Invesco CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust (FXC) risk factors, FY2025 10-K

Invesco CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust's FY2025 10-K, filed Mar 02, 2026, lists 25 risk factors. Against the prior year's 24: 2 new, 1 dropped, 5 substantially reworded.

Risk factors listed
251 groups
New this year
2vs 24 last year
Dropped
1since the prior 10-K
Substantially reworded
5of those kept
Section length
4k wordsItem 1A

What the changes say

  • Expenses can reduce Canadian dollars backing each Share, although 2025 interest income exceeded expenses significantly.
  • U.S. tariff escalation, retaliation, and policy uncertainty could increase Canadian-dollar exchange-rate volatility.
  • New disclosures emphasize missing Investment Company Act protections and dependence on third-party providers for cybersecurity and operations.

What changed since the prior 10-K

New

  • New

    engaging in excessive leveraging. To accomplish these ends, the Investment Company Act requires the safekeeping and proper valuation of fund assets, restricts greatly transactions with affiliates, limits leveraging, and imposes governance requirements as a check on fund management

    Because the Trust is not registered under the Investment Company Act, shareholders lack protections available to registered investment-company investors.

  • NewOTHER RISKS

    addition, substantial costs may be incurred in order to prevent any cyber incidents in the future. The Trust and its Shareholders could be negatively impacted as a result

    Cyber defenses may miss new threats, while attacks on the Sponsor, Trustee, or other service providers could disrupt operations and divert resources.

Dropped

  • Dropped

    Pandemics and other public health emergencies could disrupt the global economy and adversely impact the Trust's performance

Reworded

  • 96% rewritten

    Changes to United States tariff and trade policies may increase the volatility of foreign exchange rates. This volatility could materially and adversely affect the performance of the Shares

    The disclosure now focuses on broad U.S. tariff increases, potential escalation, retaliatory measures, and reversal of temporary tariff reductions.

  • 58% rewrittenOTHER RISKS

    Due to the increased use of technologies, intentional and unintentional cyber attacks pose operational and information security risks

    No substantive change; it still covers deliberate or accidental cyber incidents, unauthorized access, data corruption, and denial-of-service attacks.

  • 53% rewritten

    Shareholders do not have the protections associated with ownership of shares in an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940

    The supplied text is truncated, so it shows no clear substantive change to the missing Investment Company Act protections.

  • 40% rewritten

    International Armed Conflicts May Result in Volatility in Currency Prices that Could Adversely Affect the Fund's Performance

    Specific Russia-Ukraine and Hamas-Israel examples were removed, while geopolitical tensions and emergency measures were added.

  • 20% rewritten

    If interest earned by the Trust does not exceed the Trust’s expenses, the Trustee will withdraw Canadian Dollars from the Trust to pay these excess expenses, which will reduce the amount of Canadian Dollars represented by each Share on an ongoing basis and may result in adverse tax consequences for Shareholders

    The disclosure now notes that 2025 interest income significantly exceeded expenses, replacing the prior statement that expenses had recently exceeded interest.

All 25 risk factors

Headings as the filing states them, in filing order.

Other

  1. 01The value of the Shares relates directly to the value of the Canadian Dollars held by the Trust. Fluctuations in the price of the Canadian Dollar could materially and adversely affect the value of the Shares
  2. 02The Canadian Dollar/USD exchange rate, like foreign exchange rates in general, can be volatile and difficult to predict. This volatility could materially and adversely affect the performance of the Shares
  3. 03If interest earned by the Trust does not exceed the Trust’s expenses, the Trustee will withdraw Canadian Dollars from the Trust to pay these excess expenses, which will reduce the amount of Canadian Dollars represented by each Share on an ongoing basis and may result in adverse tax consequences for Shareholders20% rewritten
  4. 04The interest rate paid by the Depository, if any, may not be the best rate available. If the Sponsor determines that the interest rate is inadequate, then its sole recourse is to remove the Depository and terminate the Deposit Accounts
  5. 05If the Trust incurs expenses in USD, the Trust would be required to sell Canadian Dollars to pay these expenses. The sale of the Trust’s Canadian Dollars to pay expenses in USD at a time of low Canadian Dollar prices could adversely affect the value of the Shares
  6. 06The Shares may trade at a price which is at, above, or below the NAV per Share
  7. 07Disruptions in the ability to create and redeem Baskets may adversely impact the price of the Shares
  8. 08Substantial sales of Canadian Dollars by the official sector could adversely affect an investment in the Shares
  9. 09International Armed Conflicts May Result in Volatility in Currency Prices that Could Adversely Affect the Fund's Performance40% rewritten
  10. 10Changes to United States tariff and trade policies may increase the volatility of foreign exchange rates. This volatility could materially and adversely affect the performance of the Shares96% rewritten
  11. 11The Deposit Accounts are not entitled to payment at any office of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. located in the United States
  12. 12Shareholders do not have the protections associated with ownership of a demand deposit account insured in the United States by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the protection provided for bank deposits under English law
  13. 13Shareholders do not have the protections associated with ownership of shares in an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 194053% rewritten
  14. 14engaging in excessive leveraging. To accomplish these ends, the Investment Company Act requires the safekeeping and proper valuation of fund assets, restricts greatly transactions with affiliates, limits leveraging, and imposes governance requirements as a check on fund managementNew
  15. 15Shareholders do not have the rights enjoyed by investors in certain other financial instruments
  16. 16Shareholders that are not Authorized Participants may only purchase or sell their Shares in secondary trading markets
  17. 17INSOLVENCY OR TERMINATION OF THE DEPOSITORY OR TRUST
  18. 18The License Agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon may be terminated by The Bank of New York Mellon in the event of a material breach. Termination of the License Agreement might lead to early termination and liquidation of the Trust
  19. 19Shareholders may incur significant fees upon the termination of the Trust
  20. 20The Depository owes no fiduciary duties to the Trust or the Shareholders, is not required to act in their best interest and could resign or be removed by the Sponsor, which would trigger early termination of the Trust
  21. 21Redemption orders are subject to rejection by the Trustee under certain circumstances
  22. 22The liability of the Sponsor and the Trustee under the Depositary Trust Agreement is limited and, except as set forth in the Depositary Trust Agreement, they are not obligated to prosecute any action, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Trust property
  23. 23The Depositary Trust Agreement may be amended to the detriment of Shareholders without their consent

OTHER RISKS

  1. 24Due to the increased use of technologies, intentional and unintentional cyber attacks pose operational and information security risks58% rewritten
  2. 25addition, substantial costs may be incurred in order to prevent any cyber incidents in the future. The Trust and its Shareholders could be negatively impacted as a resultNew

Other Invesco CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust 10-Ks

  • FY2024 10-K risk factors
    24 risks

    Trust performance depends entirely on Canadian Dollar exchange rates and interest earned versus trust expenses. Shareholders lack standard protections like FDIC insurance and Investment Company Act oversight. Trust assets are held in foreign deposit accounts subject to insolvency and termination risks.

    Filed Feb 26, 2025

About this page

The headings are the filing's own. The one-line readings and the overview are automated and can be wrong: read Item 1A of the 10-K for the exact wording.