Note 4 - Investment Management and Other Fees

3 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Investment Management and Other Fees [Text Block]

NOTE 4. INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND OTHER FEES

The following table presents operating revenues disaggregated by performance obligation.

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,
(dollars in thousands)	2023			2022
ETF advisory fees	$	2,709		$	3,913
USGIF advisory fees		506			610
USGIF performance fees paid		(112	)		(146	)
Total Advisory Fees		3,103			4,377
USGIF administrative services fees		30			35
Total Operating Revenue	$	3,133		$	4,412

The Company serves as investment advisor to three U.S.-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs): U.S. Global Jets ETF (ticker JETS), U.S. Global GO GOLD and Precious Metal Miners ETF (ticker GOAU), and U.S. Global Sea to Sky Cargo ETF (ticker SEA). The Company receives a unitary management fee of 0.60 percent of average net assets of the ETFs, and has agreed to bear all expenses of the ETFs, except the U.S. Global Sea to Sky Cargo ETF ("SEA"). The Company has agreed to contractually limit the expenses of SEA through April 2024. The aggregate fees waived, and expenses borne by the Company for SEA were $35,000 and $48,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2023, and 2022, respectively. The Company also serves as investment advisor to one European-based ETF, the U.S. Global Jets UCITS ETF. The Company receives a unitary management fee of 0.65 percent of average net assets and has agreed to bear all expenses of the ETF.

The Company serves as investment adviser to USGIF and receives a fee based on a specified percentage of average assets under management. The advisory agreement for the equity funds within USGIF provides for a base advisory fee that is adjusted upwards or downwards by 0.25 percent when there is a performance difference of 5 percent or more between a fund’s performance and that of its designated benchmark index over the prior rolling 12 months.

The Company has agreed to contractually limit the expenses of the Near-Term Tax Free Fund and the Global Luxury Goods Fund through April 2024. The Company has voluntarily waived or reduced its fees and/or agreed to pay expenses on the remaining USGIF funds. These caps will continue on a voluntary basis at the Company’s discretion. The aggregate fees waived and expenses borne by the Company for USGIF were $253,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared with $220,000, for the corresponding period in the prior fiscal year. Management cannot predict the impact of future waivers due to the number of variables and the range of potential outcomes.

The Company receives administrative service fees from USGIF based on an annual rate of 0.05 percent on the average daily net assets of each fund.

As of September 30, 2023, the Company had $914,000 in receivables from fund clients, of which $122,000 was from USGIF and $792,000 was from the ETFs. As of June 30, 2023, the Company had $1.1 million in receivables from fund clients, of which $126,000 was from USGIF and $1.0 million was from ETFs.