SEC Company Response from Credit Suisse Commodity Strategy Funds (CIK 0001291446) — Feb 20, 2026
Credit Suisse Commodity Strategy Funds (CIK 0001291446)
Date: Feb. 20, 2026 · CIK: 0001291446 · Accession: 0001104659-26-018213
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett llp
425
Lexington Avenue
New
York, NY 10017
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+ 1-212-455-2000
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+ 1-212-455-2502
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Dial Number
(212) 455-7026
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Address
bissie.bonner@stblaw.com
February 20, 2026
VIA EDGAR
Ms. Anu Dubey
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Credit Suisse Commodity Strategy Funds (File No. 811-21589)
Credit Suisse Trust (File No. 811-07261)
Dear Ms. Dubey:
On behalf of each of Credit
Suisse Commodity Return Strategy Fund (the “Commodity Return Strategy Fund”), a series of Credit Suisse Commodity Strategy
Funds, and Commodity Return Strategy Portfolio (the “Commodity Return Strategy Portfolio” and together with the Commodity
Return Strategy Fund, the “Funds”), a series of Credit Suisse Trust (together with Credit Suisse Commodity Strategy Funds,
the “Registrants”), this letter responds to telephonic comments provided by the staff of the Division of Investment Management
(the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to the undersigned and Neekta Eftekharzadeh
of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP on December 16, 2025 regarding the filing of a post-effective amendment pursuant to Rule 485(a) (each,
a “485A Filing”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), to each Registrant’s registration
statement on Form N-1A (each, a “Registration Statement”) under the 1933 Act and the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended (the “1940 Act”), on December 3, 2025. As described in more detail in the Explanatory Note to each 485A Filing,
each Fund’s investment adviser is changing from UBS Asset Management (Americas) LLC to O’Connor Alternative Investments, LLC (“O’Connor
Alternative Investments”), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P., and four individuals who currently oversee
other registered investment companies advised by Cantor Fitzgerald Investment Advisors, L.P., an affiliate of O’Connor Alternative
Investments, will succeed the current Trustees of each Registrant shortly before the date on which the new investment advisory agreement
with O’Connor Alternative Investments takes effect (the “Closing Date”). Among other changes to the Funds that will
be implemented as of the Closing Date, as reflected in the 485A Filings, the Commodity Return Strategy Fund and the Commodity Return Strategy
Portfolio will be renamed to “Cantor Fitzgerald Commodity Return Strategy Fund” and “Cantor Fitzgerald Commodity Return
Strategy Portfolio,” respectively, as of the Closing Date.
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and Exchange Commission
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For the convenience of the
Staff, the comments regarding the 485A Filings are set out below and are grouped by comments applicable to both Funds’ 485A Filings
followed by comments specific to each Fund’s respective 485A Filing. We have discussed the Staff’s comments with representatives
of the Funds. Each Fund’s joint or individual responses to each comment, as applicable, are set out immediately under the restated
comment. Please note that we have not independently verified information provided by the Funds. Unless otherwise indicated, defined terms
used herein have the meanings set forth in the relevant Registration Statement(s).
Please note that the
Commodity Return Strategy Fund will file the applicable changes to its Registration Statement described below in (i) a
post-effective amendment to its Registration Statement to be filed pursuant to Rule 485(b) (the “Annual Update 485B
Filing”) under the 1933 Act on or shortly before February 27, 2026, which will become effective on February 27, 2026
as part of the Fund’s annual update to its Registration Statement, and (ii) a second post-effective amendment to its
Registration Statement to be filed pursuant to Rule 485(a) (the “Second 485A Filing”) under the 1933 Act on
February 27, 2026, which will be filed to re-make the changes from the Commodity Return Strategy Fund’s 485A Filing
because the Fund’s Annual Update 485B Filing will supersede such 485A Filing. The Commodity Return Strategy Fund will also
reflect the applicable changes to its Registration Statement described below, as well as changes to address any additional comments
from the Staff on the Second 485A Filing, in a post-effective amendment to its Registration Statement to be filed pursuant to
Rule 485(b) under the 1933 Act on or shortly before the Closing Date. With respect to the Commodity Return Strategy
Portfolio, the Fund anticipates filing the applicable changes to its Registration Statement described below, as well as any
applicable changes to address any additional comments from the Staff on the Commodity Return Strategy Fund’s Second 485A
Filing, in a post-effective amendment to its Registration Statement to be filed pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the 1933 Act
on or shortly before the Closing Date.
Both 485A Filings
Comment 1:
Please update the EDGAR Series ID to reflect each Fund’s new name.
Response 1:
Each Fund hereby confirms that its EDGAR Series ID will be updated on the Closing Date to reflect its new name.
Comment 2:
In the section of each Fund’s Prospectus entitled “Fund Summary—Principal investment strategies” or “Portfolio
Summary—Principal investment strategies,” as applicable, please consider disclosing what total return consists of (i.e., capital
appreciation and income).
Response 2:
Each Fund will add disclosure to its Prospectus to indicate that total return consists of capital appreciation and income.
Comment 3:
The Staff notes that the second sentence of each Fund’s Prospectus entitled “Fund Summary—Principal investment strategies”
or “Portfolio Summary—Principal investment strategies,” as applicable, states that the Fund will invest in “commodity-linked
derivative instruments.” Please identify with specificity the types of derivatives in which each Fund principally invests.
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and Exchange Commission
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Response 3:
Each Fund will add disclosure to the above-referenced section of its Prospectus to state that it may invest, directly or through its Subsidiary,
in commodity-linked notes, futures, options and swap agreements.
Comment 4:
Please revise the principal risk disclosure to disclose risks in order of importance rather than alphabetically. See ADI 2019-08 –
Improving Principal Risks Disclosures.
Response 4:
Each Fund has considered the Staff’s comment and will reorder its principal risk factors such that the several risk factors that
the Fund currently considers more significant will be listed at the beginning of the risk factor sections of the Fund’s Prospectus.
Each Fund will continue to consider the ordering of its risk factors. Each Fund respectfully submits that its principal risks disclosure
is otherwise appropriate.
Comment 5:
Please tailor the risk factor disclosures to reflect each Fund’s principal strategies. For example, “Derivatives risk”
refers to reducing exposure to other risks such as interest rate or currency risk but currency risk is not listed as a principal risk
factor, and “Exposure risk” refers to short selling but short sales are not included as a principal strategy.
Response 5:
Each Fund will remove references to inapplicable strategies and/or risks from its risk factor disclosures, including the examples noted
by the Staff.
Comment 6:
Please consider whether active trading should be disclosed in the section of each Fund’s Prospectus entitled “Fund Summary—Principal
investment strategies” or “Portfolio Summary—Principal investment strategies,” as applicable, given “Portfolio
turnover risk” is listed as a principal risk factor.
Response 6:
Each Fund will revise the above-referenced section to state that the Fund expects to engage in active and frequent trading of derivatives.
Comment 7:
Please add swaps to the section of each Fund’s Prospectus entitled “Fund Summary—Principal investment strategies”
or “Portfolio Summary—Principal investment strategies,” as applicable, given that “Swap agreements risk”
is listed as a principal risk factor.
Response 7:
As noted above in the response to Comment 3, in its principal investment strategy disclosures each Fund will specify the types of commodity-linked
derivative instruments, including swaps, in which it intends to invest.
Comment 8:
In the section of each Fund’s Prospectus entitled “Fund Summary—Performance” or “Portfolio Summary—Performance,”
as applicable, please show the returns of an “appropriate broad-based securities market index” (as defined in Instruction
6 to Item 27A(d)(2) of Form N-1A) in the table of average annual total returns. See Item 4(b)(2)(iii) of Form N-1A.
Response 8:
Each Fund will add the returns of the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index to its average annual total returns table.
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and Exchange Commission
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Comment 9:
Please disclose more information about the advisory experience of O’Connor Alternative Investments, LLC in the section of each
Fund’s Prospectus entitled “More about the Fund—The management firm” or “More about the portfolio—The
management firm,” as applicable. See Item 10(a)(1)(i) of Form N-1A.
Response 9:
Each Fund will include the following disclosure in the above-referenced section:
O’Connor Alternative Investments
is a newly registered investment adviser with a limited operating history. In connection with the UBS/Cantor Transaction, O’Connor
Alternative Investments acquired UBS AM (America)’s O’Connor investment platform and the O’Connor investment management
and support teams, including the Fund’s portfolio management team, transitioned to O’Connor Alternative Investments. O’Connor
Alternative Investments provides investment advisory services to various types of pooled investment vehicles, including other registered
investment companies. O’Connor Alternative Investments is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. (“Cantor”).
Founded in 1945, Cantor is a leading global financial services and real assets investment firm with over 14,000 employees in over 160
offices in 22 countries. Cantor has an investment grade credit rating. Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Cantor, serves more than 7,000 institutional clients around the world, recognized for its strengths in fixed income and equity capital
markets, investment banking, prime brokerage, commercial real estate, energy, and infrastructure. Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. is
also one of the 24 primary dealers authorized to transact business with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Comment 10:
Please disclose in an appropriate place in each Fund’s Registration Statement that its Subsidiary complies with the provisions
relating to affiliated transactions and custody as set forth in Section 17 of the 1940 Act.
Response 10:
Each Fund will add the following disclosure to the section of its Prospectus entitled “The Fund in detail” or “The portfolio
in detail,” as applicable, in the discussion of the Subsidiary’s compliance with the investment restrictions applicable to
the Fund:
The Subsidiary also will comply with
Section 17 of the 1940 Act relating to affiliated transactions and custody.
Comment 11:
Please disclose that the investment adviser to each Fund’s Subsidiary complies with the 1940 Act provisions regarding advisory
contracts as if it were an adviser to the Fund under Section 2(a)(20) of the 1940 Act. Please also confirm that the Subsidiary’s
advisory contract is filed as an exhibit to each Fund’s Registration Statement.
Response 11:
Each Fund hereby confirms that it will add the following disclosure to the –risk factor for “Subsidiary risk” in its
Prospectus (with any necessary adjustments for defined terms):
The Fund’s Board will consider
any investment advisory services provided to the Subsidiary in connection with the Board’s annual consideration of the Investment
Advisory Agreement. In addition, the Fund’s Board approved the investment advisory agreement
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between the Subsidiary and O’Connor
Alternative Investments and will consider its renewal on an annual basis.
Each Fund confirms that it will file its Subsidiary’s
investment advisory agreement with O’Connor Alternative Investments as an exhibit to the Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration
Statement to be filed on or shortly before the Closing Date.
Comment 12:
On the cover page of each Fund’s Statement of Additional Information, please add hyperlinks to the referenced annual report
and, if applicable, semi-annual report.
Response 12:
Each Fund hereby confirms that it will include hyperlinks to the Fund’s most recent annual report and, if applicable, semi-annual
report.
Comment 13:
In each Fund’s Statement of Additional Information, please disclose the members of the Valuation Committee in the discussion
of its Board’s Valuation Committee. See Item 17(b)(2)(ii) of Form N-1A.
Response 13:
Each Fund will add the following disclosure to the discussion of its Board’s Valuation Committee:
The Board has a Valuation Committee
that consists of all the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act.
Comment 14:
In the “Financial statements” section of each Fund’s Statement of Additional Information, please add hyperlinks to
the shareholder report(s) cited.
Response 14:
Each Fund hereby confirms that it will include hyperlinks to the shareholder report(s) cited.
Comment 15:
Please identify the Registrant’s Chief Accounting Officer or Comptroller on the signature page for each Fund’s Registration
Statement. See Section 6(a) of the 1933 Act.
Response 15:
Each Registrant hereby confirms that the signature page to each Fund’s Registration Statement will be updated to identify its
Registrant’s Chief Accounting Officer or Comptroller.
Commodity Return Strategy Portfolio 485A
Filing Only:
Comment 16:
Please revise the first sentence of the section of the Fund’s Prospectus entitled “Principal strategies—Other portfolio
investments” to replace the reference to UBS AM (Americas) with O’Connor Alternative Investments.
Response 16:
The Fund will make the requested change.
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Only:
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and Exchange Commission
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Comment 17:
Please revise the first sentence of the third paragraph of the “Principal strategies—Other portfolio investments”
section of the Fund’s Prospectus to read as follows: “The Fund may, from time to time, place some or all of its assets in
investments such as money-market obligations and investment-grade debt securities for temporary defensive purposes” (emphasis
added). See Instruction 6 to Item 9(b)(1) of Form N-1A.
Response 17:
The Fund will make the requested change.
Comment 18:
Please revise the “Recently purchased shares” section of the Fund’s Prospectus to indicate that the Fund is permitted
to delay payment of redemption proceeds for up to 10 days only for purchases made by check. See Section 22(e) of the 1940 Act
and the Staff’s April 3, 1975 no-action letter to the Investment Company Institute (pub. avail. May 3,
1975).
Response 18:
The Fund will revise the aforementioned disclosure as follows:
For shares purchased directly from the
Fund other than by bank wire, bank check, U.S. Treasury check, certified check or money order, the Fund will delay payment of your cash
redemption proceeds until the check or other purchase payment clears, which generally takes up to 10 calendar
days from the day of purchase.
Comment 19:
In the section of the Prospectus entitled “Other shareholder information,” the Staff notes that the eighth item i