Deloitte & Touche LLP – ‘40-17F2’ on 1/30/15 re: Equity Long/Short Opportunities Fund

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Certificate of Accounting of Securities in the Custody of a Management Investment Company   —   Form N-17F-2
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Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 40-17F2     Certificate of Accounting of Securities in the         3±    13K 
                          Custody of a Management Investment                     
                          Company                                                


UNITED STATES                                                                   
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                                              
Washington, D.C.  20549                                                         
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FORM N-17f-2                                        OMB Approval                
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Certificate of Accounting of Securities and  OMB Number:                        
3235-0360                                                                       
Similar Investments in the Custody           Expires:    February               
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1. Investment Company Act File Number:        Date examination                  
completed:                                                                      

811-21630                                         June 30, 2014                 

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2. State Identification Number:                                                 

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3. Exact name of investment company as specified in registration                
statement:                                                                      

NT Equity Long/Short Strategies Fund                                            
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4. Address of principal executive office                                        
(number,street,city,state,zip code):                                            

50 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60603                                      

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM                         
To the Board of Trustees of NT Equity Long/Short Strategies Fund:               
We have examined management's assertion, included in the                        
accompanying Management Statement Regarding Compliance with Certain             
Provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940 that, NT Equity                
Long/Short Strategies Fund (the "Fund"), complied with the                      
requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 under the                 
Investment Company Act of 1940 ("the Act") as of June 30, 2014.                 
Management is responsible for the Fund's compliance with those                  
requirements.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on                   
management's assertion about the Fund's compliance based on our                 
examination.                                                                    
Our examination was conducted in accordance with attestation                    
standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight                
Board (United States), and accordingly, included examining on a                 
test basis, evidence about the Fund's compliance with those                     
requirements and performing such other procedures as we considered              
necessary in the circumstances.  Included among our procedures were             
the following tests performed as of June 30, 2014, and with respect             
to agreement of security purchases and sales, for the period from               
March 31, 2014 (the date of our last examination) through June 30,              
2014:                                                                           
1.  Confirmation of all investments held by the Fund with the                   
transfer agent or with the underlying fund managers or their                    
representatives, without prior notice to management;                            

2.  Reconciliation of all investments to the books and records of               
the Fund;                                                                       

3.  Agreement of 3 security purchases since our last report from                
the books and records of the Fund to subscription or redemption                 
notices or other notices from the underlying fund manager.                      

We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for our             
opinion.  Our examination does not provide a legal determination on             
the Fund's compliance with specified requirements.                              
In our opinion, management's assertion that NT Equity Long/Short                
Strategies Fund complied with the requirements of subsections (b)               
and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of               
June 30, 2014 with respect to securities reflected in the                       
investment account of the Fund is fairly stated, in all material                
respects.                                                                       
This report is intended solely for the information and use of                   
management and the Board of Trustees of NT Equity Long/Short                    
Strategies Fund and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is               
not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than                  
these specified parties.                                                        
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP                                                           

Chicago, Illinois                                                               
January 30, 2015                                                                

Management Statement Regarding Compliance With Certain Provisions               
of the Investment Company Act of 1940                                           
We, as members of management of NT Equity Long/Short Strategies                 
Fund (the "Fund"), are responsible for complying with the                       
requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2, "Custody of              
Investments by Registered Management Investment Companies," of the              
Investment Company Act of 1940.  We are also responsible for                    
establishing and maintaining effective internal controls over                   
compliance with those requirements.  We have performed an                       
evaluation of the Fund's compliance with the requirements of                    
subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 as of June 30, 2014, and from             
March 31, 2014 (the date of last examination) through June 30,                  
2014.                                                                           
Based on this evaluation, we assert that the Fund was in compliance             
with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of               
the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of June 30, 2014, and from                
March 31,2014 (the date of last examination) through June 30, 2014,             
with respect to securities reflected in the investment accounts of              
the Fund.                                                                       

NT Equity Long/Short Strategies Fund                                            
By:                                                                             
/s/ Robert DiCarlo                                                              
Robert DiCarlo                                                                  
President, NT Equity Long/Short Strategies Fund                                 

/s/ Randal Rein                                                                 
Randal Rein                                                                     
Treasurer, NT Equity Long/Short Strategies Fund                                 

Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

This ‘40-17F2’ Filing		Date		Other Filings
		2/28/15
Filed on / Effective on:		1/30/15		40-17F2
		6/30/14		40-17F2,  N-PX,  N-Q
		3/31/14		DEF 14A,  N-CSR,  NSAR-B
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