

Industrials — 0.7%

     

 

 

CCR

 

800

 

 

3,313

Embraer

 

500

 

 

2,158

Localiza Rent a Car

 

400

 

 

4,365

Rumo*

 

800

 

 

4,717

WEG

 

600

 

 

3,500

       

 

18,053

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Information Technology — 0.1%

     

 

 

Cielo

 

800

 

$

1,536

       

 

 

Materials — 1.3%

     

 

 

Klabin

 

500

 

 

1,840

Suzano

 

400

 

 

3,241

Vale

 

2,400

 

 

27,621

       

 

32,702

Utilities — 0.2%

     

 

 

Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo

 

200

 

 

2,372

Equatorial Energia

 

100

 

 

2,411

       

 

4,783

TOTAL BRAZIL

     

 

160,339

       

 

 

CHILE — 0.9%

     

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 0.1%

     

 

 

SACI Falabella

 

514

 

 

2,876

       

 

 

Energy — 0.1%

     

 

 

Empresas COPEC

 

268

 

 

2,530

       

 

 

Financials — 0.3%

     

 

 

Banco de Chile

 

17,262

 

 

2,420

Banco de Credito e Inversiones

 

33

 

 

2,081

Banco Santander Chile

 

45,657

 

 

3,221

       

 

7,722

Industrials — 0.1%

     

 

 

Latam Airlines Group

 

207

 

 

2,291

       

 

 

Materials — 0.1%

     

 

 

Empresas CMPC

 

867

 

 

2,019

       

 

 

Utilities — 0.2%

     

 

 

Enel Americas

 

19,579

 

 

3,589

Enel Chile

 

19,330

 

 

1,673

       

 

5,262

TOTAL CHILE

     

 

22,700

       

 

 

COLOMBIA — 0.2%

     

 

 

Energy — 0.1%

     

 

 

Ecopetrol

 

3,338

 

 

2,836

       

 

 

Financials — 0.1%

     

 

 

Bancolombia

 

154

 

 

1,736

TOTAL COLOMBIA

     

 

4,572

       

 

 

CZECH REPUBLIC — 0.2%

     

 

 

Financials — 0.1%

     

 

 

Komercni banka as

 

51

 

 

1,723

       

 

 

Utilities — 0.1%

     

 

 

CEZ

 

109

 

 

2,405

TOTAL CZECH REPUBLIC

     

 

4,128

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

58

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

EGYPT — 0.2%

     

 

 

Financials — 0.2%

     

 

 

Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE

 

906

 

$

4,320

TOTAL EGYPT

     

 

4,320

       

 

 

GREECE — 0.1%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 0.1%

     

 

 

Hellenic Telecommunications Organization

 

166

 

 

2,288

TOTAL GREECE

     

 

2,288

       

 

 

HUNGARY — 0.4%

     

 

 

Energy — 0.1%

     

 

 

MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas

 

248

 

 

2,333

       

 

 

Financials — 0.3%

     

 

 

OTP Bank Nyrt

 

152

 

 

6,327

TOTAL HUNGARY

     

 

8,660

       

 

 

INDIA — 13.5%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 0.3%

     

 

 

Bharti Airtel

 

1,540

 

 

7,976

       

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 0.9%

     

 

 

Bajaj Auto

 

56

 

 

2,325

Eicher Motors

 

9

 

 

2,256

Mahindra & Mahindra

 

503

 

 

3,883

Maruti Suzuki India

 

85

 

 

8,055

Tata Motors

 

1,250

 

 

2,072

Titan

 

214

 

 

3,844

       

 

22,435

Consumer Staples — 1.4%

     

 

 

Dabur India

 

361

 

 

2,278

Godrej Consumer Products

 

248

 

 

2,405

Hindustan Unilever

 

525

 

 

14,682

ITC

 

3,000

 

 

11,000

Nestle India

 

16

 

 

3,136

       

 

33,501

Energy — 2.3%

     

 

 

Bharat Petroleum

 

522

 

 

3,463

Indian Oil

 

1,500

 

 

3,120

Oil & Natural Gas

 

961

 

 

1,787

Reliance Industries

 

2,500

 

 

46,996

       

 

55,366

Financials — 3.7%

     

 

 

Axis Bank

 

1,600

 

 

15,465

Bajaj Finance

 

160

 

 

9,135

Bajaj Finserv

 

26

 

 

3,123

Housing Development Finance

 

1,500

 

 

41,846

ICICI Bank

 

2,000

 

 

12,240

Indiabulls Housing Finance

 

208

 

 

751

State Bank of India

 

1,500

 

 

5,732

Yes Bank

 

1,500

 

 

876

       

 

89,168

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

59

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Health Care — 0.4%

     

 

 

Aurobindo Pharma

 

180

 

$

1,496

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories

 

78

 

 

2,974

Piramal Enterprises

 

55

 

 

1,267

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries

 

750

 

 

4,122

       

 

9,859

Industrials — 0.3%

     

 

 

Larsen & Toubro

 

400

 

 

8,321

       

 

 

Information Technology — 2.9%

     

 

 

HCL Technologies

 

450

 

 

6,862

Infosys

 

3,000

 

 

34,104

Tata Consultancy Services

 

750

 

 

22,217

Tech Mahindra

 

318

 

 

3,206

Wipro

 

1,250

 

 

4,230

       

 

70,619

Materials — 0.9%

     

 

 

Asian Paints

 

212

 

 

5,271

Grasim Industries

 

226

 

 

2,328

Hindalco Industries

 

816

 

 

2,203

JSW Steel

 

592

 

 

1,921

UltraTech Cement

 

80

 

 

4,901

UPL

 

373

 

 

3,179

Vedanta

 

909

 

 

1,977

       

 

21,780

Utilities — 0.4%

     

 

 

GAIL India

 

1,400

 

 

2,657

NTPC

 

1,800

 

 

2,984

Power Grid Corp of India

 

1,600

 

 

4,494

       

 

10,135

TOTAL INDIA

     

 

329,160

       

 

 

INDONESIA — 3.3%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 0.6%

     

 

 

Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero

 

46,000

 

 

13,967

       

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 0.4%

     

 

 

Astra International

 

20,000

 

 

9,299

       

 

 

Consumer Staples — 0.3%

     

 

 

Charoen Pokphand Indonesia

 

6,300

 

 

2,374

Unilever Indonesia

 

1,300

 

 

4,259

       

 

6,633

Energy — 0.1%

     

 

 

United Tractors

 

1,500

 

 

2,174

       

 

 

Financials — 1.9%

     

 

 

Bank Central Asia

 

8,700

 

 

18,601

Bank Mandiri Persero

 

18,000

 

 

8,845

Bank Negara Indonesia Persero

 

6,700

 

 

3,469

Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero

 

50,000

 

 

14,512

       

 

45,427

TOTAL INDONESIA

     

 

77,500

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

60

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

MALAYSIA — 3.0%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 0.3%

     

 

 

DiGi.Com

 

3,000

 

$

3,403

Maxis

 

3,000

 

 

4,012

       

 

7,415

Consumer Discretionary — 0.1%

     

 

 

Genting

 

2,000

 

 

2,742

       

 

 

Consumer Staples — 0.1%

     

 

 

Sime Darby Plantation

 

2,300

 

 

2,598

       

 

 

Financials — 1.5%

     

 

 

CIMB Group Holdings

 

8,000

 

 

9,611

Hong Leong Bank

 

500

 

 

1,954

Malayan Banking

 

5,616

 

 

11,414

Public Bank

 

2,600

 

 

12,469

       

 

35,448

Health Care — 0.1%

     

 

 

IHH Healthcare

 

2,000

 

 

2,713

       

 

 

Materials — 0.2%

     

 

 

Petronas Chemicals Group

 

3,000

 

 

5,402

       

 

 

Utilities — 0.7%

     

 

 

Petronas Gas

 

500

 

 

1,956

Tenaga Nasional

 

4,500

 

 

14,660

       

 

16,616

TOTAL MALAYSIA

     

 

72,934

       

 

 

MEXICO — 3.7%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 1.0%

     

 

 

America Movil

 

28,000

 

 

20,791

Grupo Televisa

 

2,000

 

 

3,917

       

 

24,708

Consumer Staples — 1.2%

     

 

 

Fomento Economico Mexicano

 

1,700

 

 

15,571

Grupo Bimbo, Ser A

 

1,100

 

 

2,006

Wal-Mart de Mexico

 

4,300

 

 

12,738

       

 

30,315

Financials — 0.6%

     

 

 

Grupo Financiero Banorte, Cl O

 

2,200

 

 

11,851

Grupo Financiero Inbursa, Cl O

 

1,500

 

 

1,911

       

 

13,762

Industrials — 0.2%

     

 

 

Alfa, Cl A

 

2,200

 

 

1,939

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, Cl B

 

200

 

 

1,929

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, Cl B

 

145

 

 

2,210

       

 

6,078

Materials — 0.5%

     

 

 

Cemex

 

12,500

 

 

4,862

Grupo Mexico

 

2,900

 

 

6,796

       

 

11,658

Real Estate — 0.2%

     

 

 

Fibra Uno Administracion

 

2,800

 

 

4,100

TOTAL MEXICO

     

 

90,621

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

NETHERLANDS — 1.1%

     

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 1.1%

     

 

 

Prosus*

 

360

 

$

26,433

TOTAL NETHERLANDS

     

 

26,433

       

 

 

PERU — 0.6%

     

 

 

Financials — 0.4%

     

 

 

Credicorp

 

47

 

 

9,797

       

 

 

Materials — 0.2%

     

 

 

Cia de Minas Buenaventura SAA ADR

 

121

 

 

1,837

Southern Copper

 

58

 

 

1,980

       

 

3,817

TOTAL PERU

     

 

13,614

       

 

 

PHILIPPINES — 1.6%

     

 

 

Financials — 0.2%

     

 

 

BDO Unibank

 

2,100

 

 

5,794

       

 

 

Industrials — 0.6%

     

 

 

Ayala

 

300

 

 

5,120

JG Summit Holdings

 

3,500

 

 

4,896

SM Investments

 

300

 

 

5,621

       

 

15,637

Real Estate — 0.8%

     

 

 

Ayala Land

 

10,500

 

 

10,018

SM Prime Holdings

 

14,000

 

 

10,049

       

 

20,067

TOTAL PHILIPPINES

     

 

41,498

       

 

 

POLAND — 1.4%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 0.1%

     

 

 

CD Projekt

 

60

 

 

3,643

       

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 0.1%

     

 

 

LPP

 

1

 

 

2,145

       

 

 

Energy — 0.3%

     

 

 

Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN

 

280

 

 

6,893

       

 

 

Financials — 0.8%

     

 

 

Bank Polska Kasa Opieki

 

165

 

 

4,214

Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski

 

825

 

 

8,091

Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen

 

600

 

 

5,594

Santander Bank Polska

 

32

 

 

2,503

       

 

20,402

Materials — 0.1%

     

 

 

KGHM Polska Miedz

 

115

 

 

2,295

TOTAL POLAND

     

 

35,378

       

 

 

QATAR — 1.4%

     

 

 

Financials — 1.2%

     

 

 

Masraf Al Rayan QSC

 

3,750

 

 

3,646

Qatar Islamic Bank SAQ

 

1,100

 

 

4,713

Qatar National Bank QPSC

 

3,900

 

 

20,662

       

 

29,021

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Industrials — 0.2%

     

 

 

Industries Qatar QSC

 

1,750

 

$

5,244

TOTAL QATAR

     

 

34,265

       

 

 

RUSSIA — 6.2%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 0.1%

     

 

 

Mobile TeleSystems PJSC ADR

 

348

 

 

2,819

       

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 0.1%

     

 

 

X5 Retail Group GDR

 

83

 

 

2,915

       

 

 

Consumer Staples — 0.1%

     

 

 

Magnit PJSC GDR

 

242

 

 

3,162

       

 

 

Energy — 3.9%

     

 

 

Gazprom PJSC

 

8,300

 

 

28,898

LUKOIL PJSC

 

400

 

 

33,214

Novatek PJSC GDR

 

70

 

 

14,280

Rosneft

 

950

 

 

6,139

Tatneft PJSC

 

1,150

 

 

12,184

       

 

94,715

Financials — 1.2%

     

 

 

Sberbank of Russia PJSC

 

8,250

 

 

28,955

       

 

 

Materials — 0.8%

     

 

 

Alrosa PJSC

 

1,750

 

 

2,009

MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC

 

50

 

 

12,859

Novolipetsk Steel PJSC

 

820

 

 

1,797

Severstal PJSC

 

140

 

 

2,014

       

 

18,679

TOTAL RUSSIA

     

 

151,245

       

 

 

SOUTH AFRICA — 7.1%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 0.6%

     

 

 

Group

 

1,400

 

 

8,892

MultiChoice Group*

 

284

 

 

2,210

Vodacom Group

 

425

 

 

3,353

       

 

14,455

Consumer Discretionary — 2.7%

     

 

 

Absa Group

 

600

 

 

6,049

Mr Price Group

 

162

 

 

1,691

Naspers, Cl N

 

360

 

 

54,491

Woolworths Holdings

 

658

 

 

2,390

       

 

64,621

Consumer Staples — 0.5%

     

 

 

Bid

 

280

 

 

5,947

Clicks Group

 

168

 

 

2,382

Oceana Group

 

28

 

 

128

Shoprite Holdings

 

281

 

 

2,273

Tiger Brands

 

109

 

 

1,514

       

 

12,244

Energy — 0.1%

     

 

 

Exxaro Resources

 

174

 

 

1,499

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Financials — 2.0%

     

 

 

Capitec Bank Holdings

 

26

 

$

2,208

Discovery

 

244

 

 

1,835

FirstRand

 

2,800

 

 

11,484

Nedbank Group

 

335

 

 

5,011

Old Mutual

 

3,300

 

 

4,207

Remgro

 

355

 

 

3,821

RMB Holdings

 

467

 

 

2,313

Sanlam

 

1,216

 

 

5,981

Standard Bank Group

 

1,100

 

 

12,673

       

 

49,533

Industrials — 0.1%

     

 

 

Bidvest Group

 

224

 

 

2,819

Information Technology — 0.3%

     

 

 

Sasol

 

465

 

 

7,761

Materials — 0.5%

     

 

 

Anglo American Platinum

 

35

 

 

2,108

AngloGold Ashanti

 

330

 

 

6,183

Gold Fields

 

541

 

 

2,716

       

 

11,007

Real Estate — 0.3%

     

 

 

Growthpoint Properties

 

1,998

 

 

3,044

NEPI Rockcastle

 

259

 

 

2,267

Redefine Properties

 

3,614

 

 

1,866

       

 

7,177

TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA

     

 

171,116

       

 

 

SOUTH KOREA — 18.1%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 1.2%

     

 

 

Kakao

 

34

 

 

3,852

NAVER

 

125

 

 

16,406

NCSoft

 

15

 

 

6,533

SK Telecom

 

13

 

 

2,625

       

 

29,416

Consumer Discretionary — 1.9%

     

 

 

Fila Korea

 

32

 

 

1,549

Hyundai Mobis

 

57

 

 

12,009

Hyundai Motor

 

125

 

 

14,003

Kangwon Land

 

81

 

 

2,001

Kia Motors

 

250

 

 

9,531

LG Electronics

 

95

 

 

5,353

Woongjin Coway

 

36

 

 

2,546

       

 

46,992

Consumer Staples — 0.9%

     

 

 

Amorepacific

 

21

 

 

2,467

E-MART

 

13

 

 

1,228

KT&G

 

95

 

 

8,379

LG Household & Health Care

 

8

 

 

8,741

       

 

20,815

Energy — 0.4%

     

 

 

SK Innovation

 

53

 

 

7,355

S-Oil

 

31

 

 

2,576

       

 

9,931

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Financials — 2.0%

     

 

 

DB Insurance

 

34

 

$

1,467

Hana Financial Group

 

300

 

 

8,841

Industrial Bank of Korea

 

174

 

 

1,920

KB Financial Group

 

358

 

 

12,780

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance

 

26

 

 

4,847

Samsung Life Insurance

 

47

 

 

2,794

Shinhan Financial Group

 

383

 

 

13,384

Woori Financial Group

 

327

 

 

3,404

       

 

49,437

Health Care — 0.6%

     

 

 

Celltrion*

 

70

 

 

9,597

Celltrion Healthcare*

 

33

 

 

1,390

Helixmith*

 

10

 

 

554

Samsung Biologics*

 

10

 

 

2,571

SillaJen*

 

40

 

 

272

       

 

14,384

Industrials — 1.0%

     

 

 

Hyundai Engineering & Construction

 

54

 

 

2,090

Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings

 

6

 

 

1,753

Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering*

 

26

 

 

2,695

LG

 

85

 

 

4,974

Samsung C&T

 

70

 

 

5,249

Samsung Heavy Industries*

 

299

 

 

1,970

SK Holdings

 

26

 

 

4,434

       

 

23,165

Information Technology — 8.7%

     

 

 

LG Display

 

148

 

 

1,751

Samsung Electro-Mechanics

 

50

 

 

4,305

Samsung Electronics

 

3,817

 

 

156,521

Samsung SDI

 

45

 

 

8,389

Samsung SDS

 

23

 

 

3,663

SK Hynix

 

525

 

 

36,078

       

 

210,707

Materials — 1.2%

     

 

 

Hyundai Steel

 

54

 

 

1,756

Korea Zinc

 

5

 

 

1,873

LG Chemical

 

40

 

 

10,015

Lotte Chemical

 

12

 

 

2,368

POSCO

 

68

 

 

12,905

       

 

28,917

Utilities — 0.2%

     

 

 

Korea Electric Power

 

275

 

 

5,955

TOTAL SOUTH KOREA

     

 

439,719

       

 

 

TAIWAN — 18.0%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 0.8%

     

 

 

Chunghwa Telecom

 

4,000

 

 

14,311

Far EasTone Telecommunications

 

1,000

 

 

2,337

Taiwan Mobile

 

1,000

 

 

3,610

       

 

20,258

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 0.6%

     

 

 

Hotai Motor

 

1,000

 

$

15,198

       

 

 

Consumer Staples — 0.8%

     

 

 

President Chain Store

 

1,000

 

 

9,347

Uni-President Enterprises

 

4,000

 

 

9,644

       

 

18,991

Energy — 0.1%

     

 

 

Formosa Petrochemical

 

1,000

 

 

3,165

       

 

 

Financials — 3.1%

     

 

 

Cathay Financial Holding

 

6,000

 

 

7,910

Chailease Holding

 

1,030

 

 

4,150

Chang Hwa Commercial Bank

 

4,080

 

 

2,847

China Development Financial Holding

 

9,000

 

 

2,680

CTBC Financial Holding

 

12,000

 

 

7,968

E.Sun Financial Holding

 

7,497

 

 

6,343

First Financial Holding

 

7,070

 

 

4,968

Fubon Financial Holding

 

6,000

 

 

8,616

Hua Nan Financial Holdings

 

5,273

 

 

3,560

Mega Financial Holding

 

8,000

 

 

7,414

Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank*

 

2,000

 

 

3,359

Shin Kong Financial Holding

 

7,000

 

 

2,119

SinoPac Financial Holdings

 

7,000

 

 

2,730

Taishin Financial Holding

 

7,146

 

 

3,190

Taiwan Cooperative Financial Holding

 

6,180

 

 

4,084

Yuanta Financial Holding

 

7,000

 

 

4,174

       

 

76,112

Industrials — 0.1%

     

 

 

Far Eastern New Century

 

2,000

 

 

1,847

       

 

 

Information Technology — 10.8%

     

 

 

ASE Technology Holding

 

2,000

 

 

4,564

Asustek Computer

 

1,000

 

 

6,656

AU Optronics

 

6,000

 

 

1,520

Catcher Technology

 

1,000

 

 

7,575

Delta Electronics

 

2,000

 

 

8,542

Hon Hai Precision Industry

 

12,000

 

 

28,314

Innolux

 

6,000

 

 

1,276

Lite-On Technology

 

1,000

 

 

1,589

MediaTek

 

1,000

 

 

11,894

Novatek Microelectronics

 

1,000

 

 

5,737

Pegatron

 

1,000

 

 

1,741

Quanta Computer

 

2,000

 

 

3,649

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

 

20,000

 

 

175,346

United Microelectronics

 

8,000

 

 

3,455

       

 

261,858

Materials — 1.7%

     

 

 

Asia Cement

 

2,000

 

 

2,791

China Steel

 

9,000

 

 

6,672

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre

 

2,000

 

 

5,589

Formosa Plastics

 

4,000

 

 

12,185

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Materials (continued)

     

 

 

Nan Ya Plastics

 

5,000

 

$

11,233

Taiwan Cement

 

3,210

 

 

4,103

       

 

42,573

TOTAL TAIWAN

     

 

440,002

       

 

 

THAILAND — 3.4%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 0.3%

     

 

 

Advanced Info Service

 

1,000

 

 

7,193

       

 

 

Consumer Staples — 0.5%

     

 

 

CP ALL

 

5,000

 

 

13,284

       

 

 

Energy — 0.9%

     

 

 

PTT

 

10,500

 

 

15,878

PTT Exploration & Production

 

1,400

 

 

5,539

       

 

21,417

Financials — 0.7%

     

 

 

Kasikornbank

 

1,800

 

 

9,210

Siam Commercial Bank

 

1,800

 

 

6,945

       

 

16,155

Health Care — 0.1%

     

 

 

Bangkok Dusit Medical Services

 

3,500

 

 

2,770

       

 

 

Industrials — 0.4%

     

 

 

Airports of Thailand

 

4,300

 

 

10,510

       

 

 

Materials — 0.4%

     

 

 

PTT Global Chemical

 

2,300

 

 

4,042

Siam Cement

 

400

 

 

5,336

       

 

9,378

Real Estate — 0.1%

     

 

 

Central Pattana

 

1,300

 

 

2,890

TOTAL THAILAND

     

 

83,597

       

 

 

TURKEY — 1.1%

     

 

 

Consumer Staples — 0.3%

     

 

 

BIM Birlesik Magazalar

 

700

 

 

6,089

       

 

 

Energy — 0.2%

     

 

 

Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri

 

200

 

 

5,083

       

 

 

Financials — 0.6%

     

 

 

Akbank T.A.S.

 

5,000

 

 

7,190

Turkiye Garanti Bankasi

 

4,000

 

 

7,233

       

 

14,423

TOTAL TURKEY

     

 

25,595

       

 

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — 0.7%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 0.2%

     

 

 

Emirates Telecommunications Group PJSC

 

1,165

 

 

5,233

Financials — 0.4%

     

 

 

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC

 

1,392

 

 

2,979

First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC

 

1,901

 

 

7,784

       

 

10,763

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

67

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF (continued)

 

Shares

 

Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

 

 

Real Estate — 0.1%

     

 

 

Emaar Properties PJSC

 

2,352

 

$

2,952

TOTAL UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

     

 

18,948

TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $2,384,936)

     

 

2,258,632

       

 

 

PREFERRED STOCK(A) — 5.8%

     

 

 

BRAZIL — 4.5%

     

 

 

Communication Services — 0.2%

     

 

 

Telefonica Brasil

 

400

 

 

5,272

Consumer Discretionary — 0.1%

     

 

 

Lojas Americanas

 

500

 

 

2,383

Consumer Staples — 0.1%

     

 

 

Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao

 

100

 

 

1,921

Energy — 0.9%

     

 

 

Petroleo Brasileiro

 

3,200

 

 

21,134

Financials — 3.0%

     

 

 

Banco Bradesco

 

3,400

 

 

27,720

Itau Unibanco Holding

 

4,000

 

 

33,676

Itausa — Investimentos Itau

 

3,600

 

 

11,443

       

 

72,839

Materials — 0.1%

     

 

 

Gerdau

 

700

 

 

2,220

Utilities — 0.1%

     

 

 

Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais

 

600

 

 

2,068

TOTAL BRAZIL

     

 

107,837

       

 

 

CHILE — 0.1%

     

 

 

Materials — 0.1%

     

 

 

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile

 

83

 

 

2,288

COLOMBIA — 0.2%

     

 

 

Financials — 0.2%

     

 

 

Bancolombia

 

307

 

 

3,797

       

 

 

RUSSIA — 0.1%

     

 

 

Energy — 0.1%

     

 

 

Surgutneftegas PJSC

 

4,700

 

 

2,714

SOUTH KOREA — 0.9%

     

 

 

Information Technology — 0.9%

     

 

 

Samsung Electronics

 

700

 

 

23,116

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK
(Cost $144,563)

     

 

139,752

RIGHTS — 0.0%

     

 

 

TAIWAN — 0.0%

     

 

 

Shin Kong Financial Holding, Expires 10/25/2019*

 

32

 

 

The Shanghai Commercial, Expires 10/10/2019*

 

162

 

 

84

TOTAL RIGHTS
(Cost $–)

     

 

84

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 98.6%
(Cost $2,529,499)

     

 

2,398,468

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES — 1.4%

     

 

34,599

NET ASSETS — 100%

     

$

2,433,067

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

68

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) September 30, 2019

KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF (concluded)

‡       Industries are utilized for compliance purposes, whereas sectors are utilized for reporting.

*       Non-income producing security.

(A)   Currently, no stated interest rate.

†      Real Estate Investment Trust

ADR — American Depositary Receipt

Cl — Class

GDR — Global Depositary Receipt

PJSC — Public Joint Stock Company

As of September 30, 2019, all of the Fund’s investments were considered Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy, in accordance with the authoritative guidance under U.S. GAAP.

For the period ended September 30, 2019, there have been no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 investments. Transfers between levels are recognized at period end.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

September 30, 2019

 

KraneShares
CICC China
Leaders 100
Index ETF

 

KraneShares
CSI China
Internet ETF

 

KraneShares
Bosera MSCI
China A
Share ETF

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments at Value

 

$

3,893,211

 

 

$

1,641,154,007

*

 

$

550,195,591

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

 

27,150

 

 

 

1,863,518

 

 

 

233,023

 

Foreign Currency at Value

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

591,329

 

Prepaid Expenses

 

 

7

 

 

 

9,361

 

 

 

2,014

 

Receivable for Investment Securities Sold

 

 

 

 

 

13,046,154

 

 

 

 

Dividend and Interest Receivable

 

 

 

 

 

419,405

 

 

 

 

Total Assets

 

 

3,920,373

 

 

 

1,656,492,445

 

 

 

551,021,957

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Obligation to Return Securities Lending Collateral

 

 

 

 

 

104,328,298

 

 

 

 

Payable for Capital Shares Redeemed

 

 

 

 

 

49,706,761

 

 

 

 

Payable for Management Fees

 

 

2,264

 

 

 

907,268

 

 

 

274,987

 

Payable for Trustees’ Fee

 

 

19

 

 

 

8,738

 

 

 

840

 

Payable for Securities Lending Fees

 

 

 

 

 

37,199

 

 

 

 

Unrealized Depreciation on Spot
Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

1,149

 

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

 

 

2,283

 

 

 

154,989,413

 

 

 

275,827

 

Net Assets

 

$

3,918,090

 

 

$

1,501,503,032

 

 

$

550,746,130

 

Net Assets Consist of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paid-in Capital

 

$

4,455,284

 

 

$

1,982,935,561

 

 

$

609,291,373

 

Total Distributable Loss

 

 

(537,194

)

 

 

(481,432,529

)

 

 

(58,545,243

)

Net Assets

 

$

3,918,090

 

 

$

1,501,503,032

 

 

$

550,746,130

 

Outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest (unlimited authorization — no par value)

 

 

150,000

 

 

 

36,250,000

 

 

 

18,350,000

 

Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price Per Share

 

$

26.12

 

 

$

41.42

 

 

$

30.01

 

Cost of Investments

 

$

3,804,492

 

 

$

1,787,181,306

 

 

$

575,987,704

 

Cost of Foreign Currency

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

593,548

 

*Includes Market Value of Securities on Loan

 

 

 

 

 

101,348,781

 

 

 

 

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

70

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2019

 

KraneShares
E Fund China
Commercial
Paper ETF

 

KraneShares
MSCI All China
Index ETF

 

KraneShares
MSCI One Belt
One Road
Index ETF

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments at Value

 

$

16,406,421

 

 

$

7,009,686

 

 

$

18,039,820

 

Affiliated Investments at Value

 

 

14,866

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Currency at Value

 

 

863,656

 

 

 

1,338

 

 

 

7,373

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

 

50,844

 

 

 

12,650

 

 

 

83,862

 

Dividend and Interest Receivable

 

 

264,578

 

 

 

8,320

 

 

 

32,936

 

Receivable from Adviser for Withholding/Value Added Tax

 

 

37,239

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid Expenses

 

 

80

 

 

 

 

 

 

89

 

Reclaim Receivable

 

 

 

 

 

428

 

 

 

2,373

 

Total Assets

 

 

17,637,684

 

 

 

7,032,422

 

 

 

18,166,453

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payable for Management Fees

 

 

8,162

 

 

 

2,847

 

 

 

11,770

 

Payable for Foreign Capital Gains Tax

 

 

2,114

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payable for Trustees’ Fee

 

 

43

 

 

 

101

 

 

 

47

 

Unrealized Depreciation on Spot Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

Other Accrued Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

317

 

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

 

 

10,319

 

 

 

3,265

 

 

 

11,819

 

Net Assets

 

$

17,627,365

 

 

$

7,029,157

 

 

$

18,154,634

 

Net Assets Consist of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paid-in Capital

 

$

19,125,365

 

 

$

7,133,748

 

 

$

22,871,716

 

Total Distributable Loss

 

 

(1,498,000

)

 

 

(104,591

)

 

 

(4,717,082

)

Net Assets

 

$

17,627,365

 

 

$

7,029,157

 

 

$

18,154,634

 

Outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest (unlimited authorization — no par value)

 

 

550,000

 

 

 

300,000

 

 

 

800,002

 

Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price Per Share

 

$

32.05

 

 

$

23.43

 

 

$

22.69

 

Cost of Investments

 

$

17,104,638

 

 

$

7,067,403

 

 

$

19,749,177

 

Cost of Affiliated Investments

 

 

15,241

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of Foreign Currency

 

 

868,183

 

 

 

1,335

 

 

 

7,366

 

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

71

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2019

 

KraneShares
Emerging Markets
Consumer
Technology
Index ETF

 

KraneShares
MSCI China
Environment
Index ETF

 

KraneShares
Electric Vehicles
and Future
Mobility
Index ETF

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments at Value

 

$

22,783,054

*

 

$

3,423,654

 

 

$

26,291,875

*

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

 

6,205

 

 

 

36,184

 

 

 

11,374

 

Foreign Currency at Value

 

 

3,964

 

 

 

4,867

 

 

 

924

 

Dividend and Interest Receivable

 

 

13,436

 

 

 

17,008

 

 

 

47,774

 

Reclaim Receivable

 

 

2,663

 

 

 

 

 

 

40,046

 

Prepaid Expenses

 

 

120

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

131

 

Total Assets

 

 

22,809,442

 

 

 

3,481,730

 

 

 

26,392,124

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payable for Investment Securities Purchased

 

 

213,232

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Obligation to Return Securities Lending Collateral

 

 

851,781

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,643,490

 

Payable for Management Fees

 

 

14,361

 

 

 

2,307

 

 

 

14,910

 

Payable for Securities Lending Fees

 

 

151

 

 

 

 

 

 

822

 

Payable for Trustees’ Fee

 

 

151

 

 

 

35

 

 

 

113

 

Unrealized Depreciation on Spot
Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

 

 

1,079,676

 

 

 

2,343

 

 

 

1,659,335

 

Net Assets

 

$

21,729,766

 

 

$

3,479,387

 

 

$

24,732,789

 

Net Assets Consist of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paid-in Capital

 

$

29,050,519

 

 

$

5,571,254

 

 

$

29,694,509

 

Total Distributable Loss

 

 

(7,320,753

)

 

 

(2,091,867

)

 

 

(4,961,720

)

Net Assets

 

$

21,729,766

 

 

$

3,479,387

 

 

$

24,732,789

 

Outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest (unlimited authorization — no par value)

 

 

1,000,002

 

 

 

200,002

 

 

 

1,200,002

 

Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price Per Share

 

$

21.73

 

 

$

17.40

 

 

$

20.61

 

Cost of Investments

 

$

25,528,250

 

 

$

3,780,029

 

 

$

28,702,149

 

Cost of Foreign Currency

 

 

3,977

 

 

 

4,865

 

 

 

937

 

*Includes Market Value of Securities on Loan

 

 

823,981

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,596,887

 

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

72

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited) (concluded)

September 30, 2019

 

KraneShares
MSCI All China
Healthcare
Index ETF

 

KraneShares
CCBS China
Corporate High
Yield Bond USD
Index ETF

 

KraneShares
Emerging
Markets
Healthcare
Index ETF

 

KraneShares
MSCI Emerging
Markets
ex China
Index ETF

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments at Value

 

$

15,827,152

 

 

$

11,636,976

 

$

1,006,495

 

 

$

2,398,468

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

 

704,247

 

 

 

327,981

 

 

10,500

 

 

 

30,359

 

Foreign Currency at Value

 

 

3,579

 

 

 

 

 

68

 

 

 

466

 

Receivable for Investment Securities Sold

 

 

381,937

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend and Interest Receivable

 

 

2,160

 

 

 

193,066

 

 

255

 

 

 

4,464

 

Prepaid Expenses

 

 

180

 

 

 

212

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

Reclaim Receivable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

73

 

 

 

282

 

Total Assets

 

 

16,919,255

 

 

 

12,158,235

 

 

1,017,415

 

 

 

2,434,039

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payable for Capital Shares Redeemed

 

 

1,062,267

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payable for Management
Fees

 

 

9,656

 

 

 

6,806

 

 

666

 

 

 

957

 

Payable for Trustees’ Fee

 

 

276

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

4

 

Unrealized Depreciation on Spot Contracts

 

 

106

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

Other Accrued Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

Total Liabilities

 

 

1,072,305

 

 

 

6,806

 

 

685

 

 

 

972

 

Net Assets

 

$

15,846,950

 

 

$

12,151,429

 

$

1,016,730

 

 

$

2,433,067

 

Net Assets Consist of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paid-in Capital

 

$

24,788,138

 

 

$

11,935,858

 

$

1,614,891

 

 

$

2,500,050

 

Total Distributable Earnings/(Loss)

 

 

(8,941,188

)

 

 

215,571

 

 

(598,161

)

 

 

(66,983

)

Net Assets

 

$

15,846,950

 

 

$

12,151,429

 

$

1,016,730

 

 

$

2,433,067

 

Outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest (unlimited authorization – no par value)

 

 

750,002

 

 

 

300,001

 

 

50,002

 

 

 

100,002

 

Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price Per Share

 

$

21.13

 

 

$

40.50

 

$

20.33

 

 

$

24.33

 

Cost of Investments

 

$

14,545,795

 

 

$

11,543,767

 

$

1,034,446

 

 

$

2,529,499

 

Cost of Foreign Currency

 

 

3,579

 

 

 

 

 

68

 

 

 

466

 

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

73

 

Statements of Operations (Unaudited)

For the Period Ended September 30, 2019

 

KraneShares
CICC China
Leaders 100
Index ETF

 

KraneShares
CSI China
Internet ETF

 

KraneShares
Bosera MSCI
China A
Share ETF

Investment Income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend Income

 

$

101,416

 

 

$

4,420,024

 

 

$

14,058,438

 

Interest Income

 

 

545

 

 

 

39,034

 

 

 

82,722

 

Security Lending Income

 

 

 

 

 

2,671,620

 

 

 

 

Less: Foreign Taxes Withheld

 

 

(10,162

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,408,381

)

Total Investment Income

 

 

91,799

 

 

 

7,130,678

 

 

 

12,732,779

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management Fees†

 

 

12,958

 

 

 

5,708,068

 

 

 

2,520,944

 

Trustees’ Fees

 

 

205

 

 

 

93,416

 

 

 

34,039

 

Security Lending Fees†

 

 

 

 

 

267,630

 

 

 

 

Insurance Expense

 

 

25

 

 

 

14,969

 

 

 

4,443

 

Total Expenses

 

 

13,188

 

 

 

6,084,083

 

 

 

2,559,426

 

Management Fee Waiver†

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(646,400

)

Net Expenses

 

 

13,188

 

 

 

6,084,083

 

 

 

1,913,026

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

78,611

 

 

 

1,046,595

 

 

 

10,819,753

 

Net Realized Loss on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

(77,808

)

 

 

(29,029,523

)

 

 

(7,274,668

)

Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(9,886

)

 

 

(652,112

)

Net Realized Loss on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(77,811

)

 

 

(29,039,409

)

 

 

(7,926,780

)

Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

(396,761

)

 

 

(199,846,783

)

 

 

(40,786,042

)

Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

 

 

 

(1,147

)

 

 

(2,219

)

Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(396,761

)

 

 

(199,847,930

)

 

 

(40,788,261

)

Net Realized and Unrealized Loss on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(474,572

)

 

 

(228,887,339

)

 

 

(48,715,041

)

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$

(395,961

)

 

$

(227,840,744

)

 

$

(37,895,288

)

†       See Note 3 in Notes to Financial Statements.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

74

 

Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (continued)

For the Period Ended September 30, 2019

 

KraneShares
E Fund China
Commercial
Paper ETF

 

KraneShares
MSCI All China
Index ETF

 

KraneShares
MSCI One Belt
One Road
Index ETF

Investment Income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend Income

 

$

207

 

 

$

149,782

 

 

$

548,956

 

Dividend from Affiliated Investment

 

 

3,318

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less: Foreign Taxes Withheld

 

 

(473

)

 

 

(11,976

)

 

 

(53,313

)

Interest Income

 

 

324,266

 

 

 

272

 

 

 

1,639

 

Less: Foreign Withholding/Value Added Tax

 

 

(37,239

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reimbursement of Foreign Withholding/Value Added Tax

 

 

37,239

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

 

 

327,318

 

 

 

138,078

 

 

 

497,282

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management Fees†

 

 

63,934

 

 

 

24,569

 

 

 

78,646

 

Trustees’ Fees

 

 

1,002

 

 

 

385

 

 

 

1,075

 

Insurance Expense

 

 

137

 

 

 

390

 

 

 

157

 

Total Expenses

 

 

65,073

 

 

 

25,344

 

 

 

79,878

 

Management Fee Waiver†

 

 

(11,283

)

 

 

(6,830

)

 

 

 

Net Expenses

 

 

53,790

 

 

 

18,514

 

 

 

79,878

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

273,528

 

 

 

119,564

 

 

 

417,404

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

24,881

 

 

 

(26,095

)

 

 

(596,809

)

Affiliated Investments

 

 

(18,041

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(300,152

)

 

 

(168

)

 

 

(1,980

)

Net Realized Loss on Investments, Affiliated Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(293,312

)

 

 

(26,263

)

 

 

(598,789

)

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

(863,067

)

 

 

(750,639

)

 

 

(690,106

)

Affiliated Investments

 

 

6,618

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(30,751

)

 

 

109

 

 

 

144

 

Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation on Investments, Affiliated Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(887,200

)

 

 

(750,530

)

 

 

(689,962

)

Net Realized and Unrealized Loss on Investments, Affiliated Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(1,180,512

)

 

 

(776,793

)

 

 

(1,288,751

)

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$

(906,984

)

 

$

(657,229

)

 

$

(871,347

)

†       See Note 3 in Notes to Financial Statements.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

75

 

Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (continued)

For the Period Ended September 30, 2019

 

KraneShares
Emerging Markets
Consumer
Technology
Index ETF

 

KraneShares
MSCI China
Environment
Index ETF

 

KraneShares
Electric Vehicles
and Future
Mobility
Index ETF

Investment Income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend Income

 

$

431,872

 

 

$

101,255

 

 

$

493,390

 

Interest Income

 

 

232

 

 

 

116

 

 

 

714

 

Security Lending Income

 

 

7,413

 

 

 

 

 

 

36,901

 

Less: Foreign Taxes Withheld

 

 

(16,460

)

 

 

(3,690

)

 

 

(42,342

)

Total Investment Income

 

 

423,057

 

 

 

97,681

 

 

 

488,663

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management Fees†

 

 

99,918

 

 

 

14,568

 

 

 

106,177

 

Trustees’ Fees

 

 

1,279

 

 

 

182

 

 

 

1,533

 

Security Lending Fees†

 

 

744

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,688

 

Insurance Expense

 

 

210

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

249

 

Total Expenses

 

 

102,151

 

 

 

14,780

 

 

 

111,647

 

Net Expenses

 

 

102,151

 

 

 

14,780

 

 

 

111,647

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

320,906

 

 

 

82,901

 

 

 

377,016

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

(640,019

)

 

 

(21,184

)

 

 

70,851

 

Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(4,074

)

 

 

369

 

 

 

(423

)

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(644,093

)

 

 

(20,815

)

 

 

70,428

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

(1,032,773

)

 

 

(639,135

)

 

 

(197,984

)

Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(363

)

 

 

1

 

 

 

(978

)

Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(1,033,136

)

 

 

(639,134

)

 

 

(198,962

)

Net Realized and Unrealized Loss on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(1,677,229

)

 

 

(659,949

)

 

 

(128,534

)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$

(1,356,323

)

 

$

(577,048

)

 

$

248,482

 

†       See Note 3 in Notes to Financial Statements.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

76

 

Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (concluded)

For the Period Ended September 30, 2019

 

KraneShares
MSCI All China
Healthcare
Index ETF

 

KraneShares
CCBS China
Corporate High
Yield Bond USD
Index ETF

 

KraneShares
Emerging
Markets
Healthcare
Index ETF

 

KraneShares
MSCI Emerging
Markets
ex China
Index ETF
(1)

Investment Income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend Income

 

$

250,614

 

 

$

 

 

$

8,988

 

 

$

79,167

 

Interest Income

 

 

1,659

 

 

 

355,131

 

 

 

109

 

 

 

64

 

Security Lending Income

 

 

741

 

 

 

 

 

 

902

 

 

 

 

Less: Foreign Taxes Withheld

 

 

(19,240

)

 

 

(4,670

)

 

 

(546

)

 

 

(7,252

)

Total Investment Income

 

 

233,774

 

 

 

350,461

 

 

 

9,453

 

 

 

71,979

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management Fees†

 

 

97,356

 

 

 

41,648

 

 

 

8,140

 

 

 

6,606

 

Trustees’ Fees

 

 

1,329

 

 

 

679

 

 

 

130

 

 

 

123

 

Security Lending Fees†

 

 

74

 

 

 

 

 

 

90

 

 

 

 

Insurance Expense

 

 

269

 

 

 

91

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

10

 

Total Expenses

 

 

99,028

 

 

 

42,418

 

 

 

8,389

 

 

 

6,739

 

Management Fee Waiver†

 

 

(9,553

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,139

)

Net Expenses

 

 

89,475

 

 

 

42,418

 

 

 

8,389

 

 

 

5,600

 

Net Investment Income

 

 

144,299

 

 

 

308,043

 

 

 

1,064

 

 

 

66,379

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

(4,114,623

)

 

 

62,716

 

 

 

(235,685

)

 

 

(9

)

Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(1,684

)

 

 

 

 

 

486

 

 

 

(2,293

)

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(4,116,307

)

 

 

62,716

 

 

 

(235,199

)

 

 

(2,302

)

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

1,360,503

 

 

 

(145,408

)

 

 

(133,801

)

 

 

(131,031

)

Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(108

)

 

 

 

 

 

(8

)

 

 

(29

)

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

1,360,395

 

 

 

(145,408

)

 

 

(133,809

)

 

 

(131,060

)

Net Realized and Unrealized Loss on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(2,755,912

)

 

 

(82,692

)

 

 

(369,008

)

 

 

(133,362

)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

$

(2,611,613

)

 

$

225,351

 

 

$

(367,944

)

 

$

(66,983

)

†       See Note 3 in Notes to Financial Statements.

(1)    Commenced Operations on April 12, 2019.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

77

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100
Index ETF

   

Period Ended
September 30,
2019
(unaudited)

 

Year Ended
March 31,
2019

Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

$

78,611

 

 

$

73,945

 

Net Realized Loss on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(77,811

)

 

 

(330,149

)

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(396,761

)

 

 

172,753

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

 

(395,961

)

 

 

(83,451

)

Distributions:

 

 

 

 

 

(445,172

)

Capital Share Transactions:(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

2,830,761

 

 

 

 

Redeemed

 

 

(1,316,762

)

 

 

(1,753,543

)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

 

 

1,513,999

 

 

 

(1,753,543

)

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

1,118,038

 

 

 

(2,282,166

)

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

 

 

2,800,052

 

 

 

5,082,218

 

End of Period

 

$

3,918,090

 

 

$

2,800,052

 

Share Transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

100,000

 

 

 

 

Redeemed

 

 

(50,000

)

 

 

(50,000

)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions

 

 

50,000

 

 

 

(50,000

)

(1)    Includes transaction costs related to creations and redemptions.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

78

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF

   

Period Ended
September 30,
2019
(unaudited)

 

Year Ended
March 31,
2019

Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

$

1,046,595

 

 

$

3,207,090

 

Net Realized Loss on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(29,039,409

)

 

 

(192,395,663

)

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(199,847,930

)

 

 

(63,848,491

)

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

 

(227,840,744

)

 

 

(253,037,064

)

Distributions:

 

 

 

 

 

(52,775,933

)

Capital Share Transactions:(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

277,906,696

 

 

 

1,491,668,993

 

Redeemed

 

 

(623,067,504

)

 

 

(739,973,651

)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

 

 

(345,160,808

)

 

 

751,695,342

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

(573,001,552

)

 

 

445,882,345

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

 

 

2,074,504,584

 

 

 

1,628,622,239

 

End of Period

 

$

1,501,503,032

 

 

$

2,074,504,584

 

Share Transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

6,500,000

 

 

 

32,250,000

 

Redeemed

 

 

(14,350,000

)

 

 

(14,800,000

)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions

 

 

(7,850,000

)

 

 

17,450,000

 

(1)    Includes transaction costs related to creations and redemptions.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

79

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A
Share ETF

   

Period Ended
September 30,
2019
(unaudited)

 

Year Ended
March 31,
2019

Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

$

10,819,753

 

 

$

7,821,817

 

Net Realized Loss on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(7,926,780

)

 

 

(36,526,206

)

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(40,788,261

)

 

 

(17,097,577

)

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

 

(37,895,288

)

 

 

(45,801,966

)

Distributions:

 

 

 

 

 

(10,889,028

)

Capital Share Transactions:(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

168,045,162

 

 

 

542,064,331

 

Redeemed

 

 

(183,438,977

)

 

 

(234,661,691

)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

 

 

(15,393,815

)

 

 

307,402,640

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

(53,289,103

)

 

 

250,711,646

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

 

 

604,035,233

 

 

 

353,323,587

 

End of Period

 

$

550,746,130

 

 

$

604,035,233

 

Share Transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

5,400,000

 

 

 

16,750,000

 

Redeemed

 

 

(6,000,000

)

 

 

(8,050,000

)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions

 

 

(600,000

)

 

 

8,700,000

 

(1)    Includes transaction costs related to creations and redemptions.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

80

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

KraneShares E Fund China Commercial
Paper ETF

   

Period Ended
September 30,
2019
(unaudited)

 

Year Ended
March 31,
2019

Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

$

273,528

 

 

$

473,954

 

Net Realized Loss on Investments, Affiliated Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(293,312

)

 

 

(488,707

)

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments, Affiliated Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(887,200

)

 

 

(332,349

)

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

 

(906,984

)

 

 

(347,102

)

Distributions:

 

 

(329,050

)

 

 

(704,248

)

Return of Capital:

 

 

 

 

 

(28,559

)

Capital Share Transactions:(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

1,658,205

 

 

 

6,871,858

 

Redeemed

 

 

(1,617,038

)

 

 

 

Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

 

 

41,167

 

 

 

6,871,858

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

(1,194,867

)

 

 

5,791,949

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

 

 

18,822,232

 

 

 

13,030,283

 

End of Period

 

$

17,627,365

 

 

$

18,822,232

 

Share Transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

50,000

 

 

 

200,000

 

Redeemed

 

 

(50,000

)

 

 

 

Net Increase in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

200,000

 

(1)    Includes transaction costs related to creations and redemptions.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

81

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF

   

Period Ended
September 30,
2019
(unaudited)

 

Year Ended
March 31,
2019

Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

$

119,564

 

 

$

22,681

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(26,263

)

 

 

59,468

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(750,530

)

 

 

300,685

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

 

(657,229

)

 

 

382,834

 

Distributions:

 

 

 

 

 

(43,104

)

Capital Share Transactions:(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

1,316,745

 

 

 

3,333,442

 

Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

 

 

1,316,745

 

 

 

3,333,442

 

Total Increase in Net Assets

 

 

659,516

 

 

 

3,673,172

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

 

 

6,369,641

 

 

 

2,696,469

 

End of Period

 

$

7,029,157

 

 

$

6,369,641

 

Share Transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

50,000

 

 

 

150,000

 

Net Increase in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions

 

 

50,000

 

 

 

150,000

 

(1)    Includes transaction costs related to creations and redemptions.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

82

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road
Index ETF

   

Period Ended
September 30,
2019
(unaudited)

 

Year Ended
March 31,
2019

Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

$

417,404

 

 

$

558,784

 

Net Realized Loss on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(598,789

)

 

 

(3,080,305

)

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(689,962

)

 

 

42,282

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

 

(871,347

)

 

 

(2,479,239

)

Distributions:

 

 

 

 

 

(553,422

)

Capital Share Transactions:(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

 

 

 

2,531,004

 

Redeemed

 

 

(2,295,818

)

 

 

(10,224,309

)

Decrease in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

 

 

(2,295,818

)

 

 

(7,693,305

)

Total Decrease in Net Assets

 

 

(3,167,165

)

 

 

(10,725,966

)

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

 

 

21,321,799

 

 

 

32,047,765

 

End of Period

 

$

18,154,634

 

 

$

21,321,799

 

Share Transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

 

 

 

100,000

 

Redeemed

 

 

(100,000

)

 

 

(450,000

)

Net Decrease in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions

 

 

(100,000

)

 

 

(350,000

)

(1)    Includes transaction costs related to creations and redemptions.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

83

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

KraneShares Emerging Markets
Consumer Technology Index ETF

   

Period Ended
September 30,
2019
(unaudited)

 

Year Ended
March 31,
2019

Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

 

$

320,906

 

 

$

(5,737

)

Net Realized Loss on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(644,093

)

 

 

(4,658,595

)

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(1,033,136

)

 

 

(1,646,885

)

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

 

(1,356,323

)

 

 

(6,311,217

)

Capital Share Transactions:(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

 

 

 

31,316,594

 

Redeemed

 

 

(5,594,142

)

 

 

(20,153,426

)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

 

 

(5,594,142

)

 

 

11,163,168

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

(6,950,465

)

 

 

4,851,951

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

 

 

28,680,231

 

 

 

23,828,280

 

End of Period

 

$

21,729,766

 

 

$

28,680,231

 

Share Transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

 

 

 

1,250,000

 

Redeemed

 

 

(250,000

)

 

 

(900,000

)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions

 

 

(250,000

)

 

 

350,000

 

(1)    Includes transaction costs related to creations and redemptions.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

84

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

KraneShares MSCI China Environment
Index ETF

   

Period Ended
September 30,
2019
(unaudited)

 

Year Ended
March 31,
2019

Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

$

82,901

 

 

$

116,395

 

Net Realized Loss on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(20,815

)

 

 

(1,570,720

)

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(639,134

)

 

 

441,845

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

 

(577,048

)

 

 

(1,012,480

)

Distributions:

 

 

 

 

 

(107,314

)

Capital Share Transactions:(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

 

 

 

2,265,922

 

Redeemed

 

 

 

 

 

(4,248,046

)

Decrease in Net Assets from Capital Share
Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

(1,982,124

)

Total Decrease in Net Assets

 

 

(577,048

)

 

 

(3,101,918

)

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

 

 

4,056,435

 

 

 

7,158,353

 

End of Period

 

$

3,479,387

 

 

$

4,056,435

 

Share Transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

 

 

 

100,000

 

Redeemed

 

 

 

 

 

(200,000

)

Net Decrease in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

(100,000

)

(1)    Includes transaction costs related to creations and redemptions.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

85

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

KraneShares Electric Vehicles and
Future Mobility Index ETF

   

Period Ended
September 30,
2019
(unaudited)

 

Year Ended
March 31,
2019

Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

$

377,016

 

 

$

305,894

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

70,428

 

 

 

(2,855,760

)

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(198,962

)

 

 

(996,927

)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

 

248,482

 

 

 

(3,546,793

)

Distributions:

 

 

 

 

 

(382,192

)

Capital Share Transactions:(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

1,036,536

 

 

 

10,157,198

 

Redeemed

 

 

(9,578,071

)

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

 

 

(8,541,535

)

 

 

10,157,198

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

(8,293,053

)

 

 

6,228,213

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

 

 

33,025,842

 

 

 

26,797,629

 

End of Period

 

$

24,732,789

 

 

$

33,025,842

 

Share Transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

50,000

 

 

 

450,000

 

Redeemed

 

 

(450,000

)

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions

 

 

(400,000

)

 

 

450,000

 

(1)    Includes transaction costs related to creations and redemptions.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

86

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

KraneShares MSCI All China Healthcare
Index ETF

   

Period Ended
September 30,
2019
(unaudited)

 

Year Ended
March 31,
2019

Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

$

144,299

 

 

$

24,544

 

Net Realized Loss on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(4,116,307

)

 

 

(6,156,072

)

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

1,360,395

 

 

 

(248,794

)

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

 

(2,611,613

)

 

 

(6,380,322

)

Distributions:

 

 

 

 

 

(136,712

)

Capital Share Transactions:(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

 

 

 

52,247,029

 

Redeemed

 

 

(20,545,304

)

 

 

(10,724,139

)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

 

 

(20,545,304

)

 

 

41,522,890

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

(23,156,917

)

 

 

35,005,856

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

 

 

39,003,867

 

 

 

3,998,011

 

End of Period

 

$

15,846,950

 

 

$

39,003,867

 

Share Transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

 

 

 

2,150,000

 

Redeemed

 

 

(1,000,000

)

 

 

(550,000

)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions

 

 

(1,000,000

)

 

 

1,600,000

 

(1)    Includes transaction costs related to creations and redemptions.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

87

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High
Yield Bond USD Index ETF

   

Period Ended
September 30,
2019
(unaudited)

 

Period Ended
March 31,
2019
(1)

Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

$

308,043

 

 

$

431,819

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

62,716

 

 

 

(12,382

)

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(145,408

)

 

 

238,617

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

 

225,351

 

 

 

658,054

 

Distributions:

 

 

(293,714

)

 

 

(374,120

)

Return of Capital:

 

 

 

 

 

(49,368

)

Capital Share Transactions:(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

 

 

 

11,985,226

 

Redeemed

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

11,985,226

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

(68,363

)

 

 

12,219,792

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

 

 

12,219,792

 

 

 

 

End of Period

 

$

12,151,429

 

 

$

12,219,792

 

Share Transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

 

 

 

300,001

 

Redeemed

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions

 

 

 

 

 

300,001

 

(1)    Commenced operations on June 26, 2018.

(2)    Includes transaction costs related to creations and redemptions.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

88

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

KraneShares Emerging Markets
Healthcare Index ETF

   

Period Ended
September 30,
2019
(unaudited)

 

Period Ended
March 31,
2019
(1)

Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

 

$

1,064

 

 

$

(7,486

)

Net Realized Loss on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(235,199

)

 

 

(327,821

)

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(133,809

)

 

 

105,842

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

 

(367,944

)

 

 

(229,465

)

Distributions:

 

 

 

 

 

(752

)

Capital Share Transactions:(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

 

 

 

5,708,901

 

Redeemed

 

 

(3,091,737

)

 

 

(1,002,273

)

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

 

 

(3,091,737

)

 

 

4,706,628

 

Total Decrease in Net Assets

 

 

(3,459,681

)

 

 

4,476,411

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

 

 

4,476,411

 

 

 

 

End of Period(2)

 

$

1,016,730

 

 

$

4,476,411

 

Share Transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

(150,000

)

 

 

250,002

 

Redeemed

 

 

 

 

 

(50,000

)

Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions

 

 

(150,000

)

 

 

200,002

 

(1)    Commenced operations on August 29, 2018.

(2)    Includes transaction costs related to creations and redemptions.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

89

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (concluded)

 

KraneShares MSCI
Emerging Markets
ex China Index ETF

   

Period Ended
September 30,
2019
(unaudited)
(1)

Operations:

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

 

$

66,379

 

Net Realized Loss on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(2,302

)

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments and Foreign Currency Translations

 

 

(131,060

)

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

 

(66,983

)

Distributions:

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions:(2)

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

2,500,050

 

Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

 

 

2,500,050

 

Total Increase in Net Assets

 

 

2,433,067

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

Beginning of Period

 

 

 

End of Period

 

$

2,433,067

 

Share Transactions:

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

100,002

 

Net Increase in Shares Outstanding from Share Transactions

 

 

100,002

 

(1)    Commenced operations on April 12, 2019.

(2)    Includes transaction costs related to creations and redemptions.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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91

 

Financial Highlights

Selected Per Share Data & Ratios

For the Periods Ended September 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

For the Years/Periods Ended March 31 (unless otherwise indicated)

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

 

Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
($)

 

Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
($)*

 

Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gain (Loss) on
Investments
($)

 

Total from
Operations
($)

 


Distribution
from Net
Investment
Income
($)

 

Distribution
from Capital
Gains
($)

 

Return of
Capital
($)

KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF(3)#

2019***

 

28.00

 

0.57

 

(2.45)

 

(1.88)

 

 

 

2019

 

33.88

 

0.66

 

(2.09)

 

(1.43)

 

(0.68)

 

(3.77)

 

2018(1)

 

34.06

 

0.24

 

7.22

 

7.46

 

(0.30)

 

(7.34)

 

2017

 

28.02

 

0.21

 

6.54

 

6.75

 

(0.33)

 

 

(0.38)

2016

 

34.20

 

0.18

 

(3.21)

 

(3.03)

 

(0.25)

 

(2.89)

 

(0.01)

2015

 

31.42

 

0.12

 

2.97

 

3.09

 

(0.31)

 

 

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF

2019***

 

47.04

 

0.03

 

(5.65)

 

(5.62)

 

 

 

2019

 

61.11

 

0.10

 

(12.90)

 

(12.80)

 

(0.01)

 

(1.26)

 

2018(1)

 

42.21

 

(0.19)

 

19.43

 

19.24

 

(0.34)

 

 

2017

 

35.76

 

(0.27)

 

7.13

 

6.86

 

(0.30)

 

 

(0.11)

2016

 

34.18

 

(0.20)

 

1.84

 

1.64

 

(0.06)

 

 

(4)

2015

 

35.93

 

(0.14)

 

(1.32)

 

(1.46)

 

(0.29)

 

 

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF

2019***

 

31.88

 

0.51

 

(2.38)

 

(1.87)

 

 

 

2019

 

34.47

 

0.60

 

(2.27)

 

(1.67)

 

(0.52)

 

(0.40)

 

2018(1)

 

28.38

 

0.21

 

6.22

 

6.43

 

(0.18)

 

(0.16)

 

2017

 

30.37

 

(0.01)

 

(0.67)

 

(0.68)

 

 

(0.85)

 

(0.46)

2016

 

53.55

 

0.62

 

(13.67)

 

(13.05)

 

(0.41)

 

(9.72)

 

2015

 

28.92

 

(0.22)

 

24.90

 

24.68

 

(0.05)

 

 

KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF

2019***

 

34.22

 

0.48

 

(2.07)

 

(1.59)

 

(0.58)

 

 

2019

 

37.23

 

1.31

 

(2.29)

 

(0.98)

 

(1.95)

 

 

(0.08)

2018(1)

 

32.82

 

1.07

 

3.34

 

4.41

 

 

 

2017

 

34.18

 

0.61

 

(1.96)

 

(1.35)

 

 

 

(0.01)

2016

 

34.81

 

1.01

 

(1.39)

 

(0.38)

 

(0.21)

 

(0.01)

 

(0.03)

2015(2)

 

35.00

 

0.39

 

(0.35)

 

0.04

 

(0.23)

 

 

(1)     March 29, 2018 represents the last business day of the Fund’s reporting period in 2018.

(2)     The Fund commenced operations on December 2, 2014.

(3)     Effective August 1, 2014, the KraneShares CSI China Five Year Plan ETF changed its name to KraneShares CSI New China ETF. Effective June 1, 2016, the KraneShares CSI New China ETF changed its name to KraneShares Zacks New China ETF. Effective November 1, 2018, the KraneShares Zacks New China ETF was renamed the KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF.

(4)     Amount was less than $0.01 per share.

(5)     Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust and the Adviser, the Fund paid the Adviser a fee, calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.78% of the average daily net assets of the Fund (prior to March 24, 2016, the Fund paid the Adviser at an annual rate of 1.10% of the average daily net assets of the Fund). Effective March 24, 2016, pursuant to the terms of an Expense Limitation Agreement, the Adviser had contractually agreed to reduce its management fee to 0.68% of the Fund’s average daily net assets until July 31, 2017.

(6)     As of February 17, 2017, pursuant to the terms of an Expense Limitation Agreement, the Adviser had contractually agreed to waive its management fee by 0.20% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The contractual fee waiver will remain in effect until October 4, 2019.

(7)     As of July 28, 2017, pursuant to the terms of an Expense Limitation Agreement, the Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its management fee and/or reimburse the Fund in an amount equal to the fees paid by the Fund to counsel to the Independent Trustees of the Trust until July 31, 2018.

(8)     Fund received reimbursement from third-party for dilution to shareholders for an accounting error. Absent the reimbursement, total return would have been (4.44)%.

(9)     The expenses during the year include a one-time, non-recurring expense. Had this expense not been included, the net and gross expense ratios for the period would have been 0.59% and 0.71%, respectively.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Total from
Distributions
($)

 

Net Asset
Value, End
of Period
($)

 

Total
Return
(%)**

 

Net Assets
End of
Period
($)(000)

 

Ratio of
Expenses
to Average
Net Assets
(%)

 

Ratio of Expenses
to Average Net
Assets (Excluding
Waivers)
(%)

 

Ratio of Net
Investment
Income (Loss)
to Average
Net Assets
(%)

 

Portfolio
Turnover
(%)

                             

 

26.12

 

(6.71)

 

3,918

 

0.69†

 

0.69†

 

4.14†

 

72††

(4.45)

 

28.00

 

(0.62)

 

2,800

 

0.70

 

0.70

 

2.21

 

181

(7.64)

 

33.88

 

22.57

 

5,082

 

0.71(7)

 

0.71(7)

 

0.64

 

105

(0.71)

 

34.06

 

24.54

 

3,406

 

0.84

 

0.84

 

0.55

 

86

(3.15)

 

28.02

 

(9.71)

 

2,803

 

0.73

 

0.73

 

0.60

 

575

(0.31)

 

34.20

 

9.92

 

3,421

 

0.71

 

0.71

 

0.37

 

36

                             

 

41.42

 

(11.95)

 

1,501,503

 

0.73†

 

0.73†

 

0.13†

 

15††

(1.27)

 

47.04

 

(20.44)

 

2,074,505

 

0.75(10)

 

0.76(10)

 

0.20

 

70

(0.34)

 

61.11

 

45.62

 

1,628,622

 

0.70(7)

 

0.70(7)

 

(0.33)

 

29

(0.41)

 

42.21

 

19.44

 

291,257

 

0.81

 

0.81

 

(0.72)

 

35

(0.06)

 

35.76

 

4.77

 

194,869

 

0.72

 

0.72

 

(0.56)

 

27

(0.29)

 

34.18

 

(4.09)

 

131,612

 

0.71

 

0.71

 

(0.39)

 

43

                             

 

30.01

 

(5.87)

 

550,746

 

0.60†

 

0.80†

 

3.36†

 

71††

(0.92)

 

31.88

 

(4.01)

 

604,035

 

0.60

 

0.80

 

2.05

 

106

(0.34)

 

34.47

 

22.68

 

353,324

 

0.60

 

0.80

 

0.61

 

52

(1.31)

 

28.38

 

(2.04)

 

52,494

 

0.72(6)

 

0.84(6)

 

(0.04)

 

95

(10.13)

 

30.37

 

(27.18)

 

4,555

 

0.93(5)

 

1.18(5)

 

1.18

 

116

(0.05)

 

53.55

 

85.37

 

26,774

 

1.31

 

1.51

 

(0.55)

 

110

                             

(0.58)

 

32.05

 

(4.68)

 

17,627

 

0.57†^

 

0.69†^

 

2.92†^

 

—††

(2.03)

 

34.22

 

(2.52)

 

18,822

 

0.58^

 

0.70^

 

3.76^

 

 

37.23

 

13.44

 

13,030

 

0.77^(7)(9)

 

0.89^(7)(9)

 

3.10^

 

(0.01)

 

32.82

 

(3.95)(8)

 

9,845

 

0.95^

 

1.07^

 

1.84^

 

(0.25)

 

34.18

 

(1.11)

 

18,799

 

0.57^

 

0.69^

 

2.92^

 

717

(0.23)

 

34.81

 

0.13

 

8,702

 

0.60†^

 

0.72†^

 

3.46†^

 

—††

(10)   During the year ended March 31, 2019, the Fund participated in securities lending, generating $9,746,130 in security lending income. The expense ratios include $968,632 in security lending fees paid to the Adviser. Had these fees been excluded, the expense ratios would have been 0.69% and 0.70%, respectively.

*        Per share data calculated using average shares method

**      Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the year or period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return is for the period indicated and periods of less than one year have not been annualized. The return shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Excludes effects of standard creation and redemption transaction fees associated with creation units.

***     For the six-month period ended September 30, 2019. All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Total Return.

†       Annualized.

††     Portfolio turnover rate is for the period indicated and periods of less than one year have not been annualized. Excludes effect of in-kind transfers.

^       The ratios of expenses and net investment income/(loss) to Average Net Assets reflect the expenses and net investment income/(loss), respectively, for the year/period as reported in the Statements of Operations and do not reflect the Fund’s proportionate share of the income and expenses of the money market funds.

#       After the close of the markets on September 13, 2016, the Fund effected a 2 for 1 share split. Per share data has been adjusted to reflect the share split.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

93

 

Financial Highlights (concluded)

Selected Per Share Data & Ratios

For the Periods Ended September 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

For the Years/Periods Ended March 31 (unless otherwise indicated)

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

 

Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
($)

 

Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
($)*

 

Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gain (Loss) on
Investments
($)

 

Total from
Operations
($)

 

Distribution
from Net
Investment
Income
($)

 

Distribution
from Capital
Gains
($)

 

Return of
Capital
($)

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF

2019***

 

25.48

 

0.40

 

(2.45)

 

(2.05)

 

 

 

2019

 

26.96

 

0.18

 

(1.23)

 

(1.05)

 

(0.43)

 

 

2018(1)

 

22.56

 

0.45

 

4.28

 

4.73

 

(0.33)

 

 

2017

 

21.66

 

0.37

 

1.88

 

2.25

 

(0.70)

 

(0.47)

 

(0.18)

2016

 

25.63

 

0.29

 

(3.86)

 

(3.57)

 

(0.35)

 

(0.05)

 

2015(2)

 

25.00

 

 

0.63

 

0.63

 

 

 

KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF

2019***

 

23.69

 

0.48

 

(1.48)

 

(1.00)

 

 

 

2019

 

25.64

 

0.48

 

(1.82)

 

(1.34)

 

(0.61)

 

 

2018(1)(3)

 

25.00

 

0.08

 

0.59^

 

0.67

 

(0.03)

 

 

KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology Index ETF

2019***

 

22.94

 

0.28

 

(1.49)

 

(1.21)

 

 

 

2019

 

26.48

 

(0.00)

 

(3.54)

 

(3.54)

 

 

 

2018(1)(4)

 

25.00

 

(0.03)

 

1.51^

 

1.48

 

 

 

KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF

2019***

 

20.28

 

0.41

 

(3.29)

 

(2.88)

 

 

 

2019

 

23.86

 

0.39

 

(3.61)

 

(3.22)

 

(0.36)

 

 

2018(1)(5)

 

25.00

 

(0.09)

 

(1.05)

 

(1.14)

 

 

 

KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF

2019***

 

20.64

 

0.25

 

(0.28)

 

(0.03)

 

 

 

2019

 

23.30

 

0.21

 

(2.62)

 

(2.41)

 

(0.25)

 

 

2018(1)(6)

 

25.00

 

0.02

 

(1.72)

 

(1.70)

 

 

 

KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF

2019***

 

22.29

 

0.12

 

(1.28)

 

(1.16)

 

 

 

2019

 

26.65

 

0.02

 

(4.30)

 

(4.28)

 

(0.04)

 

(0.04)

 

2018(1)(7)

 

25.00

 

(0.03)

 

1.68

 

1.65

 

 

 

KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF

2019***

 

40.73

 

1.03

 

(0.28)

 

0.75

 

(0.98)

 

 

2019(8)

 

40.00

 

1.55

 

0.67

 

2.22

 

(1.31)

 

—#

 

(0.18)

KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF

2019***

 

22.38

 

0.01

 

(2.06)

 

(2.05)

 

 

 

2019(9)

 

25.00

 

(0.04)

 

(2.58)

 

(2.62)

 

—#

 

 

KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF

2019***(10)

 

25.00

 

0.66

 

(1.33)

 

(0.67)

 

 

 

(1)       March 29, 2018 represents the last business day of the Fund’s reporting period in 2018.

(2)       The Fund commenced operations on February 12, 2015.

(3)       The Fund commenced operations on September 7, 2017.

(4)       The Fund commenced operations on October 11, 2017.

(5)       The Fund commenced operations on October 12, 2017.

(6)       The Fund commenced operations on January 18, 2018.

(7)       The Fund commenced operations on January 31, 2018.

(8)       The Fund commenced operations on June 26, 2018.

(9)       The Fund commenced operations on August 29, 2018.

(10)     The Fund commenced operations on April 12, 2019.

(11)      As of July 28, 2017, pursuant to the terms of an Expense Limitation Agreement, the Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its management fee and/or reimburse the Fund in an amount equal to the fees paid by the Fund to counsel to the Independent Trustees of the Trust until July 31, 2018.

(12)     The expense ratio includes interest expense. Had this expense been excluded, the ratios would have been 0.78%, 0.79% and 0.53%, respectively.

(13)     The expense ratio includes interest expense. Had this expense been excluded, the ratios would have been 0.78%, 0.78% and (0.22)%, respectively.

(14)     The expense ratio includes interest expense. Had this expense been excluded, the ratios would have been 0.78%, 0.79% and (0.78)%, respectively.

(15)     The expense ratio includes interest expense. Had this expense been excluded, the ratios would have been 0.69%, 0.69% and 0.44%, respectively.

(16)     The expense ratio includes interest expense. Had this expense been excluded, the ratios would have been 0.79%, 0.79% and (0.79)%, respectively.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Total from
Distributions
($)

 

Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
($)

 

Total
Return
(%)**

 

Net Assets
End of
Period
($)(000)

 

Ratio of
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets
(%)

 

Ratio of Expenses
to Average Net
Assets (Excluding
Waivers)
(%)

 

Ratio of Net
Investment Income
(Loss) to Average
Net Assets
(%)

 

Portfolio
Turnover
(%)

                             

 

23.43

 

(8.05)

 

7,029

 

0.51†

 

0.51†

 

0.70†

 

2††

(0.43)

 

25.48

 

(3.52)

 

6,370

 

0.67

 

0.69

 

0.74

 

62

(0.33)

 

26.96

 

20.99

 

2,696

 

0.63‡‡(11)

 

0.72‡‡(11)

 

1.75‡‡

 

3

(1.35)

 

22.56

 

11.24

 

2,256

 

0.37‡‡

 

0.73‡‡

 

1.70‡‡

 

25

(0.40)

 

21.66

 

(14.00)

 

2,166

 

0.91‡

 

1.12‡

 

1.27‡

 

1

 

25.63

 

2.52

 

2,563

 

0.88†‡

 

0.88†‡

 

(0.07)†‡

 

8††

                             

 

22.69

 

(4.22)

 

18,155

 

0.79†

 

0.79†

 

4.15†

 

15††

(0.61)

 

23.69

 

(4.94)

 

21,322

 

0.79

 

0.79

 

2.05

 

72

(0.03)

 

25.64

 

2.67

 

32,048

 

0.79†‡‡(11)(12)

 

0.80†‡‡(11)(12)

 

0.52†(12)

 

1††

                             

 

21.73

 

(5.27)

 

21,730

 

0.80†

 

0.80†

 

2.51†

 

24††

 

22.94

 

(13.37)

 

28,680

 

0.80

 

0.80

 

(0.02)

 

119

 

26.48

 

5.92

 

23,828

 

0.79†(11)(13)

 

0.79†(11)(13)

 

(0.23)†(13)

 

—††

                             

 

17.40

 

(14.20)

 

3,479

 

0.79†

 

0.79†

 

4.45†

 

19††

(0.36)

 

20.28

 

(13.28)

 

4,056

 

0.79

 

0.80

 

1.92

 

147

 

23.86

 

(4.56)

 

7,158

 

0.78†(11)(14)

 

0.79†(11)(14)

 

(0.78)†(14)

 

36††

                             

 

20.61

 

(0.15)

 

24,733

 

0.72†

 

0.72†

 

2.42†

 

28††

(0.25)

 

20.64

 

(10.19)

 

33,026

 

0.70

 

0.70

 

0.98

 

74

 

23.30

 

(6.80)

 

26,798

 

0.70†(15)

 

0.70†(15)

 

0.43†(15)

 

18††

                             

 

21.13

 

(5.20)

 

15,847

 

0.72†

 

0.80†

 

1.16†

 

22††

(0.08)

 

22.29

 

(15.99)

 

39,004

 

0.79

 

0.79

 

0.08

 

71

 

26.65

 

6.60

 

3,998

 

0.82†(16)

 

0.82†(16)

 

(0.82)†(16)

 

—††

                             

(0.98)

 

40.50

 

1.85

 

12,151

 

0.69†

 

0.69†

 

5.04†

 

36††

(1.49)

 

40.73

 

5.72

 

12,220

 

0.69†

 

0.69†

 

5.13†

 

38††

                             

 

20.33

 

(9.16)

 

1,017

 

0.81†

 

0.81†

 

0.10†

 

35††

 

22.38

 

(10.47)

 

4,476

 

0.79†

 

0.79†

 

(0.34)†

 

57††

                             

 

24.33

 

(2.68)

 

2,433

 

0.49†

 

0.59†

 

5.84†

 

—††

*        Per share data calculated using average shares method.

**      Total return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the year or period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total return is for the period indicated and periods of less than one year have not been annualized. The return shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Excludes effects of standard creation and redemption transaction fees associated with creation units.

***     For the six-month period ended September 30, 2019. All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Total Return.

#       Amount was less than $0.01 per share.

^       Realized and unrealized gains and losses per share are balancing amounts necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per share for the period, and may not reconcile with the aggregate gains and losses in the Statement of Operations due to share transactions for the period.

†       Annualized.

††     Portfolio turnover rate is for the period indicated and periods of less than one year have not been annualized. Excludes effect of in-kind transfers.

‡      The ratios of expenses and net investment income/(loss) to Average Net Assets reflect the expenses and net investment income/(loss), respectively, for the year/period as reported in the Statements of Operations and do not reflect the Fund’s proportionate share of the income and expenses from investments in other investment companies, except for investments in the KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF.

‡‡    The ratios of expenses and net investment income/(loss) to Average Net Assets reflect the expenses and net investment income/(loss), respectively, for the year/period as reported in the Statements of Operations and do not reflect the Fund’s proportionate share of the income and expenses from investments in other investment companies.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

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1. ORGANIZATION

KraneShares Trust (the “Trust”) is a Delaware Statutory Trust formed on February 3, 2012. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company. As of September 30, 2019, the Trust had sixteen operational series. The financial statements herein and the related notes pertain to the KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF, KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF, KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF, KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF, KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF, KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF, KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology Index ETF, KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF, KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF, KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF, KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF, KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF and KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF and KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF and KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF are diversified Funds, as defined under Section 5(b)(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940; while the KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF, KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF, KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF, KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF, KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology Index ETF, KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF, KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF, KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF, KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF and KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF are non-diversified Funds. Krane Funds Advisors, LLC (“Krane” or the ‘‘Adviser’’), a Delaware limited liability company, serves as the investment adviser for the Funds and is subject to the supervision of the Board of Trustees (the ‘‘Board’’). The Adviser is responsible for managing the investment activities of the Funds, the Funds’ business affairs and other administrative matters. The Adviser may use sub-advisers (each, a “Sub-Adviser” or collectively, the “Sub-Advisers”) to perform the day-to-day management of the Funds.

China International Capital Corporation (USA) Holdings Inc., a wholly-owned, indirect subsidiary of China International Capital Corporation Limited owns a majority stake in Krane. Central Huijin Investment Limited, a mainland Chinese-domiciled entity, currently holds approximately 46.2% of the shares of China International Capital Corporation Limited. Central Huijin Investment Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Investment Corporation, which is a mainland Chinese sovereign wealth fund. KFA One Holdings, LLC, located at 280 Park Avenue 32nd Floor, New York, New York, 10017, holds the remaining equity interests in Krane and Jonathan Krane, through his equity interests in KFA One Holdings, LLC, beneficially owns more than 10% of the equity interests in Krane.

Shares of the Funds are listed and traded on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (“NYSE Arca”), (the “Exchange”). Market prices for Fund shares (“Shares”) may be different from their net asset value (“NAV”). The Funds issue and redeem Shares on a continuous basis at NAV only in large blocks of Shares, typically 50,000 Shares or multiples thereof, called “Creation Units”. This does not mean, however, that individual investors will be able to redeem and purchase Shares directly with the series of the Trust. Only Authorized Participants can redeem and purchase Creation Units of Shares directly. Each Fund will issue and redeem Shares for a basket of securities and/or a balancing cash amount. Individual shares trade in the secondary market at market prices that change throughout the day.

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The investment objective of each Fund is to seek investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to its respective index listed below (each, an “Underlying Index”):

KraneShares Funds

 

Index

KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF

 

CSI CICC Select 100 Index

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF

 

CSI Overseas China Internet Index

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF

 

MSCI China A Inclusion Index

KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF

 

CSI Diversified High Grade Commercial Paper Index

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF

 

MSCI China All Shares Index

KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF

 

MSCI Global China Infrastructure Exposure Index

KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology Index ETF

 

Solactive Emerging Market Consumer Technology Index

KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF

 

MSCI China IMI Environment 10/40 Index

KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF

 

Solactive Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index

KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF

 

MSCI China All Shares Health Care 10/40 Index

KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF

 

Solactive USD China Corporate High Yield Bond Index

KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF

 

Solactive Emerging Markets Healthcare Index

KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF

 

MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Funds. The Funds are investment companies that apply the accounting and reporting guidance issued in Topic 946 by the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”).

USE OF ESTIMATES — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and could have a material impact to the Funds.

SECURITY VALUATION — The NAV per share of each Fund is computed by dividing the value of the net assets of a Fund (i.e., the value of its total assets less total liabilities and withholdings) by the total number of shares of a Fund outstanding, rounded to the nearest cent. Expenses and fees, including without limitation, the management, administration and distribution fees, are accrued daily and taken into account for purposes of determining NAV. The NAV per share for each Fund normally is calculated by the Administrator and determined as of the regularly scheduled close of the regular trading session on the NYSE (ordinarily 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time) on each day that the Exchange is open.

In calculating the values of each Fund’s portfolio securities, securities listed on a securities exchange, market or automated quotation system for which quotations are readily available (except for securities traded on NASDAQ), including securities traded over the counter, are valued at the last reported sale price on the primary exchange or market (foreign or domestic) on which they are traded (or at the time as of which the Fund’s NAV is calculated if a security’s exchange is normally open at that time). If there is no such reported sale, such securities are valued at the most recently reported bid price. For securities traded on NASDAQ, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price will be used. If available, debt securities are priced based upon valuations provided by independent, third-party

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pricing agents. Such values generally reflect the last reported sales price if the security is actively traded. The third-party pricing agents may also value debt securities at an evaluated bid price by employing methodologies that utilize actual market transactions, broker-supplied valuations, or other methodologies designed to identify the market value for such securities. Debt obligations with remaining maturities of sixty days or less may be valued at their amortized cost, which approximates market value. The prices for foreign securities are reported in local currency and converted to U.S. dollars using currency exchange rates. The value of a swap contract is equal to the obligation (or rights) under the swap contract, which will generally be equal to the net amounts to be paid or received under the contract based upon the relative values of the positions held by each party to the contract as determined by the applicable independent, third party pricing agent. Exchange-traded options are valued at the last reported sales price on the exchange on which they are listed. If there is no such reported sale on the valuation date, long positions are valued at the most recent bid price, and short positions are valued at the most recent ask price. Futures are valued at the settlement price established by the board of trade on which they are traded. Foreign currency forward contracts are valued at the current day’s interpolated foreign exchange rate, as calculated using the current day’s spot rate and the 30-, 60-, 90- and 180-day forward rates provided by an independent pricing agent. The exchange rates used for valuation are captured as of the close of the London Stock Exchange each day normally at 4:00 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time. Prices for most securities held by a Fund are provided daily by independent pricing agents. If a security price cannot be obtained from an independent, third-party pricing agent, the Fund seeks to obtain bid and ask prices from two broker-dealers who make a market in the portfolio instrument and determines the average of the two. As of and during the period ended September 30, 2019, the Funds did not hold options, swaps and futures.

Investments in open-end investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end of day NAV per share. Investments in open-end investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded. If there is no such reported sale, such securities are valued at the most recently reported bid price.

Securities for which market prices are not ‘‘readily available,’’ or are not deemed to reflect current market values, or are debt securities where no evaluated price is available from the Trust’s third-party pricing agents pursuant to established methodologies, are fair valued in accordance with the Trust’s valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Some of the more common reasons that may necessitate that a security be valued using ‘‘fair value’’ pricing may include, but are not limited to: the security’s trading has been halted or suspended; the security’s primary trading market is temporarily closed; or the security has not been traded for an extended period of time. A Fund may fair value certain of the foreign securities held by the Fund each day the Fund calculates its NAV.

In addition, a Fund may fair value its securities if an event that may materially affect the value of the Fund’s securities that trade outside of the United States (a ‘‘Significant Event’’) has occurred between the time of the security’s last close and the time that the Fund calculates its NAV. A Significant Event may relate to a single issuer or to an entire market sector, country or region. Events that may be Significant Events may include: government actions, natural disasters, armed conflict, acts of terrorism and significant market fluctuations. If Krane becomes aware of a Significant Event that has occurred with respect to a portfolio instrument or group of portfolio instruments after the closing of the exchange or market on which the portfolio instrument or portfolio instruments principally trade,

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but before the time at which a Fund calculates its NAV, it will notify the Administrator and may request that an ad hoc meeting of the Fair Valuation Committee be called.

With respect to trade-halted securities, the Trust typically will fair value a trade-halted security by adjusting the security’s last market close price by the security’s sector performance, as measured by a predetermined index, unless Krane recommends and the Trust’s Fair Valuation Committee determines to make additional adjustments. Certain foreign securities exchanges have mechanisms in place that confine one day’s price movement in an individual security to a pre-determined price range based on that day’s opening price (‘‘Collared Securities’’). Fair value determinations for Collared Securities will generally be capped based on any applicable pre-determined ‘‘limit down’’ or ‘‘limit up’’ prices established by the relevant foreign securities exchange. As an example, China A-Shares can only be plus or minus ten percent in one day of trading in the relevant mainland China equity market. As a result, the fair value price determination on a given day will generally be capped plus or minus ten percent.

Fair value pricing involves subjective judgments and it is possible that a fair value determination for a security is materially different than the value that could actually be realized upon the sale of the security or that another fund that uses market quotations or its own fair value procedures to price the same securities. In addition, fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a Fund’s NAV and the prices used by the Underlying Index. This may adversely affect a Fund’s ability to track the Underlying Index.

Trading in securities on many foreign exchanges is normally completed before the close of business on each Business Day. In addition, securities trading in a particular country or countries may not take place on each Business Day or may take place on days that are not Business Days. Changes in valuations on certain securities may occur at times or on days on which a Fund’s NAV is not calculated and on which Fund shares do not trade and sales and redemptions of shares do not occur. As a result, the value of a Fund’s portfolio securities and the net asset value of its shares may change on days when you will not be able to purchase or sell your shares. Fund shares are purchased or sold on a national securities exchange at market prices, which may be higher or lower than NAV. No secondary sales will be made to brokers or dealers at a concession by the Distributor or by a Fund. Purchases and sales of shares in the secondary market, which will not involve a Fund, will be subject to customary brokerage commissions and charges. Transactions in Fund shares will be priced at NAV only if you purchase or redeem shares directly from a Fund in Creation Units.

As of September 30, 2019, the total market value of securities valued in accordance with Fair Value Procedures is as follows:

KraneShares Funds

 

Fair Valued
Amount

 

% of
Net Assets

KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF

 

$

 

0.0%

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF

 

 

 

0.0%

KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF

 

 

363,605

 

2.0%

KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF

 

 

224,474

 

6.5%

In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosure under U.S. GAAP, the Funds disclose the fair value of their investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The objective of a fair value measurement is to determine the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). Accordingly,

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the fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities that the Funds have the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2 — Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices in non-active markets, quoted prices for similar investments, fair value of investments for which the Funds have the ability to fully redeem tranches at net asset value as of the measurement date or within the near term, and short-term investments valued at amortized cost).

Level 3 — Significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments, broker quotes, fair value of investments for which the Funds do not have the ability to fully redeem tranches at net asset value as of the measurement date or within the near term).

Investments are classified within the level of the lowest significant input considered in determining fair value. Investments classified within Level 3 whose fair value measurement considers several inputs may include Level 1 or Level 2 inputs as components of the overall fair value measurement. For details of the investment classification, refer to each Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

The valuation techniques and significant amounts of unobservable inputs used in the fair valuation measurement of the Fund’s Level 3 securities are outlined in the table below. A significant increase or decrease in any of those inputs in isolation would result in a significantly higher or lower fair value measurement.

KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF

Quantitative information about Level 3 fair value measurements

Assets

 

Fair Value at
9/30/19

 

Valuation
Technique(s)

 

Unobservable Input

 

Discount
Percentage

Common Stock

 

 $363,605

 

Discount from the Last Traded Price

 

Last Traded Price Comparability Adjustment %

 

0.0%

KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF

Quantitative information about Level 3 fair value measurements

Assets

 

Fair Value at
9/30/19

 

Valuation
Technique(s)

 

Unobservable Input

 

Discount
Percentage

Common Stock

 

 $224,474

 

Discount from the Last Traded Price

 

Last Traded Price Comparability Adjustment %

 

0.0%

FEDERAL INCOME TAXES — It is each Fund’s intention to qualify or continue to qualify as a regulated investment company for federal income tax purposes by complying with the appropriate provisions of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and to distribute annually all or substantially all of its taxable income and gains to shareholders. Accordingly, no provisions for federal income taxes have been made in the financial statements.

The Funds evaluate tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Funds’ tax returns to determine whether it is “more-likely-than-not” (i.e., greater than 50 percent) that each tax position will be sustained upon examination by a taxing authority based on the technical merits

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of the position. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. The Funds did not record any tax provisions in the current period. However, management’s conclusions regarding tax positions may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, examination by tax authorities (i.e., the last three tax year ends, as applicable), on-going analysis of and changes to tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof.

As of September 30, 2019, management of the Funds has reviewed all open tax years since inception and concluded that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions taken or expected to be taken in future tax returns. The Funds are also 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 12 months.

SECURITY TRANSACTIONS AND INVESTMENT INCOME — Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in determining realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are based on specific identification. Dividend income is recorded, net of any applicable withholding tax, on the ex-dividend date, or for certain foreign securities, when the information becomes available to the Funds. Interest income is recognized on the accrual basis from the settlement date.

Dividend income received from affiliated funds is recognized on the ex-dividend date and is recorded as income distributions in the Statement of Operations. Capital gain distributions received from affiliated funds are recognized on ex-dividend date and are recorded on the Statement of Operations as such. Costs used in determining realized gains and losses on the sales of affiliated funds are on the basis of specific identification. See details on the Statements of Operations.

FOREIGN CURRENCY — The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated into U.S. dollars on the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at the relevant rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. The Funds do not isolate that portion of realized or unrealized gains and losses resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rate from fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of the securities. These gains and losses are included in net realized and unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency translations on the Statements of Operations. Net realized and unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions and translations represent net foreign exchange gains or losses from foreign currency exchange contracts, disposition of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the amount of the investment income and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Funds’ books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid.

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS — The Funds distribute their net investment income at least annually. Any net realized capital gains are distributed annually. All distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

CASH OVERDRAFT CHARGES — Per the terms of an agreement with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (“BBH”), the Funds’ Custodian, if a Fund has a cash overdraft on a given day, it will be assessed an overdraft charge of LIBOR plus 2.00%. Cash overdraft charges are included in “Interest Expense” on the Statements of Operations.

SECURITIES LENDING — The Funds may lend securities from their portfolios to brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. In connection with such loans, a Fund remains the beneficial owner of

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the loaned securities and continues to receive payments in amounts approximately equal to the interest, dividends or other distributions payable on the loaned securities. A Fund also has the right to terminate a loan at any time. A Fund does not have the right to vote on securities while they are on loan. Loans of portfolio securities will not exceed 33 1/3% of the value of a Fund’s total assets (including the value of all assets received as collateral for the loan). A Fund will receive collateral consisting of cash in the form of U.S. dollars, foreign currency, or securities issued or fully guaranteed by the U.S. Government which will be maintained at all times in an amount equal to at least 102% on domestic securities and 105% on international securities of the current market value of the loaned securities. If the collateral consists of cash, a Fund will reinvest the cash and pay the borrower a pre-negotiated fee or “rebate” from any return earned on the investment. Should the borrower of the securities fail financially, a Fund may experience delays in recovering the loaned securities or exercising its rights in the collateral. In a loan transaction, a Fund will also bear the risk of any decline in value of securities acquired with cash collateral. Krane and a sub-adviser are subject to potential conflicts of interest because the compensation paid to them increases in connection with any net income received by a Fund from a securities lending program. Each Fund pays Krane 10% of any net monthly income received from the investment of cash collateral and loan fees received from borrowers in respect of each securities loan (net of any amounts paid to the custodian and/or securities lending agent or rebated to borrowers) (see Note 3).

The following table discloses the securities on loan as of September 30, 2019:

KraneShares Funds

 

Market Value of
Securities on Loan

 

Cash Collateral for
Securities on Loan

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF

 

$

101,348,781

 

$

104,328,298

KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology Index ETF

 

 

823,981

 

 

851,781

KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF

 

 

1,596,887

 

 

1,643,490

CREATION UNITS — The Funds issue and redeem Shares at NAV and only in large blocks of Shares (each block of Shares for a Fund is a Creation Unit of 50,000 Shares, or multiples thereof).

Except when aggregated in Creation Units, Shares are not redeemable securities of a Fund. Shares of a Fund may only be purchased or redeemed by certain Authorized Participants. An Authorized Participant is either (i) a broker-dealer or other participant in the clearing process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities Clearing Corporation or (ii) a Depository Trust Company (‘‘DTC’’) participant and, in each case, must have executed a Participant Agreement with the Distributor. Most retail investors will not qualify as Authorized Participants or have the resources to buy and sell whole Creation Units. Therefore, they will be unable to purchase or redeem the Shares directly from a Fund. Rather, most retail investors will purchase Shares in the secondary market with the assistance of a broker and will be subject to customary brokerage commissions or fees when buying or selling Shares. If a Creation Unit is purchased or redeemed for cash, a higher transaction fee will be charged.

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The following table discloses Creation Unit breakdown for the period ended September 30, 2019:

KraneShares Funds

 

Creation
Unit
Shares

 

Standard Transaction
Fee – Subscriptions

 

Value at
September 30,
2019

 

Standard Transaction
Fee – Redemptions

 

Maximum
Variable
Transaction
Fee*

KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF

 

50,000

 

$     800

 

 $1,306,000

 

 $  2,500

 

2.00%

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF

 

50,000

 

 

        500

 

    2,071,000

 

        500

 

2.00%

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF

 

50,000

 

 

    5,800

 

  1,500,500

 

      5,800

 

2.00%

KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF

 

50,000

 

 

    1,000

 

  1,602,500

 

      1,000

 

2.00%

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF

 

50,000

 

 

    8,500

 

  1,171,500

 

      8,500

 

2.00%

KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF

 

50,000

 

 

    3,900

 

  1,134,500

 

      3,900

 

2.00%

KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology Index ETF

 

50,000

 

 

    1,500

 

  1,086,500

 

      1,500

 

2.00%

KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF

 

50,000

 

 

        750

 

      870,000

 

        750

 

2.00%

KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF

 

50,000

 

 

    1,100

 

  1,030,500

 

      1,100

 

2.00%

KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF

 

50,000

 

 

    1,320

 

  1,056,500

 

      1,320

 

2.00%

KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index Fund

 

50,000

 

 

    1,000

 

  2,025,000

 

      1,000

 

2.00%

KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF

 

50,000

 

 

    2,800

 

  1,016,500

 

      2,800

 

2.00%

KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF

 

50,000

 

 

  17,500

 

  1,216,500

 

    17,500

 

2.00%

* As a percentage of the Creation Unit(s) purchased.

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS — Idle cash and currency balances may be swept into various overnight sweep accounts and are classified as cash equivalents on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. These amounts, at times, may exceed United States federally insured limits. Amounts swept are available on the next business day.

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3. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT — The Adviser serves as investment adviser to each Fund pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement between the Trust on behalf of each Fund and the Adviser (the “Agreement”). Under the Agreement, Krane is responsible for reviewing, supervising and administering each Fund’s investment program and the general management and administration of the Trust. In addition to these services, to the extent a Fund engages in securities lending, Krane will: (i) assist the securities lending agent of the Fund (the “Agent”) to determine which securities are available for loan, (ii) monitor the Agent’s activities to ensure that securities loans are effected in accordance with Krane’s instructions and in accordance with applicable procedures and guidelines adopted by the Board, (iii) make recommendations to the Board regarding the Fund’s participation in securities lending; (iv) prepare appropriate periodic reports for, and seek appropriate periodic approvals from, the Board with respect to securities lending activities, (v) respond to Agent inquiries concerning the Agent’s activities, and (vi) such other related duties as Krane deems necessary or appropriate (this provision became effective with respect to the Funds on the later of October 5, 2017, or the date the Fund commenced operations). The Board of Trustees of the Trust supervises Krane and establishes policies that Krane must follow in its management activities.

The Agreement requires the Adviser to pay all operating expenses of the Funds, except: (a) interest and taxes (including, but not limited to, income, excise, transaction, transfer and withholding taxes); (b) expenses of the Funds incurred with respect to the acquisition and disposition of portfolio securities and the execution of portfolio transactions, including brokerage commissions and short sale dividend or interest expense; (c) expenses incurred in connection with any distribution plan adopted by the Trust in compliance with Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act, including distribution fees; (d) “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses” (as defined by Form N-1A under the 1940 Act); (e) litigation expenses; (f) the compensation payable to the Adviser under the Agreement; (g) compensation and expenses of the Independent Trustees (including any fees of independent legal counsel to the Independent Trustees); and (h) any expenses determined to be extraordinary expenses by the Board. In addition, effective on the later of October 5, 2017, or the date the Fund commenced operations, under the Agreement, while the fees and expenses related to the Funds’ securities lending-related activities reduce the gross revenues and income of the Funds from such activities, they are not fees and expenses for which Krane is responsible.

Each Agreement provides that each Fund pays a unitary (or unified) fee to the Adviser for advisory and management services provided to the Fund, subject to the exceptions noted herein. In this context, there exists a risk that a Trust service provider will seek recourse against the Trust if is not timely paid by Krane for the fees and expenses for which it is responsible, which could materially adversely affect the Funds. Pursuant to the Agreement between the Trust and the Adviser, the Funds below pay the Adviser a fee, which is calculated daily and paid monthly, at the following annual rates, based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of each Fund. In addition, as compensation for the services provided by the Adviser in connection with any securities lending-related activities, each Fund pays the Adviser 10% of the monthly investment income received from the investment of cash collateral and loan fees received from borrowers in respect to securities loans (net of any amounts paid to the custodian and/or securities lending agent or rebated to borrowers), included on the Statements of Operations as “Security Lending Fees”.

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KraneShares Funds

 

Management
Fee

KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF

 

0.68%

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF

 

0.68%

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF

 

0.78%

KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF

 

0.68%

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF

 

0.68%

KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF

 

0.78%

KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology Index ETF

 

0.78%

KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF

 

0.78%

KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF

 

0.68%

KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF

 

0.78%

Kraneshares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index Fund

 

0.68%

Kraneshares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF

 

0.78%

KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF

 

0.58%

Prior to July 31, 2018, pursuant to the terms of an Expense Limitation Agreement, the Adviser had contractually agreed to reduce its management fee and/or reimburse the Funds, except for KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF, KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF, KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF, KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF and KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF, in an amount equal to the fees paid by the Funds to counsel to the independent Trustees of the Trust.

Pursuant to the terms of an Expense Limitation Agreement, the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its management fee for the KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF by 0.20% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This contractual fee waiver will continue until August 1, 2020, and may only be terminated prior thereto by the Board. In addition, the Fee Waiver Agreement will terminate if the Investment Advisory Agreement for the Fund is terminated.

Pursuant to the terms of an Expense Limitation Agreement, the Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its management fee for the KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF by 0.12% of the Fund’s average daily net assets until August 1, 2020. The Expense Limitation Agreement may only be terminated prior thereto by the Board. In addition, the Fee Waiver Agreement will terminate if the Investment Advisory Agreement for the Fund is terminated.

Effective April 12, 2019, pursuant to the terms of an Expense Limitation Agreement, Krane has contractually agreed to waive its advisory fee for the the KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF by 0.20% of the Fund’s average daily net assets and reduce its management fee in an amount equal to any Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses incurred by the Fund from its investments in the KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF. This Expense Limitation Agreement will continue until August 20, 2020. The Expense Limitation Agreement may only be terminated prior thereto by the Board. In addition, the Fee Waiver Agreement will terminate if the Investment Advisory Agreement for the Fund is terminated.

The Adviser and each Sub-Adviser bear all of their own costs associated with providing these advisory services.

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)

SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT — Bosera Asset Management (International) Co., Ltd. (“Bosera”), operating out of Hong Kong, serves as the Sub-Adviser to the KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, subject to the supervision by the Adviser and the Board. For the services Bosera provides to KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF, the Adviser pays Bosera a fee equal to 50% of the net revenue the Adviser receives from the Fund.

CCB Securities Ltd. (“CCBS”), located at 18/F CCB Centre, 18 Wang Chiu Road, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, serves as the sub-adviser of KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF. CCBS is responsible for the day-to-day investment management of the Fund, subject to the supervision of Krane and the Board. The Adviser has entered into a Sub-Advisory Agreement with CCBS pursuant to which the Adviser has agreed to pay CCBS a fee equal to 50% of net revenue earned by the Adviser from the Fund. For these purposes, net revenue is defined as gross revenue less gross fund-related expenses (including any waiver by the Adviser of its compensation under the investment advisory agreement and any payments or reimbursements by Krane of the Fund’s expenses).

E Fund Management (Hong Kong) Co., Limited (‘‘E Fund”), operating out of Hong Kong, serves as the Sub-Adviser to the KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, subject to the supervision by the Adviser and the Board. For the services E Fund provides to KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF, the Adviser pays E Fund a fee equal to 50% of the net revenue the Adviser receives from the Fund.

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT — SEI Investments Distribution Co. (the “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SEI Investments Company, and an affiliate of the administrator, serves as the Funds’ distributor of Creation Units pursuant to a Distribution Agreement. The Distributor does not maintain any secondary market in Fund shares.

The Trust has adopted a Distribution and Service Plan (“Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. In accordance with its Plan, each Fund is authorized to pay an amount up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets each year for certain distribution-related activities. For the period ended September 30, 2019 no fees were charged under the Plan. Fees would only be charged under the Plan upon approval by the Board.

ADMINISTRATOR, CUSTODIAN AND TRANSFER AGENT — SEI Investments Global Funds Services (the “Administrator”) serves as the Funds’ Administrator pursuant to an Administration Agreement. BBH serves as the Funds’ Custodian and Transfer Agent pursuant to a Custodian and Transfer Agent Agreement.

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4. INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS

For the period ended September 30, 2019, the purchases and sales of investments in securities excluding in-kind transactions, long-term U.S. Government and short-term securities were:

KraneShares Funds

 

Purchases

 

Sales and
Maturities

KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF

 

$

4,246,983

 

$

2,674,707

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF

 

 

256,526,825

 

 

305,539,683

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF

 

 

444,867,107

 

 

447,746,514

KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF

 

 

 

 

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF

 

 

1,377,665

 

 

151,014

KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF

 

 

2,930,715

 

 

3,853,074

KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology Index ETF

 

 

6,011,477

 

 

7,484,021

KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF

 

 

718,104

 

 

684,195

KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF

 

 

8,389,831

 

 

9,711,010

KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF

 

 

5,481,884

 

 

25,831,538

KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index Fund

 

 

4,673,866

 

 

4,124,195

KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF

 

 

812,279

 

 

3,450,000

KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF

 

 

2,529,528

 

 

During the period ended September 30, 2019, there were no purchases or sales of long-term U.S. government securities for the Funds.

For the period ended September 30, 2019, in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions were:

KraneShares Funds

 

Purchases

 

Sales and
Maturities

 

Realized Gain
(Loss)

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF

 

$

206,457,618

 

$

464,952,691

 

$

44,484,274

 

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF

 

 

228,015

 

 

 

 

 

KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF

 

 

 

 

1,029,681

 

 

3,842

 

KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology Index ETF

 

 

 

 

3,548,967

 

 

502,459

 

KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF

 

 

779,547

 

 

7,300,477

 

 

879,881

 

KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF

 

 

 

 

57,500

 

 

3,830

 

KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF

 

 

 

 

450,453

 

 

(2,295

)

5. TAX INFORMATION

The amount and character of income and capital gain distributions to be paid, if any, are determined in accordance with Federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. As a result, net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions for a reporting period may differ significantly from distributions during such period. These book/tax differences may be temporary or permanent. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, they are charged or credited to undistributed net investment income (loss), accumulated net realized gain (loss) or paid-in capital, as appropriate, in the period that the differences arise.

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The tax character of dividends and distributions paid during the years or periods ended March 31, 2019 and March 29, 2018 were as follows:

KraneShares Funds

 

Ordinary
Income

 

Long-Term
Capital Gain

 

Return of
Capital

 

Totals

KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF

2019

 

$

244,415

 

$

200,757

 

$

 

$

445,172

2018

 

 

44,526

 

 

1,101,598

 

 

 

 

1,146,124

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF

2019

 

$

620,213

 

$

52,155,720

 

$

 

$

52,775,933

2018

 

 

7,001,175

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,001,175

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF

2019

 

$

10,176,902

 

$

712,126

 

$

 

$

10,889,028

2018

 

 

2,946,446

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,946,446

KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF

2019

 

$

704,248

 

$

 

$

28,559

 

$

732,807

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF

2019

 

$

43,104

 

$

 

$

 

$

43,104

2018

 

 

32,628

 

 

 

 

 

 

32,628

KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF

2019

 

$

553,422

 

$

 

$

 

$

553,422

2018

 

 

6,687

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,687

KraneShares Emerging Market Consumer Technology Index ETF

2019

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF

2019

 

$

107,314

 

$

 

$

 

$

107,314

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF

2019

 

$

382,192

 

$

 

$

 

$

382,192

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF

2019

 

$

136,712

 

$

 

$

 

$

136,712

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index Fund

2019

 

$

374,120

 

$

 

$

49,368

 

$

423,488

KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF

2019

 

$

752

 

$

 

$

 

$

752

108

 

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As of March 31, 2019, the components of tax basis distributable earnings (accumulated losses) were as follows:

 

KraneShares
CICC China
Leaders 100 Index ETF

 

KraneShares
CSI China
Internet ETF

 

KraneShares
Bosera MSCI
China A
Share ETF

 

KraneShares
E Fund China
Commercial
Paper ETF

 

KraneShares
MSCI All
China Index

Undistributed Ordinary Income

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

2,941

 

Capital Loss Carryforwards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7,407,733

)

 

 

(28,632

)

 

 

(131,967

)

Post October Losses

 

 

(623,235

)

 

 

(93,150,121

)

 

 

(15,932,668

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Qualified Late-Year Loss Deferrals

 

 

(3,477

)

 

 

 

 

 

(66,907

)

 

 

(391,750

)

 

 

 

Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments and Foreign Currency

 

 

485,480

 

 

 

(160,441,670

)

 

 

2,757,359

 

 

 

158,417

 

 

 

681,664

 

Other Temporary Differences

 

 

(1

)

 

 

6

 

 

 

(6

)

 

 

(11

)

 

 

 

Total Distributable Earnings (Accumulated Losses)

 

$

(141,233

)

 

$

(253,591,785

)

 

$

(20,649,955

)

 

$

(261,976

)

 

$

552,638

 

 

KraneShares
MSCI One
Belt One Road
Index ETF

 

KraneShares
Emerging
Markets
Consumer
Technology
Index ETF

 

KraneShares
MSCI China
Environment
Index ETF

 

KraneShares
Electric
Vehicles and
Future Mobility
Index ETF

 

KraneShares
MSCI All China
Health Care
Index ETF

Undistributed Ordinary Income

 

$

44,176

 

 

$

64,368

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

Post October Losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(767,588

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,522,222

)

Capital Loss Carryforwards

 

 

(2,564,896

)

 

 

(2,287,120

)

 

 

(700,820

)

 

 

(2,300,182

)

 

 

 

Qualified Late-Year Loss Deferrals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(44

)

 

 

(1,965

)

 

 

(64,320

)

Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments and Foreign Currency

 

 

(1,325,015

)

 

 

(3,741,678

)

 

 

(46,367

)

 

 

(2,908,055

)

 

 

(4,743,033

)

Other Temporary Differences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Distributable Earnings (Accumulated Losses)

 

$

(3,845,735

)

 

$

(5,964,430

)

 

$

(1,514,819

)

 

$

(5,210,202

)

 

$

(6,329,575

)

109

 

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KraneShares CCBS
China
Corporate
High
Yield Bond USD
Index ETF

 

KraneShares
Emerging Markets
Healthcare
Index
 ETF

Undistributed Ordinary Income

 

$

 

 

$

17,204

 

Capital Loss Carryforwards

 

 

 

 

 

(277,708

)

Post October Losses

 

 

(12,897

)

 

 

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments and Foreign Currency

 

 

238,733

 

 

 

30,287

 

Other Temporary Differences

 

 

58,098

 

 

 

 

Total Distributable Earnings (Accumulated Losses)

 

$

283,934

 

 

$

(230,217

)

The KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF did not commence operations prior to March 31, 2019.

Qualified late year ordinary and Post-October capital losses (including currency and specified gain/loss items) represent losses realized from January 1, 2019 through March 31, 2019 and November 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019, respectively, that in accordance with federal income tax regulations, the Funds have elected to defer and treat as having arisen in the following fiscal year.

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, the Funds are permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. Post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under previous law. Losses carried forward under these provisions are as follows:

KraneShares Funds

 

Short-Term
Loss

 

Long-Term
Loss

 

Total

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF

 

$

7,407,733

 

$

 

$

7,407,733

KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF

 

 

28,288

 

 

344

 

 

28,632

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF

 

 

7,048

 

 

124,920

 

 

131,968

KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF

 

 

2,511,485

 

 

53,411

 

 

2,564,896

KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology Index ETF

 

 

1,922,675

 

 

364,445

 

 

2,287,120

KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF

 

 

700,820

 

 

 

 

700,820

KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF

 

 

1,885,086

 

 

415,096

 

 

2,300,182

KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF

 

 

277,708

 

 

 

 

277,708

During the year ended March 31, 2019, KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF and KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF utilized $13,029 and $67,006 of capital loss carryforwards, respectively, to offset capital gains.

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The differences between book and tax-basis unrealized appreciation and depreciation are attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales and investments in passive foreign investment companies. The federal tax cost and aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation on investments held by the Funds at September 30, 2019 were as follows:

KraneShares Funds

 

Federal Tax
Cost

 

Aggregated
Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation

 

Aggregated
Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation

 

Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF

 

$

3,804,492

 

$

307,309

 

$

(218,590

)

 

$

88,719

 

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF

 

 

1,787,181,306

 

 

113,699,389

 

 

(259,726,688

)

 

 

(146,027,299

)

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF

 

 

575,987,704

 

 

25,732,682

 

 

(51,524,795

)

 

 

(25,792,113

)

KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF

 

 

17,119,879

 

 

16,044

 

 

(714,636

)

 

 

(698,592

)

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF

 

 

7,067,403

 

 

492,157

 

 

(549,874

)

 

 

(57,717

)

KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF

 

 

19,749,177

 

 

1,475,583

 

 

(3,184,940

)

 

 

(1,709,357

)

KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology Index ETF

 

 

25,528,250

 

 

1,631,083

 

 

(4,376,279

)

 

 

(2,745,196

)

KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF

 

 

3,780,029

 

 

271,514

 

 

(627,889

)

 

 

(356,375

)

KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF

 

 

28,702,149

 

 

1,810,773

 

 

(4,221,047

)

 

 

(2,410,274

)

KraneShares MSCI All China Healthcare Index ETF

 

 

14,545,795

 

 

2,201,345

 

 

(919,988

)

 

 

1,281,357

 

KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF

 

 

11,543,767

 

 

254,310

 

 

(161,101

)

 

 

93,209

 

KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF

 

 

1,034,446

 

 

126,100

 

 

(154,051

)

 

 

(27,951

)

KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF

 

 

2,529,499

 

 

90,287

 

 

(221,318

)

 

 

(131,031

)

Uncertainties in the Chinese tax rules governing the taxation of income distributions and capital gains from investments in A Shares could result in unexpected tax liabilities for the Funds. China generally imposes withholding tax at a rate of 10% on dividends and interest derived by non-Chinese resident investors (including, for example, Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (“QFII”)) from Chinese companies and those companies which are not Chinese tax residents, but which are deemed to be Chinese tax residents (e.g., under Notice 7). China also imposes withholding tax at a rate of 10% on capital gains derived by non-residents from investment in actual and constructive Chinese resident companies. The Chinese withholding taxes applied to dividends, interest and capital gains may, in principle, be subject to a reduced rate under an applicable Chinese tax treaty, but the application of such treaties in the case of a non-resident (e.g., in the case of a QFII acting on behalf of non-resident investors, such as the Funds) is also uncertain. The imposition of such taxes could have a material adverse effect on the Funds’ returns. The People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”) rules regarding the taxation of non-resident investors are

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quickly evolving and certain of the tax regulations to be issued by the PRC State Administration of Taxation and/or the PRC Ministry of Finance to clarify matters may apply retrospectively. Such retroactively applied rules may be adverse to the Funds and their shareholders. It is also unclear how China’s value added tax (“VAT”) may be affected by tax treaty provisions. If such a tax is collected, the expenses will be passed on and borne by the Funds. The imposition of such taxes, as well as future changes in applicable PRC tax law, may adversely affect the Funds. If the Funds expect VAT to be imposed, they reserve the right to establish a reserve for such tax. If the Funds establish such a reserve but are not ultimately subject to the tax, shareholders who redeemed or sold their shares while the reserve was in place will effectively bear the tax and may not benefit from the later release, if any, of the reserve. Conversely, if the Funds do not establish such a reserve but ultimately are subject to the tax, shareholders who redeemed or sold their shares prior to the tax being withheld, reserved or paid will have effectively avoided the tax, even if they benefited from investments in a Fund. Effective November 17, 2014, QFIIs, RQFIIs (i.e., QFIIs investing in Yuan, rather than foreign currency) and non-Chinese resident investors investing through the Hong Kong-Shanghai Stock Connect are exempted temporarily from the 10% capital gains tax that normally applies to sales of A Shares on a public Chinese exchange (such as the Shanghai Stock Exchange). However, such investors are still required to pay capital gains tax for gains realized on trades executed before November 17, 2014. The Funds have recorded capital gains tax for gains realized prior to November 17, 2014, and have reflected such taxes in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

On November 7, 2018, China’s Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation jointly issued Circular 108. This circular announced a three year exemption from corporate income tax withholding (“WHT”) and Value Added Tax (“VAT”) for China-sourced bond interest derived by overseas institutional investors. The WHT and VAT exemptions apply from November 7, 2018 to November 6, 2021.

6. CONCENTRATION OF RISKS

As with all ETFs, shareholders of the Funds are subject to the risk that their investment could lose money. Each Fund is subject to certain of the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely affect a Fund’s NAV, trading price, yield, total return and ability to meet its investment objective. A more complete description of principal risks is included in each Fund’s prospectus under the heading “Principal Risks”. The following risks pertain to all Funds, unless otherwise noted.

Cash and Cash Equivalents Risk — The Fund may hold cash or cash equivalents. Generally, such positions offer less potential for gain than other investments. Holding cash or cash equivalents, even strategically, may lead to missed investment opportunities. This is particularly true when the market for other investments in which the Fund may invest is rapidly rising. If the Fund holds cash uninvested it will be subject to the credit risk of the depositing institution holding the cash.

CHINA RISK — The Chinese economy is generally considered an emerging market and can be significantly affected by economic and political conditions in China and surrounding Asian countries. In addition, the Chinese economy is export-driven and highly reliant on trade. A downturn in the economies of China’s primary trading partners could slow or eliminate the growth of the Chinese economy and adversely impact the Fund’s investments. The Chinese government strictly regulates the payment of foreign currency denominated obligations and sets monetary policy. The Chinese government may introduce new laws and regulations that could have an adverse effect on the Fund. Although China has begun the process of privatizing certain sectors of its economy, privatized entities may lose money and/or be re-nationalized.

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In the Chinese securities markets, a small number of issuers may represent a large portion of the entire market. The Chinese securities markets are subject to more frequent trading halts, low trading volume and price volatility. Further, the Chinese economy is heavily dependent upon trading with key partners. Recent developments in relations between the United States and China have heightened concerns of increased tariffs and restrictions on trade between the two countries. An increase in tariffs or trade restrictions or even the threat of such developments, could lead to significant reduction in international trade, which could have a negative impact on China’s export industry and a commensurately negative impact on the Fund.

The RMB Bond market is volatile with a risk of trading suspensions in particular securities and government interventions. Trading in RMB Bonds may be suspended without warning and for lengthy periods. Information on such trading suspensions, including as to their expected length, may be unavailable. Securities affected by trading suspensions may be or become illiquid. In recent years, Chinese entities have incurred significant levels of debt and Chinese financial institutions currently hold relatively large amounts of non-performing debt. Thus, there exists a possibility that widespread defaults could occur, which could trigger a financial crisis, freeze Chinese debt and finance markets and make certain Chinese securities illiquid.

CHINESE CREDIT RATING RISKS (KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF and KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF) — The debt securities included in Underlying Index securities, and therefore the securities held by the KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF Fund, will generally be rated by Chinese ratings agencies (and not by U.S. nationally recognized statistical ratings organizations (“NRSROs”)). The rating criteria and methodology used by Chinese rating agencies may be different from those adopted by NRSROs and international credit rating agencies. Therefore, such rating systems may not provide an equivalent standard for comparison with securities rated by NRSROs or other international credit rating agencies.

CONCENTRATION RISK — Because the Fund’s assets are expected to be concentrated in an industry or group of industries to the extent that the Underlying Index concentrates in a particular industry or group of industries, the Fund is subject to loss due to adverse occurrences that may affect that industry or group of industries or sector. Market conditions, interest rates, and economic, regulatory, or financial developments could significantly affect a single industry or a group of related industries, and the securities of companies in that industry or group of industries could react similarly to these or other developments. Depending on the composition of each Fund’s Underlying Index, the Fund may be subject to principal risks, as outlined in each Funds’ prospectus. Each Fund may have significant exposure to other industries or sectors over time.

CURRENCY RISK — The Fund’s NAV is determined on the basis of the U.S. dollar, therefore, the Fund may lose value if the local currency of a foreign market depreciates against the U.S. dollar, even if the local currency value of the Fund’s holdings goes up. Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and can change quickly and unpredictably, which may adversely affect the Fund. The Fund may also be subject to delays in converting or transferring U.S. dollars to foreign currencies for the purpose of purchasing portfolio investments. This may hinder the Fund’s performance, including because any delay could result in the Fund missing an investment opportunity and purchasing securities at a higher price than originally intended, or incurring cash drag.

DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS RISK (KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF, KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF, KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF, KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF, KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF, KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer

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Technology Index ETF, KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF, KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF, KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF, KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF and KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF) — The Fund may hold the securities of foreign companies in the form of depositary receipts, including American Depositary Receipts and Global Depositary Receipts. Investing in depositary receipts entails the risks associated with foreign investments. The underlying securities of the depositary receipts in the Fund’s portfolio are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the value of the Fund’s portfolio. In addition, the value of the securities underlying the depositary receipts may change materially when the U.S. markets are not open for trading, which will affect the value of the depositary receipts. Like direct investments in foreign securities, investments in depositary receipts involve political and economic risks distinct from those associated with investing in the securities of U.S. issuers.

Emerging Markets Risk — The Fund’s investments in emerging markets are subject to greater risk of loss than investments in developed markets. This is due to, among other things, greater market volatility, greater risk of asset seizures and capital controls, lower trading volume, political and economic instability, greater risk of market shutdown and more governmental limitations on foreign investments than typically found in developed markets. The economies of emerging markets, and China in particular, may be heavily reliant upon international trade and may suffer disproportionately if international trading declines or is disrupted.

ETF Risk. As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:

Authorized Participants Concentration Risk.    The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants. To the extent they cannot or are otherwise unwilling to engage in creation and redemption transactions with the Fund and no other Authorized Participant steps in, shares of the Fund may trade like closed-end fund shares at a significant discount to net asset value (“NAV”) and may face delisting from the Exchange.

Cash Transactions Risk.    Like other ETFs, the Fund sells and redeems its shares only in large blocks called Creation Units and only to “Authorized Participants.” Unlike many other ETFs, however, the Fund expects to effect its creations and redemptions at least partially or fully for cash, rather than in-kind securities. Thus, an investment in the Fund may be less tax-efficient than an investment in other ETFs as the Fund may recognize a capital gain that it could have avoided by making redemptions in-kind. As a result, the Fund may pay out higher capital gains distributions than ETFs that redeem in-kind. Further, paying redemption proceeds in cash rather than through in-kind delivery of portfolio securities may require the Fund to dispose of or sell portfolio investments to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds at an inopportune time.

International Closed Market Trading Risk.    Because certain of the Fund’s investments trade in markets that are closed when the Fund and Exchange are open, there are likely to be deviations between current pricing of an underlying security and stale pricing, resulting in the Fund trading at a discount or premium to NAV greater than those incurred by other ETFs.

New Fund Risk.    The Fund is new. If the Fund does not grow large in size once it commences trading, it will be at greater risk than larger funds of wider bid-ask spreads for its shares, trading at a greater premium or discount to NAV, liquidation and/or a stop to trading.

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Premium/Discount Risk.    There may be times when the market price of the Fund’s shares is more than the NAV intra-day (at a premium) or less than the NAV intra-day (at a discount). As a result, shareholders of the Fund may pay more than NAV when purchasing shares and receive less than NAV when selling Fund shares. This risk is heightened in times of market volatility or periods of steep market declines. In such market conditions, market or stop loss orders to sell Fund shares may be executed at prices well below NAV.

Secondary Market Trading Risk.    Investors buying or selling shares in the secondary market will normally pay brokerage commissions, which are often a fixed amount and may be a significant proportional cost for investors buying or selling relatively small amounts of shares. Secondary market trading is subject to bid-ask spreads and trading in Fund shares may be halted by the Exchange because of market conditions or other reasons. If a trading halt occurs, a shareholder may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell shares of the Fund. In addition, although the Fund’s shares are listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for shares will develop or be maintained or that the Fund’s shares will continue to be listed.

EQUITY SECURITIES RISK — The values of equity securities are subject to factors such as market fluctuations, changes in interest rates and perceived trends in stock prices. Equity securities are subject to volatile changes in value and their values may be more volatile than other asset classes. In the event of liquidation, equity securities are generally subordinate in rank to debt and other securities of the same issuer.

FIXED INCOME SECURITIES RISK (KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF and KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF) — Fixed income securities are subject to credit risk and interest rate risk. Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of a security will not make timely interest payments or repay the principal of the debt issued (i.e., it defaults on its obligations). Interest rate risk refers to fluctuations in the value of a debt resulting from changes in the level of interest rates. When interest rates go up, the prices of most debt instruments go down; and when interest rates go down, the prices of most debt instruments go up. Debt instruments with longer durations tend to be more sensitive to interest rate changes, typically making them more volatile. The current low-interest-rate environment heightens the risks associated with rising interest rates.

FOREIGN SECURITIES RISK — Investments in securities of non-U.S. issuers may be less liquid than investments in U.S. issuers as foreign trading markets are not typically as active as U.S. markets and may have less governmental regulation and oversight. For example, non-U.S. issuers may be subject to different accounting, auditing, financial reporting and investor protection standards than U.S. issuers. As a result, there may be less information publicly available about non-U.S. issuers. Investments in non-U.S. securities also involve risk of loss due to foreign currency fluctuations and political or economic instability. Foreign markets also may have clearance and settlement procedures that make it difficult for the Funds to buy and sell securities. These factors could result in a loss to the Funds by causing the Funds to be unable to dispose of an investment or to miss an attractive investment opportunity, or by causing the Funds’ assets to be uninvested for some period of time.

FRONTIER MARKETS RISK — Frontier market countries generally have smaller economies and less developed capital markets or legal, regulatory and political systems than traditional emerging market countries. As a result, the risks of investing in emerging market countries are magnified in frontier market countries.

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GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS RISK — The Funds’ investments will be focused in a particular country, countries, or region and therefore a Fund may be susceptible to adverse market, political, regulatory, and geographic events affecting that country, countries or region. Such geographic focus also may subject the Fund to a higher degree of volatility than a more geographically diversified fund.

HIGH PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RISK (KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF, KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF, KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF, KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF, KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology Index ETF, KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF, KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF and KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF) — The Fund may incur high turnover rates, which may increase the Fund’s brokerage commission costs and negatively impact the Fund’s performance. Such portfolio turnover also may generate net short-term capital gains.

INDUSTRY CONCENTRATION RISK (KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF) — In following its methodology, each Fund’s Underlying Index from time to time may be concentrated to a significant degree in securities of issuers located in a single industry or group of industries or sector of the economy. To the extent that an Underlying Index concentrates in the securities of issuers in a particular industry or group of industries, each Fund also is expected to concentrate its investments to approximately the same extent. If a Fund concentrates its investments in an industry, the Fund may face more risks than if it were diversified broadly over industries. In addition, at times, an industry or sector may be out of favor and underperforms other industries or the market as a whole. Any factors detrimental to the performance of such industry or sector may disproportionately impact a Fund’s NAV.

The Fund utilizes a cash sweep program (the “Cash Sweep Program”). In the Cash Sweep Program, at least a portion of the Fund’s uninvested cash balance is used to purchase shares of funds that are registered in China, but not in the U.S., and that provide daily liquidity, including the E Fund Money Market Fund. The Fund may also invest in other similar investment companies that are registered in China and provide daily liquidity (collectively, the “PRC Investment Companies”). The Fund’s investments in the PRC Investment Companies are, in conjunction with other investments in investment companies (other than U.S. money market funds), subject to the limitations imposed by Section 12(d)(1) and the rules thereunder. The PRC Investment Companies are intended to provide liquidity, increased diversity of holdings, and a return on investment that is similar to the return on investments in underlying index constituents. Investments in the PRC Investment Companies are subject to the risks faced by them, which include credit risk, interest rate risk, currency risk, foreign investment risk, and custody risk. The PRC Investment Companies are PRC-domiciled funds and the Fund, therefore, will not enjoy the protections of the United States securities laws, including the 1940 Act, with respect to its investments in the PRC Investment Companies. In addition, E Fund is subject to conflicts of interest in allocating Fund assets to PRC Investment Companies that are sponsored by E Fund or its affiliates.

Investment in Investment Companies Risk — The Fund may invest in other investment companies, including those advised, sponsored or otherwise serviced by the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and/or their affiliates. The Fund will indirectly be exposed to the risks of investments by such funds. Moreover, the Fund will incur its pro rata share of the underlying fund’s expenses. the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser are subject to conflicts of interest in allocating Fund assets to investment companies that are advised, sponsored or otherwise serviced by the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser and/or their affiliates. To the extent that the Fund invests in investment companies or other pooled investment vehicles that are not registered pursuant to the 1940 Act, including foreign investment companies, it will not enjoy the protections of the 1940 Act.

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Large Capitalization Company Risk (KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF, KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF, KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF, KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF, KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF, KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology Index ETF, KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF, KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF, KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF, KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF and KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF) — Investments in large capitalization companies may go in and out of favor based on market and economic conditions and may underperform other market segments. Some large capitalization companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges and attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion. As such, returns on investments in stocks of large capitalization companies could trail the returns on investments in stocks of small and mid-capitalization companies.

LIQUIDITY RISK — Certain of the Funds’ investments are subject to liquidity risk, which exists when an investment is or becomes difficult to purchase or sell at a reasonable time or price. If a transaction is particularly large or if the relevant market is or becomes illiquid, it may not be possible to initiate a transaction or liquidate, which may cause the Funds to suffer significant losses and difficulties in meeting redemptions. If a number of securities held by the Funds halt trading, it may have a cascading effect and cause the Funds to halt trading. Volatility in market prices will increase the risk of the Funds being subject to a trading halt.

Management Risk — Because the Fund may not fully replicate the Underlying Index and may hold less than the total number of securities in the Underlying Index, the Fund is subject to management risk. This is the risk that Krane or its subadviser’s E Fund’s security selection process, which is subject to a number of constraints, may not produce the intended results.

MARKET RISK — The values of the Funds’ holdings could decline generally or could underperform other investments. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by the U.S. Government, Federal Reserve, and/or other government actors, such as continuing to raise interest rates, could cause increased volatility in global financial markets and higher levels of Fund redemptions, which could have a negative impact on the Funds. Further, the Funds are susceptible to the risk that certain investments may be difficult or impossible to sell at a favorable time or price. Market developments may cause the Funds’ investments to become less liquid and subject to erratic price movements. Such market developments may also cause the Funds to encounter difficulties in timely honoring redemptions, especially if market events cause an increased incidence of shareholder redemptions.

Non-Diversified Fund Risk (KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF, KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF, KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF, KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF, KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology Index ETF, KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF, KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF, KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF, KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF and KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF) — Because the Fund is non-diversified and may invest a greater portion of its assets in fewer issuers than a diversified fund, changes in the market value of a single portfolio holding could cause greater fluctuations in the Fund’s share price than would occur in a diversified fund. This may increase the Fund’s volatility and cause the performance of a single portfolio holding or a relatively small number of portfolio holdings to have a greater impact on the Fund’s performance.

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Passive Investment Risk — The Fund is not actively managed, does not seek to “beat” the Underlying Index and does not take temporary defensive positions when markets decline. Therefore, the Fund may not sell a security due to current or projected underperformance of a security, industry or sector. There is no guarantee that the Underlying Index will create the desired exposure. The Underlying Index may not contain an appropriate mix of securities, but the Fund’s investment objective and principal investment strategies impose limits on the Fund’s ability to invest in securities not included in the Underlying Index.

SECURITIES LENDING RISK — To the extent a Fund lends its securities, it may be subject to the following risks: (1) borrowers of the Funds’ securities typically provide collateral in the form of cash that is reinvested in securities; (2) the securities in which the collateral is invested may not perform sufficiently to cover the return collateral payments owed to borrowers; (3) delays may occur in the recovery of securities from borrowers, which could interfere with the Funds’ ability to vote proxies or to settle transactions; and (4) there is the risk of possible loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower fail financially.

Small and Mid-Capitalization Company Risk (KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF, KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF, KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF, KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology Index ETF, KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF, KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF, KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF and KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF) — Investing in the securities of small and medium capitalization companies involves greater risk and the possibility of greater price volatility than investing in larger capitalization companies and more established companies. Since small and medium-sized companies may have limited operating histories, product lines and financial resources, the securities of these companies may lack sufficient market liquidity and can be sensitive to expected changes in interest rates, borrowing costs and earnings.

Tax Risk — In order to qualify for the favorable tax treatment generally available to regulated investment companies, the Fund must satisfy certain income, asset diversification and distribution requirements each year. If the Fund were to fail to qualify as a regulated investment company, it would be taxed in the same manner as an ordinary corporation, and distributions to its shareholders would not be deductible by the Fund in computing its taxable income, which would adversely affect the Fund’s performance.

Tracking Error Risk — The Fund’s return may not match or achieve a high degree of correlation with the return of the Underlying Index. This may be due to, among other factors, the Fund holding cash under certain circumstances in lieu of Underlying Index securities, such as when the Fund is subject to delays converting U.S. dollars into a foreign currency to purchase foreign securities. The Fund may not be able to invest in certain components of the Underlying Index due to legal restrictions imposed by foreign governments or other regulatory reasons. In addition, securities included in the Underlying Index may be suspended from trading. To the extent that the Fund employs a representative sampling strategy or calculates its NAV based on fair value prices and the value of the Underlying Index is based on securities’ closing prices on local foreign markets, the Fund’s ability to track the Underlying Index may be adversely affected. Changes in currency exchange rates or delays in converting currencies may also cause tracking error.

VALUATION RISK — Independent market quotations for the non-U.S. securities held by the Funds may not be readily available and such securities may be fair valued. Fair valuation is subjective and different market participants may assign different prices to the same security. As a result, there is a risk that the Funds may not be able to sell a security at the price assigned to the security by the

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Fund. In addition, the securities in which the Funds invest may trade on days that the Funds do not price their shares; as a result, the value of Fund shares may change on days when investors cannot purchase or sell their holdings.

7. OTHER

At September 30, 2019, all shares issued by the Funds were in Creation Unit aggregations to Authorized Participants through primary market transactions (e.g., transactions directly with the Funds). However, the individual shares that make up those Creation Units are traded on the NYSE Arca Exchange (e.g., secondary market transactions). Some of those individual shares have been bought and sold by persons that are not Authorized Participants. Each Authorized Participant has entered into an agreement with the Funds’ Distributor.

8. INDEMNIFICATIONS

In the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Funds and, therefore, cannot be established; however, based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote.

9. REGULATORY MATTERS

On August 17, 2018, the SEC adopted amendments to Regulation S-X. These changes are effective for periods after November 5, 2018. The updates to Registered Investment Companies were mainly focused on simplifying the presentation of distributable earnings by eliminating the need to present the components of distributable earning on a book basis in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The update also impacted the presentation of undistributed net investment income and distribution to shareholders on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets. The amounts presented in the current Statement of Changes in Net Assets represent the aggregated total distributions of net investment income and realized capital gains, except for distributions classified as return of capital which are still presented separately.

10. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In August 2018, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820). The new guidance includes additions and modifications to disclosures requirements for fair value measurements. For public entities, the amendments are effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years. At this time, management is currently evaluating the impact of this new guidance on the financial statements and disclosures.

11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On October 20, 2019, the Adviser’s reimbursement of the withholding taxes settled in the Fund’s accounts.

The Funds have evaluated the need for additional disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events. Based on this evaluation, other than the above, no additional disclosures or adjustments were required to the financial statements as of the date the financial statements were issued.

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At an in-person meeting on May 24, 2019, the Board of Trustees (“Board”) of the KraneShares Trust (“Trust”), including a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees”), voted to renew the existing advisory agreement between Krane Funds Advisors, LLC (“Krane”) and the Trust (the “Advisory Agreement”), on behalf of each of the following series of the Trust: KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (“KWEB”), KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF (“KBA”), KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF (“OBOR”), KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF (“KGRN”), KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF (“KARS”), KraneShares MSCI All China Health Care Index ETF (“KURE”), KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology Index ETF (“KEMQ”), KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF (“KCNY”), KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF (“KALL”), KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF (“KFYP”), KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF (“KCCB”) and, KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF (“KMED”).

At the same meeting, the Board voted to renew the existing subadvisory agreement between Krane and Bosera Asset Management (International) Co., Ltd. (“Bosera”) with respect to KBA, the existing subadvisory agreement between Krane and CCB Securities Ltd. (“CCBS”) with respect to KCCB, and the existing subadvisory agreement between Krane and E Fund Management (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd (“E Fund”) with respect to KCNY (the “Subadvisory Agreements”). E Fund, Bosera and CCBS are collectively referred to herein as the “Subadvisers,” and the Subadvisory Agreements and the Advisory Agreement are collectively referred to herein as the “Agreements.”

The Board took note of relevant judicial precedent and regulations adopted by the SEC setting forth factors to be considered by a board when evaluating investment advisory agreements including, among other matters: (1) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by Krane and each Subadviser; (2) the costs of the services provided and profitability to Krane with respect to its relationship with the Funds; (3) the advisory fees and total expense ratios of each Fund compared to a relevant peer group of funds; (4) the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as a Fund grows and whether the advisory fee for the Fund would enable investors to share in the benefits of economies of scale; and (5) other benefits received by Krane and the Subadvisers from their relationship with the Funds.

In advance of the meeting, the Board requested, and Krane provided, certain information relating to the proposed Advisory Agreements. The Board also requested, and Bosera, CCBS and E-Fund provided, certain information relating to the respective Subadvisory Agreement. In addition to such information, the Board noted that the evaluation process with respect to Krane and the Subadvisers is an ongoing one. For example, the Board recognized that, at its regulatory scheduled meetings, it receives and considers information regarding, among other matters, the investment performance of the Funds, the services provided by Krane and the Subadvisers, and the expenses incurred by the Funds. The Board also receives information informally outside of the Board meetings. The Board’s consideration of the Agreements included information previously received at such meetings and outside of the meetings.

Nature, Quality and Extent of Services.    Based on written and oral reports received by the Board prior to and at the May 24, 2019 meeting, and a presentation from senior representatives of Krane at the May 24, 2019 meeting and in executive session with the Independent Trustees prior to the Board meeting, the Board considered the nature, quality and extent of the overall services provided by Krane under the Advisory Agreement and by each Subadviser under the Subadvisory Agreements. The Board considered the responsibilities of Krane and the Subadvisers and discussed resources committed by Krane to manage the Funds. The Board considered the significant time and effort invested by Krane in structuring the Trust and the Funds, obtaining necessary exemptive relief from the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), identifying and evaluating potential subadvisers,

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developing new products, assessing the market appeal of each Fund’s investment strategy and arranging and overseeing service providers. The Board considered that Krane is responsible for establishing and monitoring each Fund’s investment program and either directly managing the day-to-day investment activities of the Funds or selecting and overseeing the Subadvisers, as applicable. The Board took note of its experience with the services provided by Krane and the Subadvisers, and considered Krane’s analysis and recommendations regarding each Subadviser. The Board also considered that Krane has established a securities lending program that benefits certain Funds and noted that Krane employs an experienced portfolio management team. The Board noted that Krane continually evaluates its existing compliance and operational staff, and that it continues to seek and retain qualified staff in these areas as its business continues to grow.

Performance.    The Board considers the performance of each operational Fund throughout the year. At each regular meeting of the Board, Krane reviews each operational Fund’s performance for various periods versus an identified peer group. The Board also regularly reviews the tracking error of each operational Fund that seeks to provide investment results correlated to the performance of an underlying index, and the Board noted that such information indicates that each Fund’s performance is reasonably correlated to that of the identified underlying index. The Board noted its discussions with Krane related to factors, such as the use of fair value pricing by the Funds and the Funds’ asset inflows and outflows, that affect the performance of the Funds but not their underlying indices. The Board also noted Krane’s view that each Fund offers investors unique investment exposure.

At the meeting, the Board was provided with and considered, among other things, information regarding each operational Fund’s returns against a group of comparable funds (“peer group”) and its respective Morningstar category. The Board also considered the Morningstar ratings received by KALL, KBA, KCNY, KFYP and KWEB based on their three-year performance records, acknowledging that those were the only Funds that had been operational for at least three years as of the date of the Board meeting. The Board noted that certain of the Funds had not yet commenced operations and thus such comparative data were not available. With respect to the operational Funds, the Board noted as follows:

With respect to KFYP, the Board noted that (1) the Fund’s tracking error was more than that of its peers; (2) the Fund’s performance was generally in line with its peer group for the one-year, three-year and since-inception periods ended March 31, 2019; and (3) the Fund outperformed its Morningstar category for the one-year, three-year and five-year periods ended March 31, 2019.

With respect to KWEB, the Board noted that: (1) the Fund’s tracking error was less than that of its peers; (2) the Fund underperformed its peer group for the three-year period, overperformed the since inception period, and was in line with the one-year period as compared to its peer group; and (3) the Fund underperformed its Morningstar category for the one-year, three-year and five-year periods ended March 31, 2019.

With respect to KBA, the Board noted that: (1) the Fund’s tracking error was generally in line with its peers; (2) the Fund performance was generally in line with its peer group for the one-year and three-year periods ended March 31, 2019, but underperformed its peer group for the since-inception period ended March 31, 2019; and (3) the Fund outperformed its Morningstar category for the one-year and five-year periods ended March 31, 2019, but underperformed its Morningstar category for the three-year period ended March 31, 2019.

With respect to OBOR, the Board noted that: (1) the Fund’s tracking error was generally in line with its peers; (2) the Fund’s performance was generally in line with its peer group for the one-year and

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since-inception periods ended March 31, 2019; and (3) the Fund outperformed its Morningstar category for the one-year period ended March 31, 2019.

With respect to KGRN, the Board noted that: (1) the Fund’s tracking error was more than that of its peers; (2) the Fund underperformed its peer group for the one-year period ended March 31, 2019; and (3) the Fund underperformed its Morningstar category for the one-year period ended March 31, 2019.

With respect to KARS, the Board noted that: (1) the Fund’s tracking error was more than that of its peers; (2) the Fund’s performance was generally in line with its peer group for the since-inception period ended March 31, 2019; and (3) the Fund underperformed its Morningstar category for the one-year period ended March 31, 2019.

With respect to KURE, the Board noted that: (1) the Fund’s tracking error was generally in line with that of its peers: (2) the Fund’s performance was generally in line with its peer group for the since-inception period ended March 31, 2019; and (3) the Fund underperformed its Morningstar category for the one-year period ended March 31, 2019.

With respect to KEMQ, the Board noted that: (1) the Fund’s tracking error was more than that of its peers; (2) the Fund overperformed its peer group for the one-year and since-inception periods ended March 31, 2019; and (3) the Fund underperformed its Morningstar category for the one-year period ended March 31, 2019.

With respect to KCNY, the Board noted that: (1) the Fund’s tracking error was more than that of its peers; (2) the Fund underperformed its peer group for the one-year, three-year and since-inception periods ended March 31, 2019; and (3) the Fund underperformed its Morningstar category for the one-year and three-year periods ended March 31, 2019. In assessing the Fund’s relative performance, the Board considered the impact of the Fund’s average portfolio weighted duration as compared to that of its peer group and the Morningstar category.

With respect to KALL, the Board noted that: (1) the Fund’s tracking error was less than that of its peers; (2) the Fund outperformed its peer group for the one-year and three-year periods ended March 31, 2019 and underperformed its peers for the since-inception period ended March 31, 2019; and (3) the Fund outperformed its Morningstar category for the one-year and since-inception periods ended March 31, 2019, and underperformed its Morningstar category for the three-year period ended March 31, 2019.

With respect to KCCB, the Board noted that the Fund had less than one year of performance, but that, during that time: (1) the Fund’s tracking error was generally in line with that of its peers; and (2) the Fund overperformed it underlying index.

With respect to KMED, the Board noted that the Fund had less than one year of performance, but that, during that time, (1) the Fund’s tracking error was more than that of its peer group; (2) the Fund underperformed its Morningstar category for the since-inception period ended March 31, 2019.

Comparative Fees and Expenses.    The Board considered that Krane has entered into a unitary advisory fee arrangement with the Funds, under which Krane, and not the Funds, is responsible for paying many of the Funds’ expenses, including those of the Funds’ principal service providers and the Subadvisers. The Board considered the information provided by Krane regarding the amounts paid by it to the Funds’ service providers under the arrangement. The Board reviewed and considered the fees paid by the Funds in light of the nature, quality and extent of the services provided or obtained by Krane. The Board also considered the net expense ratios of the currently operational Funds compared to those of their peer groups. The

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Board noted that: (1) management fees paid by KBA, KFYP, KALL, KGRN, KURE, KMED, OBOR, KCCB and KCNY were higher than their peer groups; (2) the KFYP, KGRN, KURE, KMED, OBOR, KCCB, and KCNY total expense ratios were higher than their peer groups; and (3) the KWEB, KBA, KALL, KEMQ, and KARS total expense ratios were the same or lower than their peer groups. The Board noted Krane’s representation that each Fund offers unique investment exposure for shareholders and potential investors in registered funds and that Krane only offers certain of these investment strategies in accounts not generally available to US retail investors. The Board also considered the effect of each Fund’s assets under management on its net expense ratio.

Although the Board received information regarding the fees paid to the Subadvisers under the Subadvisory Agreements, the Board noted the arm’s-length nature of the relationship between Krane and the Subadvisers with respect to the negotiation of subadvisory fee rates. The Board also considered that Krane (and not the Funds) pays the Subadviser’s fees.

Costs and Profitability.    The Board noted that Krane continued to waive certain fees and that, although Krane was now profitable, it was not making a profit from its relationship with certain of the Funds under the Advisory Agreement. The Board also considered Krane’s commitment to the success of the Funds and the use of a unitary fee structure under which Krane bears the risk if certain of the Funds’ expenses increase. The Board considered the effect of each Fund’s assets under management on the potential profitability of such Fund under the unitary fee structure in light of the costs associated with the personnel, systems and equipment necessary to manage the Funds and to meet the regulatory and compliance requirements of the SEC and other regulatory bodies as well as other expenses Krane pays in accordance with the Advisory Agreement.

The Board did not consider information regarding the costs of services provided or profits realized by each Subadviser from its relationship with the Funds, noting instead the arm’s-length nature of the relationship between Krane and the Subadvisers with respect to the negotiation of the subadvisory fee rate on behalf of each Fund and that Krane, and not the Fund, was responsible for paying the subadvisory fees under each subadvisory agreement.

Other Benefits.    The Board then considered the extent to which Krane and the Subadvisers derive ancillary benefits from the Funds’ operations, including potential benefits to Krane and the Subadvisers as a result of their ability to use Fund assets to engage in soft dollar transactions.

Economies of Scale.    The Board considered Krane’s representation that none of the Funds were currently in a position to realize economies of scale. The Board also noted that Krane continues to reinvest a portion of its profits in its business, including through the addition of compliance and operations personnel, and that any economies of scale are shared with the Funds in this manner. The Board thus determined to continue monitoring for potential economies of scale, but concluded that, at present, they were not a material factor for the Board to consider.

Conclusion.    The Board did not identify any single factor as being of paramount importance, and different Trustees may have given different weight to different factors. The Board reviewed a memorandum from Independent Trustee counsel discussing the legal standards applicable to its consideration of the Agreements. The Board noted that, as in the past, it would continue to monitor the Funds at its regular meetings and outside of the Board meetings. Based on its review, including consideration of each of the factors referenced above, the Board determined, in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, that the advisory and subadvisory arrangements, as outlined in the Agreements, were reasonable in light of the factors considered by the Board.

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At an in-person meeting on March 22, 2019, the Board of Trustees (“Board”) of the KraneShares Trust (“Trust”), including a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), approved the investment advisory agreement (“Advisory Agreement”) between Krane Funds Advisors, LLC (“Krane”) and the Trust with respect to KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF (“KEMX”) (the “Agreement”).

In advance of the meeting, the Board considered that the evaluation process with respect to Krane is an ongoing one and, in this regard, noted that it considers information at each regularly scheduled meeting related to, among other matters, the services provided by Krane to each operational series of the Trust. The Board also noted that it receives additional information from Krane outside of the regularly scheduled Board meetings and at executive sessions held by the Independent Trustees.

In evaluating the Agreement, the Board considered, among other matters: (1) the nature, extent, and quality of the services to be provided by Krane; (2) the proposed compensation to be paid under the Agreement; (3) the estimated costs of the services to be provided by Krane and Krane’s profitability expectations with respect to its services to KEMX; (4) the extent to which economies of scale could be realized by Krane as KEMX grows and whether the Agreement would enable investors to share in the benefits of economies of scale; and (5) other benefits Krane anticipated it may receive from its relationship with KEMX.

Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services

Based on the written and oral reports received by the Board prior to and at the March 22, 2019 meeting, including in executive session, the Board considered the nature, quality, and extent of the overall services to be provided by Krane under the Agreement. Among other things, the Board considered the personnel, experience and resources of Krane, and the ability of each to provide or obtain such services as may be necessary to manage KEMX. The Board took note of the qualifications, background and responsibilities of the senior personnel that would provide services to KEMX, and recent senior compliance personnel hired by Krane. The Board recognized that Krane had invested significant time and effort in structuring the Trust and KEMX, obtaining the necessary exemptive relief from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, assessing the market appeal of KEMX’s investment strategies, and arranging service providers. The Board also considered the financial condition of Krane, and its current ownership structure. The Board noted that Krane is part of a larger family of investment management firms with significant resources.

The Board considered that Krane would be responsible for establishing and monitoring KEMX’s investment programs and carrying out directives of the Board. The Board noted that Krane would be responsible for the day-to-day investment activities of KEMX. The Board also considered the securities lending services that Krane may provide to KEMX under the Advisory Agreement. The Board considered that the Krane portfolio managers currently successfully manage a number of other funds. The Board considered that Krane has undertaken to continue to evaluate their existing compliance and operational staff and to seek and retain qualified staff in these areas as their businesses continue to grow.

Investment Performance

The Board noted that, because KEMX had not yet commenced investment operations, they had no investment performance. The Board considered that, once KEMX commences operations, it would receive regular reports regarding the performance of KEMX relative to their peer funds, including

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tracking error of KEMX compared to its peer funds. The Board also considered its experience with Krane’s management of existing operational series of the Trust that pursue different investment strategies and Krane’s significant experience in managing portfolios with various investment objectives.

Compensation

The Board reviewed and considered the compensation proposed to be received by Krane under the Advisory Agreement in light of the nature, quality, and extent of the services to be provided by Krane. The Board received written presentations from Krane prior to and at the March 22, 2019 meeting and had the opportunity to ask questions of senior representatives of Krane at the March 22, 2019 meeting. The Board considered that Krane has entered into a unitary advisory fee arrangement with KEMX, under which Krane, and not KEMX, is responsible for paying many of KEMX’s expenses, including those of KEMX’s principal service providers, and considered the information provided by Krane regarding the amounts that would be paid by it to KEMX’s service providers under the arrangement.

The Board noted that the proposed advisory fee rate for KEMX under Schedule A of the Advisory Agreement (“advisory fee rate”) was in line with the peer group funds identified by Krane (“peer group funds”), and the proposed advisory fee rate for KSCD was below the peer group funds. The Board considered Krane’s representations regarding the competitive marketplace for KEMX, including Krane’s evaluation of its fees compared to other market participants.

The Board also considered the compensation paid to Krane by other advisory clients, including existing operational series of the Trust, as compared to KEMX. The Board recognized that Krane may receive additional compensation resulting from any securities lending-related services it provides to KEMX under Schedule B to the Advisory Agreement. The Board took note that it was not possible to estimate what such compensation might amount to and that such compensation would be monitored to ensure it is appropriate in light of the services to be provided by Krane.

Costs and Profitability

The Board considered the estimated cost of services and profitability of Krane with respect to KEMX. The Board noted that, because KEMX had not yet launched, it was difficult to estimate how profitable Krane’s services to KEMX under the Advisory Agreement would be to Krane. The Board received information from Krane regarding its financial stability and its profitability and had an opportunity to pose questions to Krane’s chief executive officer (“CEO”) and other senior members of management related to these matters, Krane’s broader business strategy and how launching KEMX could impact Krane’s profitability. The Board considered information from Krane regarding the range of assets KEMX was expected to gather and at what level of assets it expected its services to KEMX to become profitable. The Board also considered information previously provided by Krane regarding the cost of its services and profitability with respect to the existing operational series of the Trust and the similarities and differences between those series and KEMX. The Board noted Krane’s commitment to KEMX, including its proposal of a unitary fee structure under which Krane will bear many of KEMX’s expenses.

Other Benefits

The Board considered the extent to which Krane would derive ancillary benefits from KEMX’s operations, including potential benefits to Krane as a result of its ability to use the assets of KEMX to engage in soft-dollar transactions and that Krane could potentially benefit from any trades in KEMX

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conducted through a broker-dealer affiliated with the majority owner of Krane. The Board did not observe any other potential benefits to be realized by Krane from its relationship with KEMX.

Economies of Scale

The Board considered whether Krane would realize economies of scale with respect to its services to KEMX as it grows larger, including the extent to which this would be reflected in the level of fees to be paid by KEMX to Krane. The Board noted that the proposed advisory fees for KEMX do not include breakpoints, and that it was difficult — before the commencement of investment operations — to accurately evaluate potential economies of scale. The Board took note, however, that Krane consistently reinvests a portion of its profits in its business, including through the addition of additional compliance and operations personnel, and that such reinvestment benefits the Trust. Based on these and other considerations, including that KEMX was newly organized, the Board considered economies of scale not to be a material factor in its consideration of the Advisory Agreement.

Conclusion

The Board did not identify any single factor as being of paramount importance, and different Trustees may have given different weight to different factors. The Board reviewed a memorandum from Independent Trustee counsel discussing the legal standards applicable to its consideration of the Agreement. The Independent Trustees met in executive session with Krane’s CEO and Independent Trustee counsel to address such standards and recent developments in this area of the law, and to consider Krane’s financial stability and strategic initiatives and to consider how KEMX and other strategic initiatives would impact Krane’s business and staffing. The Board noted that, once KEMX becomes operational, it will continue to monitor KEMX at its regular meetings, during executive sessions of the Independent Trustees, and outside of the Board meetings. Based on its review, including consideration of each of the factors referenced above, the Board determined, in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, that the advisory arrangements as outlined in the Agreement, was reasonable.

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Disclosure of Fund Expenses (Unaudited)

As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including brokerage expenses; and (2) ongoing costs. All Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”) have operating expenses. As a shareholder of an ETF, your investment is affected by these ongoing costs, which include (among others) costs for ETF management, administrative services, commissions, and shareholder reports like this one. It is important for you to understand the impact of these costs on your investment returns. In addition, a shareholder is responsible for brokerage fees as a result of their investment in the Fund.

Operating expenses such as these are deducted from an ETF’s gross income and directly reduce its final investment return. These expenses are expressed as a percentage of the ETF’s average net assets; this percentage is known as the ETF’s expense ratio.

The following examples use the expense ratio and are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and to compare these costs with those of other funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period (April 1, 2019 to September 30, 2019).

The table on the next page illustrates your Fund’s costs in two ways:

Actual Fund Return.    This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that your Fund incurred over the period. The “Expenses Paid During Period” column shows the actual dollar expense cost incurred by a $1,000 investment in the Fund, and the “Ending Account Value” number is derived from deducting that expense cost from the Fund’s gross investment return.

You can use this information, together with the actual amount you invested in the Fund, to estimate the expenses you paid over that period. Simply divide your actual account value by $1,000 to arrive at a ratio (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply that ratio by the number shown for your Fund under “Expenses Paid During Period.”

Hypothetical 5% Return.    This section helps you compare your Fund’s costs with those of other funds. It assumes that the Fund had an annual 5% return before expenses during the year, but that the expense ratio (Column 3) for the period is unchanged. This example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all funds to make this 5% calculation. You can assess your Fund’s comparative cost by comparing the hypothetical result for your Fund in the “Expenses Paid During Period” column with those that appear in the same charts in the shareholder reports for other funds.

NOTE: Because the return is set at 5% for comparison purposes — NOT your Fund’s actual return — the account values shown may not apply to your specific investment.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, including brokerage commissions on the purchases and sale of Fund shares. Therefore, the expense examples are useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. If these transactional costs had been included, your costs would have been higher.

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Beginning
Account Value
4/1/2019

 

Ending
Account Value
9/30/2019

 

Annualized
Expense
Ratios

 

Expenses
Paid During
Period
(1)

KraneShares CICC China Leaders 100 Index ETF

Actual Fund Return

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

932.90

 

0.69%

 

$

3.33

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

 

1,000.00

 

 

1,021.55

 

0.69

 

 

3.49

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF

Actual Fund Return

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

880.50

 

0.73%

 

$

3.43

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

 

1,000.00

 

 

1,021.35

 

0.73

 

 

3.69

KraneShares Bosera MSCI China A Share ETF

Actual Fund Return

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

941.30

 

0.60%

 

$

2.89

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

 

1,000.00

 

 

1,022.03

 

0.60

 

 

3.01

KraneShares E Fund China Commercial Paper ETF

Actual Fund Return

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

953.20

 

0.57%

 

$

2.78

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

 

1,000.00

 

 

1,022.15

 

0.57

 

 

2.88

KraneShares MSCI All China Index ETF

 

 

   

 

       

 

 

Actual Fund Return

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

919.50

 

0.51%

 

$

2.45

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

 

1,000.00

 

 

1,022.45

 

0.51

 

 

2.58

KraneShares MSCI One Belt One Road Index ETF

Actual Fund Return

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

957.80

 

0.79%

 

$

3.87

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

 

1,000.00

 

 

1,021.05

 

0.79

 

 

3.99

KraneShares Emerging Markets Consumer Technology Index ETF

Actual Fund Return

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

947.30

 

0.80%

 

$

3.91

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

 

1,000.00

 

 

1,021.00

 

0.80

 

 

4.04

KraneShares MSCI China Environment Index ETF

Actual Fund Return

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

858.00

 

0.79%

 

$

3.67

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

 

1,000.00

 

 

1,021.05

 

0.79

 

 

3.99

KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF

Actual Fund Return

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

998.50

 

0.72%

 

$

3.60

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

 

1,000.00

 

 

1,021.40

 

0.72

 

 

3.64

KraneShares MSCI All China Healthcare Index ETF

Actual Fund Return

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

948.00

 

0.72%

 

$

3.51

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

 

1,000.00

 

 

1,021.40

 

0.72

 

 

3.64

KraneShares CCBS China Corporate High Yield Bond USD Index ETF

Actual Fund Return

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

1,018.50

 

0.69%

 

$

3.48

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

 

1,000.00

 

 

1,021.55

 

0.69

 

 

3.49

KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF

Actual Fund Return

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

908.40

 

0.81%

 

$

3.86

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

 

1,000.00

 

 

1,020.95

 

0.81

 

 

4.09

KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF

Actual Fund Return(2)

 

$

1,000.00

 

$

973.20

 

0.49%

 

$

2.26

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

 

1,000.00

 

 

1,022.55

 

0.49

 

 

2.48

(1)    Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the one-half year period from 04/01/19-09/30/19).

(2)    Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 171/366 (to reflect the one-half year period from 04/12/19-09/30/19).

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Supplemental Information (Unaudited)

Net asset value, or “NAV”, is the price per Share at which the Funds issue and redeem Shares to Authorized Participants. It is calculated in accordance with the policies described in Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements. The “Market Price” of the Funds generally is determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the Shares of the Funds are listed for trading, as of the time that the Funds’ NAV is calculated. The Funds’ Market Price may be at, above or below their NAV. The NAV of the Funds will fluctuate with changes in the market value of their holdings. The Market Price of the Funds will fluctuate in accordance with changes in their NAV, as well as market supply and demand of Fund Shares.

Premiums or discounts are the differences (expressed as a percentage) between the NAV and Market Price of the Funds on a given day, generally at the time NAV is calculated. A premium is the amount that the Funds are trading above the reported NAV, expressed as a percentage of the NAV. A discount is the amount that the Funds are trading below the reported NAV, expressed as a percentage of the NAV. Shareholders may pay more than NAV when they buy Fund Shares and receive less than NAV when they sell those Shares, because Shares are bought and sold at Market Price.

Further information regarding premiums and discounts is available on the Funds’ website at http://kraneshares.com. The premium and discount information contained on the website represents past performance and cannot be used to predict future results.

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KraneShares Trust:

280 Park Avenue 32nd Floor

New York, New York 10017

1-855-857-2638

http://kraneshares.com/

Investment Adviser:

Krane Funds Advisors, LLC

280 Park Avenue 32nd Floor

New York, New York 10017

Distributor:

SEI Investments Distribution Co.

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, PA 19456

Administrator:

SEI Investments Global Funds Services

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, PA 19456

This information must be preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus for the Funds described.

 

KraneShares Trust:

280 Park Avenue, 32nd Floor

New York, New York 10017

KRS-SA-001-0700

 

 

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

 

Not applicable for semi-annual report.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

Not applicable for semi-annual report.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

Not applicable for semi-annual report.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

Not applicable for semi-annual report.

 

Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

 

Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

 

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

 

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

 

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

 

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

There have been no changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees during the period covered by this report.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) The Registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act (17 CFR § 270.30a-3(c)) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report, are effective based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Investment Company Act (17 CFR § 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR § 240.13a-15(b) or § 240.15d-15(b)).

 

(b) There has been no change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR § 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the most recent half-year 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 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

 

Items 13. Exhibits.

 

(a)(1) Not applicable for semi-annual report.

 

(a)(2) A certification for the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the Registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act, as amended (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), is filed herewith.

 

(b) Officer certification as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act, as amended (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) also accompany this filing as an exhibit.

 

 

  

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)    KraneShares Trust
     
By (Signature and Title)   /s/ Jonathan Krane
  Jonathan Krane
    Principal Executive Officer

 

Date: December 9, 2019

 

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/ Jonathan Krane
  Jonathan Krane
    Principal Executive Officer

 

Date: December 9, 2019

     
By (Signature and Title)   /s/ Jonathan Krane
  Jonathan Krane
    Principal Financial Officer

  

Date: December 9, 2019