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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(Mark One)

 

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                    to                    

Commission File Number:                    001-33020

 

 

POWERSHARES DB G10 CURRENCY

HARVEST FUND

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   16-6562496

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

c/o DB Commodity Services LLC

60 Wall Street

New York, New York

  10005
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 250-5883

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  þ    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, an Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  þ    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “accelerated filer,” “large accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large Accelerated Filer   ¨    Accelerated Filer   x
Non-Accelerated Filer   ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange

Act).     Yes  ¨    No  þ

Indicate the number of outstanding Shares as of March 31, 2014: 6,800,000 Shares.

 

 

 


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POWERSHARES DB G10 CURRENCY HARVEST FUND

QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2014

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

           Page  

PART I.

  

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

     1   

ITEM 1.

  

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     1   
  

Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements

     8   

ITEM 2.

  

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

     17   

ITEM 3.

  

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

     28   

ITEM 4.

  

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

     30   

PART II.

  

OTHER INFORMATION

     31   

Item 1.

  

Legal Proceedings

     31   

Item 1A.

  

Risk Factors

     31   

Item 2.

  

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

     31   

Item 3.

  

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

     31   

Item 4.

  

Mine Safety Disclosures

     31   

Item 5.

  

Other Information

     31   

Item 6.

  

Exhibits

     34   

SIGNATURES

     35   


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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund

Unaudited Statements of Financial Condition

March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013

 

     March 31,
2014
     December 31,
2013
 

Assets

     

Equity in broker trading accounts:

     

United States Treasury Obligations, at fair value (cost $168,992,115 and $195,988,658 respectively)

   $ 168,996,036       $ 195,993,890   

Cash held by broker

     4,471,583         5,081,666   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on currency futures contracts

     4,381,519         2,215,583   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Equity in broker trading accounts

     177,849,138         203,291,139   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 177,849,138       $ 203,291,139   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

     

Payable for securities purchased

   $ —         $ 9,998,357   

Management fee payable

     116,587         129,209   

Brokerage fee payable

     3,246         1,033   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     119,833         10,128,599   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 8)

     
     

Equity

     

Shareholders’ equity—General Shares

     1,046         1,017   

Shareholders’ equity—Shares

     177,728,259         193,161,523   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     

Total shareholders’ equity

     177,729,305         193,162,540   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     

Total liabilities and equity

   $ 177,849,138       $ 203,291,139   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     

General Shares outstanding

     40         40   

Shares outstanding

     6,800,000         7,600,000   
     

Net asset value per share

     

General Shares

   $ 26.14       $ 25.42   

Shares

   $ 26.14       $ 25.42   

See accompanying notes to unaudited financial statements

 

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PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund

Unaudited Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2014

 

Description

   Percentage of
Net Assets
    Fair
Value
     Face
Value
 

United States Treasury Obligations

       

U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.055% due April 10, 2014

     1.69   $ 2,999,988       $ 3,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.045% due April 24, 2014

     52.33        92,998,419         93,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.050% due May 8, 2014

     11.25        19,999,460         20,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.050% due May 22, 2014

     1.13        1,999,954         2,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.050% due June 5, 2014

     10.13        17,999,514         18,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.050% due June 12, 2014

     15.75        27,999,076         28,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.050% due June 26, 2014

     2.81        4,999,625         5,000,000   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

Total United States Treasury Obligations (cost $168,992,115)

     95.09   $ 168,996,036      
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

A portion of the above United States Treasury Obligations are held as margin against open futures contracts, as described in Note 4(e).

 

Description

   Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
as a
Percentage of
Net Assets
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
    Notional
Market Value
 

Currency Futures Contracts Purchased (CME)

      

66.0 Million Australian Dollar Vs. USD 60.8 Million For Settlement June 16, 2014

     0.95   $ 1,696,420      $ 60,885,000   

356.0 Million Norwegian Krone Vs. USD 59.3 Million For Settlement June 16, 2014

     (0.03     (54,960     59,281,120   

69.9 Million New Zealand Dollars Vs. USD 60.2 Million For Settlement June 16, 2014

     0.59        1,039,890        60,246,810   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Currency Futures Contracts Purchased

     1.51     2,681,350        180,412,930   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Currency Futures Contracts Sold (CME)

      

6,000 Million Japanese Yen Vs. USD 58.3 Million For June 16, 2014

     0.57      $ 1,005,681      $ (58,152,000

51.6 Million Swiss Francs Vs. USD 58.5 Million For Settlement June 16, 2014

     0.39        694,488        (58,429,175
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Currency Futures Contracts Sold

     0.96     1,700,169        (116,581,175
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Currency Futures Contracts

     2.47   $ 4,381,519      $ 63,831,755   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited financial statements

 

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PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund

Unaudited Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2013

 

Description

   Percentage of
Net Assets
    Fair
Value
     Face
Value
 

United States Treasury Obligations

       

U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.030% due January 2, 2014

     5.18   $ 10,000,000       $ 10,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.025% due January 9, 2014

     1.55        2,999,994         3,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.010% due January 16, 2014

     2.59        4,999,985         5,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.005% due January 23, 2014

     48.15        92,999,349         93,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.050% due February 6, 2014

     10.35        19,999,820         20,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.075% due February 14, 2014

     4.14        7,999,928         8,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.080% due February 20, 2014

     2.59        4,999,880         5,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.075% due March 6, 2014

     5.18        9,999,170         10,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.070% due March 13, 2014

     13.98        26,998,164         27,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.070% due March 27, 2014

     2.59        4,999,270         5,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.065% due April 3, 2014

     5.18        9,998,330         10,000,000   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

Total United States Treasury Obligations (cost $195,988,658)

     101.48   $ 195,993,890      
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

A portion of the above United States Treasury Obligations are held as margin against open futures contracts, as described in Note 4(e).

 

Description

   Unrealized
Appreciation/

(Depreciation)
as a
Percentage of
Net Assets
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
    Notional
Market Value
 

Currency Futures Contracts Purchased (CME)

      

73.3 Million Australian Dollar Vs. USD 65.5 Million For Settlement March 17, 2014

     (0.05 )%    $ (101,680   $ 65,105,060   

406.0 Million Norwegian Krone Vs. USD 66.7 Million For Settlement March 17, 2014

     0.71        1,381,820        66,774,820   

79.5 Million New Zealand Dollars Vs. USD 65.0 Million For Settlement March 17, 2014

     (0.03     (67,095     65,142,300   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Currency Futures Contracts Purchased

     0.63     1,213,045        197,022,180   

Currency Futures Contracts Sold (CME)

      

47.5 Million Euro Vs. USD 65.5 Million For Settlement March 17, 2017

     (0.12 )%    $ (227,581   $ (65,493,000

6,725 Million Japanese Yen Vs. USD 64.0 Million For Settlement March 17, 2014

     0.66        1,273,150        (63,907,675

58.0 Million Swiss Francs Vs. USD 65.3 Million For Settlement March 17, 2014

     (0.02     (43,031     (65,290,600
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Currency Futures Contracts Sold

     0.52     1,002,538        (194,691,275
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Currency Futures Contracts

     1.15   $ 2,215,583      $ 2,330,905   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited financial statements

 

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PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund

Unaudited Statements of Income and Expenses

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013

 

     Three Months Ended  
     March 31,
2014
    March 31,
2013
 

Income

    

Interest Income

   $ 20,084      $ 64,196   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management Fee

     341,771        636,386   

Brokerage Commissions and Fees

     26,342        42,911   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     368,113        679,297   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (348,029     (615,101
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and Net Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss) on U.S. Treasury Obligations and Futures Contracts

    

Realized Gain (Loss) on

    

United States Treasury Obligations

     340        712   

Futures

     2,920,110        12,795,336   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     2,920,450        12,796,048   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss) on

    

United States Treasury Obligations

     (1,312     (8,786

Futures

     2,165,936        1,456,870   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized gain (loss)

     2,164,624        1,448,084   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and net change in unrealized gain (loss) on United States Treasury Obligations and Futures

     5,085,074        14,244,132   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income (Loss)

   $ 4,737,045      $ 13,629,031   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited financial statements

 

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PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund

Unaudited Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014

 

     General Shares     Shares     Total
Shareholders’
Equity
 
     Shares      Total
Equity
    Shares     Total
Equity
   

Balance at January 01, 2014

     40       $ 1,017        7,600,000      $ 193,161,523      $ 193,162,540   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Sale of Shares

          400,000        10,289,785        10,289,785   

Redemption of Shares

          (1,200,000     (30,460,065     (30,460,065
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) due to Share Transactions

          (800,000     (20,170,280     (20,170,280
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income (Loss)

           

Net investment income (loss)

        (2       (348,027     (348,029

Net realized gain (loss) on United States Treasury Obligations and Futures

        18          2,920,432        2,920,450   

Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on United States Treasury Obligations and Futures

        13          2,164,611        2,164,624   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income (Loss)

        29          4,737,016        4,737,045   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Change in Net Assets

        29        (800,000     (15,433,264     (15,433,235
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at March 31, 2014

     40       $ 1,046        6,800,000      $ 177,728,259      $ 177,729,305   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited financial statements

 

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PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund

Unaudited Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2013

 

     General Shares     Shares     Total
Shareholders’
Equity
 
     Shares      Total
Equity
    Shares     Total
Equity
   

Balance at January 01, 2013

     40       $ 1,046        13,200,000      $ 345,120,889      $ 345,121,935   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Sale of Shares

          400,000        10,671,312        10,671,312   

Redemption of Shares

          (800,000     (21,343,956     (21,343,956
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) due to Share Transactions

          (400,000     (10,672,644     (10,672,644
       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income (Loss)

           

Net investment income (loss)

        (2       (615,099     (615,101

Net realized gain (loss) on United States Treasury Obligations and Futures

        39          12,796,009        12,796,048   

Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on United States Treasury Obligations and Futures

        5          1,448,079        1,448,084   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income (Loss)

        42          13,628,989        13,629,031   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Change in Net Assets

        42        (400,000     2,956,345        2,956,387   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at March 31, 2013

     40       $ 1,088        12,800,000      $ 348,077,234      $ 348,078,322   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited financial statements

 

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PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund

Unaudited Statements of Cash Flows

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013

 

     Three Months Ended  
     March 31,
2014
    March 31,
2013
 

Cash flow from operating activities:

    

Net Income (Loss)

   $ 4,737,045      $ 13,629,031   

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used for) operating activities:

    

Cost of securities purchased

     (183,980,851     (322,937,860

Proceeds from securities sold and matured

     200,999,466        339,998,789   

Net accretion of discount on United States Treasury Obligations

     (20,090     (64,196

Net realized (gain) loss on United States Treasury Obligations

     (340     (712

Net change in unrealized (gain) loss on United States Treasury Obligations and Futures

     (2,164,624     (1,448,084

Change in operating receivables and liabilities:

    

Management fee payable

     (12,622     3,910   

Brokerage fee payable

     2,213        (28
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities

     19,560,197        29,180,850   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

    

Proceeds from sale of Shares

     10,289,785        10,671,312   

Redemption of Shares

     (30,460,065     (21,343,956
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities

     (20,170,280     (10,672,644
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in cash held by broker

     (610,083     18,508,206   

Cash held by broker at beginning of period

     5,081,666        26,203,938   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash held by broker at end of period

   $ 4,471,583      $ 44,712,144   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited financial statements

 

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PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund

Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements

March 31, 2014

(1) Organization

PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund (the “Fund) was formed as a Delaware statutory trust on April 12, 2006. DB Commodity Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“DBCS” or the “Managing Owner”), seeded the Fund with a capital contribution of $1,000 in exchange for 40 General Shares of the Fund. The Fund was originally named “DB Currency Index Value Fund”. The Fund changed its name to “PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund” effective July 20, 2006. The fiscal year end of the Fund is December 31st. The term of the Fund is perpetual (unless terminated earlier in certain circumstances) as provided for in the Fourth Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement of the Fund (the “Trust Agreement”).

The Fund offers common units of beneficial interest (the “Shares”) only to certain eligible financial institutions (the “Authorized Participants”) in one or more blocks of 200,000 Shares, called a Basket. The Fund commenced investment operations on September 15, 2006. The Fund commenced trading on the American Stock Exchange (which became the NYSE Alternext US LLC (the “NYSE Alternext”)) on September 18, 2006 and is now listed on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “NYSE Arca”) as of November 25, 2008.

This Report covers the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the “Three Months Ended March 31, 2014” and the “Three Months Ended March 31, 2013”, respectively).

The accompanying unaudited financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions for Form 10-Q and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). In the opinion of management, all material adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair statement of the interim period financial statements have been made. Interim period results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full-year period. These financial statements and the notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 as filed with the SEC on March 4, 2014.

(2) Fund Investment Overview

The Fund invests the proceeds from the offering of Shares in exchange-traded currency futures comprising the Deutsche Bank G10 Currency Future Harvest Index - Excess Return™, (the “Index”), with a view to tracking changes, whether positive or negative, in the level of the Index calculated on an excess return basis, over time, plus the excess, if any, of the Fund’s income from its holdings of United States Treasury Obligations and other high credit quality short-term fixed income securities over the expenses of the Fund. The Fund holds United States Treasury Obligations and other high credit quality short-term fixed income securities for deposit with the Fund’s currency futures broker as margin.

The Index is designed to reflect the performance of certain currencies. The currencies comprising the Index, at any time, or the “Index Currencies”, are six of the following Group of Ten currencies: United States Dollars, Euros, Japanese Yen, Canadian Dollars, Swiss Francs, British Pounds, Australian Dollars, New Zealand Dollars, Norwegian Krone and Swedish Krona, or, collectively, the Eligible Index Currencies. At any time, the Index will consist of long futures contracts on the three Eligible Index Currencies associated with the highest interest rates and short futures contracts on the three Eligible Index Currencies associated with the lowest interest rates. The ratio of the notional value of futures contracts in the Index to collateral used to margin those contracts is generally 2:1 when the Index re-balances quarterly. However, if the United States Dollar is one of the Eligible Index Currencies associated with either the three highest or the three lowest interest rates, the Index will not establish a futures position, and the ratio of the notional value of futures contracts to collateral used to margin those contracts will be 1.66:1 when the Index re-balances.

As discussed above, the Fund employs leverage on an approximate 2:1 basis. As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Fund had $177,849,138 (or 100%) and $203,291,139 (or 100%), respectively, of its holdings of cash, United States Treasury Obligations and unrealized appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts on deposit with its Commodity Broker. Of this, $5,837,111 (or 3.28%) and $6,839,551 (or 3.36%), respectively, of the Fund’s holdings of cash and United States Treasury Obligations are required to be deposited as margin in support of the Fund’s futures positions as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. For additional information, please see the unaudited Schedule of Investments as of March 31, 2014 and the audited Schedule of Investments as of December 31, 2013 for details of the Fund’s portfolio holdings.

 

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March 31, 2014

 

Deutsche Bank G10 Currency Future Harvest Index™ is a registered trademark of Deutsche Bank AG London (the “Index Sponsor”). All rights reserved. Trademark applications in the United States are pending with respect to both the Fund and the Index. The Fund has been licensed by the Index Sponsor to use the above noted trademarks. Deutsche Bank AG London is an affiliate of the Fund and the Managing Owner.

(3) Service Providers and Related Party Agreements

The Trustee

Under the Trust Agreement, Wilmington Trust Company, the trustee of the Fund (the “Trustee”), has delegated to the Managing Owner the exclusive management and control of all aspects of the business of the Fund. The Trustee will have no duty or liability to supervise or monitor the performance of the Managing Owner, nor will the Trustee have any liability for the acts or omissions of the Managing Owner.

The Managing Owner

The Managing Owner serves as the Fund’s commodity pool operator, commodity trading advisor, and managing owner, and is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG. The Fund pays the Managing Owner a management fee (the “Management Fee”), monthly in arrears, in an amount equal to 0.75% per annum of the daily net asset value of the Fund.

During the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, the Fund incurred Management Fees of $341,771 and $636,386, respectively. As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, Management Fees payable to the Managing Owner were $116,587 and $129,209, respectively.

The Commodity Broker

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., a Delaware corporation, serves as the Fund’s futures clearing broker (the “Commodity Broker”). The Commodity Broker is also an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG and is an affiliate of the Managing Owner. In its capacity as clearing broker, the Commodity Broker executes and clears each of the Fund’s futures transactions and performs certain administrative and custodial services for the Fund. As custodian of the Fund’s assets, the Commodity Broker is responsible, among other things, for providing periodic accountings of all dealings and actions taken by the Fund during the reporting period, together with an accounting of all securities, cash or other indebtedness or obligations held by it or its nominees for or on behalf of the Fund. During the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, the Fund incurred brokerage fees of $26,342 and $42,911, respectively. As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, brokerage fees payable were $3,246 and $1,033, respectively.

The Administrator, the Custodian and Transfer Agent

The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Administrator”) has been appointed by the Managing Owner as the administrator, custodian and transfer agent of the Fund, and has entered into separate administrative, custodian, transfer agency and service agreements (collectively referred to as the “Administration Agreement”).

Pursuant to the Administration Agreement, the Administrator performs or supervises the performance of services necessary for the operation and administration of the Fund (other than making investment decisions), including receiving and processing orders from Authorized Participants to create and redeem Baskets, net asset value calculations, accounting and other fund administrative services. The Administrator retains certain financial books and records, including: Basket creation and redemption books and records, fund accounting records, ledgers with respect to assets, liabilities, capital, income and expenses, the registrar, transfer journals and related details, and trading and related documents received from the Commodity Broker and other unaffiliated futures commission merchants. As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, there were no Fund assets held by the Administrator.

The Distributor

ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”) provides certain distribution services to the Fund. Pursuant to the Distribution Services Agreement among the Managing Owner in its capacity as managing owner of the Fund, the Fund and the Distributor, the Distributor assists the Managing Owner and the Administrator with certain functions and duties relating to distribution and marketing services to the Fund including reviewing and approving marketing materials.

 

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Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC

Under the License Agreement among Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (the “Licensor”), and the Managing Owner in its own capacity and in its capacity as managing owner of the Fund (the Fund and the Managing Owner, collectively, the “Licensees”), the Licensor granted to each Licensee a non-exclusive license to use the “PowerShares®” trademark (the “Trademark”) anywhere in the world, solely in connection with the marketing and promotion of the Fund and to use or refer to the Trademark in connection with the issuance and trading of the Fund as necessary.

Invesco Distributors, Inc.

Through a marketing agreement between the Managing Owner and Invesco Distributors, Inc. (“Invesco Distributors”), an affiliate of Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, the Managing Owner, on behalf of the Fund, has appointed Invesco Distributors as a marketing agent. Invesco Distributors assists the Managing Owner and the Administrator with certain functions and duties such as providing various educational and marketing activities regarding the Fund, primarily in the secondary trading market, which activities include, but are not limited to, communicating the Fund’s name, characteristics, uses, benefits, and risks, consistent with the Fund’s prospectus. Invesco Distributors will not open or maintain customer accounts or handle orders for the Fund. Invesco Distributors engages in public seminars, road shows, conferences, media interviews, and distributes sales literature and other communications (including electronic media) regarding the Fund.

(4) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

(a) Basis of Presentation

The financial statements of the Fund have been prepared using U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

In June 2013, the FASB issued updated guidance clarifying the characteristics of an investment company and requiring new disclosures. Under the guidance, all entities regulated under the Investment Company Act of 1940 automatically qualify as investment companies, while all other entities need to consider both the fundamental and typical characteristics of an investment company in determining whether they qualify as investment companies. This new guidance is effective for interim or annual reporting periods that begin after December 15, 2013, and should be applied prospectively. The Fund adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2014. The Fund has determined that it meets the definition of an investment company and has prepared the unaudited financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America for investment companies. The adoption of this guidance had no effect on the Fund’s unaudited statements of financial condition, including the schedule of investments, and the related unaudited statements of income and expenses, changes in shareholders’ equity and of cash flows.

(b) Use of Estimates

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities during the reporting period of the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. There were no significant estimates used in the preparation of these financial statements. The brokerage agreement with the Commodity Broker provides for the net settlement of all financial instruments covered by the agreement in the event of default or termination of any one contract.

(c) Financial Instruments and Fair Value

United States Treasury Obligations and currency futures contracts are recorded in the statements of financial condition on a trade date basis at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in earnings in each period. The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount 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 (the exit price). The brokerage agreement with the Commodity Broker provides for the net settlement of all financial instruments covered by the agreement in the event of default or termination of any one contract.

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification fair value measurement and disclosure guidance requires a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

Basis of Fair Value Measurement

Level 1: Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

 

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March 31, 2014

 

Level 2: Quoted prices in markets that are not active or financial instruments for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly;

Level 3: Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

In determining fair value of United States Treasury Obligations and currency futures contracts, the Fund uses unadjusted quoted market prices in active markets. United States Treasury Obligations and currency futures contracts are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. The Fund does not adjust the quoted prices for United States Treasury Obligations and currency futures contracts.

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value were as follows:

 

     March 31,
2014
     December 31,
2013
 

United States Treasury Obligations (Level 1)

   $ 168,996,036       $ 195,993,890   

Currency Futures Contracts (Level 1)

   $ 4,381,519       $ 2,215,583   

There were no Level 2 or Level 3 holdings as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

(d) Deposits with Commodity Broker

The Fund deposits cash and United States Treasury Obligations with its Commodity Broker subject to Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) regulations and various exchange and Commodity Broker requirements. The combination of the Fund’s deposits with its Commodity Broker of cash and United States Treasury Obligations and the unrealized profit or loss on open futures contracts (variation margin) represents the Fund’s overall equity in its Commodity Broker trading account. To meet the Fund’s initial margin requirements, the Fund holds United States Treasury Obligations. The Fund uses its cash held by the Commodity Broker to satisfy variation margin requirements. The Fund earns interest on its cash deposited with the Commodity Broker.

(e) United States Treasury Obligations

The Fund records purchases and sales of United States Treasury Obligations on a trade date basis. These holdings are marked to market based on quoted closing market prices. The Fund holds United States Treasury Obligations for deposit with the Fund’s Commodity Broker to meet margin requirements and for trading purposes. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis when earned. Premiums and discounts are amortized or accreted in interest income over the life of the United States Treasury Obligations. The Fund purchased $10,000,000 face amount of United States Treasury Obligations which was recorded as a payable as of December 31, 2013. As a result, a payable for securities purchased is reported for $9,998,357.

(f) Cash Held by Commodity Broker

The Fund’s arrangement with the Commodity Broker requires the Fund to meet its variation margin requirement related to the price movements, both positive and negative, on futures contracts held by the Fund by keeping cash on deposit with the Commodity Broker. The Fund defines cash and cash equivalents to be highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, when purchased. As of March 31, 2014, the Fund had cash held with the Commodity Broker of $4,471,583. As of December 31, 2013, the Fund had cash held by the Commodity Broker of $5,081,666. There were no cash equivalents held by the Fund as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

(g) Income Taxes

The Fund is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, the Fund will not incur U.S. federal income taxes. No provision for federal, state, and local income taxes has been made in the accompanying financial statements, as investors are individually liable for income taxes, if any, on their allocable share of the Fund’s income, gain, loss, deductions and other items.

The major tax jurisdiction for the Fund and the earliest tax year subject to examination: United States, 2009.

 

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(h) Futures Contracts

All currency futures contracts are held and used for trading purposes. Currency futures contracts are recorded on trade date and open contracts are recorded in the statement of financial condition at fair value on the last business day of the period, which represents market value for those currency futures contracts for which market quotes are readily available. However, when market closing prices are not available, the Managing Owner may value an asset of the Fund pursuant to policies the Managing Owner has adopted, which are consistent with normal industry standards. Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on open positions are determined on a specific identification basis and recognized in the statement of income and expenses in the period in which the contract is closed or the changes occur, respectively. For the quarters ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, the average notional market value of long futures contracts held was $188.7 million and $350.5 million, respectively. For the quarters ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, the average notional market value of short futures contracts held was $156.1 million and $350.1 million, respectively.

The Fair Value of Derivative Instruments as of March 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

Derivatives not Accounted for as Hedging Instruments

  

Statements of Financial Condition Location

   Net Unrealized
Appreciation /
(Depreciation)
 

Long Currency Futures Contracts

  

Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Futures Contracts

   $ 2,681,350   

Short Currency Futures Contracts

  

Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Futures Contracts

     1,700,169   

The Fair Value of Derivative Instruments as of December 31, 2013 is as follows:

 

Derivatives not Accounted for as Hedging Instruments

  

Statements of Financial Condition Location

   Net Unrealized
Appreciation /
(Depreciation)
 

Long Currency Futures Contracts

  

Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Futures Contracts

   $ 1,213,045   

Short Currency Futures Contracts

  

Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Futures Contracts

     1,002,538   

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Income and Expenses is as follows:

 

          For the Three Months Ended
March 31, 2014
     For the Three Months Ended
March 31, 2013
 

Derivatives not Accounted for as
Hedging Instruments

  

Location of Gain or (Loss) on

Derivatives Recognized in Income

   Realized Gain
or (Loss) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
     Change in
Unrealized Gain
or (Loss) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
     Realized Gain
or (Loss) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
     Change in
Unrealized Gain
or (Loss) on
Derivatives
Recognized in
Income
 

Currency Futures Contracts

  

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Futures

   $ 2,920,110         —        $ 12,795,336         —    
  

Net Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Futures

   $ —           2,165,936       $ —           1,456,870  

The Fund utilizes derivative instruments to achieve each Fund’s investment objective. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund offsets financial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to master netting arrangements or similar agreements in the statement of financial condition. The following table presents the gross and net amounts of these assets and liabilities with any offsets to reflect the Funds’ ability to reflect the master netting agreements at March 31, 2014:

 

                         Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Statement of Financial  Condition
        

Assets

   Gross Amount of
Recognized Assets
     Gross Amounts
Offset in the
Statement of
Financial  Condition
    Net Amounts of
Assets Presented in
the Statement of
Financial  Condition
     Financial
Instruments
     Cash Collateral
Pledged
     Net Amount  

Long Currency Futures Contracts

   $ 2,736,310       $ (54,960   $ 2,681,350       $ —        $ —        $ 2,681,350   

Short Currency Futures Contracts

   $ 1,700,169       $ —        $ 1,700,169       $ —        $ —        $ 1,700,169   

 

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The following table presents the gross and net amounts of these assets and liabilities with any offsets to reflect the Fund’s ability to reflect the master netting agreements at December 31, 2013:

 

                         Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Statement of Financial  Condition
        

Assets

   Gross Amount of
Recognized Assets
     Gross Amounts
Offset in the
Statement of
Financial Condition
    Net Amounts of
Assets Presented in
the Statement of
Financial  Condition
     Financial
Instruments
     Cash Collateral
Pledged
     Net Amount  

Long Currency Futures Contracts

   $ 1,387,135       $ (174,090   $ 1,213,045       $ —        $ —        $ 1,213,045   

Short Currency Futures Contracts

     1,274,275         (271,737     1,002,538         —          —          1,002,538   

The Managing Owner will utilize the cash held at the commodity broker to offset any realized losses incurred in the commodity futures contracts, if available. To the extent that cash held at the commodity broker is not adequate to cover any realized losses, a portion of the United States Treasury Bills will be sold to make additional cash available.

(i) Brokerage Commissions and Fees

The Fund incurs all brokerage commissions, including applicable exchange fees, National Futures Association (“NFA”) fees, give-up fees, pit brokerage fees and other transaction related fees and expenses charged in connection with trading activities by the Commodity Broker. These costs are recorded as brokerage commissions and fees in the statement of income and expenses as incurred. The Commodity Broker’s brokerage commissions and trading fees are determined on a contract-by-contract basis. On average, total charges paid to the Commodity Broker were less than $10.00 per round-turn trade for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013.

(j) Routine Operational, Administrative and Other Ordinary Expenses

The Managing Owner assumes all routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses of the Fund, including, but not limited to, computer services, the fees and expenses of the Trustee, legal and accounting fees and expenses, tax preparation expenses, filing fees and printing, mailing and duplication costs. Accordingly, all such expenses are not reflected in the statement of income and expenses of the Fund.

(k) Organizational and Offering Costs

All organizational and offering expenses of the Fund are incurred and assumed by the Managing Owner. The Fund is not responsible to the Managing Owner for the reimbursement of organizational and offering costs. Expenses incurred in connection with the continuous offering of Shares are also paid by the Managing Owner.

(l) Non-Recurring Fees and Expenses

The Fund pays all non-recurring and unusual fees and expenses (referred to as extraordinary fees and expenses in the Trust Declaration), if any, of itself, as determined by the Managing Owner. Non-recurring and unusual fees and expenses are fees and expenses which are non-recurring and unusual in nature, such as legal claims and liabilities, litigation costs or indemnification or other unanticipated expenses. Such non-recurring and unusual fees and expenses, by their nature, are unpredictable in terms of timing and amount. For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, the Fund did not incur such expenses.

(5) Financial Instrument Risk

In the normal course of its business, the Fund is a party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk. The term “off-balance sheet risk” refers to an unrecorded potential liability that, even though it does not appear on the balance sheet, may result in a future obligation or loss in excess of the amounts shown in the Statement of Financial Condition. The financial instruments used by the Fund are exchange-listed currency futures, whose values are based upon an underlying asset and generally represent future commitments that have a reasonable possibility of being settled in cash or through physical delivery. The financial instruments are traded on an exchange and are standardized contracts.

Market risk is the potential for changes in the value of the financial instruments traded by the Fund due to market changes, including fluctuations in currency prices. In entering into these futures contracts, there exists a market risk that such futures contracts may be significantly influenced by adverse market conditions, resulting in such futures contracts being less valuable. If the markets should move against all of the futures contracts at the same time, the Fund could experience substantial losses.

 

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Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements—(Continued)

March 31, 2014

 

Credit risk is the possibility that a loss may occur due to the failure of the Commodity Broker and/or clearinghouse to perform according to the terms of a futures contract. Credit risk with respect to exchange-traded instruments is reduced to the extent that an exchange or clearing organization acts as a counterparty to the transactions. The Commodity Broker, when acting as the Fund’s futures commission merchant in accepting orders for the purchase or sale of domestic futures contracts, is required by CFTC regulations to separately account for and segregate as belonging to the Fund all assets of the Fund relating to domestic futures trading and the Commodity Broker is not allowed to commingle such assets with other assets of the Commodity Broker. In addition, CFTC regulations also require the Commodity Broker to hold in a secure account assets of the Fund related to foreign futures trading. The Fund’s risk of loss in the event of counterparty default is typically limited to the amounts recognized in the statement of financial condition and not represented by the futures contract or notional amounts of the instruments.

The Fund has not utilized, nor does it expect to utilize in the future, special purpose entities to facilitate off-balance sheet financing arrangements and has no loan guarantee arrangements or off-balance sheet arrangements of any kind, other than agreements entered into in the normal course of business noted above.

(6) Share Purchases and Redemptions

(a) Purchases

On any business day, an Authorized Participant may place an order with the Transfer Agent to create one or more Baskets. For purposes of processing both creation and redemption orders, a “business day” means any day other than a day when banks in New York City are required or permitted to be closed. Creation orders must be placed by 1:00 p.m., Eastern time. The day on which the Transfer Agent receives a valid creation order is the creation order date. The day on which a creation order is settled is the creation order settlement date. As provided below, the creation order settlement date may occur up to 3 business days after the creation order date. By placing a creation order, and prior to delivery of such Baskets, an Authorized Participant’s DTC account is charged the non-refundable transaction fee due for the creation order.

Unless otherwise agreed to by the Managing Owner and the Authorized Participant as provided in the next sentence, Baskets are issued on the creation order settlement date as of 2:45 p.m., Eastern time, on the business day immediately following the creation order date at the applicable net asset value per Share as of the closing time of the NYSE Arca or the last to close of the exchanges on which its futures contracts are traded, whichever is later, on the creation order date, but only if the required payment has been timely received. Upon submission of a creation order, the Authorized Participant may request the Managing Owner to agree to a creation order settlement date up to 3 business days after the creation order date. By placing a creation order, and prior to receipt of the Baskets, an Authorized Participant’s DTC account is charged the non-refundable transaction fee due for the creation order.

Creation orders may be placed either (i) through the Continuous Net Settlement (“CNS”) clearing processes of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (the “NSCC”) or (ii) if outside the CNS Clearing Process, only through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC” or the “Depository”) (the “DTC Process”), or a successor depository.

(b) Redemptions

On any business day, an Authorized Participant may place an order with the Transfer Agent to redeem one or more Baskets. Redemption orders must be placed by 1:00 p.m., Eastern time. The day on which the Managing Owner receives a valid redemption order is the redemption order date. The day on which a redemption order is settled is the redemption order settlement date. As provided below, the redemption order settlement date may occur up to 3 business days after the redemption order date. The redemption procedures allow Authorized Participants to redeem Baskets. Individual Shareholders may not redeem directly from the Fund. Instead, individual Shareholders may only redeem Shares in integral multiples of 200,000 and only through an Authorized Participant.

Unless otherwise agreed to by the Managing Owner and the Authorized Participant as provided in the next sentence, by placing a redemption order, an Authorized Participant agrees to deliver the Baskets to be redeemed through DTC’s book-entry system to the Fund not later than the redemption order settlement date as of 2:45 p.m., Eastern time, on the business day immediately following the redemption order date. Upon submission of a redemption order, the Authorized Participant may request the Managing Owner to agree to a redemption order settlement date up to 3 business days after the redemption order date. By placing a redemption order, and prior to receipt of the redemption proceeds, an Authorized Participant’s DTC account is charged the non refundable transaction fee due for the redemption order.

 

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Redemption orders may be placed either (i) through the CNS clearing processes of the NSCC or (ii) if outside the CNS Clearing Process, only through the DTC Process, or a successor depository, and only in exchange for cash. By placing a redemption order, and prior to receipt of the redemption proceeds, an Authorized Participant’s DTC account is charged the non-refundable transaction fee due for the redemption order.

The redemption proceeds from the Fund consist of the cash redemption amount. The cash redemption amount is equal to the net asset value of the number of Basket(s) requested in the Authorized Participant’s redemption order as of the closing time of the NYSE Arca or the last to close of the exchanges on which the Fund’s futures contracts are traded, whichever is later, on the redemption order date. The Managing Owner will distribute the cash redemption amount at the redemption order settlement date as of 2:45 p.m., Eastern time, on the redemption order settlement date through DTC to the account of the Authorized Participant as recorded on DTC’s book-entry system.

The redemption proceeds due from the Fund are delivered to the Authorized Participant at 2:45 p.m., Eastern time, on the redemption order settlement date if, by such time, the Fund’s DTC account has been credited with the Baskets to be redeemed. If the Fund’s DTC account has not been credited with all of the Baskets to be redeemed by such time, the redemption distribution is delivered to the extent of whole Baskets received. Any remainder of the redemption distribution is delivered on the next business day to the extent of remaining whole Baskets received if the Transfer Agent receives the fee applicable to the extension of the redemption distribution date which the Managing Owner may, from time-to-time, determine and the remaining Baskets to be redeemed are credited to the Fund’s DTC account by 2:45 p.m., Eastern time, on such next business day. Any further outstanding amount of the redemption order will be cancelled. The Managing Owner is also authorized to deliver the redemption distribution notwithstanding that the Baskets to be redeemed are not credited to the Fund’s DTC account by 2:45 p.m., Eastern time, on the redemption order settlement date if the Authorized Participant has collateralized its obligation to deliver the Baskets through DTC’s book-entry system on such terms as the Managing Owner may determine from time-to-time.

(7) Profit and Loss Allocations and Distributions

Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, income and expenses are allocated pro rata to the Managing Owner as holder of the General Shares and to the Shareholders monthly based on their respective percentage interests as of the close of the last trading day of the preceding month. Any losses allocated to the Managing Owner (as the owner of the General Shares) which are in excess of the Managing Owner’s capital balance are allocated to the Shareholders in accordance with their respective interest in the Fund as a percentage of total shareholders’ equity. Distributions (other than redemption of units) may be made at the sole discretion of the Managing Owner on a pro rata basis in accordance with the respective capital balances of the shareholders.

No distributions were paid for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 or 2013.

(8) Commitments and Contingencies

The Managing Owner, either in its own capacity or in its capacity as the Managing Owner and on behalf of the Fund, has entered into various service agreements that contain a variety of representations, or provide indemnification provisions related to certain risks service providers undertake in performing services which are in the best interests of the Fund. As of March 31, 2014, no claims had been received by the Fund. Further, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Accordingly, the Managing Owner expects the risk of loss to be remote.

(9) Net Asset Value and Financial Highlights

The Fund is presenting the following net asset value and financial highlights related to investment performance for a Share outstanding for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013. The net investment income and total expense ratios are calculated using average net asset value during the respective period. The net asset value presentation is calculated using daily Shares outstanding. The net investment income and total expense ratios have been annualized. The total return is based on the change in net asset value of the Shares during the period. An individual investor’s return and ratios may vary based on the timing of capital transactions.

Net asset value per Share is the net asset value of the Fund divided by the number of outstanding Shares at the date of each respective period presented.

 

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     Three Months Ended  
     March 31,
2014
    March 31,
2013
 

Net Asset Value

  

Net asset value per Share, beginning of period

   $ 25.42      $ 26.15   

Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss) on United States Treasury Obligations and Futures

     0.77        1.09   

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.05     (0.05
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

     0.72        1.04   

Net asset value per Share, end of period

   $ 26.14      $ 27.19   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Market value per Share, beginning of period

   $ 25.42      $ 26.15   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Market value per Share, end of period

   $ 26.16      $ 27.25   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratio to average Net Assets*

  

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.76 )%      (0.72 )% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     0.81     0.80
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return, at net asset value **

     2.83     3.98
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return, at market value **

     2.91     4.21
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Percentages are annualized.
** Percentages are not annualized.

(10) Subsequent Events

The Fund evaluated the need for disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued. This evaluation did not result in any subsequent events that necessitated disclosures and/or adjustments.

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

This information should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes included in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report (the “Report”). The discussion and analysis which follows may contain trend analysis and other forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) which reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial results. Words such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “seek,” “outlook” and “estimate,” as well as similar words and phrases, signify forward-looking statements. PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund’s (the “Fund”) forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and conditions and important factors, risks and uncertainties may cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements.

You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Except as expressly required by the Federal securities laws, DB Commodity Services LLC, or the Managing Owner, undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or the risks, uncertainties or other factors described in this Report, as a result of new information, future events or changed circumstances or for any other reason after the date of this Report.

Overview/Introduction

The Fund seeks to track changes, whether positive or negative, in the level of the Deutsche Bank G10 Currency Future Harvest Index–Excess Return™ (the “Index”) over time, plus the excess, if any, of the Fund’s interest income from its holdings of United States Treasury Obligations and other high credit quality short-term fixed income securities over the expenses of the Fund. The Index is designed to reflect the return from investing on a 2:1 leveraged basis in long currency futures positions for certain currencies associated with relatively high yielding interest rates and in short currency futures positions for certain currencies associated with relatively low yielding interest rates.

As of the date of this Report, each of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp., Newedge USA LLC, Virtu Financial Capital Markets LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Virtu Financial BD LLC, Knight Capital Americas LLC, Timber Hill LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Jefferies LLC, Nomura Securities International Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, L.P. has executed a Participant Agreement and are the only Authorized Participants.

The Index is designed to exploit the trend that currencies associated with relatively high interest rates, on average, tend to rise in value relative to currencies associated with relatively low interest rates. This trend is consistent with economic theory regarding the correct price of a currency future, known as the Interest Rate Parity formula or the Covered Interest Arbitrage formula, and can be seen in the historical trading patterns of currency futures.

The currencies that are eligible for inclusion in the Index are the currencies of The Group of Ten (the “G10”) countries (the “Eligible Index Currencies”), which include the following currencies:

 

Eligible Index Currency

   Symbol  

United States Dollar

     USD   

Euro

     EUR   

Japanese Yen

     JPY   

Canadian Dollar

     CAD   

Swiss Franc

     CHF   

British Pound

     GBP   

Australian Dollar

     AUD   

New Zealand Dollar

     NZD   

Norwegian Krone

     NOK   

Swedish Krona

     SEK   

Futures contracts referencing each of the Eligible Index Currencies (except USD) currently are traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (the “CME”), although currency futures contracts on the Eligible Index Currencies also trade on other exchanges in the United States and the Fund may invest in such contracts.

 

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At any time, the Index is comprised of long futures positions in the three Eligible Index Currencies associated with the highest interest rates and short futures positions in the three Eligible Index Currencies associated with the lowest interest rates. The Index’s six component currencies from time-to-time, comprised of the three long and three short futures positions are referred to as the Index Currencies and are used to calculate the value of the Index. The composition of the Index may be adjusted in the event that the Index Sponsor is not able to calculate the closing prices of the Index Currencies.

The following table reflects the Fund and Index weights of each Index Currency as of March 31, 2014:

 

Eligible Index Currency

   Fund Weight (%)     Index Weight (%)  

United States Dollar

     —         —    

Euro

     —         —    

Japanese Yen

     (31.92 )%     (31.89 )%

Canadian Dollar

     —         —    

Swiss Franc

     (32.07 )%     (32.08 )%

British Pound

     —         —    

Australian Dollar

     33.42 %     33.44 %

New Zealand Dollar

     33.06 %     33.07 %

Norwegian Krone

     32.53 %     32.45 %

Swedish Krona

     —         —    

The Fund is an index tracking fund and does not utilize any trading system, whether discretionary, systematic or otherwise. The Index is a mathematical construct that is comprised of the Index Currencies, each of which is assigned an initial weight. As the value of the underlying Index Currencies changes, the relative weights of each of the Index Currencies will vary. The Index will be re-balanced at a pre-determined frequency in order to restore the target weights. As the Fund will invest in futures contracts tied to the underlying Index Currencies (and their corresponding target base weights) with a view to tracking the changes, whether positive or negative, in the changes in the levels of the Index, the Managing Owner serves in an administrative role in order to ensure that the Fund invests in a manner that seeks to track the Index.

As discussed above, the Fund employs leverage on an approximate 2:1 basis. As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Fund had $177,849,138 (or 100%) and $203,291,139 (or 100%), respectively, of its holdings of cash, United States Treasury Obligations and unrealized appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts on deposit with its Commodity Broker. Of this, $5,837,111 (or 3.28%) and $6,839,551 (or 3.36%), respectively, of the Fund’s holdings of cash and United States Treasury Obligations are required to be deposited as margin in support of the Fund’s futures positions as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. For additional information, please see the unaudited Schedule of Investments as of March 31, 2014 and the audited Schedule of Investments as of December 31, 2013 for details of the Fund’s portfolio holdings.

The Index Sponsor calculates the Index on both an excess return basis and a total return basis. The excess return basis calculation reflects the change in market value of the applicable underlying currency futures only. The total return basis calculation reflects the sum of the change in market value of the applicable underlying currency futures plus the return on 3-month U.S. Treasury bills. The Fund seeks to track changes, whether positive or negative, in the level of the Index calculated on an excess return basis, over time, plus the excess, if any, of the Fund’s income from its holdings of United States Treasury and other high credit quality short-term fixed income securities over the expenses of the Fund.

The Fund will make distributions at the discretion of the Managing Owner. To the extent that the Fund’s actual and projected interest income from its holdings of United States Treasury securities and other high credit quality short-term fixed income securities exceeds the actual and projected fees and expenses of the Fund, the Managing Owner expects periodically to make distributions of the amount of such excess. The Fund currently does not expect to make distributions with respect to its capital gains. Depending on the Fund’s performance for the taxable year and an investor’s own tax situation for such year, an investor’s income tax liability for the taxable year and allocable share of the Fund’s net ordinary income or loss and capital gain or loss may exceed any distributions an investor may receive with respect to such year.

In order to determine which Eligible Index Currencies to include in the Index from time-to-time, the Index Sponsor will review the composition of the Index on a quarterly basis 5 business days prior to the IMM Date. “IMM Date” means the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December, a traditional settlement date in the International Money Market.

 

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The Index Sponsor will review the three month Libor rate for each Eligible Index Currency other than NZD, SEK, NOK, CAD and AUD. The Index Sponsor will review the 3 month rate of the New Zealand Bank Bill for NZD. The Index Sponsor will review the three month Stibor rate and the three month Nibor rate of the SEK and NOK, respectively. The Index Sponsor will review the 3 month Canada Bankers Acceptance Rate for CAD. The Index Sponsor will review the Australian Bank Bill Short Term Rate 3 Month Mid for AUD. The Libor, Stibor and Nibor rates for the Eligible Index Currencies, as applicable, mean the London, Stockholm and Norway interbank offered rates for overnight deposits, respectively, each of which is published by Reuters. The Eligible Index Currencies are then ranked according to yield. The three highest yielding and three lowest yielding are selected as Index Currencies for inclusion in calculating the Index. If two Index Currencies have the same yield, then the previous quarter’s ranking will be used. Please see http://www.dbxus.com with respect to the most recently available weighted composition of the Fund and the composition of the Fund’s index.

The Index is re-weighted quarterly. Upon re-weighting, the high yielding Index Currencies are allocated a base weight of 33  1/3% and the low yielding Index Currencies are allocated a base weight of -33 1/3%. These new weights are applied during the Index re-weighting period, which takes place between the fourth and third Index Business Days prior to the applicable IMM Date (the “Index Re-Weighting Period”).

The CME traded futures contract of each applicable Index Currency that is closest to expiration is used in the Index calculation. The futures contracts on the Index Currencies are rolled during the Index Re-Weighting Period. The new futures contract on an Index Currency that has the next closest expiration date is selected. The calculation of the Index on an excess return basis is the weighted return on the change in price of the futures contracts on the Index Currencies.

A 3-month U.S. Treasury bill return is then calculated and included to calculate the total return index. Please refer to Exhibit B of the Trust Agreement for the mathematical formula of the Index.

The Index has been calculated using historical data since March 12, 1993. The Index is composed of notional amounts of each Index Currency. The notional amounts of the Index Currencies included in the Index are based on the Index Closing Level as of the Index Re-Weighting Period. The Index Closing Level reflects an arithmetic weighted return of the change in the Index Currencies exchange rates against the USD since March 12, 1993. March 1993 was chosen as a starting period because it represents the earliest date on which reliable data for all the Eligible Index Currencies exists. On March 12, 1993, the closing Index level was USD 100. Between March 12, 1993 to March 31, 2014, the Index level as calculated on an excess return basis has ranged from as high as USD 315.27 (July 25, 2007) to as low as USD 94.03 (July 30, 1993). Past Index results are not necessarily indicative of future changes, positive or negative, in the Index.

To track the Index, the Fund generally will establish long futures positions in the three Eligible Index Currencies associated with the highest interest rates and short futures positions in the three Eligible Index Currencies associated with the lowest interest rates and will adjust its holdings quarterly as the Index is adjusted. However, if the United States Dollar (“USD”) is among the Index Currencies from time-to-time, the Fund will not establish a long or short futures position (as the case may be) in USD, because USD is the Fund’s home currency and, as a consequence, the Fund can never enjoy profit or suffer loss from long or short futures positions in USD. When the USD is not associated with the highest or lowest interest rates among the Eligible Index Currencies, the aggregate notional value of the Fund’s futures contracts at the time they are established will be double the value of the Fund’s holdings of United States Treasury and other high credit quality short-term fixed income securities, which means the Fund will have a leverage ratio at such time of 2:1. If the USD is associated with the highest or lowest interest rates among the Eligible Index Currencies, the aggregate notional value of the Fund’s futures contracts at the time they are established will be approximately 1.66 times the value of the Fund’s holdings of United States Treasury and other high credit quality short-term fixed income securities, which means the Fund will have a leverage ratio at such time of approximately 1.66:1. Holding futures positions with a notional amount in excess of the Fund’s net asset value constitutes a form of leverage. The use of leverage will increase the potential for both trading profits and losses, depending on the changes, positive and negative, in the Index. The Fund’s ability to track the Index will not be affected by the presence or absence of the USD among the Index Currencies. Because the notional value of the Fund’s futures positions can rise or fall over time, the leverage ratio could be higher or lower between quarterly adjustments of the Index Currencies.

The use of long and short positions in the construction of the Index causes the Index to rise as a result of any upward price movement of Index Currencies expected to gain relative to the USD and to rise as a result of any downward price movement of Index Currencies expected to lose relative to the USD. The inclusion of both long and short positions is also expected to reduce the country specific foreign exchange risk of the Index (and, therefore, risk in connection with an investment in the Fund) relative to a directional (outright long or short) exposure to any or all of the Index Currencies.

There can be no assurance that the use of both long and short positions will reduce the volatility of the Index during any or all market cycles or performance periods, or that the Fund will achieve its objectives. It is possible that, prior to an Index rebalancing, that Index Currencies expected to lose relative to the USD may rise and/or Index Currencies expected to

 

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gain relative to the USD may fall. In such cases, the Fund may experience losses in both its long and short positions at the same time. Such losses will be greater as a result of the Fund’s use of leverage, reflected in its long futures exposure to Index Currencies with a notional value of up to 100% of the Fund’s net asset value and its short futures exposure to Index Currencies with a notional value of up to 100% of the Fund’s net asset value. Under such circumstances, the Fund’s losses would be greater as a result of its leverage than would be the case were it to limit its overall exposure to Index Currencies with a notional value of 100% of the Fund’s net asset value.

As a result of its use of leverage, the Fund will be required to deposit a greater proportion of its net assets as margin, not expected to exceed 10% of net assets. This represents margin deposit requirements approximately twice as great as would be required if the Fund did not use leverage. Similarly, as a result of its use of leverage, the Fund will trade more futures contracts and incur more brokerage commission expense than it would if it did not use leverage. The additional amount of brokerage commission expense generally will be proportional to the Fund’s leverage ratio.

The Fund’s portfolio also will include United States Treasury securities and other high credit quality short-term fixed income securities for deposit with the Fund’s Commodity Broker as margin.

The theoretical or “fair market” price of a currency futures contract is derived from the spot FX rate, interest rates of the two currencies and time to expiry of the currency futures contract and represents an equilibrium relationship among the interest rates, spot markets and futures markets associated with the currencies in question. If an equilibrium relationship does not exist between two currencies, arbitrage opportunities arise and the exploitation of these opportunities by arbitrageurs will tend to drive currency futures prices toward equilibrium. Application of the Interest Rate Parity formula under circumstances in which currencies are not in an equilibrium relationship predicts that if the currency future is based on a rate ranging from a high yielding currency to a low yielding currency, the fair market price of the currency future will be below the spot rate. The longer the time to the expiry of the currency future the greater the amount the fair market price of the currency future will be below the spot rate. If the spot rate stays approximately the same then, as you move closer to the expiry of the currency future, the fair market price will increase. In other words, the currency future rate between a relatively high interest rate currency and low interest rate currency tends to increase over time (assuming spot is relatively stable).

The Index exploits this trend using both long and short futures positions, which is expected to provide more consistent and less volatile returns than could be obtained by taking long positions only or short positions only.

Under the Fourth Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement of the Fund (the “Trust Agreement”), Wilmington Trust Company, the Trustee of the Fund, has delegated to the Managing Owner the exclusive management and control of all aspects of the business of the Fund. The Trustee will have no duty or liability to supervise or monitor the performance of the Managing Owner, nor will the Trustee have any liability for the acts or omissions of the Managing Owner.

The Index Sponsor obtains information for inclusion in, or for use in the calculation of, the Index from sources the Index Sponsor considers reliable. None of the Index Sponsor, the Managing Owner, the Fund or any of their respective affiliates accepts responsibility for or guarantees the accuracy and/or completeness of the Index or any data included in the Index.

The Shares are intended to provide investment results that generally correspond to the changes, positive or negative, in the levels of the Index over time. The value of the Shares is expected to fluctuate in relation to changes in the value of the Fund’s portfolio. The market price of the Shares may not be identical to the net asset value per Share, but these two valuations are expected to be very close.

Margin Calls

Like other futures and derivatives traders, the Fund will be subject to margin calls from time-to-time. The term “margin” has a different meaning in the context of futures contracts and other derivatives than it does in the context of securities. In particular, “margin” on a futures position does not constitute a borrowing of money or the collateralization of a loan. The Fund does not borrow money.

To establish a position in an exchange-traded futures contract, the Fund makes a deposit of “initial margin.” The amount of initial margin required to be deposited in order to establish a position in an exchange-traded futures contract varies from instrument to instrument depending, generally, on the historical volatility of the futures contract in question. Determination of the amount of the required initial margin deposit in respect of a particular contract is made by the exchange on which the contract is listed. To establish a long position in an over-the-counter instrument, the counterparty may require an analogous deposit of collateral, depending upon the anticipated volatility of the instrument and the creditworthiness of the

 

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person seeking to establish the position. The deposit of initial margin provides assurance to futures commission merchants and clearing brokers involved in the settlement process that sufficient resources are likely to be on deposit to enable a client’s position to be closed by recourse to the initial margin deposit should the client fail to meet a demand for variation margin, even if changes in the value of the contract in question, which are marked to market from day to day, continue to reflect the contract’s historical volatility. Collateral deposited in support of an over-the-counter instrument serves a similar purpose.

Once a position has been established on a futures exchange, “variation margin” generally is credited or assessed at least daily to reflect changes in the value of the position, except in certain instances where midday variation margin calls are made. In contrast to “initial margin,” “variation margin” represents a system of marking to market the futures contract’s value. Thus, traders in exchange-traded futures contracts are assessed daily in an amount equal to that day’s accumulated losses in respect of any open position (or are credited daily with accumulated gains in respect of such position). Collateral may move between the parties to an over-the-counter instrument in a similar manner as gains or losses accumulate in the instrument. As with initial margin, variation margin serves to secure the obligations of the investor under the contract and to protect those involved in the settlement process against the possibility that a client will have insufficient resources to meet its contractual obligations. Collateral deposited in support of an over-the-counter instrument serves a similar purpose. Like initial margin (or an equivalent deposit of collateral), variation margin (or an equivalent deposit of collateral) does not constitute a borrowing of money, is not considered to be part of the contract purchase price and is returned upon the contract’s termination unless it is used to cover a loss in the contract position. United States Treasury Obligations are used routinely to collateralize OTC derivative positions, and are deposited routinely as margin to collateralize futures positions. The Fund may liquidate United States Treasury Obligations to meet an initial or variation margin requirement.

Performance Summary

This Report covers the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 (herein referred to as the “Three Months Ended March 31, 2014” and the “Three Months Ended March 31, 2013”, respectively). The Fund commenced trading on the American Stock Exchange (which became the NYSE Alternext US LLC (the “NYSE Alternext”)) on September 18, 2006, and, as of November 25, 2008, is listed on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “NYSE Arca”).

Performance of the Fund and the exchange traded Shares are detailed below in “Results of Operations”. Past performance of the Fund and the exchange traded Shares are not necessarily indicative of future performance.

The Index is intended to reflect the change in market value of its underlying currency futures contracts. The Deutsche Bank G10 Currency Future Harvest Index - Total Return™ (“DBCFH-TR”™), consists of the Index plus 3-month United States Treasury Obligation returns. Because DBCFH-TR is an index, it does not reflect (i) actual trading and (ii) any fees or expenses. Past Index results are not necessarily indicative of future changes, positive or negative, in the Index closing levels.

The section “Summary of DBCFH-TR™ and Underlying Index Currency Returns for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013” below provides an overview of the changes in the closing levels of the Index by disclosing the change in closing levels of the Index itself and each underlying component Index Currency plus 3-month United States Treasury Obligations returns. Please note that the Fund’s objective is to track the Index (not DBCFH-TR™) and the Fund does not attempt to outperform or underperform the Index.

The following chart highlights the results of the DBCFH-TR™ for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013.

Summary of the DBCFH-TR™ and Underlying Index Currency

Returns for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013

 

Underlying Index Currency

   AGGREGATE RETURNS FOR INDEX CURRENCIES IN THE
DBCFH-TR™
 
   Long Position     Short Position  
   Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2014
    Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2013
    Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2014
    Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2013
 

Norwegian Krone (NOK)

     0.54     (1.56 )%      —         —     

Australian Dollar (AUD)

     1.48     0.32     —         —     

New Zealand Dollar (NZD)

     1.94     0.62     —          —     

Japanese Yen (JPY)

     —          —          (0.63 )%      2.46

Swiss Franc (CHF)

     —          —          (0.16 )%      1.27

Euro (EUR)

     —         —         —         1.02 %

 

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     DBCFH-TR™ - Index Returns  
     Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2014
    Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2013
 

3-MONTH UNITED STATES TREASURY OBLIGATIONS

     0.01     0.02

DBCFH-TR™

     2.96     4.16

If the Fund’s interest income from its holdings of fixed income securities were to exceed the Fund’s fees and expenses, the aggregate return on an investment in the Fund is expected to outperform the Index and underperform the DBCFH-TR™. The only difference between the Index and the DBCFH-TR™ is that the Index does not include interest income from a hypothetical basket of fixed income securities while the DBCFH-TR™ does include such a component. Thus, the difference between the Index and the DBCFH-TR™ is attributable entirely to the hypothetical interest income from this hypothetical basket of fixed income securities. If the Fund’s interest income from its holdings of fixed income securities exceeds the Fund’s fees and expenses, then the amount of such excess is expected to be distributed periodically. The market price of the Shares is expected to closely track the Index. The aggregate return on an investment in the Fund over any period is the sum of the capital appreciation or depreciation of the Shares over the period, plus the amount of any distributions during the period. Consequently, the Fund’s aggregate return is expected to outperform the Index by the amount of the excess, if any, of its interest income over its fees and expenses but, as a result of the Fund’s fees and expenses, the aggregate return on the Fund is expected to underperform the DBCFH-TR™. If the Fund’s fees and expenses were to exceed the Fund’s interest income from its holdings of fixed income securities, the aggregate return on an investment in the Fund is expected to underperform the Index.

Net Asset Value

Net asset value means the total assets of the Fund, including, but not limited to, all futures, cash and investments less total liabilities of the Fund, each determined on the basis of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied under the accrual method of accounting. In particular, net asset value includes any unrealized appreciation or depreciation on open currency futures contracts, and any other credit or debit accruing to the Fund but unpaid or not received by the Fund. All open currency futures contracts will be calculated at their then current market value, which will be based upon the settlement price for that particular currency futures contract traded on the applicable exchange on the date with respect to which net asset value is being determined; provided, that if a currency futures contract could not be liquidated on such day, due to the operation of daily limits or other rules of the exchange upon which that position is traded or otherwise, the Managing Owner may value such futures contract pursuant to policies the Managing Owner has adopted, which are consistent with normal industry standards. The Managing Owner may in its discretion (and only under circumstances, including, but not limited to, periods during which a settlement price of a futures contract is not available due to exchange limit orders or force majeure type events such as systems failure, natural or man-made disaster, act of God, armed conflict, act of terrorism, riot or labor disruption or any similar intervening circumstance) value any asset of the Fund pursuant to such other principles as the Managing Owner deems fair and equitable so long as such principles are consistent with normal industry standards. Interest earned on the Fund’s brokerage account is accrued monthly. The amount of any distribution is a liability of the Fund from the day when the distribution is declared until it is paid.

Net asset value per share is the net asset value of the Fund divided by the number of outstanding shares.

Critical Accounting Policies

The Fund’s critical accounting policies are as follows:

Preparation of the financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires the application of appropriate accounting rules and guidance, as well as the use of estimates, and requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenue and

 

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expense and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities during the reporting period of the financial statements and accompanying notes. The Fund’s application of these policies involves judgments and actual results may differ from the estimates used.

The Fund holds a significant portion of its assets in currency futures contracts and United States Treasury Obligations, both of which are recorded on a trade date basis and at fair value in the financial statements, with changes in fair value reported in the statement of income and expenses.

The use of fair value to measure financial instruments, with related unrealized gains or losses recognized in earnings in each period, is fundamental to the Fund’s financial statements. The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount 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 (the exit price).

In determining fair value of United States Treasury Obligations and currency futures contracts, the Fund uses unadjusted quoted market prices in active markets. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification for fair value measurement and disclosure guidance requires a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure 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). The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. See Note 4(c) within the financial statements in Item 1 for further information.

When market closing prices are not available, the Managing Owner may value an asset of the Fund pursuant to policies the Managing Owner has adopted, which are consistent with normal industry standards.

Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized gain (loss) on open positions are determined on a specific identification basis and recognized in the statement of income and expenses in the period in which the contract is closed or the changes occur, respectively.

Interest income on United States Treasury Obligations is recognized on an accrual basis when earned. Premiums and discounts are amortized or accreted over the life of the United States Treasury Obligations.

Market Risk

Trading in futures contracts involves the Fund entering into contractual commitments to purchase a particular currency at a specified date and price. The market risk associated with the Fund’s commitments to purchase currencies is limited to the gross or face amount of the contracts held.

The Fund’s exposure to market risk is also influenced by a number of factors including the volatility of interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, the liquidity of the markets in which the contracts are traded and the relationships among the contracts held. The inherent uncertainty of the Fund’s trading as well as the development of drastic market occurrences could ultimately lead to a loss of all or substantially all of the investors’ capital.

Credit Risk

When the Fund enters into futures contracts, the Fund is exposed to credit risk that the counterparty to the contract will not meet its obligations. The counterparty for futures contracts traded on United States exchanges is the clearing house associated with the particular exchange. In general, clearing houses are backed by their corporate members who may be required to share in the financial burden resulting from the nonperformance by one of their members and, as such, should significantly reduce this credit risk. In cases where the clearing house is not backed by the clearing members (i.e., some foreign exchanges), it may be backed by a consortium of banks or other financial institutions. There can be no assurance that any counterparty, clearing member or clearinghouse will meet its obligations to the Fund.

The Commodity Broker, when acting as the Fund’s futures commission merchant in accepting orders for the purchase or sale of domestic futures contracts, is required by CFTC regulations to separately account for and segregate as belonging to the Fund all assets of the Fund relating to domestic futures trading and the Commodity Broker is not allowed to commingle such assets with other assets of the Commodity Broker. In addition, CFTC regulations also require the Commodity Broker to hold in a secure account assets of the Fund related to foreign futures trading.

 

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Liquidity

The Fund’s entire source of capital is derived from the Fund’s offering of Shares to Authorized Participants. The Fund in turn allocates its net assets to currency futures trading. A significant portion of the net asset value is held in United States Treasury Obligations and cash, which are used as margin for the Fund’s trading in currency futures. The percentage that United States Treasury Obligations bear to the total net assets will vary from period to period as the market values of the Fund’s currency futures change. The balance of the net assets is held in the Fund’s trading account. Interest earned on the Fund’s interest-bearing funds is paid to the Fund.

The Fund’s foreign currency futures contracts may be subject to periods of illiquidity because of market conditions, regulatory considerations or for other reasons. For example, commodity exchanges may limit fluctuations in certain futures contract prices during a single day by regulations referred to as “daily limits.” During a single day, no trades may be executed at prices beyond the daily limit. Once the price of a particular futures contract has increased or decreased by an amount equal to the daily limit, positions in the futures contract can neither be taken nor liquidated unless the traders are willing to effect trades at or within the limit. Although the Eligible Index Currencies that the Fund invests in are not currently subject to daily limits, the Eligible Index Currencies could become subject to such limits in the future. Such market conditions could prevent the Fund from promptly liquidating its currency futures positions.

Because the Fund trades futures contracts, its capital is at risk due to changes in the value of futures contracts (market risk) or the inability of counterparties (including the Commodity Broker and/or exchange clearinghouses) to perform under the terms of the contracts (credit risk).

On any business day, an Authorized Participant may place an order with the Transfer Agent to redeem one or more Baskets. Redemption orders must be placed by 1:00 p.m., Eastern Time. The day on which the Managing Owner receives a valid redemption order is the redemption order date. The day on which a redemption order is settled is the redemption order settlement date. As provided below, the redemption order settlement date may occur up to 3 business days after the redemption order date. Redemption orders are irrevocable. The redemption procedures allow Authorized Participants to redeem Baskets. Individual Shareholders may not redeem directly from the Fund. Instead, individual Shareholders may only redeem Shares in integral multiples of 200,000 and only through an Authorized Participant.

Unless otherwise agreed to by the Managing Owner and the Authorized Participant as provided in the next sentence, by placing a redemption order, an Authorized Participant agrees to deliver the Baskets to be redeemed through DTC’s book-entry system to the Fund not later than the redemption order settlement date as of 2:45 p.m., Eastern time, on the business day immediately following the redemption order date. Upon submission of a redemption order, the Authorized Participant may request the Managing Owner to agree to a redemption order settlement date up to 3 business days after the redemption order date. By placing a redemption order, and prior to receipt of the redemption proceeds, an Authorized Participant’s DTC account is charged the non refundable transaction fee due for the redemption order.

Redemption orders may be placed either (i) through the Continuous Net Settlement (“CNS”) clearing processes of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (the “NSCC”) or (ii) if outside the CNS Clearing Process, only through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC” or the “Depository”) (the “DTC Process”), or a successor depository, and only in exchange for cash. By placing a redemption order, and prior to receipt of the redemption proceeds, an Authorized Participant’s DTC account is charged the non-refundable transaction fee due for the redemption order and such fee is not borne by the Fund.

Cash Flows

The primary cash flow activity of the Fund is to raise capital from Authorized Participants through the issuance of Shares in the Fund. This cash is used to invest in United States Treasury Obligations and to meet margin requirements as a result of the positions taken in futures contracts to match the fluctuations of the Index the Fund is tracking.

Operating Activities

Net cash flow provided by operating activities was $19.6 million and $29.2 million for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. This amount primarily includes net purchases and sales of United States Treasury Obligations which are held at fair value on the statement of financial condition.

 

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During the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014, $184.0 million was paid to purchase United States Treasury Obligations and $201.0 million was received from sales and maturing contracts. During the Three Months Ended March 31, 2013, $322.9 million was paid to purchase United States Treasury Obligations and $340.0 million was received from sales and maturing contracts. Unrealized appreciation on United States Treasury Obligations and futures increased by $2.2 million and $1.4 million during the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Financing Activities

The Fund’s net cash flow (used for) financing activities was $(20.2) million and $(10.7) million during the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. This included $10.3 million and $10.7 million from the sale of Shares to Authorized Participants during the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Results of Operations

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2014 AND 2013

The Fund was launched on September 15, 2006 at $25.00 per Share. The Shares traded on the NYSE Alternext from September 18, 2006 to November 25, 2008 and have been trading on the NYSE Arca since November 25, 2008.

The Fund seeks to track changes in the closing levels of the Deutsche Bank G10 Currency Future Harvest Index – Excess Return™ (the “Index”), over time, plus the excess, if any, of the Fund’s interest income from its holdings of United States Treasury Obligations and other high credit quality short-term fixed income securities over the expenses of the Fund. The following graphs illustrate changes in (i) the price of the Shares (as reflected by the graph “DBV”), (ii) the Fund’s NAV (as reflected by the graph “FBVNV”), and (iii) the closing levels of the Index (as reflected by the graph “DBCFHX”). Whenever the interest income earned by the Fund exceeds Fund expenses, the price of the Shares generally has exceeded the levels of the Index primarily because the Share price reflects interest income from the Fund’s collateral holdings whereas the Index does not consider such interest income. There can be no assurances that the price of the Shares will continue to exceed the Index levels.

The Index is a set of rules applied to a body of data and does not represent the results of actual investment or trading. The Index is frictionless, in that it does not take into account fees or expenses associated with investing in the Fund. Also, because it does not represent actual futures positions, the Index is not subject to, and does not take into account the impact of, speculative position limits (if applicable) or certain other similar limitations on the ability of the Fund to trade the Index Currencies. The “TR” version of the Index includes an assumed amount of interest income based on prevailing rates that is adjusted from time to time. The Fund, by contrast, invests actual money and trades actual futures contracts. As a result, the performance of the Fund involves friction, in that fees and expenses impose a drag on performance. The Fund may be subject to speculative position limits (if applicable) and certain other limitations on its ability to trade the Index Currencies, which may compel the Fund to trade futures or other instruments that are not the Index Currencies as proxies for the Index Currencies. The interest rate actually earned by the Fund over any period may differ from the assumed amount of interest income factored into the “TR” version of the Index over the same period. All of these factors can contribute to discrepancies between changes in net asset value per Share and changes in the level of the Index over any period of time. Fees and expenses always will tend to cause changes in the net asset value per Share to underperform changes in the value of the Index over any given period, all other things being equal. Actual interest income could be higher or lower than the assumed interest income factored into the “TR” version of the Index, and therefore could cause changes in the net asset value per Share to outperform or underperform changes in the value of the “TR” version of the Index over any given period, all other things being equal. Similarly, trading futures or other instruments that are not the Index Currencies as proxies for the Index Currencies could cause changes in the net asset value per Share to outperform or underperform changes in the value of the Index over any given period, all other things being equal.

 

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COMPARISON OF DBV, FBVNV AND DBCFHX FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED

MARCH 31, 2014 AND 2013

 

LOGO

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE

OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE

 

LOGO

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE

OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

See Additional Legends below.

 

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Additional Legends

Deutsche Bank G10 Currency Future Harvest Index – Excess Return™ is an index and does not reflect (i) actual trading and (ii) any fees or expenses.

WHILE THE FUND’S OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO GENERATE PROFIT THROUGH ACTIVE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, BUT IS TO TRACK THE INDEX, BECAUSE THE INDEX WAS ESTABLISHED IN DECEMBER 2005, CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE “HYPOTHETICAL.” HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION MAY HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.

WITH RESPECT TO INDEX DATA, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE INDEX WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CLOSING LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH OR SIMILAR TO THOSE SET FORTH HEREIN. SIMILARLY, NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT THE FUND WILL GENERATE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THE FUND’S PAST PERFORMANCE OR THE HISTORICAL ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE CHANGES IN THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY INVESTMENT METHODOLOGIES, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE.

WITH RESPECT TO INDEX DATA, ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL INFORMATION IS THAT IT IS GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. TO THE EXTENT THAT INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN RELATES TO THE PERIOD MARCH 1993 THROUGH NOVEMBER 2005, THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS REFLECT THE APPLICATION OF THE INDEX METHODOLOGY, AND SELECTION OF INDEX CURRENCIES, IN HINDSIGHT.

NO HYPOTHETICAL RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED UNDER ITEM 1A. “RISK FACTORS” SET FORTH IN THE FUND’S ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013, RELATED TO THE CURRENCIES MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND’S EFFORTS TO TRACK THE INDEX OVER TIME WHICH CANNOT BE, AND HAVE NOT BEEN, ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF THE INDEX INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE FUND. FURTHERMORE, THE INDEX INFORMATION DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK OR ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FEES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUND.

THE MANAGING OWNER, AN INDIRECT WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF DEUTSCHE BANK AG, COMMENCED OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2006. AS MANAGING OWNER, THE MANAGING OWNER AND ITS TRADING PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN MANAGING THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FOR THE FUND AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND MANAGING FUTURES ACCOUNTS. BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS TO COMPARE TO THE INDEX CLOSING LEVELS SET FORTH HEREIN, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY WARY OF PLACING UNDUE RELIANCE ON THE ANNUAL OR CUMULATIVE INDEX RESULTS.

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2014 COMPARED TO THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2013

Fund Share Price Performance

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014, the NYSE Arca market value of each Share increased 2.91% from $25.42 per Share to $26.16 per Share. The Share price low and high for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and related change from the Share price on December 31, 2013 was as follows: Shares traded from a low of $24.71 per Share (-2.79%) on February 3, 2014, to a high of $26.16 per Share (+2.91%) on March 31, 2014.

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2013, the NYSE Arca market value of each Share increased 4.21% from $26.15 per Share to $27.25 per Share. The Share price low and high for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 and related change from the Share price on December 31, 2012 was as follows: Shares traded from a low of $26.42 per Share (+1.03%) on January 2, 2013, to a high of $27.33 per Share (+4.51%) on March 27, 2013.

 

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Fund Share Net Asset Performance

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014, the net asset value of each Share increased 2.83% from $25.42 per Share to $26.14 per Share. For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014, gains in the long index currency positions in the Australian Dollar, the New Zealand Dollar and Norwegian Krone were partially offset by losses in the short currency positions in the Japanese Yen and Swiss Franc contributing to an overall 2.96% increase in the level of the DBCFH-TR™.

Net income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014, was $4.7 million, resulting from $0.02 million of interest income, net realized gain of $2.9 million, net change in unrealized gain of $2.2 million, and operating expenses of $0.4 million.

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2013, the net asset value of each Share increased 3.98% from $26.15 per Share to $27.19 per Share. For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2013, gains in the long index currency positions in the Australian Dollar and New Zealand Dollar and gains in the short index currency positions in the Euro, Japanese Yen and Swiss Francs were partially offset by losses in the long currency positions in the Norwegian Krone contributing to an overall 4.16% increase in the level of the DBCFH-TR™.

Net income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2013, was $13.6 million, resulting from $0.06 million of interest income, net realized gains of $12.8 million, net change in unrealized gain of $1.4 million, and operating expenses of $0.7 million.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations

In the normal course of its business, the Fund is a party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk. The term “off-balance sheet risk” refers to an unrecorded potential liability that, even though it does not appear on the balance sheet, may result in a future obligation or loss. The financial instruments used by the Fund are currency futures, whose values are based upon an underlying asset and generally represent future commitments which have a reasonable possibility to be settled in cash or through physical delivery. The financial instruments are traded on an exchange and are standardized contracts.

The Fund did not utilize, nor does it expect to utilize in the future, special purpose entities to facilitate off-balance sheet financing arrangements and has no loan guarantee arrangements or off-balance sheet arrangements of any kind, other than agreements entered into in the normal course of business noted above, which may include indemnification provisions related to certain risks service providers undertake in performing services which are in the best interest of the Fund. While the Fund’s exposure under such indemnification provisions cannot be estimated, these general business indemnifications are not expected to have a material impact on the Fund’s financial position.

The Fund’s contractual obligations are with the Managing Owner and the Commodity Broker. Management Fee payments made to the Managing Owner are calculated as a fixed percentage of the Fund’s net asset value. Commission payments to the Commodity Broker are on a contract-by-contract, or round-turn, basis. As such, the Managing Owner cannot anticipate the amount of payments that will be required under these arrangements for future periods as net asset values are not known until a future date. These agreements are effective for one-year terms, renewable automatically for additional one-year terms unless terminated. Additionally, these agreements may be terminated by either party for various reasons.

 

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

INTRODUCTION

The Fund is designed to replicate positions in a currency futures index. The market sensitive instruments held by it are subject to the risk of trading loss. Unlike an operating company, the risk of market sensitive instruments is integral, not incidental, to the Fund’s main line of business.

Market movements can produce frequent changes in the fair market value of the Fund’s open positions and, consequently, in its earnings and cash flow. The Fund’s market risk is primarily influenced by changes in the price of currencies.

Value at Risk, or VaR, is a measure of the maximum amount which the Fund could reasonably be expected to lose in a given market sector. However, the inherent uncertainty in the markets in which the Fund trades and the recurrence in the markets traded by the Fund of market movements far exceeding expectations could result in actual trading or non-trading losses far beyond the indicated VaR or the Fund’s experience to date (i.e., “risk of ruin”). In light of this, as well as the risks and uncertainties intrinsic to all future projections, the inclusion of the quantification included in this section should not be considered to constitute any assurance or representation that the Fund’s losses in any market sector will be limited to VaR or by the Fund’s attempts to manage its market risk.

 

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Standard of Materiality

Materiality as used in this section, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk,” is based on an assessment of reasonably possible market movements and the potential losses caused by such movements, taking into account the leverage, and multiplier features of the Fund’s market sensitive instruments.

QUANTIFYING THE FUND’S TRADING VALUE AT RISK IN DIFFERENT CURRENCY CONTRACTS

Quantitative Forward-Looking Statements

The following quantitative disclosures regarding the Fund’s market risk exposures contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor from civil liability provided for such statements by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (set forth in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Exchange Act). All quantitative disclosures in this section are deemed to be forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor, except for statements of historical fact (such as the dollar amount of maintenance margin required for market risk sensitive instruments held at the end of the reporting period).

Value at Risk, or VaR, is a statistical measure of the value of losses that would not be expected to be exceeded over a given time horizon and at a given probability level arising from movement of underlying risk factors. Loss is measured as a decline in the fair value of the portfolio as a result of changes in any of the material variables by which fair values are determined. VaR is measured over a specified holding period (1 day) and to a specified level of statistical confidence (99th percentile). However, the inherent uncertainty in the markets in which the Fund trades and the recurrence in the markets traded by the Fund of market movements far exceeding expectations could result in actual trading or non-trading losses far beyond the indicated VaR or the Fund’s experience to date (i.e., “risk of ruin”). In light of this, as well as the risks and uncertainties intrinsic to all future projections, the inclusion of the quantification included in this section should not be considered to constitute any assurance or representation that the Fund’s losses in any market sector will be limited to VaR or by the Fund’s attempts to manage its market risk.

THE FUND’S TRADING VALUE AT RISK

The Fund calculates VaR using the actual historical market movements of the Fund’s total assets.

The following table indicates the trading VaR associated with the Fund’s total assets as of March 31, 2014.

 

Description

   Total Assets      Daily Volatility     VaR*
(99 Percentile)
     Number of times
VaR Exceeded
 

PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund

   $ 177,849,138         0.54   $ 2,220,706         5   

The following table indicates the trading VaR associated with the Fund’s total assets as of December 31, 2013.

 

Description

   Total Assets      Daily Volatility     VaR*
(99  Percentile)
     Number of times
VaR Exceeded
 

PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund

   $ 203,291,139         0.51   $ 2,315,290         5   

 

* The VaR represents the one day downside risk, under normal market conditions, with a 99% confidence level. It is calculated using historical market moves of the Fund’s total assets and uses a one year look-back.

NON-TRADING RISK

The Fund has non-trading market risk as a result of investing in short-term United States Treasury Obligations. As such, the market risk represented by these investments is expected to be immaterial.

QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES REGARDING PRIMARY TRADING RISK EXPOSURES

The following qualitative disclosures regarding the Fund’s market risk exposures — except for those disclosures that are statements of historical fact — constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. The Fund’s primary market risk exposures are subject to numerous uncertainties, contingencies and risks. Government interventions, defaults and expropriations, illiquid markets, the emergence of dominant fundamental factors, political upheavals, changes in historical price relationships, an influx of new market participants, increased regulation and many other factors could result in material losses as well as in material changes to the risk exposures of the Fund. There can be no assurance that the Fund’s current market exposure will not change materially. Investors may lose all or substantially all of their investment in the Fund.

 

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Several factors may affect the price of the Index Currencies, including, but not limited to:

 

   

National debt levels and trade deficits, including changes in balances of payments and trade;

 

   

Domestic and foreign inflation rates and investors’ expectations concerning inflation rates;

 

   

Domestic and foreign interest rates and investors’ expectations concerning interest rates;

 

   

Currency exchange rates;

 

   

Investment and trading activities of mutual funds, hedge funds and currency funds;

 

   

Global or regional political, economic or financial events and situations;

 

   

Supply and demand changes which influence the foreign exchange rates of various currencies;

 

   

Monetary policies of governments (including exchange control programs, restrictions on local exchanges or markets and limitations on foreign investment in a country or on investment by residents of a country in other countries), trade restrictions, currency devaluations and revaluations;

 

   

Governmental intervention in the currency market, directly and by regulation, in order to influence currency prices; and

 

   

Expectations among market participants that a currency’s value soon will change.

QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES REGARDING NON-TRADING RISK EXPOSURE

General

The Fund is unaware of any (i) anticipated known demands, commitments or capital expenditures; (ii) material trends, favorable or unfavorable, in its capital resources; or (iii) trends or uncertainties that will have a material effect on operations.

QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES REGARDING MEANS OF MANAGING RISK EXPOSURE

Under ordinary circumstances, the Managing Owner’s discretionary power is limited to determining whether the Fund will make a distribution. Under emergency or extraordinary circumstances, the Managing Owner’s discretionary powers increase, but remain circumscribed. These special circumstances, for example, include the unavailability of the Index or certain natural or man-made disasters. The Managing Owner does not apply risk management techniques. The Fund initiates positions on both the “long” and “short” side of the market and does not employ “stop-loss” techniques.

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of the management of the Managing Owner, including Martin Kremenstein, its Chief Executive Officer, and Michael Gilligan, its Chief Financial Officer, the Fund carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, and, based upon that evaluation, Martin Kremenstein, the Chief Executive Officer, and Michael Gilligan, the Chief Financial Officer, of the Managing Owner, concluded that the Fund’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information the Fund is required to disclose in the reports that it files or submits with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Fund in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management of the Managing Owner, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in internal control over financial reporting (as defined in the Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during the Fund’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

Not applicable.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

There are no material changes from risk factors as previously disclosed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, filed March 4, 2014.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

(a) There have been no unregistered sales of the Fund’s securities. No Fund securities are authorized for issuance by the Fund under equity compensation plans.

(b) Not applicable.

(c) The following table summarizes the redemptions by Authorized Participants during the Three Months Ended March 31, 2014:

 

Period of Redemption

   Total Number of
Shares Redeemed
     Average Price
Paid per Share
 

January 1, 2014 to January 31, 2014

     400,000       $ 25.19   

February 1, 2014 to February 28, 2014

     200,000       $ 25.14   

March 1, 2014 to March 31, 2014

     600,000       $ 25.59   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total:

     1,200,000       $ 25.38   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information.

Disclosures Under Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (“ITRA”)

Deutsche Bank AG, an affiliate of ours, has provided us the disclosure set forth below describing the ITRA-relevant activities of it and its affiliates for the quarter ended March 31, 2014. All references in this quoted disclosure to “we,” “us” and “our” are to Deutsche Bank AG and its affiliates. None of the disclosed activities or transactions were conducted by the Registrant.

Disclosures Under Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012

Under Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, which added Section 13(r) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an issuer of securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is required to disclose in its periodic reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 certain of its activities and those of its affiliates relating to Iran and to other persons sanctioned by the U.S. under programs relating to terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction that occurred during the period covered by the report. We describe below a number of potentially disclosable activities of Deutsche Bank AG and its affiliates. Disclosure is generally required regardless of whether the activities, transactions or dealings were conducted in compliance with applicable law.

Legacy Financing Arrangements. Despite having ceased entering into new business in or with Iran in 2007, we continue to be engaged as lender, sponsoring bank and/or facility agent or arranger in several long-term financing agreements relating to the construction or acquisition of plant or equipment for the petroleum and petrochemical industries, under which Iranian entities were the direct or indirect borrowers. Before 2007, as part of banking consortia, we entered into a number of financing arrangements, six of which remained outstanding as of March 31, 2014, with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), the National Petrochemical Company (NPC), Bank Melli Iran and their respective group entities as borrowers. The

 

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latest final maturity under these loan facilities is in 2019. These loan facilities were guaranteed by national export credit agencies representing two European governments and one Asian national government. In principle, the obligations of the borrowers under these loan facilities are secured by assignments of receivables from oil and oil products exported by NIOC, NPC and/or their trading subsidiaries to buyers, mostly in Asia. These delivery obligations, however, were waived for the period covered by this report, due to the current sanctions environment. For some of these arrangements, we act as escrow agent, holding escrow accounts for the Iranian borrowers mentioned above, into which receivables are, in principle, paid by the buyers of the oil and oil products. During the period covered by this report, no such receivables were paid to the said escrow accounts. Such accounts are pledged in favor of the relevant banking consortium. We have no involvement in the contractual arrangements related to, or in the physical settlement of, the oil and oil product exports mentioned above. The Iranian entities in whose names the escrow accounts are held are not permitted to draw on these accounts, either because they are sanctioned parties or, where this is not the case, due to our business decision to not allow access to the accounts in light of the overall sanctions environment.

During the first quarter of 2014, approximately € 1.0 million was paid into the escrow account. We, in our role as agent, distributed to the participants in the banking consortia € 1.0 million including portions attributable to us totaling approximately € 0.25 million.

We generated revenues in the first quarter of 2014 of approximately € 0.7 million in respect of these financing arrangements, of which approximately € 0.6 million consisted of escrow account revenues, € 40,000 consisted of loan interest revenues and € 10,000 consisted of fee revenues. The net profits were less than these amounts.

As of March 31, 2014, we have an undrawn commitment of approximately € 1.3 million under one of the financing agreements referred to above. Due to the export credit agency coverage, this remainder cannot be cancelled without German government approval, for which we have applied but have not yet received. We do not intend to make further disbursements upon this undrawn commitment.

A wholly owned subsidiary of ours, BHF-BANK AG, which we acquired as part of the acquisition of the Sal. Oppenheim Group in March 2010 and which we have sold effective March 26, 2014, was a lender participant in a number of similar arrangements, the borrowers of which were Bank Saderat, Bank Melli, Bank Tejarat and NPC. In that capacity, it received approximately € 200 fees in the first quarter of 2014, which was paid by us to BHF-BANK in our capacity as agent or arranger. Of the amounts received, BHF-BANK passed on approximately € 100 to participants in such arrangements. In the first quarter of 2014, BHF-BANK’s gross revenues from this business were approximately € 14,000 and its net profits were less than this amount.

Our portion of the remaining loan facilities (not including the part held by BHF-BANK at the time of its sale) amounted to approximately € 33 million as of March 31, 2014. We intend to continue pursuing repayment and fulfilling our administrative role under these agreements, but we do not intend to engage in any new extensions of credit to these or other Iranian entities.

Legacy Contractual Obligations Related to Guarantees and Letters of Credit. Prior to 2007, we provided guarantees to a number of Iranian entities. In almost all of these cases, we issued counter-indemnities in support of guarantees issued by Iranian banks because the Iranian beneficiaries of the guarantees required that they be backed directly by Iranian banks. In 2007, we made a decision to discontinue issuing new guarantees to Iranian or Iran-related beneficiaries. Although the pre-existing guarantees stipulate that they must be either extended or honored if we receive such a demand and we are legally not able to terminate these guarantees, we decided in 2011 to reject any “extend or pay” demands under such guarantees. Even though we exited, where possible, many of these guarantees, guarantees with an aggregate face amount of approximately € 7.8 million are still outstanding as of March 31, 2014. The gross revenues from this business were approximately € 11,000 and the net profit we derived from these activities was less than this amount.

We also have outstanding legacy guarantees in relation to a Syrian bank sanctioned by the U.S. under its non-proliferation program. The aggregate face amount of these legacy guarantees was approximately € 9.0 million, the gross revenues received from non-Syrian parties for these guarantees were approximately € 20,000 and the net profit we derived from these activities was less than this amount. In one case we paid cancellation fees of less than € 400 to the frozen account of the Syrian bank.

We intend to exit these guarantee arrangements as soon as possible.

BHF-BANK, based on similar legacy guarantees issued before 2010, paid commissions and charges of approximately € 32,000 to accounts of relevant Iranian banks frozen under applicable EU law. BHF-BANK received approximately € 35,000 in fees from the non-Iranian parties for which the guarantees were issued and their net profits were less than this amount. The aggregate face amount of these legacy guarantees was approximately € 19 million at the time of the BHF-BANK sale.

 

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BHF-BANK also has outstanding legacy guarantees in relation to a Syrian bank sanctioned by the U.S. under its non-proliferation program. The aggregate face amount of these legacy guarantees was less than € 0.4 million, the gross revenues received from non-Syrian parties for these guarantees were less than € 1,500 and the net profit derived from these activities was less than this amount.

Payments Received. We received less than 15 payments adding up to approximately € 3 million in favor of non-Iranian clients in Germany and the Netherlands, which payments stemmed ultimately from relevant Iranian entities. Revenues for these incoming payments were less than € 3,000. These figures include relevant payments in favor of clients of our subsidiary Postbank. We expect that we will also have to execute such transactions in the future.

Operations of Iranian Bank Branches and Subsidiaries in Germany and/or France. Several Iranian banks, including Bank Melli Iran, Bank Saderat, Bank Tejarat and Europäisch-Iranische Handelsbank, have branches or offices in Germany and/or France, even though their funds and other economic resources are frozen under European law. As part of the payment clearing system in Germany and other European countries, when these branches or offices need to make payments in Germany or Europe to cover their day-to-day operations such as rent, taxes, insurance premia and salaries for their remaining staff, or for any other kind of banking-related operations necessary to wind down their legacy trade business, the German Bundesbank and French banks accept fund transfers from these Iranian banks and disburse them to the applicable (mainly German) payees, some of whom hold accounts with us. In the first quarter of 2014, we received approximately € 1 million in such disbursements in approximately 200 transactions via the German Bundesbank and French banks in respect of payments from the above-mentioned Iranian banks, and the gross revenues derived from these payments were less than € 1,000. Relevant transactions of our subsidiary Postbank are included in these figures. We expect that we will also have to execute such transactions in the future.

Based on discussions initiated by the German Bundesbank, BHF-BANK continues to maintain accounts for Bank Sepah’s branch in Frankfurt, Germany. These accounts are frozen under European sanctions law. In the first quarter of 2014, the total volume of outgoing payments from these accounts was approximately € 0.5 million, which payments were made with the involvement of the competent authorities in Germany under applicable law. In the first quarter of 2014, the gross revenues from this activity were approximately € 4,000 and the net profits were less than this amount.

Maintaining of Accounts for Iranian Consulates and Embassies. In the first quarter of 2014, Iranian embassies and consulates in Germany and the Netherlands were holding accounts with us as well as with Postbank. This includes the provision by a subsidiary of Postbank to the Iranian consulate of girocard (debitcard/ATM)-terminals as well as the processing of transactions of cardholders using the terminals; the terminals are used to facilitate the payment of fees for the issuance of visas and other administrative measures by the consulate. The additional purpose of these accounts was the funding of day-to-day operational costs of the embassies and consulates, such as salaries, rent, and electricity. One of the account relationships was between Deutsche Bank Netherlands N.V. and the Agent Bureau of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in The Hague (which is responsible for all Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal activities). The total volume of outgoing payments from these accounts was approximately € 9 million in the first quarter of 2014, which payments were made with the involvement of the competent authorities in the relevant European countries under applicable law. We derived gross revenues of approximately € 12,000 and net profits which were less than this amount from these activities. The relevant European governments have requested that we continue to provide these services in the future to enable the Government of Iran to conduct its diplomatic relations.

Relationships with Corporate Clients. We maintain a business relationship with one corporate client registered in Germany who was sanctioned by the US in the first quarter of 2014 pursuant to Executive Order 13382. We did not terminate this relationship but imposed several restrictive measures to mitigate the relevant risks. The revenues derived from this relationship were less than € 1,000 and the net profits were less than this amount.

Activities of Entities in Which We Have Interests. Section 13(r) requires us to provide the specified disclosure with respect to ourselves and our “affiliates,” as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2. Although we have minority equity interests in certain entities that could arguably result in these entities being deemed “affiliates,” we do not have the authority or the legal ability to acquire in every instance the information from these entities that would be necessary to determine whether they are engaged in any disclosable activities under Section 13(r). In some cases, legally independent entities are not permitted to disclose the details of their activities to us because of German privacy and data protection laws or the applicable banking laws and regulations. In such cases, voluntary disclosure of such details could violate such legal and/or regulatory requirements and subject the relevant entities to criminal prosecution or regulatory investigations.

 

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Item 6. Exhibits.

 

  31.1    Certification required under Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 (filed herewith)
  31.2    Certification required under Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 (filed herewith)
  32.1    Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith)
  32.2    Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith)
101    Interactive data file pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T: (i) the Statements of Financial Condition of PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund - March 31, 2014 (unaudited) and December 31, 2013, (ii) the Unaudited Schedule of Investments of PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund - March 31, 2014, (iii) the Schedule of Investments - December 31, 2013, (iv) the Unaudited Statements of Income and Expenses of PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund - Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, (v) the Unaudited Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity of PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund - Three Months Ended March 31, 2014, (vi) the Unaudited Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity of PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund - Three Months Ended March 31, 2013, (vii) the Unaudited Statements of Cash Flows of PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund – Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013 and (viii) Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements of PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

PowerShares DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund
By:  

DB Commodity Services LLC,

its Managing Owner

 

By:  

/S/    MARTIN KREMENSTEIN        

Name: Title:  

Martin Kremenstein

Chief Executive Officer

 

By:  

/S/    MICHAEL GILLIGAN        

Name: Title:  

Michael Gilligan

Chief Financial Officer

Dated: May 9, 2014

 

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