Critical Accounting Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the Sponsor’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of the assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the period covered by this report.
In addition to the description below, please refer to Note 3 to the financial statements for further discussion of our accounting policies.
The functional currency of the Trust is the Singapore Dollar in accordance with ASC 830, Foreign Currency Translation.
Results of Operations
As of October 31, 2017, the number of Singapore Dollars owned by the Trust was 4,917,895, resulting in a redeemable capital share value of $3,609,970. During the nine months ended July 31, 2018, no additional Shares were created or redeemed and 2,024 Singapore Dollars were withdrawn to pay the portion of the Sponsor’s fee that exceeded the interest earned. As of July 31, 2018, the number of Singapore Dollars owned by the Trust was 4,915,871, resulting in a redeemable capital Share value of $3,612,502.
An increase in the Trust’s redeemable capital Share value from $3,609,970 at October 31, 2017 to $3,612,502 at July 31, 2018 was primarily the result of an increase in the Closing Spot Rate from 0.73400 at October 31, 2017 to 0.73459 at July 31, 2018.
Interest income increased from $2,126 for the three months ended July 31, 2017 to $6,155 for the three months ended July 31, 2018 and increased from $2,707 for the nine months ended July 31, 2017 to $13,076 for the nine months ended July 31, 2018, attributable primarily to an increase in the annual nominal interest rate paid by the Depository, as set forth in the chart above.
The Sponsor’s fee accrues daily at an annual nominal rate of 0.40% of the Singapore Dollars in the Trust. Due primarily to an increase in the Closing Spot Rate as set forth previously in the ‘Closing Spot Rate’ chart, the Sponsor’s fee increased from $3,587 for the three months ended July 31, 2017 to $3,671 for the three months ended July 31, 2018, and increased from $10,485 for the nine months ended July 31, 2017 to $11,008 for the nine months ended July 31, 2018. The only expense of the Trust during the three months and nine months ended July 31, 2018 was the Sponsor’s fee.
The Trust’s net income for the three months ended July 31, 2018 was $2,484 due to interest income of $6,155 exceeding the Sponsor’s fee of $3,671. The Trust’s net income for the nine months ended July 31, 2018 was $2,068 due to interest income of $13,076 exceeding the Sponsor’s fee of $11,008.
Cash dividends per Share increased from $0.00 per Share for the three months ended July 31, 2017 to $0.02 per Share for the three months ended July 31, 2018, and cash dividends per Share increased from $0.00 per Share for the nine months ended July 31, 2017 to $0.05 for the nine months ended July 31, 2018. This increase in cash dividends per Share was primarily the result of an increase in the annual nominal interest rate paid by the Depository.
Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk |
Except as described above with respect to fluctuations in the Singapore Dollar/USD exchange rate and changes in the nominal annual interest rate paid by the Depository on Singapore Dollars held by the Trust, the Trust is not subject to market risk. The Trust does not hold securities and does not invest in derivative products.
Item 4. | Controls and Procedures |
The Trust maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules13a-15(e) and15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) designed to ensure that material information relating to the Trust is recorded, processed and disclosed on a timely basis. The Trust’s disclosure controls and procedures are designed by or under the supervision of the Sponsor’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, who exercise oversight over the Trust as the Trust has no officers. The principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Sponsor have evaluated the effectiveness of the Trust’s disclosure controls and procedures as of July 31, 2018. Based on that evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Sponsor have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures of the Trust were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.
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