Correspondence 0001398344-24-013028 from Investment Managers Series Trust II (CIK 0001587982)
Investment Managers Series Trust II (CIK 0001587982)
Date: July 24, 2024 · CIK: 0001587982 · Accession: 0001398344-24-013028
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INVESTMENT MANAGERS
SERIES TRUST II
235
W. Galena Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212
VIA EDGAR
July 24, 2024
Ms. Samantha Brutlag
Division of Investment
Management
U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Investment
Managers Series Trust II (the “Registrant”) (File Nos. 333-191476 and 811-22894)
on behalf of the Alternative Access First Priority CLO Bond ETF
Dear Ms.
Brutlag:
This letter
summarizes the comments you provided on behalf of the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) via telephone on July 12, 2024, regarding Post-Effective Amendment No. 411 to the Registrant’s registration
statement filed on Form N-1A (the “Registration Statement”) on May 30, 2024, relating to the Alternative Access First Priority
CLO Bond ETF (the “Fund”), a series of the Trust.
Responses
to all of the comments are included below and, as appropriate, will be incorporated into a Post-Effective Amendment filing that will
be filed separately. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this letter have the meanings assigned to them in the Registration Statement.
GENERAL
1. Please provide
the completed fee table, expense example and performance information for the Fund at least
5 days prior to effectiveness.
Response:
The completed fee table, expense example and performance
information for the Fund is shown in the attached Appendix A.
SUMMARY
SECTION
Principal
Risks
2. With respect
to “LIBOR Risk,” given the discontinuation and replacement of the London Interbank
Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), consider whether this risk factor is still appropriate
for the Fund or whether another risk factor for a different benchmark rate such as the Secured
Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) would be more appropriate. Alternatively, the
Fund could designate this risk factor as a non-principal risk.
Response:
Given the Fund’s limited exposure to instruments
referencing LIBOR, the Fund has removed this risk factor as a principal risk factor.
Performance
3. The Fund’s
Average Annual Total Returns table includes the Bloomberg Floating Rate Note <5 Years
Index. The Staff notes that this benchmark does not meet the requirement of a broad-based
securities index, since it does not represent the overall domestic or international equity
or debt market, as appropriate. (See Instruction 6 to Item 27(b)(7)(ii)(B)).
Response:
The Fund has added the Bloomberg US Universal Bond Index
as its broad-based securities index and has retained the Bloomberg Floating Rate Note <5
Years Index as its secondary index. See Appendix A.
Tax
Information
4. The first sentence
states “[t]he Fund’s distributions will generally be taxable as ordinary income,
returns of capital or capital gains.” Is “returns of capital” accurate?
Response:
The Registrant has replaced the first sentence with the
following:
“The
Fund’s distributions are generally taxable, and will ordinarily be taxed as ordinary
income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement, such
as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account. Shareholders investing through such
tax-advantaged arrangements may be taxed later upon withdrawal of monies from those arrangements.”
ADDITIONAL
RISKS ABOUT INVESTING IN THE FUND
Principal
Risks of the Fund
5. Apply all
applicable comments from the summary section for the Fund to Item 9 of Form N-1A.
Response:
The Registrant confirms that all applicable comments
from the summary section have been made to the Item 9 disclosure.
* * * *
*
The Registrant
believes that it has fully responded to each comment. If, however, you have any further questions or require further clarification of
any response, please contact me at (626) 385-5777. I may also be reached at diane.drake@mfac-ca.com.
Sincerely,
/s/ Diane J. Drake
Diane J. Drake
Secretary
APPENDIX A
Fees
and Expenses of the Fund
This table
describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund (“Shares”). Investors may
pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example
set forth below.
Annual Fund Operating
Expenses
(expenses that you pay
each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management fees
0.25%
Distribution and Service (Rule 12b-1) fees
0.00%
Other expenses
0.00%
Total annual fund operating expenses
0.25%
Example
This example
is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This example assumes that
you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example
also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain at current levels. This
example does not include the brokerage commissions that investors may pay to buy and sell Shares. Although your actual costs may be higher
or lower, your costs, based on these assumptions, would be:
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$26
$80
$141
$318
Performance
The Fund
adopted the performance of the AAF First Priority CLO Bond ETF, a series of Listed Fund Trust (the “Predecessor Fund”), following
the reorganization of the Predecessor Fund into the Trust on October 14, 2022. As a result of the acquisition, the Fund is the accounting
successor of the Predecessor Fund. Performance results shown in the bar chart and the performance table below for periods prior to October
14, 2022, reflect the performance of the Predecessor Fund.
The bar chart and table provide an
indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund’s performance from year-to-year and by showing
how the Fund’s average annual total returns based on net asset value compared to those of the Bloomberg US Universal Bond Index
and the Bloomberg Floating Rate Note <5 Years Index. As of July 24, 2024, the Bloomberg US Universal Bond Index has been included
as the primary broad-based securities market index in order to satisfy a change in regulatory requirements. The Fund also compares its
performance with the returns of the Bloomberg Floating Rate Note <5 Years Index, which the Advisor believes is a better performance benchmark
for comparison to the Fund’s performance in light of the Fund's investment strategy. The Fund’s performance information is accessible on the
Fund’s website at www.aafetfs.com.
Calendar-Year Total Return
(before taxes) for the Fund
For each calendar year at NAV
The year-to-date return as
of June 30, 2024, was 3.62%.
Highest Calendar Quarter
Return at NAV
2.37%
Quarter
Ended 09/30/2023
Lowest
Calendar Quarter Return at NAV
(1.47%)
Quarter
Ended 06/30/2022
Average
Annual Total Returns
(for periods ended December
31, 2023)
One
Year
Since
Inception (9/8/2020)
Return Before Taxes1
8.33%
3.00%
Return After Taxes on Distributions1
5.64%
1.70%
Return After Taxes on Distributions and
Sale of Fund Shares1
4.87%
1.74%
Bloomberg Floating Rate
Note <5 Years Index
(reflects no deduction
for fees, expenses or taxes)
6.70%
2.67%
Bloomberg US Universal
Bond Index
(reflects no deduction
for fees, expenses or taxes)
6.17%
(2.39%)
1 The Fund’s
past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund
will perform in the future. Returns before taxes do not reflect the effects of any income
or capital gains taxes. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual
federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
Returns after taxes on distributions reflect the taxed return on the payment of dividends
and capital gains. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and
may differ from those shown. After–tax returns shown are not relevant to investors
who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual
retirement accounts.