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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
þ | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011
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 000-32599
DIVERSIFIED 2000 FUTURES FUND L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York | 13-4077759 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
c/o Ceres Managed Futures LLC
522 Fifth Avenue 14th Floor
New York, New York 10036
(Address and Zip Code of principal executive offices)
(212) 296-1999
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: | Redeemable Units of Limited Partnership Interest | |
(Title of Class) |
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Yes ¨ No þ
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.
Yes ¨ No þ
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, every 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 if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrants knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this form 10-K þ.
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 the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer ¨ |
Accelerated filer ¨ | Non-accelerated filer þ | Smaller reporting company ¨ | |||
(Do not check if a 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
Limited Partnership Redeemable Units with an aggregate value of $51,826,372 were outstanding and held by non-affiliates as of the last business day of the registrants most recently completed second fiscal quarter end.
As of February 29, 2012, 36,083.6645 Limited Partnership Redeemable Units were outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
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PART I
Item 1. Business.
(a) General Development of Business. Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P. (the Partnership) is a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of New York on August 25, 1999 to engage, directly or indirectly, in the speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of commodity interests, including futures contracts, options, swaps and forward contracts. The sectors traded include currencies, energy, grains, indices, U.S. and non-U.S. interest rates, livestock, lumber, metals and softs. The commodity interests that are traded by the Partnership through its investment in the Funds (defined herein) are volatile and involve a high degree of market risk. A total of 190,000 redeemable units of limited partnership interest (Redeemable Units) have been offered to the public.
A Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File no. 333-87663) relating to the public offering of 150,000 Redeemable Units became effective on January 31, 2000. Between January 31, 2000 (commencement of offering period) and May 30, 2000, 16,045 Redeemable Units were sold at $1,000 per Redeemable Unit. Proceeds of the offering were held in an escrow account and were transferred, along with the general partners contribution of $162,000 to the Partnerships trading account on June 1, 2000 when the Partnership commenced trading.
A second Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File no. 333-101132) relating to the public offering of 190,000 Redeemable Units (including the 150,000 Redeemable Units that had previously been registered) became effective on November 25, 2002. As of that date, 151,740.3512 Redeemable Units had been sold.
The Partnership no longer offers Redeemable Units for sale. Redemptions of Redeemable Units for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 are reported in the Statements of Changes in Partners Capital on page 31 under Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Ceres Managed Futures LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, acts as the general partner (the General Partner) and commodity pool operator of the Partnership. The General Partner is wholly owned by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Holdings LLC (MSSB Holdings). Morgan Stanley, indirectly through various subsidiaries, owns a majority equity interest in MSSB Holdings. Citigroup Inc. (Citigroup) indirectly owns a minority equity interest in MSSB Holdings. Citigroup also indirectly owns Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (CGM), the commodity broker for the Partnership. Prior to July 31, 2009, the date as of which MSSB Holdings became its owner, the General Partner was wholly owned by Citigroup Financial Products Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc., the sole owner of which is Citigroup.
As of December 31, 2011, all commodity trading decisions are made for the Partnership by Graham Capital Management, L.P. (Graham), Aspect Capital Limited (Aspect), SandRidge Capital L.P. (SandRidge), Eckhardt Trading Company (Eckhardt), Waypoint Capital Management LLC (Waypoint) and PGR Capital LLP (PGR) (each an Advisor and collectively, the Advisors), each of which is a registered commodity trading advisor. Campbell & Company, Inc. (Campbell) was terminated as of February 28, 2010. A description of the trading activities and focus of the Advisors is included on page 12 under Item 7. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. The Advisors are not affiliated with one another, are not affiliated with the General Partner or CGM and are not responsible for the organization or operation of the Partnership.
The General Partner and each limited partner share in the profits and losses of the Partnership in proportion to the amount of Partnership interest owned by each, except that no limited partner shall be liable for obligations of the Partnership in excess of its initial capital contribution and profit, if any, net of distributions.
The General Partner has agreed to make capital contributions, if necessary, so that its general partnership interest will be equal to the greater of (i) 1% of the partners contributions to the Partnership or (ii) $25,000. The Partnership will be liquidated upon the first of the following to occur: December 31, 2019; the net asset value per Redeemable Unit decreases to less than $400 per Redeemable Unit as of the close of any business day; or under certain circumstances as defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership (the Limited Partnership Agreement).
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On January 1, 2005, the assets allocated to Campbell for trading were invested in CMF Campbell Master Fund L.P. (Campbell Master), a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of New York. The Partnership purchased 51,356.1905 units of Campbell Master with cash equal to $50,768,573, and a contribution of open commodity futures and forward contracts with a fair value of $587,618. Campbell Master was formed in order to permit commodity pools managed now or in the future by Campbell using its Financial, Metal and Energy Large Portfolio (FME), a proprietary, systematic trading system, to invest together in one trading vehicle. The Partnership fully redeemed its investment in Campbell Master on February 28, 2010 for cash equal to $4,508,811.
On March 1, 2005, the assets allocated to Aspect for trading were invested in CMF Aspect Master Fund L.P. (Aspect Master), a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of New York. The Partnership purchased 43,434.9465 units of Aspect Master with cash equal to $40,490,895, and a contribution of open commodity futures and forward contracts with a fair value of $2,944,052. Aspect Master was formed in order to permit commodity pools managed now or in the future by Aspect using its Diversified Program, a proprietary, systematic trading system, to invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner is also the general partner of Aspect Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by Aspect, including the Partnership, are permitted to be a limited partner of Aspect Master. The General Partner and Aspect believe that trading through this structure should promote efficiency and economy in the trading process.
On April 1, 2006, the assets allocated to Graham for trading were invested in CMF Graham Capital Master Fund L.P. (Graham Master), a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of New York. The Partnership purchased 41,952.2380 units of Graham Master with cash equal to $41,952,238. Graham Master was formed in order to permit commodity pools managed now or in the future by Graham using its K4D 15V program, a proprietary, systematic trading system, to invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner is also the general partner of Graham Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by Graham, including the Partnership, are permitted to be a limited partner of Graham Master. The General Partner and Graham believe that trading through this structure should promote efficiency and economy in the trading process.
On April 1, 2007, the assets allocated to SandRidge for trading were invested in CMF SandRidge Master Fund L.P. (SandRidge Master), a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of New York. The Partnership purchased 7,659.0734 units of SandRidge Master with cash equal to $9,635,703. SandRidge Master was formed in order to permit commodity pools managed now or in the future by SandRidge using its Energy Program, a proprietary, discretionary trading system, to invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner is also the general partner of SandRidge Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by SandRidge, including the Partnership, are permitted to be a limited partner of SandRidge Master. The General Partner and SandRidge believe that trading through this structure should promote efficiency and economy in the trading process.
On April 1, 2008, the assets allocated to Eckhardt for trading were invested in CMF Eckhardt Master Fund L.P. (Eckhardt Master), a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of New York. The Partnership purchased 10,000.0000 units of Eckhardt Master with cash equal to $10,000,000. Eckhardt Master was formed in order to permit commodity pools managed now or in the future by Eckhardt using its Standard Program Higher Leveraged, a proprietary, systematic trading system, to invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner is also the general partner of Eckhardt Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by Eckhardt, including the Partnership, are permitted to be limited partners of Eckhardt Master. The General Partner and Eckhardt believe that trading through this structure should promote efficiency and economy in the trading process.
On March 1, 2010, the assets allocated to Waypoint for trading were invested in Waypoint Master Fund L.P. (Waypoint Master), a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of New York. The Partnership purchased 5,975.7506 units of Waypoint Master with cash equal to $5,975,751. Waypoint Master was formed in order to permit commodity pools managed now or in the future by Waypoint using its Diversified Futures Program, a proprietary, systematic trading system, to invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner is also the general partner of Waypoint Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by Waypoint, including the Partnership, are permitted to be limited partners of Waypoint Master. The General Partner and Waypoint believe that trading through this structure should promote efficiency and economy in the trading process.
On November 1, 2010, the assets allocated to PGR for trading were invested in PGR Master Fund L.P. (PGR Master), a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of Delaware. The Partnership purchased 5,000.0000 units of PGR
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Master with cash equal to $5,000,000. PGR Master was formed in order to permit commodity pools managed now or in the future by PGR using its Mayfair Program, a proprietary, systematic trading system, to invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner is also the general partner of PGR Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by PGR, including the Partnership, are permitted to be limited partners of PGR Master. The General Partner and PGR believe that trading through this structure should promote efficiency and economy in the trading process.
The General Partner is not aware of any material changes to the trading programs discussed above during the year ended December 31, 2011.
Aspect Masters, Graham Masters, SandRidge Masters, Eckhardt Masters, Waypoint Masters and PGR Masters (collectively, the Funds) trading of futures, forwards, swaps and options contracts, if applicable, on commodities is done primarily on U.S. commodity exchanges and foreign commodity exchanges. The Funds engage in such trading through commodity brokerage accounts maintained with CGM.
A limited partner may withdraw all or part of its capital contribution and undistributed profits, if any, from the Funds in multiples of the net asset value per unit as of the end of any day (the Redemption Date) after a request for redemption has been made to the General Partner member at least 3 days in advance of the Redemption Date. The units are classified as a liability when the limited partner elects to redeem and informs the Funds.
Management and incentive fees are charged at the Partnership level. All exchange, clearing, user, give-up, floor brokerage and National Futures Association (NFA) fees (collectively the clearing fees) are borne by the Funds. All other fees including CGMs direct brokerage fees are charged at the Partnership level.
For the period January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011, the approximate average market sector distribution for the Partnership was as follows:
* | Due to rounding. |
At December 31, 2011, the Partnership owned approximately 6.5% of Aspect Master, 5.7% of Graham Master, 1.0% of SandRidge Master, 41.5% of Eckhardt Master, 28.4% of Waypoint Master and 15.7% of PGR Master. At December 31, 2010, the Partnership owned approximately, 8.0% of Aspect Master, 7.2% of Graham Master, 1.5% of SandRidge Master, 40.5% of Eckhardt Master, 30.8% of Waypoint Master and 25.1% of PGR Master. Aspect, Graham, SandRidge, Eckhardt, Waypoint and PGR intend to continue to invest the assets allocated to each by the Partnership in Aspect Master, Graham Master, SandRidge Master, Eckhardt Master, Waypoint Master and PGR Master, respectively. The performance of the Partnership is directly affected by the performance of the Funds. Expenses to investors as a result of the investment in the Funds are approximately the same and redemption rights are not affected.
Pursuant to the terms of the management agreement (the Management Agreement) with each Advisor, the Partnership is obligated to pay each Advisor a monthly management fee equal to 1/6 of 1% (2% per year) of month-end Net Assets allocated to each Advisor, except for Aspect and PGR, which will receive a monthly management fee equal to 1/12 of 1.25% (1.25% per year) and 1/12 of 1% (1% per year) respectively, of month-end Net Assets allocated to each Advisor. Month-end Net Assets, for the purpose of calculating management fees, are Net Assets, as defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement, prior to the reduction of the current months incentive fee accruals, the monthly management fees and any redemptions or distributions as of the end of such month. The Management Agreements generally continue in effect until June 30 of each year and are renewable by the General Partner for additional one-year periods upon 30 days prior notice to an Advisor. Each Management Agreement may be terminated upon notice by either party.
In addition, the Partnership is obligated to pay each Advisor an incentive fee, payable annually, equal to 20% of the New Trading Profits, as defined in each Management Agreement, earned by each Advisor for the Partnership. To the extent an Advisor incurs a loss for the Partnership, the Advisor will not receive an incentive fee until the Advisor recovers the net loss incurred and earns, additional new trading profits for the Partnership.
The Partnership has entered into a customer agreement (the Customer Agreement) with CGM which provides that the Partnership pays CGM a monthly brokerage fee equal to 0.45% (5.4% per year) of month-end Net Assets, in lieu of brokerage fees on a per trade basis. Month-end Net Assets, for the purpose of calculating brokerage fees are Net Assets, as defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement, prior to the reduction of the current months brokerage fees, incentive fee accruals, the monthly management fees and other expenses and any redemptions or distributions as of the end of such month. CGM will pay a portion of its brokerage fees to financial advisors who have sold Redeemable Units. Brokerage fees will be paid for the life of the Partnership, although the rate at which such fees are paid may be changed. This fee may be increased or decreased at any time at CGMs discretion upon written notice to the Partnership. All clearing fees are borne by the Funds and allocated to the Partnership based on its proportionate share of each Fund. All of the Partnerships assets not held in the Funds account at CGM are deposited in the Partnerships account at CGM. The Partnerships cash is deposited by CGM in segregated bank accounts to the extent required by Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulations. In addition, CGM will pay the Partnership interest on its allocable share of 80% of the average daily equity maintained in cash in each of the Funds accounts during each month at a 30-day U.S. Treasury bill rate determined weekly by CGM based on the average non-competitive yield on 3-month U.S. Treasury bills maturing in 30 days from the date on which such weekly rate is determined. The Customer Agreements between the Partnership and CGM and each of the Funds and CGM give the Partnership and the Funds the legal right to net unrealized gains and losses on open futures, exchange-cleared swaps and forward contracts. The Customer Agreement may be terminated upon notice by either party.
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(b) Financial Information about Segments. The Partnerships business consists of only one segment, speculative trading of commodity interests. The Partnership does not engage in sales of goods or services. The Partnerships net income (loss) from operations for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007 is set forth under Item 6. Selected Financial Data. The Partnerships Capital as of December 31, 2011, was $47,249,161.
(c) Narrative Description of Business.
See Paragraphs (a) and (b) above.
(i) through (xii) Not applicable.
(xiii) The Partnership has no employees.
(d) Financial Information About Geographic Areas. The Partnership does not engage in the sales of goods or services or own any long-lived assets and therefore this item is not applicable.
(e) Available Information. The Partnership does not have an Internet address. The Partnership will provide paper copies of its annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to these reports free of charge upon request.
(f) Reports to Security Holders. Not applicable.
(g) Enforceability of Civil Liabilities Against Foreign Persons. Not applicable.
(h) Smaller Reporting Companies. Not applicable.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
As a result of leverage, small changes in the price of the Partnerships positions may result in major losses.
The trading of commodity interests is speculative, volatile and involves a high degree of leverage. A small change in the market price of a commodity interest contract can produce major losses for the Partnership. Market prices can be influenced by, among other things, changing supply and demand relationships, governmental, agricultural, commercial and trade programs and policies, national and international political and economic events, weather and climate conditions, insects and plant disease, purchases and sales by foreign countries and changing interest rates.
An investor may lose all of its investment.
Due to the speculative nature of trading commodity interests, an investor could lose all of its investment in the Partnership.
The Partnership will pay substantial fees and expenses regardless of profitability.
Regardless of its trading performance, the Partnership will incur fees and expenses, including brokerage fees and management fees. Substantial incentive fees may be paid to one or more of the Advisors even if the Partnership experiences a net loss for the full year.
An investors ability to redeem or transfer units is limited.
An investors ability to redeem its units is limited and no market exists for the units.
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Conflicts of interest exist.
The Partnership is subject to numerous conflicts of interest including those that arise from the facts that:
1. The General Partner and the Partnerships/Funds commodity broker are affiliates;
2. Each of the Advisors, the Partnerships/Funds commodity broker and their principals and affiliates may trade in commodity interests for their own accounts; and
3. An investors financial advisor will receive ongoing compensation for providing services to the investors account.
Investing in units might not provide the desired diversification of an investors overall portfolio.
The Partnership will not provide any benefit of diversification of an investors overall portfolio unless it is profitable and produces returns that are independent from stock and bond market returns.
Past performance is no assurance of future results.
The Advisors trading strategies may not perform as they have performed in the past. The Advisors have from time to time incurred substantial losses in trading on behalf of clients.
An investors tax liability may exceed cash distributions.
Investors are taxed on their share of the Partnerships income, even though the Partnership does not intend to make any distributions.
The General Partner may allocate the Partnerships assets to undisclosed advisors.
The General Partner at any time may select and allocate the Partnerships assets to undisclosed commodity trading advisors. Investors may not be advised of such changes in advance. Investors must rely on the ability of the General Partner to select advisors and allocate assets among them.
Regulatory changes could restrict the Partnerships operations.
Regulatory changes could adversely affect the Partnership by restricting its markets or activities, limiting its trading and/or increasing the taxes to which investors are subject. Pursuant to the mandate of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, signed into law on July 21, 2010, CFTC and the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) are in the process of promulgating rules to regulate swaps dealers, to require that swaps be traded on an exchange or swap execution facilities, to mandate additional reporting and disclosure requirements and to require that derivatives (such as those traded by the Partnership) be moved into central clearinghouses. These rules, may negatively impact the manner in which swap contracts are traded and/or settled and limit trading by speculators (such as the Partnership) in futures and over-the-counter markets.
Speculative position and trading limits may reduce profitability.
The CFTC and U.S. exchanges have established speculative position limits on the maximum net long or net short positions which any person may hold or control in particular futures and options on futures. In addition, the CFTC has adopted new speculative position limits on economically equivalent futures, options and swaps.The trading instructions of an Advisor may have to be modified, and positions held by the Partnership/Funds may have to be liquidated in order to avoid exceeding these limits. Such modification or liquidation could adversely affect the operations and profitability of the Partnership by increasing transaction costs to liquidate positions and foregoing potential profits.
Item 2. Properties.
The Partnership does not own or lease any properties. The General Partner operates out of facilities provided by MSSB Holdings.
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Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
This section describes the major pending legal proceedings, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, to which CGM or its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of their property is subject. There are no material legal proceedings pending against the Partnership or the General Partner.
CGM is a New York corporation with its principal place of business at 388 Greenwich St., New York, New York 10013. CGM is registered as a broker-dealer and futures commission merchant (FCM), and provides futures brokerage and clearing services for institutional and retail participants in the futures markets. CGM and its affiliates also provide investment banking and other financial services for clients worldwide.
There have been no material administrative, civil or criminal actions within the past five years against CGM (formerly known as Salomon Smith Barney) or any of its individual principals and no such actions are currently pending, except as follows.
Mutual Funds
Several issues in the mutual fund industry have come under the scrutiny of federal and state regulators. Citigroup has received subpoenas and other requests for information from various government regulators regarding market timing, financing, fees, sales practices and other mutual fund issues in connection with various investigations. Citigroup is cooperating with all such reviews. Additionally, CGM has entered into a settlement agreement with the SEC with respect to revenue sharing and sales of classes of funds.
In May 2007, CGM finalized settlements agreement with the NYSE and the New Jersey Bureau of Securities relating to alleged improper market-timing of mutual funds by certain of its brokers prior to September 2003. The allegations included failure to supervise trading of mutual fund shares and variable annuity mutual fund sub-accounts, failure to prevent market-timing by its brokers and failure to comply with applicable recordkeeping requirements. CGM neither admitted nor denied any wrongdoing or liability, and paid $50 million in disgorgement and penalties.
FINRA Settlement
On October 12, 2009, FINRA announced its acceptance of an Award Waiver and Consent (AWC) in which CGM, without admitting or denying the findings, consented to the entry of the AWC and a fine and censure of $600,000. The AWC includes findings that CGM failed to adequately supervise the activities of its equities trading desk in connection with swap and related hedge trades in U.S. and Italian equities that were designed to provide certain perceived tax advantages. CGM was charged with failing to provide for effective written procedures with respect to the implementation of the trades, failing to monitor Bloomberg messages and failing to properly report certain of the trades to the NASDAQ.
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Auction Rate Securities
On May 31, 2006, the SEC instituted and simultaneously settled proceedings against CGM and 14 other broker-dealers regarding practices in the auction rate securities market. The SEC alleged that the broker-dealers violated Section 17(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The broker-dealers, without admitting or denying liability, consented to the entry of an SEC cease-and-desist order providing for censures, undertakings and penalties. CGM paid a penalty of $1.5 million.
On August 7, 2008, Citigroup reached a settlement with the New York Attorney General, the SEC, and other state regulatory agencies, pursuant to which Citigroup agreed to offer to purchase at par auction rate securities from all Citigroup individual investors, small institutions (as defined by the terms of the settlement), and charities that purchased auction rate securities from Citigroup prior to February 11, 2008. In addition, Citigroup agreed to pay a $50 million fine to the State of New York and a $50 million fine to the other state regulatory agencies.
Beginning in March 2008, Citigroup and certain of its affiliates, including CGM, have been named as defendants in numerous actions and proceedings brought by Citigroup shareholders and customers concerning auction-rate securities (ARS), many of which have been resolved. These have included, among others: (i) numerous lawsuits and arbitrations filed by customers of Citigroup and its affiliates seeking damages in connection with investments in ARS; (ii) a consolidated putative class action asserting claims for federal securities violations, which has been dismissed and is now pending on appeal; (iii) two putative class actions asserting violations of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, which have been dismissed and are now pending on appeal; and (iv) a derivative action filed against certain Citigroup officers and directors, which has been dismissed. In addition, based on an investigation, report and recommendation from a committee of Citigroups Board of Directors, the Board refused a shareholder demand that was made after dismissal of the derivative action. Additional information relating to certain of these actions is publicly available in court filings under the docket numbers 08 Civ. 3095 (S.D.N.Y.) (Swain, J.), 10-722 (2d Cir.); 10-867 (2d Cir.); 11-1270 (2d Cir.).
Subprime Mortgage-Related Litigation and Other Matters
The SEC, among other regulators, is investigating Citigroups subprime and other mortgage-related conduct and business activities, as well as other business activities affected by the credit crisis, including an ongoing inquiry into Citigroups structuring and sale of CDOs. Citigroup is cooperating fully with the SECs inquiries.
On July 29, 2010, the SEC announced the settlement of an investigation into certain of Citigroups 2007 disclosures concerning its subprime-related business activities. The SEC alleged misleading statements about the extent of its holdings of assets backed by subprime mortgages. On October 19, 2010, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia entered a Final Judgment approving the settlement, pursuant to which Citigroup agreed to pay a $75 million civil penalty and to maintain certain disclosure policies, practices and procedures for a three-year period. Additional information relating to this action is publicly available in court filings under the docket number 10 Civ. 1277 (D.D.C.) (Huvelle, J.).
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On October 19, 2011, the SEC and Citigroup announced a settlement, subject to judicial approval, in connection with the SECs investigation into the structuring and sale of CDOs. Pursuant to the proposed settlement, CGM agreed to pay $160 million in disgorgement, $30 million in prejudgment interest, and a civil penalty of $95 million relating to CGMs role in the structuring and sale of the Class V Funding III CDO transaction. On November 28, 2011, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York declined to approve the settlement on the grounds that the court was not presented with enough facts to approve the settlement. A trial date was set for July 16, 2012. On December 15 and 19, 2011, respectively, the SEC and s filed notices of appeal. On December 27, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted an emergency stay of further proceedings in the district court, pending the Second Circuits ruling on the SECs motion to stay the district court proceedings during the pendency of the appeals. Additional information relating to this matter is publicly available in court filings under the docket number 11 Civ. 7387 (S.D.N.Y.) (Rakoff, J.).
Citigroup and certain of its affiliates have also been named as defendants in actions brought by counterparties and investors that have suffered losses as a result of the credit crisis. Those actions include claims asserted by investors in CDO-related transactions, including Moneygram Payment Systems, Inc., which filed a lawsuit in Minnesota state court on October 26, 2011, alleging misstatements in connection with the sale of CDO securities. Additional information relating to this action is publicly available in court filings under docket number 102611H-10 (Minn. 4th Judicial District, Hennepin Cnty.). Additional actions asserting claims related to investments or participation in CDO-related transactions may be filed in the future.
On February 9, 2012, Citigroup announced that CitiMortgage, along with other mortgage servicers, had reached an agreement in principle with the United States and with the Attorneys General for 49 states (Oklahoma did not participate) and the District of Columbia to settle a number of related investigations into residential loan servicing and origination practices. In conjunction with this settlement, Citigroup and certain of its affiliates, including CGM, also entered into a settlement with the United States Attorneys Office for the Southern District of New York of a qui tam action. This action alleged that, as a participant in the Direct Endorsement Lender program, CitiMortgage had certified to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) that certain loans were eligible for FHA insurance when in fact they were not. The settlement releases Citigroup from claims arising out of its acts or omissions relating to the origination, underwriting, or endorsement of all FHA-insured loans prior to the effective date of the settlement. Under the settlement, Citigroup will pay the United States $158.3 million, for which Citigroup had fully provided as of December 31, 2011. CitiMortgage will continue to participate in the Direct Endorsement Lender program. Additional information relating to this action is publicly available in court filings under the docket number 11 Civ. 5423 (S.D.N.Y.) (Marrero, J.).
The Federal Reserve Bank, the OCC and the FDIC, among other federal and state authorities, are investigating issues related to the conduct of certain mortgage servicing companies, including Citigroup affiliates, in connection with mortgage foreclosures. Citigroup is cooperating fully with these inquiries.
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Credit Crisis Related Matters
Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2007, certain of Citigroups, and CGMs regulators and other state and federal government agencies commenced formal and informal investigations and inquiries, and issued subpoenas and requested information, concerning Citigroups subprime mortgage-related conduct and business activities. Citigroup and certain of its affiliates, including CGM, are involved in discussions with certain of its regulators to resolve certain of these matters.
Certain of these regulatory matters assert claims for substantial or indeterminate damages. Some of these matters already have been resolved, either through settlements or court proceedings, including the complete dismissal of certain complaints or the rejection of certain claims following hearings.
In the course of its business, CGM, as a major futures commission merchant and broker-dealer, is a party to various civil actions, claims and routine regulatory investigations and proceedings that the General Partner believes do not have a material effect on the business of CGM. GCM may establish reserves from time to time in connections with such actions.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures. Not applicable.
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PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrants Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
(a) Market Information. The Partnership has issued no stock. There is no established public market for the Redeemable Units.
(b) Holders. The number of holders of Redeemable Units as of December 31, 2011, was 1,796.
(c) Dividends. The Partnership did not declare a distribution in 2011 or 2010. The Partnership does not intend to declare distributions in the foreseeable future.
(d) Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans. None.
(e) Performance Graph. Not applicable.
(f) Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities; Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities. There were no additional subscriptions of Redeemable Units for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009. The Partnership no longer offers Redeemable Units for sale.
(g) Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers.
The following chart sets forth the purchases of Redeemable Units by the Partnership.
Period | (a) Total Number of Redeemable Units Purchased* |
(b) Average Price Paid per Redeemable Unit** |
(c) Total Number of Redeemable Units Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs |
(d) Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Redeemable Units that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs | ||||||||
October 1, 2011 |
328.8454 | $ | 1,277.44 | N/A | N/A | |||||||
November 1, 2011 |
178.0115 | $ | 1,249.69 | N/A | N/A | |||||||
December 1, 2011 |
185.6559 | $ | 1,263.63 | N/A | N/A | |||||||
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692.5128 | $ | 1,266.60 | N/A | N/A | ||||||||
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* | Generally, limited partners are permitted to redeem their Redeemable Units as of the end of each month on three business days notice to the General Partner. Under certain circumstances, the General Partner can compel redemption, although to date the General Partner has not exercised this right. Purchases of Redeemable Units by the Partnership reflected in the chart above were made in the ordinary course of the Partnerships business in connection with effecting redemptions for limited partners. |
** | Redemptions of Redeemable Units are effected as of the last day of each month at the net asset value per Redeemable Unit as of that day. |
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Item 6. Selected Financial Data.
Realized and unrealized trading gains (losses), interest income, net income (loss), increase (decrease) in net asset value per unit and the net asset value per unit for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, and 2007 and total assets at December 31, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007 were as follows:
2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
Realized and unrealized trading gains (losses) and investment in Funds net of brokerage fees (including clearing fees), of $3,076,304, $3,478,486, $4,244,399, $5,523,222 and $6,584,804, respectively |
$ | (4,422,430 | ) | $ | 1,911,748 | $ | (2,957,413 | ) | $ | 16,823,665 | $ | (2,575,632 | ) | |||||||
Interest income |
14,995 | 52,850 | 53,348 | 1,027,369 | 4,064,499 | |||||||||||||||
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$ | (4,407,435 | ) | $ | 1,964,598 | $ | (2,904,065 | ) | $ | 17,851,034 | $ | 1,488,867 | |||||||||
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Net income (loss) |
$ | (5,543,935 | ) | $ | 289,639 | $ | (4,886,914 | ) | $ | 13,562,137 | $ | (801,591 | ) | |||||||
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Increase (decrease) in net asset value per unit |
$ | (142.88 | ) | $ | 13.65 | $ | (91.11 | ) | $ | 195.34 | $ | (5.96 | ) | |||||||
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Net asset value per unit |
$ | 1,263.63 | $ | 1,406.51 | $ | 1,392.86 | $ | 1,483.97 | $ | 1,288.63 | ||||||||||
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Total assets |
$ | 47,890,346 | $ | 60,530,449 | $ | 68,926,969 | $ | 92,283,681 | $ | 100,299,729 | ||||||||||
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Item 7. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Overview
The Partnership, through its investments in the Funds, aims to achieve substantial capital appreciation through speculative trading, directly and indirectly, in U.S. and international markets for currencies, interest rates, stock indices, agricultural and energy products and precious and base metals. The Partnership may employ futures, swaps, options on futures, and forward contracts in those markets. Currently, the Partnership invests in the Funds, which have investment strategies consistent with the Partnerships objectives.
The General Partner manages all the business affairs of the Partnership/Funds. The General Partner has delegated its responsibility for the investment of the Partnerships assets to the Advisors. The General Partner employs a team of approximately 47 professionals whose primary emphasis is on attempting to maintain quality control among the advisors to the partnerships operated or managed by the General Partner. A full-time staff of due diligence professionals use propreitary technology and on-site evaluations to monitor new and existing futures money managers. The accounting and operations staff provide processing of subscriptions and redemptions and reporting to limited partners and regulatory authorities. The General Partner also includes staff involved in marketing and sales support. In selecting the Advisors for the Partnership, the General Partner considered past performance, trading style, volatility of markets traded and fee requirements. The General Partner may modify or terminate the allocation of assets among the Advisors and may allocate assets to additional advisors at any time.
Responsibilities of the General Partner include:
| due diligence examinations of the Advisors; |
| selection, appointment and termination of the Advisors; |
| negotiation of the Management Agreements; and |
| monitoring the activity of the Advisors. |
In addition, the General Partner prepares the books and records and provides the administrative and compliance services that are required by law or regulation, from time to time, in connection with operation of the Partnership. These services include the preparation of required books and records and reports to limited partners, government agencies and regulators; computation of net asset value; calculation of fees; assistance in connection with subscriptions, redemptions and limited partner communications; and preparation of offering documents and sales literature.
The General Partner seeks the best prices and services available in its commodity futures brokerage transactions.
The programs traded by each Advisor on behalf of the Partnership are: Aspect Diversified Program (Diversified Program), Graham K4D 15V Program, SandRidge Energy Program (the Energy Program), Eckhardt Standard Program Higher Leveraged, Waypoint
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Diversified Program and PGR Mayfair Program. In allocating the assets of the Partnership among Advisors, the General Partner considered past performance trading style, volatility of markets traded and fee requirements. The General partner may modify or terminate the allocation of assets among the Advisors and may allocate assets to additional advisors at any time. As of December 31, 2011 and September 30, 2011, the Partnerships assets were allocated among the trading Advisors in the following approximate percentages:
Advisor |
December 31, 2011 | September 30, 2011 | ||||||
Aspect Capital Limited |
23 | % | 21 | % | ||||
Graham Capital Management L.P. |
15 | % | 15 | % | ||||
SandRidge Capital Management L.P. |
6 | % | 7 | % | ||||
Eckhardt Trading Company |
18 | % | 18 | % | ||||
Waypoint Capital Management LLC |
23 | % | 25 | % | ||||
PGR Capital LLP |
15 | % | 14 | % |
Aspect Capital Limited.
Aspect trades its Diversified Program on behalf of the Partnership, through its investment in Aspect Master. Diversified Program is a proprietary, systematic global futures trading program. Its goal is the generation of significant long-term capital growth independent of stock and bond market returns. This program continuously monitors price movements in a wide range of global financial, currency and commodity markets, searching for profit opportunities over periods ranging from a few hours to several months.
Aspect has designed Diversified Program to have broad market diversification (subject to liquidity constraints). Aspect believes that its quantitative resources are sufficient to enable it to design and implement a broadly diversified portfolio with a significant allocation to numerous different markets.
Aspects Diversified Program trades over 100 markets in the seven major sectors: currencies, energy, metals, stock indices, bonds, agricultural commodities and interest rates implementing momentum strategies. Aspect is constantly examining new liquid and uncorrelated markets to incorporate in the program with the aim of improving its reward/risk ratio and capacity. Aspect has no market or sector preferences, believing that allowing for liquidity effects, equal profitability can be achieved in the long-term in all markets. The key factors in determining the asset allocation are correlation and liquidity. Correlations are analyzed at the sector, sub-sector, economic block and market levels to design a portfolio which is highly diversified.
Graham Capital Management, L.P.
Graham trades actively in both U.S. and foreign markets, primarily in futures contracts, forward contracts, spot contracts and associated derivative instruments such as options and swaps through its investment in Graham Master. Graham engages in exchange for physical transactions, which involve the exchange of a futures position for the underlying physical commodity without making an open competitive trade on an exchange. Graham at times will trade certain instruments, such as forward foreign currency contracts, as a substitute for futures or options traded on futures exchanges.
Grahams trading systems are systematic as they rely primarily on technical rather than fundamental information as the basis for their trading decisions. Grahams systems are based on the expectation that they can over time successfully anticipate market events using quantitative mathematical models to determine their trading activities, as opposed to attempting properly to forecast price trends using subjective analysis of supply and demand
Graham trades the Partnerships assets allocated to it in accordance with its proprietary K4D 15V Program. The K4D 15V Program combines four individual Graham investment programs into one program. The K4D 15V Program initially allocates assets equally among other Graham programs. As market conditions or other circumstances change, Graham may alter the weightings of the individual programs and add (or delete) other programs to the K4D 15V Program, as it deems appropriate.
SandRidge Capital L.P.
SandRidge trades its Energy Program, a proprietary, discretionary system, on behalf of the Partnership, through its investment in SandRidge Master. SandRidge primarily attempts to achieve the Funds objective through the speculative trading of energy-related commodity interests, including, but not limited to, natural gas, crude oil, heating oil and gasoline.
SandRidge is a discretionary trader that employs primarily fundamental analysis. Fundamental analysis examines factors external to the trading market that affect the supply and demand for a particular group or type of commodity in order to predict future prices. While SandRidge relies heavily on fundamental research to develop its overall point of view, it also employs technical analysis in its trading to help determine entry and exit points.
Effective risk management is an important aspect of SandRidges trading program. An accounts size, volatility of the market traded and the nature of other positions taken are all factors used in deciding whether to initiate a position and in determining the amount of equity committed to that position.
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Eckhardt Trading Company
Eckhardt began managing accounts according to the Standard Program Higher Leveraged, a proprietary, systematic trading system, in October 1991. For this program, Eckhardt primarily engages in trading financial and commodity futures contracts on U.S. and non-U.S. exchanges. Currently the market groups or contracts traded by Eckhardt in the Standard Program Higher Leveraged include, but are not limited to, U.S. and international interest rates, stock indices, currencies and cross-rates, metals, energy products, grains and soft markets. Eckhardt may add or delete markets and/or exchanges at its discretion. In addition, Eckhardt may trade options on futures, forward contracts on commodities and currencies, cash currencies, and may engage in transactions in physical commodities, including exchanges for physicals (EFPs) (in addition to EFPs in currencies).
Eckhardts trading approach is the product of over 28 years of intensive research on futures price action, risk management and trading system development. Diverse systems are melded in accordance with the modern mathematical theory of risk. The systems are technical in origin and trend following in thrust. They are not based on the analysis of fundamental supply and demand factors. Eckhardts trading approach is predominantly applied in an algorithmic or mechanical manner. Occasionally, discretion and judgment may be used; such discretion is nonetheless informed by investigations into historical price action and is often employed for risk management purposes. Discretion also may be utilized in connection with the timing of the entry of orders in the markets traded.
Waypoint Capital Management LLC
Waypoint relies on technical rather than fundamental information as the basis for its trading decisions in the Diversified Program, a proprietary, systematic trading system. The primary objective of the trading program is to identify and exploit medium and long-term price trends in futures and currency markets. The program is designed to mathematically analyze recent trading characteristics of each market and compare such characteristics to the historical trading pattern of the particular market. The program utilizes proprietary trend identification and risk management strategies that are intended to enable it to benefit from sustained price trends with the goal of protecting the account from high levels of risk and volatility. Over the course of a long-term trend, times exist when the potential reward of a market appears to be outweighed by the risk. In such circumstances, some of Waypoints trading programs may exit the position prior to the end of the trend. While the result may be that program is out of the market during a significant portion of a trend, Waypoint expects that the accompanying decrease in volatility of performance is adequate reward.
While Waypoint normally follows a disciplined systematic approach to trading, on occasion it may override the signals generated by the programs. This may take the form of a decision not to trade a certain futures contract or reducing the number of contracts traded and is based on such factors as past market volatility, amount of risk, potential return and margin requirements. Such modifications may not necessarily be beneficial to the results achieved. Waypoint applies a portfolio management strategy to measure and manage overall portfolio risk. This strategy includes portfolio structure, capital allocation, and risk limitation. One objective of portfolio management is to determine periods of relatively high and low portfolio risk, and when such points are reached Waypoint may reduce or increase position size accordingly. Waypoint may trade any and all commodity futures contracts including financial, agricultural, metals energy contracts and/or foreign currency contracts. The combination of markets traded may vary over time and from time to time. Waypoint may also trade spot and forward currency contracts on a principal basis on behalf of clients.
PGR Capital LLP
PGRs Mayfair Program, a proprietary, systematic trading system, seeks to profit over the medium term by exploiting inefficiencies in futures and forward markets across a broad range of asset classes and geographic regions. Proprietary models developed by the founding partners are implemented in an inhouse trading system which systematically processes real-time data and executes trades automatically on electronic futures exchanges and foreign exchange trading platforms.
PGRs investment strategies have a strong mathematical and statistical basis and exploit established signal processing and econometric techniques. Current strategies are continuously being developed and may change over the life of the investment. The strategy is primarily momentum-based. Adaptive signal processing techniques are used to forecast both market direction and risk. The estimates of the direction and strength of a markets price trend are combined with the estimate of its risk to calculate a position which optimizes the risk/return profile for that market.
The strategies are primarily directional in nature meaning they identify and take advantage of both upward and downward price momentum. The source of these trends may be sound economic considerations, asymmetric information or behavioral patterns of market participants. Persistent trends can be identified from these factors in all markets across all sectors with varying strengths and durations. PGRs strategies have been designed to identify the direction and strength of any trend with duration between a few days and a few months and position the fund to take advantage of it. PGRs investment strategy employs sophisticated, robust and already- proven computerized systems to enable the entire trading process to be automated. The system monitors live market data from real-time feeds and continuously updates the desired position for each market. Rigorous risk management is central to PGRs systems and operations. Risk management is fully integrated and systematic at all levels of the system. It takes account of changes intra and inter-market, to ensure that volatility and drawdowns remain under control as markets both react and evolve. The automation of trade execution and reconciliation avoids the possibility of human errors in relation to these processes while further processes continuously monitor and assess risk throughout all stages of the investment process. PGRs ability to adjust positions and gearing according to the prevailing levels of market and portfolio risk means that it can rapidly control the risk of the strategy as a whole. PGR uses a number of standard and non-standard measures to assess risk including correlations, value at risk, sector exposure, entropy and stress tests.
Specific Fund Level performance information is included in Note 5 to the Partnerships financial statements included in Item 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
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For the period January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011, the average allocation by commodity market sector for each of the Funds was as follows:
CMF Graham Capital Master Fund L.P.
Currencies |
39.5 | % | ||
Energy |
7.2 | % | ||
Grains |
4.3 | % | ||
Interest Rates Non-U.S. |
10.6 | % | ||
Interest Rates U.S. |
8.1 | % | ||
Livestock |
0.3 | % | ||
Metals |
7.2 | % | ||
Softs |
2.6 | % | ||
Stock Indices |
20.2 | % |
CMF Aspect Master Fund L.P.
Currencies |
25.9 | % | ||
Energy |
10.2 | % | ||
Grains |
3.6 | % | ||
Interest Rates Non-U.S. |
25.1 | % | ||
Interest Rates U.S. |
8.2 | % | ||
Livestock |
0.5 | % | ||
Metals |
8.7 | % | ||
Softs |
4.3 | % | ||
Stock Indices |
13.5 | % |
CMF SandRidge Master Fund L.P.
Energy |
100 | % |
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CMF Eckhardt Master Fund L.P.
Currencies |
30.7 | % | ||
Energy |
18.3 | % | ||
Grains |
6.9 | % | ||
Interest Rates Non-U.S. |
8.9 | % | ||
Interest Rates U.S. |
14.5 | % | ||
Metals |
6.7 | % | ||
Softs |
3.8 | % | ||
Stock Indices |
10.2 | % |
Waypoint Master Fund L.P.
Currencies |
65.6 | % | ||
Energy |
1.3 | % | ||
Grains |
1.5 | % | ||
Interest Rates Non-U.S. |
11.5 | % | ||
Interest Rates U.S. |
5.2 | % | ||
Metals |
1.4 | % | ||
Softs |
1.9 | % | ||
Stock Indices |
11.6 | % |
PGR Master Fund L.P.
Currencies |
10.6 | % | ||
Energy |
11.9 | % | ||
Grains |
4.2 | % | ||
Interest Rates Non-U.S. |
22.0 | % | ||
Interest Rates U.S. |
10.9 | % | ||
Livestock |
0.4 | % | ||
Metals |
8.6 | % | ||
Softs |
4.7 | % | ||
Stock Indices |
26.7 | % |
(a) Liquidity.
The Partnership does not engage in sales of goods or services. Its only assets are its investments in the Funds and cash. The Funds only assets are their equity in their trading accounts, consisting of cash and cash equivalents, net unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts, net unrealized appreciation on forward contracts, and options, if applicable. Because of the low margin deposits normally required in commodity futures trading, relatively small price movements may result in substantial losses to the Partnership. While substantial losses could lead to a material decrease in liquidity, no such illiquidity occurred during the year ended December 31, 2011.
To minimize the risk relating to low margin deposits, the Partnership/Funds follow certain trading policies, including:
(i) | The Partnership/Funds invest their assets only in commodity interests that an Advisor believes are traded in sufficient volume to permit ease of taking and liquidating positions. Sufficient volume, in this context, refers to a level of liquidity that the Advisor believes will permit it to enter and exit trades without noticeably moving the market. |
(ii) | An Advisor will not initiate additional positions in any commodity if these positions would result in aggregate positions requiring a margin of more than 66 2/3% of the Partnerships/Funds net assets allocated to that Advisor. |
(iii) | The Partnership/Funds may occasionally accept delivery of a commodity. Unless such delivery is disposed of promptly by retendering the warehouse receipt representing the delivery to the appropriate clearinghouse, the physical commodity position is fully hedged. |
(iv) | The Partnership/Funds do not employ the trading technique commonly known as pyramiding, in which the speculator uses unrealized profits on existing positions as margin for the purchases or sale of additional positions in the same or related commodities. |
(v) | The Partnership/Funds do not utilize borrowings other than short-term borrowings if the Partnership/Funds take delivery of any cash commodities. |
(vi) | The Advisors may, from time to time, employ trading strategies such as spreads or straddles on behalf of the Partnership/Funds. Spreads and Straddles describe commodity futures trading strategies involving the simultaneous buying and selling of futures contracts on the same commodity but involving different delivery dates or markets. |
(vii) | The Partnership/Funds will not permit the churning of their commodity trading accounts. The term churning refers to the practice of entering and exiting trades with a frequency unwarranted by legitimate efforts to profit from the trades, indicating the desire to generate commission income. |
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From January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011, the Partnerships average margin to equity ratio (i.e., the percentage of assets on deposit required for margin) was approximately 14.9%. The foregoing margin to equity ratio takes into account positions and cash held in the Partnerships name as well as the allocable value of the positions and cash held on behalf of the Partnership in the name of the Funds.
In the normal course of business, the Partnership, through its investments in the Funds, is party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk, including derivative financial instruments and derivative commodity instruments. These financial instruments may include forwards, futures, swaps and options whose values are based upon an underlying asset, index or reference rate, and generally represent future commitments to exchange currencies or cash balances, or to purchase or sell other financial instruments at specific terms at specified future dates, or, in the case of derivative commodity instruments, to have a reasonable possibility to be settled in cash, through physical delivery or with another financial instrument. These instruments may be traded on an exchange or over-the-counter (OTC). Exchange-traded instruments are standardized and include futures and certain forwards, swaps and certain option contracts. OTC contracts are negotiated between contracting parties and include certain forwards and option contracts. Specific market movements of commodities or futures contracts underlying an option cannot accurately be predicted. The purchaser of an option may lose the entire premium paid for the option. The writer, or seller, of an option has unlimited risk. Each of these instruments is subject to various risks similar to those relating to the underlying financial instruments including market and credit risk. In general, the risks associated with OTC contracts are greater than those associated with exchange-traded instruments because of the greater risk of default by the counterparty to an OTC contract. The General Partner estimates that at any given time approximately 8.2% to 50.6% of the Funds contracts are traded OTC.
The risk to the limited partners that have purchased Redeemable Units is limited to the amount of their capital contributions to the Partnership and their share of the Partnerships assets and undistributed profits. This limited liability is a result of the organization of the Partnership as a limited partnership under New York law.
Market risk is the potential for changes in the value of the financial instruments traded by the Funds due to market changes, including interest and foreign exchange rate movements and fluctuations in commodity or security prices. Market risk is directly impacted by the volatility and liquidity in the markets in which the related underlying assets are traded. The Funds are exposed to a market risk equal to the value of futures and forward contracts purchased and unlimited liability on such contracts sold short.
Credit risk is the possibility that a loss may occur due to the failure of a counterparty to perform according to the terms of a contract. The Partnerships/Funds risk of loss in the event of a counterparty default is typically limited to the amounts recognized in the Statements of Financial Condition and is not represented by the contract or notional amounts of the instruments. The Partnerships/Funds risk of loss is reduced through the use of legally enforceable master netting agreements with counterparties that permit the Partnership/Funds to offset unrealized gains and losses and other assets and liabilities with such counterparties upon the occurrence of certain events. The Partnership/Funds have credit risk and concentration risk, as CGM or a CGM affiliate is the sole counterparty or broker with respect to the Funds assets. Credit risk with respect to exchange-traded instruments is reduced to the extent that through CGM, the Partnership/Funds counterparty is an exchange or clearing organization.
As both a buyer and seller of options, the Funds pay or receive a premium at the outset and then bears the risk of unfavorable changes in the price of the contract underlying the option. Written options expose the Funds to potentially unlimited liability; for purchased options, the risk of loss is limited to the premiums paid. Certain written put options permit cash settlement and do not require the option holder to own the reference asset. The Funds do not consider these contracts to be guarantees.
The General Partner monitors and attempts to control the Funds risk exposure on a daily basis through financial, credit and risk management monitoring systems, and accordingly, believes that it has effective procedures for evaluating and limiting the credit and market risks to which the Funds may be subject. These monitoring systems generally allow the General Partner to statistically analyze actual trading results with risk-adjusted performance indicators and correlation statistics. In addition, on-line monitoring systems provide account analysis of futures, forwards and options positions by sector, margin requirements, gain and loss transactions and collateral positions. (See also Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data for further information on financial instrument risk included in the notes to the financial statements.)
Other than the risks inherent in commodity futures, forwards, options and swaps trading, the Partnership knows of no trends, demands, commitments, events or uncertainties which will result in or which are reasonably likely to result in the Partnerships liquidity increasing or decreasing in any material way. The Limited Partnership Agreement provides that the General Partner may, in its discretion, cause the Partnership to cease trading operations and liquidate all open positions under certain circumstances including a decrease in net asset value per Redeemable Unit to less than $400 as of the close of business on any business day.
(b) Capital Resources.
(i) The Partnership has made no material commitments for capital expenditures.
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(ii) The Partnerships capital consists of the capital contributions of the partners as increased or decreased by gains or losses on trading and by expenses, interest income, redemptions of Redeemable Units and distributions of profits, if any. Gains or losses on trading cannot be predicted. Market movements in commodities are dependent upon fundamental and technical factors which the Advisors may or may not be able to identify, such as changing supply and demand relationships, weather, government agricultural, commercial and trade programs and policies, national and international political and economic events and changes in interest rates. Partnership expenses consist of, among other things, brokerage fees, advisory fees and administrative fees. The level of these expenses is dependent upon the level of trading and the ability of the Advisors to identify and take advantage of price movements in the commodity markets, in addition to the level of Net Assets maintained. In addition, the amount of interest income payable by CGM is dependent upon interest rates over which the Partnership has no control.
No forecast can be made as to the level of redemptions in any given period. A limited partner may require the Partnership to redeem their Redeemable Units at the net asset value per Redeemable Unit as of the last day of any month on three business days notice to the General Partner. There is no fee charged to limited partners in connection with redemptions. Redemptions generally are funded out of the Partnerships cash holdings. For the year ended December 31, 2011, 4,850.8765 Redeemable Units were redeemed totaling $6,621,346. For the year ended December 31, 2010, 6,135.8505 Redeemable Units were redeemed totaling $8,273,508 and 243.6331 General Partner unit equivalents were redeemed totaling $325,000. For the year ended December 31, 2009, 8,625.5595 Redeemable Units were redeemed totaling $12,416,394 and 1,319.8660 General Partner unit equivalents were redeemed totaling $1,885,638.
The Partnership no longer offers Redeemable Units for sale.
(c) Results of Operations.
For the year ended December 31, 2011, the net asset value per unit decreased 10.2% from $1,406.51 to $1,263.63. For the year ended December 31, 2010, the net asset value per unit increased 1.0% from $1,392.86 to $1,406.51. For the year ended December 31, 2009, the net asset value per unit decreased 6.1% from $1,483.97 to $1,392.86.
The Partnership experienced a net trading loss through investments in the Funds of $1,346,126 in 2011. Losses were primarily attributed to the trading of currencies, grains, indices, livestock, and metals and were partially offset by gains in energy, U.S. and non-U.S. interest rates. The net trading gain (or loss) realized from the Funds is disclosed on page 31 under Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
During the year ended December 31,2011, within the currency sector, losses were recorded primarily during November, from long positions in the Australian dollar versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the Australian dollar declined after the Reserve Bank of Australia cut its benchmark interest rate. Meanwhile, losses were also incurred from long positions in the British pound versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the British pound declined amid concern the countrys economic-growth outlook is deteriorating. Additional losses in the currency sector were recorded during May from long positions in the British pound and euro versus the U.S. dollar as the value of these currencies moved lower against the U.S. dollar after Standard & Poors downgraded Greeces credit rating, prompting concern that the European sovereign debt crisis may escalate. Within the global stock index markets, losses were incurred during March, May, July, and August. During March, long positions in European, U.S., and Pacific Rim equity index futures resulted in losses as prices moved sharply lower after the tsunami and subsequent nuclear plant disaster in Japan spurred concern about global economic growth. Additional losses were experienced within this sector during May from long positions in U.S., European, and Pacific Rim equity index futures as prices declined on worse-than-expected economic reports and mounting worries over the European debt crisis. During July and August, long positions in European and U.S. equity index futures resulted in losses as prices dropped amid concern about the European sovereign debt crisis and Standard & Poors downgrade of the United States sovereign credit rating. Within the agricultural complex, losses were incurred primarily during September from long futures positions in corn and soybeans as prices declined on speculation that Europes sovereign debt crisis may hinder the global economy, reducing demand for the grains. Further losses were recorded within this sector during September from long positions in coffee futures as prices fell amid stable stockpiles before harvesting begins in Central America and Colombia. Additional losses were experienced within this sector during December from short futures position in the soybean complex as prices increased on speculation adverse weather may reduce yield in Argentina and Brazil, thereby boosting demand for U.S. supplies. Losses were also experienced within the metals markets, primarily during May and June, due to long positions in copper and nickel futures as base metals prices fell as a slowing global economy and a rising U.S. dollar eroded the appeal of commodities as an investment and eased the risk of accelerating inflation. Further losses were recorded during October from short positions in copper futures as prices rose on speculation of increased demand in China, the worlds biggest purchaser of copper. A portion of the Partnerships losses for the year was offset by gains achieved within the global interest rate sector throughout the majority of the third quarter from long positions in European, U.S., and Australian fixed income futures as prices advanced higher due to concern about the European sovereign debt crisis and a faltering global economy. Further gains were experienced within the energy sector, primarily during February, from short positions in natural gas futures as prices declined early in the month on forecasts of warmer-than-normal weather in U.S. consuming regions that reduced demand for the heating fuel. Further gains were recorded within this sector during November from short positions in natural gas futures as prices moved lower on speculation of abundant supplies and low demand amid mild weather across the U.S.
The Partnership experienced a net trading gain through investments in the Funds of $5,390,234 in 2010. Gains were primarily attributed to the trading of currencies, grains, U.S. and non-U.S. interest rates, metals and softs and were partially offset by losses in energy, indices and livestock.
The most significant trading gains were experienced within the fixed-income sector from long positions in European, U.S., and Japanese fixed-income futures. In this sector, prices increased during the first quarter on concerns that lending restrictions in China, possible reductions in U.S. stimulus measures, and Greeces fiscal struggles might stifle the global economic rebound. Prices were then pressured higher during the second quarter amid an unexpected drop in U.S. consumer confidence, increased regulatory scrutiny of the financial industry, and the growing European debt crisis. During the third quarter, prices continued to climb higher due to concern that European governments may struggle to repay their debt and Chinese economic growth may be slowing. Within the currency markets, gains were achieved primarily during May, September and December. During May, short positions in the euro versus the U.S. dollar posted gains as the euro continued to weaken amid concerns over the Greek debt crisis. During September, long positions in the Australian dollar versus the U.S. dollar resulted in gains as the value of the Australian dollar rose against the U.S. dollar amid speculation that the Reserve Bank of Australia may raise interest rates in October. During December, gains were achieved due to long positions in the Australian dollar, Swiss franc, and South African rand versus the U.S. dollar as the value of these currencies rose against the U.S. dollar after better-than expected economic data spurred speculation that global growth is gathering momentum, boosting demand for higher-yielding and commodity-driven currencies. In the metals markets, gains were recorded throughout September, October, November, and December as long futures positions in silver and gold resulted in additional gains for the metals sector as prices rose amid increased demand for the precious metals due to a drop in the value of the U.S. dollar, with silver futures rallying to a 30-year high and gold prices reaching a new all-time high.
A portion of the Partnerships gains for the year was offset by losses recorded in the energy markets from short positions in natural gas as prices unexpectedly rallied due to higher demand for electricity in the summer due to higher than expected temperatures. Within the global stock index sector, losses were incurred from long positions in European, U.S., and Pacific Rim equity index futures as prices moved lower amid disappointing U.S. corporate earnings reports and mounting concerns over sovereign debt defaults from a number of European countries. During May and June, further losses were incurred from long positions in European, U.S., and Japanese equity-index futures as prices moved lower on growing concerns that Greeces sovereign debt crisis might spread throughout Europe.
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Interest income on 80% of the average daily equity maintained in cash in the Funds brokerage account was earned at a 30-day U.S. Treasury bill rate determined by CGM. Interest income from investment in the Funds for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2011 decreased by $13,887 and $37,855, respectively, as compared to the corresponding periods in 2010. The decrease in interest income is primarily due to lower U.S. Treasury bill rates and lower average daily equity during the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2011, as compared to the corresponding periods in 2010. Interest earned by the Partnership will increase the net asset value of the Partnership. The amount of interest income earned by the Partnership depends on the average daily equity in the Partnerships and the Funds accounts and upon interest rates over which neither the Partnership/Funds nor CGM has control.
Brokerage fees are calculated as a percentage of the Partnerships adjusted net asset value on the last day of each month and are affected by trading performance and redemptions. Accordingly, they must be compared in relation to the fluctuations in the monthly net asset values. Brokerage fees for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2011 decreased by $161,932 and $402,182, respectively, as compared to the corresponding periods in 2010. The decrease in brokerage fees is primarily due to a decrease in average net assets during the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2011 as compared to the corresponding periods in 2010.
Management fees are calculated as a percentage of the Partnerships adjusted net asset value as of the end of each month and are affected by trading performance and redemptions. Management fees for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2011 decreased by $58,962 and $165,049, respectively, as compared to the corresponding periods in 2010. The decrease in management fees is due to a decrease in average net assets during the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2011 as compared to the corresponding periods in 2010.
Incentive fees are based on the new trading profits generated by each Advisor as defined in the Management Agreements and are payable annually. Trading performance for the three months ended December 31, 2011 resulted in a reversal of an incentive fee accrual of $172,824. There were no incentive fees earned for the twelve months ended December 31, 2011. Trading performance for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2010 resulted in an incentive fee accrual of $258,228 and $352,348, respectively.
The Partnership pays professional fees, which generally include legal and accounting expenses. Professional fees for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 were $154,618 and $217,985, respectively.
The Partnership pays other expenses, which generally include filing, reporting and data processing fees. Other expenses for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 were $64,121 and $21,816, respectively.
The Partnership experienced a net trading gain through investments in the Funds of $1,286,986 in 2009. Gains were primarily attributed to the trading of energy, indices, livestock, metals and softs and were partially offset by losses in currencies, grains, U.S. and non-U.S. interest rates and lumber.
2009 was a volatile year for the financial markets. The U.S. stock market entered 2009 reeling from the financial turmoil of 2008. The results of the sub-prime fallout, bank bailouts, auto industry bankruptcies, and capitulating economic data overwhelmed not just stock prices, but fueled extraordinarily high levels of risk aversion. The markets recovery was driven by stability in the banking sector and a rapid recovery in global markets. By mid-year 2009, the market hit a bottom in March, banks were seeking to return TARP bailout money and leading indicators were recovering. The Partnership realized losses as trends were volatile and sensitivity to news shocks and contrary economic data.
Losses were realized in trading fixed income instruments. With the economic backdrop of 2009, yields started to exhibit asymmetric volatility due to extreme uncertainty prevailing in the longer time horizon. Encouraged by the continuing efforts of the Obama administration to stabilize the U.S. economy, the markets finally began to recover a degree of risk-taking confidence in March, resulting in the reversal of many of the trends that had driven returns in late 2008. In agricultural commodities, losses were realized primarily in corn and wheat. Prices of corn and wheat both unexpectedly rallied in October as cold, wet weather threatened to delay harvest and previous concerns over the acres likely to be seeded for the new crop subsided. Losses were also taken in trading of currencies, primarily in December as the Japanese yen reversed sharply on the Japanese governments dissatisfaction over the high value of the Japanese yen.
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In the General Partners opinion, the Advisors continue to employ trading methods and produce results consistent with the objectives of the Partnership and expectations for the Advisors programs. The General Partner continues to monitor the Advisors performance on a daily, weekly, monthly and annual basis to assure these objectives are met.
Commodity markets are highly volatile. Broad price fluctuations and rapid inflation increase the risks involved in commodity trading, but also increase the possibility of profit. The profitability of the Partnership depends on the existence of major price trends and the ability of the Advisors to identify those price trends correctly. Price trends are influenced by, among other things, changing supply and demand relationships, weather, governmental, agricultural, commercial and trade programs and policies, national and international political and economic events and changes in interest rates. To the extent that market trends exist and the Advisors are able to identify them, the Partnership expects to increase capital through operations.
In allocating substantially all of the assets of the Partnership to the Funds, the General Partner considered the Advisors past performance, trading style, volatility of markets traded and fee requirements. The General Partner may modify or terminate the allocation of assets to the Advisors at any time. Each Advisors percentage allocation and trading program is described in the overview section of this Item 7.
(d) Off-balance Sheet Arrangements. None
(e) Contractual Obligations. None
(f) Operational Risk.
The Partnership, through its investment in the Funds, is directly exposed to market risk and credit risk, which arise in the normal course of its business activities. Slightly less direct, but of critical importance, are risks pertaining to operational and back office support. This is particularly the case in a rapidly changing and increasingly global environment with increasing transaction volumes and an expansion in the number and complexity of products in the marketplace.
Such risks include:
Operational/Settlement Risk the risk of financial and opportunity loss and legal liability attributable to operational problems, such as inaccurate pricing of transactions, untimely trade execution, clearance and/or settlement, or the inability to process large volumes of transactions. The Partnership/Funds are subject to increased risks with respect to their trading activities in emerging market securities, where clearance, settlement, and custodial risks are often greater than in more established markets. Additionally, the General Partners computer systems may be vulnerable to unauthorized access, mishandling or misuse, computer viruses or malware, cyber attacks and other events that could have a security impact on such systems. If one or more of such events occur, this potentially could jeopardize a limited partners personal, confidential, proprietary or other information processed and stored in, and transmitted through, the General Partners computer systems, and adversely affect the Partnerships business, financial condition or results of operations.
Technological Risk the risk of loss attributable to technological limitations or hardware failure that constrain the Partnerships/Funds ability to gather, process, and communicate information efficiently and securely, without interruption, to customers and in the markets where the Partnership/Funds participate.
Legal/Documentation Risk the risk of loss attributable to deficiencies in the documentation of transactions (such as trade confirmations) and customer relationships (such as master netting agreements) or errors that result in noncompliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Financial Control Risk the risk of loss attributable to limitations in financial systems and controls. Strong financial systems and controls ensure that assets are safeguarded, that transactions are executed in accordance with managements authorization, and that financial information utilized by management and communicated to external parties, including the Partnerships Redeemable Unit holders, creditors, and regulators, is free of material errors.
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(g) Critical Accounting Policies.
Partnerships and the Funds Investments. All commodity interests (including derivative financial instruments and derivative commodity instruments), through its investment in the funds, are held for trading purposes. The commodity interests are recorded on trade date and open contracts are recorded at fair value (as described below) at the measurement date. Investments in commodity interests denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates prevailing at the measurement date. Gains or losses are realized when contracts are liquidated. Unrealized gains or losses on open contracts are included as a component of equity in commodity futures trading account on the Statements of Financial Condition. Net realized gains or losses and any change in net unrealized gains or losses from the preceding period are reported in the Statements of Income and Expenses.
Partnerships and the Funds Fair Value Measurements. Fair value is defined as 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 under current market conditions. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to fair values derived from unobservable inputs (Level 3). The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls shall be determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Management has concluded that based on available information in the marketplace, the Funds Level 1 assets and liabilities are actively traded.
GAAP requires the use of judgment in determining if a formerly active market has become inactive and in determining fair values when the market has become inactive. Management has concluded that based on available information in the marketplace, there has not been a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity in the Partnerships and the Funds Level 2 assets and liabilities.
The Partnership and the Funds will separately present purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in its reconciliation of Level 3 fair value measurements (i.e., to present such items on a gross basis rather than on a net basis), and make disclosures regarding the level of disaggregation and the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value for measurements that fall within either Level 2 or Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy as required under GAAP.
The Partnership and the Funds consider prices for exchange-traded commodity futures, forwards and options contracts to be based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1). The values of non exchange-traded forwards, swaps and certain options contracts for which market quotations are not readily available were priced by broker-dealers that derive fair values for those assets from observable inputs (Level 2). Investments in funds (other commodity pools) where there are no other rights or obligations inherent within the ownership interest held by the Partnership were priced based on the end of the day net asset value (Level 2). The value of the Partnerships investment in the Funds reflects its proportional interest in the Funds. As of and for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Partnership and the Funds did not hold any derivative instruments that were priced at fair value using unobservable inputs through the application of managements assumptions and internal valuation pricing models (Level 3).
Futures Contracts. The Funds trade futures contracts and exchange-cleared swaps. Exchange-cleared swaps are swaps that are traded as futures. A futures contract is a firm commitment to buy or sell a specified quantity of investments, currency or a standardized amount of a deliverable grade commodity, at a specified price on a specified future date, unless the contract is closed before the delivery date or if the delivery quantity is something where physical delivery cannot occur (such as the S&P 500 Index), whereby such contract is settled in cash. Payments (variation margin) may be made or received by the Funds each business day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying contracts, and are recorded as unrealized gains or losses by the Funds. When the contract is closed, the Funds record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Transactions in futures contracts require participants to make both initial margin deposits of cash or other assets and variation margin deposits, through the futures broker, directly with the exchange on which the contracts are traded. Net realized gains (losses) and changes in net unrealized gains (losses) on futures contracts are included in the Statements of Income and Expenses.
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts. Forward foreign currency contracts are those contracts where the Funds agree to receive or deliver a fixed quantity of foreign currency for an agreed-upon price on an agreed future date. Forward foreign currency contracts are valued daily, and the Funds net equity therein, representing unrealized gain or loss on the contracts as measured by the difference between the forward foreign exchange rates at the dates of entry into the contracts and the forward rates at the reporting date, is included in the Statements of Financial Condition. Net realized gains (losses) and changes in net unrealized gains (losses) on foreign currency contracts are recognized in the period in which the contract is closed or the changes occur, respectively, and are included in the Statements of Income and Expenses.
The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations arising from the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from fluctuations from changes in market prices of investments held. Such fluctuations are included in net gain (loss) on investments in the Statements of Income and Expenses.
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London Metals Exchange Forward Contracts. Metal contracts traded on the London Metals Exchange (LME) represent a firm commitment to buy or sell a specified quantity of aluminum, copper, lead, nickel, tin or zinc. LME contracts traded by the Funds are cash settled based on prompt dates published by the LME. Payments (variation margin) may be made or received by the Funds each business day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying contracts, and are recorded as unrealized gains or losses by the Funds. A contract is considered offset when all long positions have been matched with a like number of short positions settling on the same prompt date. When the contract is closed at the prompt date, the Funds record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Transactions in LME contracts require participants to make both initial margin deposits of cash or other assets and variation margin deposits, through the broker, directly with the LME. Net realized gains (losses) and changes in net unrealized gains (losses) on metal contracts are included in the Statements of Income and Expenses.
Options. The Funds may purchase and write (sell) both exchange-listed and OTC options on commodities or financial instruments. An option is a contract allowing, but not requiring, its holder to buy (call) or sell (put) a specific or standard commodity or financial instrument at a specified price during a specified time period. The option premium is the total price paid or received for the option contract. When the Funds write an option, the premium received is recorded as a liability in the Statements of Financial Condition and marked to market daily. When the Funds purchase an option, the premium paid is recorded as an asset in the Statements of Financial Condition and marked to market daily. Net realized gains (losses) and changes in net unrealized gains (losses) on options contracts are included in the Statements of Income and Expenses.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Introduction
All of the Partnerships assets are subject to the risk of trading loss through its investments in the Funds. The Funds are speculative commodity pools. The market sensitive instruments held by them are acquired for speculative trading purposes, and all or substantially all of the Funds assets are subject to the risk of trading loss. Unlike an operating company, the risk of market sensitive instruments is integral, not incidental, to the Funds main line of business.
The risk to the limited partners that have purchased Redeemable Units in the Partnership is limited to the amount of their capital contributions to the Partnership and their share of the Partnerships assets and undistributed profits. This limited liability is a result of the organization of the Partnership as a limited partnership under New York law.
Market movements result in frequent changes in the fair market value of the Funds open positions and, consequently, in its earnings and cash balances. The Funds market risk is influenced by a wide variety of factors, including the level and volatility of interest rates, exchange rates, equity price levels, the market value of financial instruments and contracts, the diversification among the Funds open positions and the liquidity of the markets in which they trade.
The Funds rapidly acquire and liquidate both long and short positions in a wide range of different markets. Consequently, it is not possible to predict how a particular future market scenario will affect performance, and the Funds past performance is not necessarily indicative of its future results.
Value at Risk is a measure of the maximum amount which the Funds could reasonably be expected to lose in a given market sector. However, the inherent uncertainty of the Funds speculative trading and the recurrence in the markets traded by the Funds of market movements far exceeding expectations could result in actual trading or non-trading losses far beyond the indicated Value at Risk or the Funds experience to date (i.e., risk of ruin). In light of the foregoing, as well as the risks and uncertainties intrinsic to all future projections, the inclusion of the quantification in this section should not be considered to constitute any assurance or representation that the Funds losses in any market sector will be limited to Value at Risk or by the Funds attempts to manage its market risk.
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Quantifying the Partnerships Trading Value at Risk
The following quantitative disclosures regarding the Partnerships/Funds 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, as amended (the Securities Act) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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 terms of particular contracts and the number of market risk sensitive instruments held during or at the end of the reporting period).
The Partnerships/Funds risk exposure in the various market sectors traded by the Advisors is quantified below in terms of Value at Risk. Due to the Funds mark-to-market accounting, any loss in the fair value of the Funds open positions is directly reflected in the Partnerships earnings (realized and unrealized). Exchange maintenance margin requirements have been used by the Funds as the measure of their Value at Risk. Maintenance margin requirements are set by exchanges to equal or exceed the maximum losses reasonably expected to be incurred in the fair value of any given contract in 95%99% of any one-day interval. The maintenance margin levels are established by dealers and exchanges using historical price studies as well as an assessment of current market volatility (including the implied volatility of the options on a given futures contract) and economic fundamentals to provide a probabilistic estimate of the maximum expected near-term one-day price fluctuation. Maintenance margin has been used rather than the more generally available initial margin, because initial margin includes a credit risk component which is not relevant to Value at Risk.
In the case of market sensitive instruments which are not exchange-traded (almost exclusively currencies in the case of the Funds except SandRidge Master), the margin requirements for the equivalent futures positions have been used as Value at Risk. In those rare cases in which a futures-equivalent margin is not available, dealers margins have been used.
The fair value of the Funds futures and forward positions does not have any optionality component. However, certain of the Advisors trade commodity options. The Value at Risk associated with options is reflected in the following table as the margin requirement attributable to the instrument underlying each option. Where this instrument is a futures contract, the futures margin has been used, and where this instrument is a physical commodity, the futures-equivalent maintenance margin has been used. This calculation is conservative in that it assumes that the fair value of an option will decline by the same amount as the fair value of the underlying instrument, whereas, in fact, the fair values of the options traded by the Funds in almost all cases fluctuate to a lesser extent than those of the underlying instruments.
In quantifying the Funds Value at Risk, 100% positive correlation in the different positions held in each market risk category has been assumed. Consequently, the margin requirements applicable to the open contracts have simply been added to determine each trading categorys aggregate Value at Risk. The diversification effects resulting from the fact that the Funds positions are rarely, if ever, 100% positively correlated have not been reflected.
The Partnerships Trading Value at Risk in Different Market Sectors
Value at Risk tables represent a probabilistic assessment of the risk of loss in market risk sensitive instruments. The Advisors currently trade the Partnerships assets indirectly in master fund managed accounts, over which they have been granted limited authority to make trading decisions. The first two trading Value at Risk tables reflect the market sensitive instruments held by the Partnership indirectly, through its investment in the Funds. The remaining trading Value at Risk tables reflect the market sensitive instruments held indirectly by each Fund separately.
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The following tables indicate the trading Value at Risk associated with the Partnerships open positions by market category as of December 31, 2011 and 2010. As of December 31, 2011, the Partnerships total capitalization was $47,249,161.
December 31, 2011
Market Sector |
Value at Risk | % of
Total Capitalization |
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Currencies |
$ | 1,226,446 | 2.60 | % | ||||
Energy |
416,314 | 0.88 | % | |||||
Grains |
234,357 | 0.50 | % | |||||
Indices |
606,159 | 1.28 | % | |||||
Interest Rates U.S. |
483,829 | 1.02 | % | |||||
Interest Rates Non-U.S. |
1,311,683 | 2.78 | % | |||||
Livestock |
6,858 | 0.01 | % | |||||
Lumber |
488 | 0.00 | %* | |||||
Metals |
286,993 | 0.61 | % | |||||
Softs |
173,921 | 0.37 | % | |||||
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Total |
$ | 4,747,048 | 10.05 | % | ||||
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* | Due to rounding |
As of December 31, 2010, the Partnerships total capitalization was $59,414,442.
December 31, 2010
Market Sector |
Value at Risk | % of
Total Capitalization |
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Currencies |
$ | 2,017,181 | 3.40 | % | ||||
Energy |
1,274,022 | 2.14 | % | |||||
Grains |
254,311 | 0.43 | % | |||||
Indices |
1,280,463 | 2.16 | % | |||||
Interest Rates U.S. |
43,796 | 0.07 | % | |||||
Interest Rates Non-U.S. |
381,358 | 0.64 | % | |||||
Livestock |
14,152 | 0.02 | % | |||||
Metals |
390,875 | 0.66 | % | |||||
Softs |
130,248 | 0.22 | % | |||||
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|
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Total |
$ | 5,786,406 | 9.74 | % | ||||
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The following tables indicate the trading Value at Risk associated with the Partnerships investments in the Funds by market category as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the highest, lowest and average value at any point during the years. All open position trading risk exposures of the Partnership have been included in calculating the figures set forth below.
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As of December 31, 2011, Aspect Masters total capitalization was $163,705,164. The Partnership owned approximately 6.5% of Aspect Master. As of December 31, 2011, Aspect Masters Value at Risk for its assets (including the portion of the Partnerships assets allocated to Aspect for trading) was as follows:
December 31, 2011
Market Sector |
Value at Risk | % of
Total Capitalization |
High Value at Risk |
Low Value at Risk |
Average * Value at Risk |
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Currencies |
$ | 2,807,437 | 1.71 | % | $ | 9,705,808 | $ | 1,688,702 | $ | 5,538,957 | ||||||||||
Energy |
1,507,645 | 0.92 | % | 2,078,345 | 854,247 | 1,329,387 | ||||||||||||||
Grains |
593,449 | 0.36 | % | 738,173 | 102,816 | 421,438 | ||||||||||||||
Indices |
1,940,895 | 1.19 | % | 3,093,179 | 914,885 | 1,992,336 | ||||||||||||||
Interest Rates U.S. |
999,225 | 0.61 | % | 2,289,150 | 83,863 | 1,060,327 | ||||||||||||||
Interest Rates Non-U.S. |
6,012,060 | 3.67 | % | 6,742,007 | 699,901 | 4,253,781 | ||||||||||||||
Livestock |
58,360 | 0.04 | % | 131,900 | 4,785 | 63,524 | ||||||||||||||
Lumber |
7,500 | 0.00 | %** | 9,000 | 1,300 | 6,483 | ||||||||||||||
Metals |
1,645,692 | 1.01 | % | 1,857,539 | 649,748 | 1,226,695 | ||||||||||||||
Softs |
697,143 | 0.43 | % | 891,860 | 324,467 | 526,580 | ||||||||||||||
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Total |
$ | 16,269,406 | 9.94 | % | ||||||||||||||||
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* | Annual average of month-end Value at Risk |
** | Due to rounding |
As of December 31, 2010, Aspect Masters total capitalization was $157,864,059. The Partnership owned approximately 8.0% of Aspect Master. As of December 31, 2010, Aspect Masters Value at Risk for its assets (including the portion of the Partnerships assets allocated to Aspect for trading) was as follows:
December 31, 2010
Market Sector |
Value at Risk | % of
Total Capitalization |
High Value at Risk |
Low Value at Risk |
Average Value at Risk* |
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Currencies |
$ | 6,641,142 | 4.21 | % | $ | 6,908,626 | $ | 1,960,264 | $ | 4,676,665 | ||||||||||
Energy |
1,421,450 | 0.90 | % | 1,932,150 | 351,414 | 1,223,668 | ||||||||||||||
Grains |
663,172 | 0.42 | % | 853,702 | 150,472 | 496,932 | ||||||||||||||
Indices |
2,735,405 | 1.73 | % | 15,325,500 | 832,920 | 2,830,563 | ||||||||||||||
Interest Rates U.S. |
128,755 | 0.08 | % | 2,333,350 | 128,755 | 1,185,599 | ||||||||||||||
Interest Rates Non-U.S. |
1,433,026 | 0.91 | % | 6,063,200 | 1,068,897 | 4,111,787 | ||||||||||||||
Livestock |
109,519 | 0.07 | % | 240,000 | 14,717 | 93,906 | ||||||||||||||
Metals |
1,798,174 | 1.14 | % | 2,724,717 | 539,569 | 1,434,801 | ||||||||||||||
Softs |
853,509 | 0.54 | % | 1,719,693 | 494,690 | 987,242 | ||||||||||||||
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|
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Total |
$ | 15,784,152 | 10.00 | % | ||||||||||||||||
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* | Annual average of month-end Value at Risk |
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As of December 31, 2011, Graham Masters total capitalization was $127,523,174. The Partnership owned approximately 5.7% of Graham Master. As of December 31, 2011, Graham Masters Value at Risk for its assets (including the portion of the Partnerships assets allocated to Graham for trading) was as follows:
December 31, 2011
Market Sector |
Value at Risk | % of
Total Capitalization |
High Value at Risk |
Low Value at Risk |
Average Value at Risk* |
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Currencies |
$ | 5,181,686 | 4.06 | % | $ | 14,715,746 | $ | 1,934,690 | $ | 8,500,010 | ||||||||||
Energy |
2,114,289 | 1.66 | % | 2,114,289 | 430,473 | 1,224,336 | ||||||||||||||
Grains |
1,611,500 | 1.27 | % | 1,783,300 | 325,891 | 633,165 | ||||||||||||||
Indices |
4,513,393 | 3.54 | % | 11,180,261 | 924,448 | 3,873,039 | ||||||||||||||
Interest Rates U.S. |
1,636,222 | 1.28 | % | 4,564,925 | 91,689 | 1,397,376 | ||||||||||||||
Interest Rates Non-U.S. |
5,486,252 | 4.30 | % | 5,647,770 | 813,077 | 2,296,485 | ||||||||||||||
Livestock |
10,800 | 0.01 | % | 127,950 | 2,400 | 35,984 | ||||||||||||||
Metals |
2,117,496 | 1.66 | % | 2,219,604 | 616,825 | 1,237,109 | ||||||||||||||
Softs |
987,729 | 0.77 | % | 987,729 | 161,005 | 421,227 | ||||||||||||||
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Total |
$ | 23,659,367 | 18.55 | % | ||||||||||||||||
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* | Annual average of month-end Value at Risk |
As of December 31, 2010, Graham Masters total capitalization was $168,924,671. The Partnership owned approximately 7.2% of Graham Master. As of December 31, 2010, Graham Masters Value at Risk for its assets (including the portion of the Partnerships assets allocated to Graham for trading) was as follows:
December 31, 2010
Market Sector |
Value at Risk | % of Total Capitalization |
High Value at Risk |
Low Value at Risk |
Average Value at Risk* |
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Currencies |
$ | 6,192,975 | 3.67 | % | $ | 11,364,239 | $ | 996,231 | $ | 5,226,199 | ||||||||||
Energy |
1,048,521 | 0.62 | % | 1,989,347 | 236,269 | 1,000,222 | ||||||||||||||
Grains |
448,450 | 0.26 | % | 964,687 | 124,875 | 411,118 | ||||||||||||||
Indices |
5,301,813 | 3.14 | % | 13,726,706 | 1,137,775 | 5,507,221 | ||||||||||||||
Interest Rates U.S. |
161,600 | 0.10 | % | 2,021,410 | 68,806 | 1,014,515 | ||||||||||||||
Interest Rates Non-U.S. |
1,209,918 | 0.72 | % | 4,305,447 | 749,055 | 2,006,426 | ||||||||||||||
Livestock |
40,000 | 0.02 | % | 106,400 | 800 | 50,304 | ||||||||||||||
Metals |
1,012,127 | 0.60 | % | 1,771,142 | 494,357 | 993,963 | ||||||||||||||
Softs |
258,565 | 0.15 | % | 1,144,148 | 85,988 | 385,351 | ||||||||||||||
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|
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Total |
$ | 15,673,969 | 9.28 | % | ||||||||||||||||
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|
|
* | Annual average of month-end Value at Risk |
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As of December 31, 2011, SandRidge Masters total capitalization was $296,445,752. The Partnership owned approximately 1.0% of SandRidge Master. As of December 31, 2011, SandRidge Masters Value at Risk for its assets (including the portion of the Partnerships assets allocated to SandRidge for trading) was as follows:
December 31, 2011
Market Sector |
Value at Risk | % of
Total Capitalization |
High Value at Risk |
Low Value at Risk |
Average Value at Risk* |
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Energy |
$ | 2,666,386 | 0.90 | % | $ | 61,733,650 | $ | 1,015,817 | $ | 20,188,738 | ||||||||||
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|
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Total |
$ | 2,666,386 | 0.90 | % | ||||||||||||||||
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|
|
|
* | Annual average of month-end Value at Risk |
As of December 31, 2010, SandRidge Masters total capitalization was $528,735,257. The Partnership owned approximately 1.5% of SandRidge Master. As of December 31, 2010, SandRidge Masters Value at Risk for its assets (including the portion of the Partnerships assets allocated to SandRidge for trading) was as follows:
December 31, 2010
Market Sector |
Value at Risk | % of
Total Capitalization |
High Value at Risk |
Low Value at Risk |
Average Value at Risk* |
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Energy |
$ | 61,391,255 | 11.61 | % | $ | 85,692,107 | $ | 18,754,664 | $ | 56,852,448 | ||||||||||
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|
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Total |
$ | 61,391,255 | 11.61 | % | ||||||||||||||||
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|
|
* | Annual average of month-end Value at Risk |
As of December 31, 2011, Eckhardt Masters total capitalization was $20,506,579. The Partnership owned approximately 41.5% of Eckhardt Master. As of December 31, 2011, Eckhardt Masters Value at Risk for its assets (including the portion of the Partnerships assets allocated to Eckhardt for trading) was as follows:
December 31, 2011
Market Sector |
Value at Risk | % of
Total Capitalization |
High
Value at Risk |
Low Value at Risk |
Average Value at Risk* |
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Currencies |
$ | 731,217 | 3.57 | % | $ | 1,678,029 | $ | 27,951 | $ | 834,998 | ||||||||||
Energy |
223,190 | 1.10 | % | 886,666 | 6,000 | 412,832 | ||||||||||||||
Grains |
97,363 | 0.47 | % | 528,082 | 3,500 | 144,509 | ||||||||||||||
Indices |
49,666 | 0.24 | % | 1,132,389 | 5,600 | 466,488 | ||||||||||||||
Interest Rates U.S. |
405,700 | 1.98 | % | 1,698,650 | 3,900 | 330,777 | ||||||||||||||
Interest Rates Non-U.S. |
179,363 | 0.87 | % | 1,114,087 | 9,616 | 264,205 | ||||||||||||||
Softs |
41,600 | 0.20 | % | 131,208 | 10,463 | 66,776 | ||||||||||||||
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|
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Total |
$ | 1,728,099 | 8.43 | % | ||||||||||||||||
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|
* | Annual average of month-end Value at Risk |
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As of December 31, 2010, Eckhardt Masters total capitalization was $23,686,325. The Partnership owned approximately 40.5% of Eckhardt Master. As of December 31, 2010, Eckhardt Masters Value at Risk for its assets (including the portion of the Partnerships assets allocated to Eckhardt for trading) was as follows:
December 31, 2010
Market Sector |
Value at Risk | % of
Total Capitalization |
High Value at Risk |
Low Value at Risk |
Average Value at Risk* |
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Currencies |
$ | 1,025,866 | 4.33 | % | $ | 1,147,164 | $ | 9,175 | $ | 427,400 | ||||||||||
Energy |
248,250 | 1.05 | % | 580,400 | 10,875 | 238,534 | ||||||||||||||
Grains |
348,259 | 1.47 | % | 370,823 | 41,862 | 169,215 | ||||||||||||||
Indices |
610,979 | 2.58 | % | 3,147,442 | 19,055 | 430,625 | ||||||||||||||
Interest Rates U.S. |
3,900 | 0.02 | % | 887,750 | 3,900 | 351,889 | ||||||||||||||
Interest Rates Non-U.S. |
331,533 | 1.40 | % | 852,062 | 63,225 | 352,114 | ||||||||||||||
Metals |
268,184 | 1.13 | % | 365,762 | 26,255 | 198,271 | ||||||||||||||
Softs |
46,300 | 0.19 | % | 146,472 | 10,950 | 70,345 | ||||||||||||||
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|
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Total |
$ | 2,883,271 | 12.17 | % | ||||||||||||||||
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|
|
* | Annual average of month-end Value at Risk |
As of December 31, 2011, Waypoint Masters total capitalization was $39,192,330. The Partnership owned approximately 28.4% of Waypoint Master. As of December 31, 2011, Waypoint Masters Value at Risk for its assets (including the portion of the Partnerships assets allocated to Waypoint for trading) was as follows:
December 31, 2011
Market Sector |
Value at Risk | % of Total Capitalization |
High Value at Risk |
Low Value at Risk |
Average * Value at Risk |
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Currencies |
$ | 1,465,318 | 3.74 | % | $ | 10,317,436 | $ | 325,222 | $ | 5,419,330 | ||||||||||
Energy |
47,250 | 0.12 | % | 195,000 | 12,250 | 73,156 | ||||||||||||||
Grains |
181,500 | 0.46 | % | 221,500 | 15,000 | 94,143 | ||||||||||||||
Indices |
84,070 | 0.21 | % | 1,861,926 | 19,012 | 596,211 | ||||||||||||||
Interest Rates U.S. |
339,700 | 0.87 | % | 591,250 | 26,000 | 244,963 | ||||||||||||||
Interest Rates Non-U.S. |
1,096,807 | 2.80 | % | 1,537,795 | 55,028 | 713,282 | ||||||||||||||
Metals |
137,000 | 0.35 | % | 245,750 | 17,000 | 151,548 | ||||||||||||||
Softs |
108,000 | 0.28 | % | 353,250 | 14,700 | 75,763 | ||||||||||||||
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|
|
|
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Total |
$ | 3,459,645 | 8.83 | % | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
* | Annual average of month-end Value at Risk |
As of December 31, 2010, Waypoint Masters total capitalization was $41,247,646. The Partnership owned approximately 30.8% of Waypoint Master. As of December 31, 2010, Waypoint Masters Value at Risk of its assets (including the portion of the Partnership allocated to Waypoint for trading) was as follows:
December 31, 2010
Market Sector |
Value at Risk | % of Total Capitalization |
High Value at Risk |
Low Value at Risk |
Average Value at Risk* |
|||||||||||||||
Currencies |
$ | 1,878,430 | 4.55 | % | $ | 11,817,974 | $ | 633,809 | $ | 5,198,266 | ||||||||||
Indices |
901,236 | 2.18 | % | 1,613,660 | 100,993 | 790,428 | ||||||||||||||
Metals |
80,750 | 0.20 | % | 216,426 | 31,500 | 66,207 | ||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
Total |
$ | 2,860,416 | 6.93 | % | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
* | Period from March 1, 2010 (commencement of trading operations) to December 31, 2010 average of month-end Value at Risk |
As of December 31, 2011, PGR Masters total capitalization was $45,036,946. The Partnership owned approximately 15.7% of PGR Master. As of December 31, 2011, PGR Masters Value at Risk for its assets (including the portion of the Partnerships assets allocated to PGR for trading) was as follows:
December 31, 2011
Market Sector |
Value at Risk | % of Total Capitalization |
High Value at Risk |
Low Value at Risk |
Average Value at Risk* |
|||||||||||||||
Currencies |
$ | 694,855 | 1.54 | % | $ | 694,855 | $ | 100,205 | $ | 258,300 | ||||||||||
Energy |
348,040 | 0.77 | % | 541,391 | 154,095 | 291,918 | ||||||||||||||
Grains |
244,450 | 0.54 | % | 252,500 | 37,750 | 98,122 | ||||||||||||||
Indices |
1,529,751 | 3.40 | % | 1,529,751 | 236,424 | 793,620 | ||||||||||||||
Interest Rates U.S. |
375,000 | 0.83 | % | 398,000 | 94,750 | 259,088 | ||||||||||||||
Interest Rates Non-U.S. |
1,821,829 | 4.05 | % | 1,821,829 | 107,676 | 771,169 | ||||||||||||||
Livestock |
22,800 | 0.05 | % | 25,200 | 1,200 | 9,917 | ||||||||||||||
Metals |
344,450 | 0.77 | % | 414,700 | 77,258 | 193,290 | ||||||||||||||
Softs |
201,285 | 0.45 | % | 201,285 | 61,317 | 113,562 | ||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
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Total |
$ | 5,582,460 | 12.40 | % | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
* | Annual average of month-end Value at Risk |
As of December 31, 2010, PGR Masters total capitalization was $20,386,581. The Partnership owned approximately 25.1% of PGR Master. As of December 31, 2010, PGR Masters value at Risk for its assets (including the portion of the Partnerships assets allocated to PGR for trading) was as follows:
December 31, 2010
Market Sector |
Value at Risk | % of Total Capitalization |
High Value at Risk |
Low Value at Risk |
Average* Value at Risk |
|||||||||||||||
Currencies |
$ | 183,120 | 0.90 | % | $ | 183,120 | $ | 103,066 | $ | 154,058 | ||||||||||
Energy |
252,600 | 1.24 | % | 252,600 | 107,024 | 195,337 | ||||||||||||||
Grains |
111,250 | 0.54 | % | 111,250 | 43,750 | 83,625 | ||||||||||||||
Indices |
617,024 | 3.03 | % | 621,232 | 385,104 | 524,198 | ||||||||||||||
Interest Rates U.S. |
80,800 | 0.40 | % | 141,150 | 66,450 | 81,150 | ||||||||||||||
Interest Rates Non-U.S. |
180,603 | 0.89 | % | 265,434 | 135,161 | 161,976 | ||||||||||||||
Livestock |
10,000 | 0.05 | % | 11,000 | 6,000 | 9,500 | ||||||||||||||
Metals |
162,000 | 0.79 | % | 162,000 | 69,500 | 125,875 | ||||||||||||||
Softs |
98,003 | 0.48 | % | 109,657 | 57,757 | 89,793 | ||||||||||||||
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|
|
|
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Total |
$ | 1,695,400 | 8.32 | % | ||||||||||||||||
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|
|
|
* | Period from November 1, 2010 (commencement of trading operations) to December 31, 2010 average of month-end Value at Risk |
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Material Limitations on Value at Risk as an Assessment of Market Risk
The face value of the market sector instruments held by the Funds are typically many times the applicable maintenance margin requirement (margin requirements generally range between 2% and 15% of contract face value) as well as many times the capitalization of the Funds. The magnitude of the Funds open positions creates a risk of ruin not typically found in most other investment vehicles. Because of the size of its positions, certain market conditions unusual, but historically recurring from time to time could cause the Funds to incur severe losses over a short period of time. The foregoing Value at Risk tables as well as the past performance of the Funds give no indication of this risk of ruin.
Non-Trading Risk
The Funds have non-trading market risk on their foreign cash balances not needed for margin. However, these balances (as well as any market risk they represent) are considered to be immaterial.
Materiality as used in this section, Qualitative and Quantitative 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, optionality and multiplier features of the Funds market sensitive instruments.
Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Primary Trading Risk Exposures
The following qualitative disclosures regarding the Funds market risk exposures except for (i) those disclosures that are statements of historical fact and (ii) the descriptions of how the Funds manage their primary market risk exposures constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. The Funds primary market risk exposures as well as the strategies used and to be used by the General Partner and the Advisors for managing such exposures are subject to numerous uncertainties, contingencies and risks, any one of which could cause the actual results of the Funds risk controls to differ materially from the objectives of such strategies. 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 and the management strategies of the Funds. There can be no assurance that the Funds current market exposure and/or risk management strategies will not change materially or that any such strategies will be effective in either the short or long term. Investors must be prepared to lose all or substantially all of their investment in the Funds.
The following were the primary trading risk exposures of the Funds as of December 31, 2011, by market sector.
Interest Rates. Interest rate movements directly affect the price of the futures positions held by the Funds and indirectly the value of its stock index and currency positions. Interest rate movements in one country as well as relative interest rate movements between countries materially impact the Partnerships profitability. The Funds primary interest rate exposure is to interest rate fluctuations in the U.S. and the other G-8 countries. However, the Funds also take futures positions on the government debt of smaller nations e.g., Australia.
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Currencies. The Funds currency exposure is subject to exchange rate fluctuations, primarily fluctuations which disrupt the historical pricing relationships between different currencies and currency pairs. These fluctuations are influenced by interest rate changes as well as political and general economic conditions. The General Partner does not anticipate that the risk profile of the Funds currency sector will change significantly in the future. The currency trading Value at Risk figure includes foreign margin amounts converted into U.S. dollars with an incremental adjustment to reflect the exchange rate risk inherent to the dollar-based Funds in expressing Value at Risk in a currency other than U.S. dollars.
Stock Indices. The Funds primary equity exposure is to equity price risk in the G-8 countries. The stock index futures traded by the Funds are limited to futures on broadly based indices.
The General Partner anticipates little, if any, trading in non-G-8 stock indices. The Funds are primarily exposed to the risk of adverse price trends or static markets in the major U.S., European and Japanese indices. (Static markets would not cause major market changes but would make it difficult for the Funds to avoid being whipsawed into numerous small losses.)
Metals. The Funds primary metal market exposure is to fluctuations in the price of gold, silver, base metals copper, aluminum and zinc.
Softs. The Funds primary commodities exposure is to agricultural price movements which are often directly affected by severe or unexpected weather conditions. Cocoa, coffee, cotton and sugar accounted for the bulk of the Funds commodity exposure as of December 31, 2011.
Energy. The Funds primary energy market exposure is to natural gas and oil price movements, often resulting from political developments in the Middle East. Oil prices can be volatile and substantial profits and losses have been and are expected to continue to be experienced in this market.
Grains. The Funds commodities exposure is to agricultural price movements which are often directly affected by severe on unexpected weather conditions.
Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Non-Trading Risk Exposure
The following were the only non-trading risk exposures of the Funds as of December 31, 2011.
Foreign Currency Balances. The Funds primary foreign currency balances are in Japanese yen, Euro and Swiss francs. The Advisors regularly convert foreign currency balances to U.S. dollars in an attempt to control the Funds non-trading risk.
Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Means of Managing Risk Exposure
The General Partner monitors and attempts to control the Funds risk exposure on a daily basis through financial, credit and risk management monitoring systems and accordingly, believes that it has effective procedures for evaluating and limiting the credit and market risks to which the Funds may be subject.
The General Partner monitors the Funds performance and the concentration of their open positions, and consults with the Advisors concerning the Funds overall risk profile. If the General Partner felt it necessary to do so, the General Partner could require the Advisors to close out positions as well as enter positions traded on behalf of the Funds. However, any such intervention would be a highly unusual event. The General Partner primarily relies on the Advisors own risk control policies while maintaining a general supervisory overview of the Funds market risk exposures.
The Advisors apply their own risk management policies to their trading. The Advisors often follow diversification guidelines, margin limits and stop loss points to exit a position. The Advisors research of risk management often suggests ongoing modifications to their trading programs.
As part of the General Partners risk management, the General Partner periodically meets with the Advisors to discuss their risk management and to look for any material changes to the Advisors portfolio balance and trading techniques. The Advisors are required to notify the General Partner of any material changes to their programs.
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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
DIVERSIFIED 2000 FUTURES FUND L.P.
The following financial statements and related items of the Partnership are filed under this Item 8: Oath or Affirmation, Managements Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, and 2009; Statements of Financial Condition at December 31, 2011 and 2010; Schedules of Investments at December 31, 2011 and 2010; Statements of Income and Expenses for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, and 2009; Statements of Changes in Partners Capital for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, and 2009; and Notes to Financial Statements. Additional financial information has been filed as Exhibits to this Form 10-K.
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To the Limited Partners of
Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P.
To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the information contained herein is accurate and complete.
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By: |
Walter Davis | |
President and Director | ||
Ceres Managed Futures LLC | ||
General Partner, | ||
Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P. | ||
Ceres Managed Futures LLC | ||
522 Fifth Avenue | ||
14th Floor | ||
New York, NY 10036 | ||
212-296-1999 |
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Managements Report on Internal Control Over
Financial Reporting
The management of Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P. (the Partnership), Ceres Managed Futures LLC, is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a 15(f) and 15d 15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and for our assessment of internal control over financial reporting. The Partnerships internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The Partnerships internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:
(i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Partnership;
(ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and that receipts and expenditures of the Partnership are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Partnership; and
(iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection and correction of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Partnerships assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
The management of Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P. has assessed the effectiveness of the Partnerships internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth in the Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on our assessment, management concluded that the Partnership maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011 based on the criteria referred to above.
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Walter Davis President and Director Ceres Managed Futures LLC General Partner, Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P. |
Brian Centner Chief Financial Officer Ceres Managed Futures LLC General Partner, Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P. |
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Partners of
Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P.:
We have audited the accompanying statements of financial condition of Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P. (the Partnership), including the schedules of investments, as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related statements of income and expenses and changes in partners capital for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2011. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Partnerships management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Partnership is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Partnerships internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P. as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the results of its operations and its changes in partners capital for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2011, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
New York, New York
March 23, 2012
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Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P.
Statements of Financial Condition
December 31, 2011 and 2010
2011 | 2010 | |||||||
Assets: |
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Investment in Funds, at fair value (Note 5) |
$ | 47,740,622 | $ | 60,378,147 | ||||
Cash (Note 3c) |
149,724 | 152,302 | ||||||
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Total assets |
$ | 47,890,346 | $ | 60,530,449 | ||||
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Liabilities and Partners Capital: |
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Liabilities: |
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Accrued expenses: |
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Brokerage fees (Note 3c) |
$ | 215,507 | $ | 272,388 | ||||
Management fees (Note 3b) |
66,731 | 88,127 | ||||||
Incentive fees (Note 3b) |
| 352,348 | ||||||
Professional fees |
91,726 | 106,604 | ||||||
Other |
32,621 | 28,141 | ||||||
Redemptions payable (Note 6) |
234,600 | 268,399 | ||||||
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Total liabilities |
641,185 | 1,116,007 | ||||||
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Partners Capital (Notes 1 and 6): |
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General Partner, 441.6499 unit equivalents outstanding at December 31, 2011 and 2010 |
558,082 | 621,185 | ||||||
Limited Partners, 36,949.8362 and 41,800.7127 Redeemable Units outstanding at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively |
46,691,079 | 58,793,257 | ||||||
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Total partners capital |
47,249,161 | 59,414,442 | ||||||
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Total liabilities and partners capital |
$ | 47,890,346 | $ | 60,530,449 | ||||
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Net asset value per unit |
$ | 1,263.63 | $ | 1,406.51 | ||||
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See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P.
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2011
Fair Value | % of Partners Capital |
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Investment in Funds |
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CMF Aspect Master Fund L.P. |
$ | 10,684,071 | 22.61 | % | ||||
CMF Graham Capital Master Fund L.P. |
7,211,965 | 15.26 | ||||||
CMF SandRidge Master Fund L.P. |
3,100,202 | 6.56 | ||||||
CMF Eckhardt Master Fund L.P. |
8,516,333 | 18.03 | ||||||
Waypoint Master Fund L.P. |
11,149,118 | 23.60 | ||||||
PGR Master Fund L.P. |
7,078,933 | 14.98 | ||||||
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Total investment in Funds, at fair value |
$ | 47,740,622 | 101.04 | % | ||||
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See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P.
Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2010
Fair Value | % of Partners Capital |
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Investment in Funds |
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CMF Aspect Master Fund L.P. |
$ | 12,593,732 | 21.19 | % | ||||
CMF Graham Capital Master Fund L.P. |
12,185,485 | 20.51 | ||||||
CMF SandRidge Master Fund L.P. |
8,175,283 | 13.76 | ||||||
CMF Eckhardt Master Fund L.P. |
9,595,146 | 16.15 | ||||||
Waypoint Master Fund L.P. |
12,714,093 | 21.40 | ||||||
PGR Master Fund L.P. |
5,114,408 | 8.61 | ||||||
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Total investment in Funds, at fair value |
$ | 60,378,147 | 101.62 | % | ||||
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See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Statements of Income and Expenses
for the years ended
December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009
2011 | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||||||
Investment income: |
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Interest income from investment in Funds |
$ | 14,995 | $ | 52,850 | $ | 53,348 | ||||||
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Expenses: |
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Brokerage fees including clearing fees (Note 3c) |
3,076,304 | 3,478,486 | 4,244,399 | |||||||||
Management fees (Note 3b) |
917,761 | 1,082,810 | 1,339,104 | |||||||||
Incentive fees (Note 3b) |
| 352,348 | 297,167 | |||||||||
Professional fees |
154,618 | 217,985 | 267,426 | |||||||||
Other |
64,121 | 21,816 | 79,152 | |||||||||
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Total expenses |
4,212,804 | 5,153,445 | 6,227,248 | |||||||||
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Net investment income (loss) |
(4,197,809 | ) | (5,100,595 | ) | (6,173,900 | ) | ||||||
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Trading Results: |
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Net gains (losses) on trading of commodity interests and investment in Funds: |
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Net realized gains (losses) on investment in Funds |
(979,912 | ) | 3,930,711 | (590,938 | ) | |||||||
Change in net unrealized gains (losses) on investment in Funds |
(366,214 | ) | 1,459,523 | 1,877,924 | ||||||||
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Total trading results |
(1,346,126 | ) | 5,390,234 | 1,286,986 | ||||||||
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Net income (loss) |
$ | (5,543,935 | ) | $ | 289,639 | $ | (4,886,914 | ) | ||||
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Net income (loss) per unit (Note 7)* |
$ | (142.88 | ) | $ | 13.65 | $ | (91.11 | ) | ||||
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Weighted average units outstanding |
39,393.6788 | 45,111.6490 | 52,420.3791 | |||||||||
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* | Based on the change in net asset value per unit. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P.
Statements of Changes in Partners Capital
for the years ended
December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009
Limited Partners |
General Partner |
Total | ||||||||||
Partners Capital at December 31, 2008 |
$ | 83,936,676 | $ | 2,975,581 | $ | 86,912,257 | ||||||
Net income (loss) |
(4,751,474 | ) | (135,440 | ) | (4,886,914 | ) | ||||||
Redemptions of 8,625.5595 Redeemable Units |
(12,416,394 | ) | | (12,416,394 | ) | |||||||
Redemptions of 1,319.8660 General Partner unit equivalents |
| (1,885,638 | ) | (1,885,638 | ) | |||||||
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Partners Capital at December 31, 2009 |
66,768,808 | 954,503 | 67,723,311 | |||||||||
Net income (loss) |
297,957 | (8,318 | ) | 289,639 | ||||||||
Redemptions of 6,135.8505 Redeemable Units |
(8,273,508 | ) | | (8,273,508 | ) | |||||||
Redemptions of 243.6331 General Partner unit equivalents |
| (325,000 | ) | (325,000 | ) | |||||||
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Partners Capital at December 31, 2010 |
58,793,257 | 621,185 | 59,414,442 | |||||||||
Net income (loss) |
(5,480,832 | ) | (63,103 | ) | (5,543,935 | ) | ||||||
Redemptions of 4,850.8765 Redeemable Units |
(6,621,346 | ) | | (6,621,346 | ) | |||||||
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Partners Capital at December 31, 2011 |
$ | 46,691,079 | $ | 558,082 | $ | 47,249,161 | ||||||
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Net asset value per unit:
2009: |
$ | 1,392.86 | ||
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2010: |
$ | 1,406.51 | ||
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2011: |
$ | 1,263.63 | ||
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See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P.
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2011
1. | Partnership Organization: |
Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P. (the Partnership) is a limited partnership which was organized under the partnership laws of the State of New York on August 25, 1999 to engage, directly or indirectly, in the speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of commodity interests including futures contracts, options, swaps and forward contracts. The sectors traded include currencies, energy, grains, indices, U.S. and non-U.S. interest rates, livestock, lumber, metals and softs. The commodity interests that are traded by the Partnership, through its investment in the Funds (as defined in Note 5 Investment in Funds), are volatile and involve a high degree of market risk.
Between January 31, 2000 (commencement of the initial offering period) and May 30, 2000, 16,045 redeemable units of limited partnership interest (Redeemable Units) were sold at $1,000 per Redeemable Unit. The proceeds of the initial offering were held in an escrow account until May 31, 2000, at which time they were turned over to the Partnership for trading. The Partnership was authorized to sell 150,000 Redeemable Units during its initial offering period. As of November 25, 2002, the Partnership was authorized to sell an additional 40,000 Redeemable Units. The Partnership no longer offers Redeemable Units for sale.
Ceres Managed Futures LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, acts as the general partner (the General Partner) and commodity pool operator of the Partnership. The General Partner is wholly owned by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Holdings LLC (MSSB Holdings). Morgan Stanley, indirectly through various subsidiaries, owns a majority equity interest in MSSB Holdings. Citigroup Inc. (Citigroup) indirectly owns a minority equity interest in MSSB Holdings. Citigroup also indirectly owns Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (CGM), the commodity broker for the Partnership. Prior to July 31, 2009, the date as of which MSSB Holdings became its owner, the General Partner was wholly owned by Citigroup Financial Products Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc., the sole owner of which is Citigroup. As of December 31, 2011, all trading decisions for the Partnership are made by the Advisors (defined below).
The General Partner and each limited partner share in the profits and losses of the Partnership in proportion to the amount of Partnership interest owned by each, except that no limited partner shall be liable for obligations of the Partnership in excess of its initial capital contribution and profits, if any, net of distributions.
The Partnership will be liquidated upon the first to occur of the following: December 31, 2019; the net asset value per Redeemable Unit decreases to less than $400 per Redeemable Unit as of the close of any business day; or under certain other circumstances as defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership (the Limited Partnership Agreement).
2. | Accounting Policies: |
a. | Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements and accompanying notes in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities in the financial statements and accompanying notes. As a result, actual results could differ from these estimates. |
b. | Statement of Cash Flows. The Partnership is not required to provide a Statement of Cash Flows. |
c. | Partnerships and the Funds Investments. All commodity interests (including derivative financial instruments and derivative commodity instruments), through its investment in the |
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Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2011
Funds, are held for trading purposes. The commodity interests are recorded on trade date and open contracts are recorded at fair value (as described below) at the measurement date. Investments in commodity interests denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates prevailing at the measurement date. Gains or losses are realized when contracts are liquidated. Unrealized gains or losses on open contracts are included as a component of equity in trading account on the Funds Statements of Financial Condition. Net realized gains or losses and any change in net unrealized gains or losses from the preceding period are reported in the Funds Statements of Income and Expenses. |
Partnerships and the Funds Fair Value Measurements. Fair value is defined as 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 under current market conditions. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to fair values derived from unobservable inputs (Level 3). The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls shall be determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Management has concluded that based on available information in the marketplace, the Funds Level 1 assets and liabilities are actively traded.
GAAP requires the use of judgment in determining if a formerly active market has become inactive and in determining fair values when the market has become inactive. Management has concluded that based on available information in the marketplace, there has not been a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity in the Partnerships and the Funds Level 2 assets and liabilities.
The Partnership and the Funds will separately present purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in its reconciliation of Level 3 fair value measurements (i.e., to present such items on a gross basis rather than on a net basis), and make disclosures regarding the level of disaggregation and the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value for measurements that fall within either Level 2 or Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy as required under GAAP.
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Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2011
The Partnership and the Funds consider prices for exchange-traded commodity futures, forwards and options contracts to be based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1). The values of non exchange-traded forwards, swaps and certain options contracts for which market quotations are not readily available were priced by broker-dealers that derive fair values for those assets and liabilities from observable inputs (Level 2). Investments in funds (other commodity pools) where there are no other rights or obligations inherent within the ownership interest held by the Partnership were priced based on the end of the day net asset value (Level 2). The value of the Partnerships investment in the Funds reflects its proportional interest in the Funds. As of and for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Funds did not hold any derivative instruments that were priced at fair value using unobservable inputs through the application of managements assumptions and internal valuation pricing models (Level 3).
December 31, 2011 | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
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Assets | ||||||||||||||||
Investment in Funds |
$ | 47,740,622 | $ | | $ | 47,740,622 | $ | | ||||||||
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Net fair value |
$ | 47,740,622 | $ | | $ | 47,740,622 | $ | | ||||||||
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December 31, 2010 | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
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Investment in Funds |
$ | 60,378,147 | $ | | $ | 60,378,147 | $ | | ||||||||
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Net fair value |
$ | 60,378,147 | $ | | $ | 60,378,147 | $ | | ||||||||
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Futures Contracts. The Funds trade futures contracts and exchange-cleared swaps. Exchange-cleared swaps are swaps that are traded as futures. A futures contract is a firm commitment to buy or sell a specified quantity of investments, currency or a standardized amount of a deliverable grade commodity, at a specified price on a specified future date, unless the contract is closed before the delivery date or if the delivery quantity is something where physical delivery cannot occur (such as the S&P 500 Index), whereby such contract is settled in cash. Payments (variation margin) may be made or received by the Funds each business day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying contracts, and are recorded as unrealized gains or losses by the Funds. When the contract is closed, the Funds record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Transactions in futures contracts require participants to make both initial margin deposits of cash or other assets and variation margin deposits, through the futures broker, directly with the exchange on which the contracts are traded. Net realized gains (losses) and changes in net unrealized gains (losses) on futures contracts are included in the Statements of Income and Expenses.
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts. Forward foreign currency contracts are those contracts where the Funds agree to receive or deliver a fixed quantity of foreign currency for an
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Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2011
agreed-upon price on an agreed future date. Forward foreign currency contracts are valued daily, and the Funds net equity therein, representing unrealized gain or loss on the contracts as measured by the difference between the forward foreign exchange rates at the dates of entry into the contracts and the forward rates at the reporting date, is included in the Statements of Financial Condition. Net realized gains (losses) and changes in net unrealized gains (losses) on foreign currency contracts are recognized in the period in which the contract is closed or the changes occur, respectively, and are included in the Statements of Income and Expenses.
The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations arising from the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from fluctuations from changes in market prices of investments held. Such fluctuations are included in net gain (loss) on investments in the Statements of Income and Expenses.
London Metals Exchange Forward Contracts. Metal contracts traded on the London Metals Exchange (LME) represent a firm commitment to buy or sell a specified quantity of aluminum, copper, lead, nickel, tin or zinc. LME contracts traded by the Funds are cash settled based on prompt dates published by the LME. Payments (variation margin) may be made or received by the Funds each business day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying contracts, and are recorded as unrealized gains or losses by the Funds. A contract is considered offset when all long positions have been matched with a like number of short positions settling on the same prompt date. When the contract is closed at the prompt date, the Funds record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Transactions in LME contracts require participants to make both initial margin deposits of cash or other assets and variation margin deposits, through the broker, directly with the LME. Net realized gains (losses) and changes in net unrealized gains (losses) on metal contracts are included in the Statements of Income and Expenses.
Options. The Funds may purchase and write (sell) both exchange-listed and over-the-counter (OTC) options on commodities or financial instruments. An option is a contract allowing, but not requiring, its holder to buy (call) or sell (put) a specific or standard commodity or financial instrument at a specified price during a specified time period. The option premium is the total price paid or received for the option contract. When the Funds write an option, the premium received is recorded as a liability in the Statements of Financial Condition and marked to market daily. When the Funds purchase an option, the premium paid is recorded as an asset in the Statements of Financial Condition and marked to market daily. Net realized gains (losses) and changes in net unrealized gains (losses) on options contracts are included in the Statements of Income and Expenses.
d. | Income Taxes. Income taxes have not been provided as each partner is individually liable for the taxes, if any, on its share of the Partnerships income and expenses. |
GAAP provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented and disclosed in the financial statements and requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Partnerships financial statements to determine whether the tax positions are more-likely-than-not to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions with respect to tax at the Partnership level not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. The General Partner concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Partnerships financial statements.
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Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P.
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2011
The Partnership files U.S. federal and various state and local tax returns. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The 2008 through 2011 tax years remain subject to examination by U.S. federal and most state tax authorities. The General Partner does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.
e. | Subsequent Events. The General Partner evaluates events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are filed. The General Partner has assessed the subsequent events through the date of filing and determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment of or disclosure in the financial statements. |
f. | Recent Accounting Pronouncements. In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2011-04, Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The amendments within this ASU change the wording used to describe many of the requirements in GAAP for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurement to eliminate unnecessary wording differences between GAAP and IFRS. However, some of the amendments clarify the FASBs intent about the application of existing fair value measurement requirements and other amendments change a particular principle or requirement for measuring fair value or for disclosing information about fair value measurements. ASU 2011-04 is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2011 for public entities. This new guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Partnerships financial statements. |
In October 2011, FASB issued a proposed ASU intended to improve and converge financial reporting by setting forth consistent criteria for determining whether an entity is an investment company. Under longstanding GAAP, investment companies carry all of their investments at fair value, even if they hold a controlling interest in another company. The primary changes being proposed by FASB relate to which entities would be considered investment companies as well as certain disclosure and presentation requirements. In addition to the changes to the criteria for determining whether an entity is an investment company, FASB also proposes that an investment company consolidate another investment company if it holds a controlling financial interest in the entity. The Partnership will evaluate the impact that this proposed update would have on the financial statements once the pronouncement is issued.
In December 2011, FASB issued ASU 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities, which creates a new disclosure requirement about the nature of an entitys rights of setoff and the related arrangements associated with its financial instruments and derivative instruments. Entities are required to disclose both gross information and net information about both instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the statement of financial position and instruments and transactions subject to an agreement similar to a master netting arrangement. The objective of this disclosure is to facilitate comparison between those entities that prepare their financial statements on the basis of GAAP and those entities that prepare their financial statements on the basis of IFRS. The disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. The Partnership should also provide the disclosures retrospectively for all comparative periods presented. The Partnership is currently evaluating the impact that the pronouncement would have on the financial statements.
g. | Net Income (Loss) per unit. Net income (loss) per unit is calculated in accordance with investment company guidance. See Note 7, Financial Highlights. |
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Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P.
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2011
3. | Agreements: |
a. | Limited Partnership Agreement: |
The General Partner administers the business and affairs of the Partnership including selecting one or more advisors to make trading decisions for the Partnership. The General Partner has agreed to make capital contributions, if necessary, so that its general partnership interest will be equal to the greater of (i) 1% of the partners contributions to the Partnership or (ii) $25,000.
b. | Management Agreement: |
The General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, has entered into management agreements (the Management Agreement) with Graham Capital Management, L.P. (Graham), Aspect Capital Limited (Aspect), SandRidge Capital L.P. (SandRidge), Eckhardt Trading Company (Eckhardt), Waypoint Capital Management LLC (Waypoint) and PGR Capital LLP (PGR) (each an Advisor and collectively, the Advisors), each of which is a registered commodity trading advisor. The Advisors are not affiliated with one another, are not affiliated with the General Partner or CGM and are not responsible for the organization or operation of the Partnership. The Partnership will pay each Advisor a monthly management fee equal to 1/6 of 1% (2% per year) of month-end Net Assets allocated to the Advisor, except for Aspect and PGR, which will receive a monthly management fee equal to 1/12 of 1.25% (1.25% per year) and 1/12 of 1% (1% per year) respectively, of month-end Net Assets allocated to the specific Advisor. Month-end Net Assets, for the purpose of calculating management fees are Net Assets, as defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement, prior to the reduction of the current months incentive fee accruals, the monthly management fees and any redemptions or distributions as of the end of such month. Each Management Agreement may be terminated upon notice by either party.
In addition, the Partnership is obligated to pay each Advisor an incentive fee payable annually equal to 20% of the New Trading Profits, as defined in each Management Agreement, earned by each Advisor for the Partnership.
In allocating the assets of the Partnership among the trading advisors, the General Partner considers past performance, trading style, volatility of markets traded and fee requirements. The General Partner may modify or terminate the allocation of assets among the trading advisors and may allocate the assets to additional advisors at any time.
c. | Customer Agreement: |
The Partnership has entered into a customer agreement (the Customer Agreement) which provides that the Partnership will pay CGM a monthly brokerage fee equal to 0.45% (5.4% per year) of month-end Net Assets, in lieu of brokerage fees on a per trade basis. Month-end Net Assets, for the purpose of calculating brokerage fees are Net Assets, as defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement, prior to the reduction of the current months brokerage fees, incentive fee accruals, the monthly management fees and other expenses and any redemptions or distributions as of the end of such month. CGM will pay a portion of its brokerage fees to financial advisors who have sold Redeemable Units. Brokerage fees will be paid for the life of the Partnership, although the rate at which such fees are paid may be changed. This fee may be increased or decreased at any time at CGMs discretion upon written notice to the Partnership. All National Futures Association fees as well as exchange, clearing, user, give-up and floor brokerage fees (collectively, the clearing fees) are borne by the Funds and allocated to the Partnership based on its proportionate share of each Fund. All of the Partnerships assets not held in the Funds accounts at CGM are deposited in the Partnerships account at CGM.
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Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P.
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2011
The Partnerships cash is deposited by CGM in segregated bank accounts to the extent required by Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulations. CGM will pay the Partnership interest on its allocable share of 80% of the average daily equity maintained in cash in each of the Funds accounts during each month at a 30-day U.S. Treasury bill rate determined weekly by CGM based on the average non-competitive yield on 3-month U.S. Treasury bills maturing in 30 days from the date on which such weekly rate is determined. The Customer Agreement may be terminated upon notice by either party.
4. | Trading Activities: |
The Partnership was formed for the purpose of trading contracts in a variety of commodity interests, including derivative financial instruments and derivative commodity instruments. The Partnerships investments are in other funds which trade these instruments. The results of the Partnerships trading activity resulting from its investments in the funds as shown in the Statements of Income and Expenses.
The Customer Agreement between the Partnership/Funds and CGM gives the Partnership and the Funds the legal right to net unrealized gains and losses on open futures and exchange-cleared swaps and open forward contracts. The Partnership and the Funds net, for financial reporting purposes, the unrealized gains and losses on open futures and exchange-cleared swaps and open forward contracts on the Statements of Financial Condition as the criteria under ASC 210-20, Balance Sheet, have been met.
Brokerage fees are calculated as a percentage of the Partnerships adjusted net asset value on the last day of each month and are affected by trading performance and redemptions.
5. | Investment in Funds: |
On January 1, 2005, the assets allocated to Campbell for trading were invested in CMF Campbell Master Fund L.P. (Campbell Master), a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of New York. The Partnership purchased 51,356.1905 units of Campbell Master with cash equal to $50,768,573, and a contribution of open commodity futures and forward contracts with a fair value of $587,618. Campbell Master was formed in order to permit commodity pools managed now or in the future by Campbell using its Financial, Metal and Energy Large Portfolio (FME), a proprietary, systematic trading system to invest together in one trading vehicle. The Partnership fully redeemed its investment in Campbell Master on February 28, 2010 for cash equal to $4,508,811.
On March 1, 2005, the assets allocated to Aspect for trading were invested in CMF Aspect Master Fund L.P. (Aspect Master), a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of New York. The Partnership purchased 43,434.9465 units of Aspect Master with cash equal to $40,490,895, and a contribution of open commodity futures and forward contracts with a fair value of $2,944,052. Aspect Master was formed in order to permit commodity pools managed now or in the future by Aspect using its Diversified Program, a proprietary, systematic trading system to invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner is also the general partner of Aspect Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by Aspect, including the Partnership, are permitted to be limited partners of Aspect Master. The General Partner and Aspect believe that trading through this structure should promote efficiency and economy in the trading process.
On April 1, 2006, the assets allocated to Graham for trading were invested in CMF Graham Capital Master Fund L.P. (Graham Master), a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of New York. The Partnership purchased 41,952.2380 units of Graham Master with cash equal to $41,952,238. Graham Master was formed in order to permit commodity pools managed now or in the future by Graham using its K4D 15V program, a proprietary, systematic trading system, to
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Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P.
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2011
invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner is also the general partner of Graham Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by Graham, including the Partnership, are permitted to be limited partners of Graham Master. The General Partner and Graham believe that trading through this structure should promote efficiency and economy in the trading process.
On April 1, 2007, the assets allocated to SandRidge for trading were invested in CMF SandRidge Master Fund L.P. (SandRidge Master), a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of New York. The Partnership purchased 7,659.0734 units of SandRidge Master with cash equal to $9,635,703. SandRidge Master was formed in order to permit commodity pools managed now or in the future by SandRidge using its Energy Program, a proprietary, discretionary trading system, to invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner is also the general partner of SandRidge Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by SandRidge, including the Partnership, are permitted to be limited partners of SandRidge Master. The General Partner and SandRidge believe that trading through this structure should promote efficiency and economy in the trading process.
On April 1, 2008, the assets allocated to Eckhardt for trading were invested in CMF Eckhardt Master Fund L.P. (Eckhardt Master), a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of New York. The Partnership purchased 10,000.0000 units of Eckhardt Master with cash equal to $10,000,000. Eckhardt Master was formed in order to permit commodity pools managed now or in the future by Eckhardt using its Standard Program Higher Leveraged, a proprietary, systematic trading system, to invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner is also the general partner of Eckhardt Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by Eckhardt, including the Partnership, are permitted to be limited partners of Eckhardt Master. The General Partner and Eckhardt believe that trading through this structure should promote efficiency and economy in the trading process.
On March 1, 2010, the assets allocated to Waypoint for trading were invested in Waypoint Master Fund L.P. (Waypoint Master), a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of New York. The Partnership purchased 5,975.7506 units of Waypoint Master with cash equal to $5,975,751. Waypoint Master was formed in order to permit commodity pools managed now or in the future by Waypoint using its Diversified Program, a proprietary, systematic trading system, to invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner is also the general partner of Waypoint Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by Waypoint, including the Partnership, are permitted to be limited partners of Waypoint Master. The General Partner and Waypoint believe that trading through this structure should promote efficiency and economy in the trading process.
On November 1, 2010, the assets allocated to PGR for trading were invested in PGR Master Fund L.P. (PGR Master), a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of Delaware. The Partnership purchased 5,000.0000 units of PGR Master with cash equal to $5,000,000. PGR Master was formed in order to permit commodity pools managed now or in the future by PGR using its Mayfair Program, a proprietary, systematic trading system, to invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner is also the general partner of PGR Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by PGR, including the Partnership, are permitted to be limited partners of PGR Master. The General Partner and PGR believe that trading through this structure should promote efficiency and economy in the trading process.
The General Partner is not aware of any material changes to the trading programs discussed above during the year ended December 31, 2011.
Aspect Masters, Graham Masters, SandRidge Masters, Eckhardt Masters, Waypoint Masters and PGR Masters (collectively, the Funds) trading of futures, forwards, swaps and options contracts, if applicable, on commodities is done primarily on U.S. commodity exchanges and foreign commodity exchanges. The Funds engage in such trading through commodity brokerage accounts maintained with CGM.
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Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2011
A limited partner may withdraw all or part of its capital contribution and undistributed profits, if any, from the Funds in multiples of the net asset value per unit as of the end of any day (the Redemption Date) after a request for redemption has been made to the General Partner at least 3 days in advance of the Redemption Date. The units are classified as a liability when the limited partner elects to redeem and informs the Funds.
Management and incentive fees are charged at the Partnership level. All clearing fees are borne by the Funds. All other fees including CGMs direct brokerage fees are charged at the Partnership level.
At December 31, 2011, the Partnership owned approximately 6.5% of Aspect Master, 5.7% of Graham Master, 1.0% of SandRidge Master, 41.5% of Eckhardt Master, 28.4% of Waypoint Master and 15.7% of PGR Master. At December 31, 2010, the Partnership owned approximately, 8.0% of Aspect Master, 7.2% of Graham Master, 1.5% of SandRidge Master and 40.5% of Eckhardt Master, 30.8% of Waypoint Master and 25.1% of PGR Master. Aspect, Graham, SandRidge, Eckhardt, Waypoint and PGR intend to continue to invest the assets allocated to each by the Partnership in Aspect Master, Graham Master, SandRidge Master, Eckhardt Master, Waypoint Master and PGR Master, respectively. The performance of the Partnership is directly affected by the performance of the Funds. Expenses to investors as a result of the investment in the Funds are approximately the same and redemption rights are not affected.
Summarized information reflecting the total assets, liabilities and capital for the Funds is shown in the following tables.
December 31, 2011 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets |
Total Liabilities |
Total Capital |
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Aspect Master |
$ | 163,744,655 | $ | 39,491 | $ | 163,705,164 | ||||||
Graham Master |
127,567,600 | 44,426 | 127,523,174 | |||||||||
SandRidge Master |
303,638,504 | 7,192,752 | 296,445,752 | |||||||||
Eckhardt Master |
20,578,273 | 71,694 | 20,506,579 | |||||||||
Waypoint Master |
39,260,567 | 68,237 | 39,192,330 | |||||||||
PGR Master |
45,105,430 | 68,484 | 45,036,946 | |||||||||
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Total |
$ | 699,895,029 | $ | 7,485,084 | $ | 692,409,945 | ||||||
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Total Assets |
Total Liabilities |
Total Capital |
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Aspect Master |
$ | 157,910,582 | $ | 46,523 | $ | 157,864,059 | ||||||
Graham Master |
168,973,503 | 48,832 | 168,924,671 | |||||||||
SandRidge Master |
581,631,311 | 52,896,054 | 528,735,257 | |||||||||
Eckhardt Master |
23,748,773 | 62,448 | 23,686,325 | |||||||||
Waypoint Master |
41,306,976 | 59,330 | 41,247,646 | |||||||||
PGR Master |
20,415,391 | 28,810 | 20,386,581 | |||||||||
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Total |
$ | 993,986,536 | $ | 53,141,997 | $ | 940,844,539 | ||||||
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Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P.
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2011
Summarized information reflecting the net investment income (loss), total trading results and net income (loss) for the Funds is shown in the following tables.
For the year ended December 31, 2011 | ||||||||||||
Net Investment Income (Loss) |
Total Trading Results | Net Income (Loss) | ||||||||||
Aspect Master |
$ | (174,465 | ) | $ | 14,672,408 | $ | 14,497,943 | |||||
Graham Master |
(773,953 | ) | (27,314,278 | ) | (28,088,231 | ) | ||||||
SandRidge Master |
(615,328 | ) | 51,171,776 | 50,556,448 | ||||||||
Eckhardt Master |
(187,775 | ) | (3,903,802 | ) | (4,091,577 | ) | ||||||
Waypoint Master |
(198,220 | ) | (1,536,984 | ) | (1,735,204 | ) | ||||||
PGR Master |
(110,281 | ) | 2,276,086 | 2,165,805 | ||||||||
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Total |
$ | (2,060,022 | ) | $ | 35,365,206 | $ | 33,305,184 | |||||
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Net Investment Income (Loss) |
Total Trading Results | Net Income (Loss) | ||||||||||
Aspect Master |
$ | (149,755 | ) | $ | 28,958,682 | $ | 28,808,927 | |||||
Graham Master |
(444,522 | ) | 12,799,867 | 12,355,345 | ||||||||
SandRidge Master |
(1,085,791 | ) | (132,752,741 | ) | (133,838,532 | ) | ||||||
Eckhardt Master |
(170,277 | ) | 5,378,965 | 5,208,688 | ||||||||
Waypoint Master |
(133,282 | ) | 7,879,774 | 7,746,492 | ||||||||
PGR Master |
(30,697 | ) | 592,832 | 562,135 | ||||||||
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Total |
$ | (2,014,324 | ) | $ | (77,142,621 | ) | $ | (79,156,945 | ) | |||
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Summarized information reflecting the Partnerships investment in, and the operations of the Funds is shown in the following tables.
Expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment |
% of Partnerships Net Assets |
Fair Value |
Income (Loss) |
Brokerage Fees |
Other | Net Income (Loss) |
Investment Objective |
Redemptions Permitted |
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For the year ended December 31, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aspect Master |
22.61 | % | $ | 10,684,071 | $ | 958,859 | $ | 9,752 | $ | 4,508 | $ | 944,599 | Commodity Portfolio |
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Graham Master |
15.26 | % | 7,211,965 | (1,453,396 | ) | 42,230 | 4,237 | (1,499,863 | ) | Commodity Portfolio |
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SandRidge Master |
6.56 | % | 3,100,202 | 805,120 | 6,140 | 4,498 | 794,482 | Energy Portfolio |
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Eckhardt Master |
18.03 | % | 8,516,333 | (1,614,202 | ) | 53,680 | 26,839 | (1,694,721 | ) | Commodity Portfolio |
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Waypoint Master |
23.60 | % | 11,149,118 | (499,021 | ) | 45,175 | 20,153 | (564,349 | ) | Commodity Portfolio |
Monthly | |||||||||||||||||||
PGR Master |
14.98 | % | 7,078,933 | 471,509 | 9,547 | 18,620 | 443,342 | Commodity Portfolio |
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Total |
$ | 47,740,622 | $ | (1,331,131 | ) | $ | 166,524 | $ | 78,855 | $ | (1,576,510 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P.
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2011
Expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment |
% of Partnerships Net Assets |
Fair Value |
Income (Loss) |
Brokerage Fees |
Other | Net Income (Loss) |
Investment Objective |
Redemptions Permitted |
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Campbell Master |
0.00 | % | $ | | $ | (266,611 | ) | $ | 1,344 | $ | 672 | $ | (268,627 | ) | Financial, Metal & Energy Large Portfolio |
Monthly | ||||||||||||||
Aspect Master |
21.19 | % | 12,593,732 | 3,058,106 | 20,772 | 10,977 | 3,026,357 | Commodity Portfolio |
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Graham Master |
20.51 | % | 12,185,485 | 858,450 | 49,344 | 10,617 | 798,489 | Commodity Portfolio |
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SandRidge Master |
13.76 | % | 8,175,283 | (2,234,661 | ) | 22,112 | 6,546 | (2,263,319 | ) | Energy Portfolio |
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Eckhardt Master |
16.15 | % | 9,595,146 | 2,209,274 | 42,767 | 32,991 | 2,133,516 | Commodity Portfolio |
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Waypoint Master |
21.40 | % | 12,714,093 | 1,669,221 | 19,209 | 12,810 | 1,637,202 | Commodity Portfolio |
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PGR Master |
8.61 | % | 5,114,408 | 149,305 | 1,321 | 7,278 | 140,706 | Commodity Portfolio |
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Total |
$ | 60,378,147 | $ | 5,443,084 | $ | 156,869 | $ | 81,891 | $ | 5,204,324 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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6. | Distributions and Redemptions: |
Distributions of profits, if any, will be made at the sole discretion of the General Partner and at such times as the General Partner may decide. A limited partner may require the Partnership to redeem their Redeemable Units at their net asset value per Redeemable Unit as of the last day of each month on three business days notice to the General Partner. There is no fee charged to limited partners in connection with redemptions.
7. | Financial Highlights: |
Changes in the net asset value per unit for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 were as follows:
2011 | 2010 | 2009 | ||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)* |
$ | (114.65 | ) | $ | 49.77 | $ | (54.60 | ) | ||||
Interest income |
0.37 | 1.19 | 1.00 | |||||||||
Expenses** |
(28.60 | ) | (37.31 | ) | (37.51 | ) | ||||||
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Increase (decrease) for the year |
(142.88 | ) | 13.65 | (91.11 | ) | |||||||
Net asset value per unit, beginning of year |
1,406.51 | 1,392.86 | 1,483.97 | |||||||||
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Net asset value per unit, end of year |
$ | 1,263.63 | $ | 1,406.51 | $ | 1,392.86 | ||||||
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* | Includes brokerage fees. |
** | Excludes brokerage fees. |
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Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P.
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2011
2011 | 2010*** | 2009*** | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets: |
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Net investment income (loss) |
(7.9 | )% | (8.4 | )% | (8.3 | )% | ||||||
Incentive fees |
0.0 | % | 0.6 | % | 0.4 | % | ||||||
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Net investment income (loss) before incentive fees**** |
(7.9 | )% | (7.8 | )% | (7.9 | )% | ||||||
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Operating expenses |
7.9 | % | 7.9 | % | 8.0 | % | ||||||
Incentive fees |
0.0 | % | 0.6 | % | 0.4 | % | ||||||
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Total expenses |
7.9 | % | 8.5 | % | 8.4 | % | ||||||
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Total return before incentive fees |
(10.2 | )% | 1.6 | % | (5.7 | )% | ||||||
Incentive fees |
0.0 | % | (0.6 | )% | (0.4 | )% | ||||||
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Total return after incentive fees |
(10.2 | )% | 1.0 | % | (6.1 | )% | ||||||
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*** | The ratios are shown net and gross of incentive fees to conform to current year presentation. |
**** | Interest income less total expenses. |
The above ratios may vary for individual investors based on the timing of capital transactions during the year. Additionally, these ratios are calculated for the limited partner class using the limited partners share of income, expenses and average net assets.
8. | Financial Instrument Risks: |
In the normal course of business, the Partnership, through its investments in the Funds, is party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk, including derivative financial instruments and derivative commodity instruments. These financial instruments may include forwards, futures, swaps and options, whose values are based upon an underlying asset, index, or reference rate, and generally represent future commitments to exchange currencies or cash balances, to purchase or sell other financial instruments at specific terms at specified future dates, or, in the case of derivative commodity instruments, to have a reasonable possibility to be settled in cash, through physical delivery or with another financial instrument. These instruments may be traded on an exchange or OTC. Exchange-traded instruments are standardized and include futures and certain option contracts. OTC contracts are negotiated between contracting parties and include certain forwards, swaps and certain options contracts. Specific market movements of commodities or futures contracts underlying an option cannot accurately be predicted. The purchaser of an option may lose the entire premium paid for the option. The writer, or seller, of an option has unlimited risk. Each of these instruments is subject to various risks similar to those related to the underlying financial instruments including market and credit risk. In general, the risks associated with OTC contracts are greater than those associated with exchange-traded instruments because of the greater risk of default by the counterparty to an OTC contract.
The risk to the limited partners that have purchased Redeemable Units in the Partnership is limited to the amount of their capital contributions to the Partnership and their share of the Partnerships assets and undistributed profits. This limited liability is a result of the organization of the Partnership as a limited partnership under New York law.
Market risk is the potential for changes in the value of the financial instruments traded by the Funds due to market changes, including interest and foreign exchange rate movements and fluctuations in commodity or security prices. Market risk is directly impacted by the volatility and liquidity in the markets in which the related underlying assets are traded. The Funds are exposed to a market risk equal to the value of futures and forward contracts purchased and unlimited liability on such contracts sold short.
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Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P.
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2011
Credit risk is the possibility that a loss may occur due to the failure of a counterparty to perform according to the terms of a contract. The Partnerships/Funds risk of loss in the event of a counterparty default is typically limited to the amounts recognized in the Statements of Financial Condition and is not represented by the contract or notional amounts of the instruments. The Partnerships/Funds risk of loss is reduced through the use of legally enforceable master netting agreements with counterparties that permit the Partnership/Funds to offset unrealized gains and losses and other assets and liabilities with such counterparties upon the occurrence of certain events. The Partnership/Funds have credit risk and concentration risk, as CGM or a CGM affiliate is the sole counterparty or broker with respect to the Funds assets. Credit risk with respect to exchange-traded instruments is reduced to the extent that, through CGM, the Partnerships/Funds counterparty is an exchange or clearing organization.
As both a buyer and seller of options, the Funds pay or receive a premium at the outset and then bears the risk of unfavorable changes in the price of the contract underlying the option. Written options expose the Funds to potentially unlimited liability; for purchased options, the risk of loss is limited to the premiums paid. Certain written put options permit cash settlement and do not require the option holder to own the reference asset. The Funds do not consider these contracts to be guarantees.
The General Partner monitors and attempts to control the Funds risk exposure on a daily basis through financial, credit and risk management monitoring systems, and accordingly, believes that it has effective procedures for evaluating and limiting the credit and market risks to which the Funds may be subject. These monitoring systems generally allow the General Partner to statistically analyze actual trading results with risk-adjusted performance indicators and correlation statistics. In addition, on-line monitoring systems provide account analysis of futures, forwards and options positions by sector, margin requirements, gain and loss transactions and collateral positions.
The majority of these instruments mature within one year of the inception date. However, due to the nature of the Funds businesses, these instruments may not be held to maturity.
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Selected unaudited quarterly financial data for the Partnership for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 are summarized below:
For the period from October 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011 |
For the period from July 1, 2011 to September 30, 2011 |
For the period from April 1, 2011 to June 30, 2011 |
For the period from January 1, 2011 to March 31, 2011 | |||||
Net realized and unrealized trading gains (losses) net of brokerage fees and clearing fees including interest income |
$(3,933,395) | $1,472,086 | $ (933,391) | $(1,012,735) | ||||
Net income (loss) |
$(3,962,622) | $1,018,110 | $(1,250,063) | $(1,349,360) | ||||
Increase (decrease) in net asset value per unit |
$ (104.11) | $ 25.74 | $ (32.35) | $ (32.16) |
For the period from October 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010 |
For the period from July 1, 2010 to September 30, 2010 |
For the period from April 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010 |
For the period from January 1, 2010 to March 31, 2010 | |||||
Net realized and unrealized trading gains (losses) net of brokerage fees and clearing fees including interest income |
$3,066,964 | $765,004 | $(100,616) | $(1,766,754) | ||||
Net income (loss) |
$2,512,677 | $523,359 | $(607,950) | $(2,138,447) | ||||
Increase (decrease) in net asset value per unit |
$ 58.88 | $ 11.96 | $ (13.84) | $ (43.35) |
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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure. Not Applicable.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
The Partnerships disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Partnership on the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods expected in the SECs rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Partnership in the reports it files is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the General Partner, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure and appropriate SEC filings.
Management is responsible for ensuring that there is an adequate and effective process for establishing, maintaining and evaluating disclosure controls and procedures for the Partnerships external disclosures.
The General Partners CEO and CFO have evaluated the effectiveness of the Partnerships disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of December 31, 2011 and, based on that evaluation, the General Partners CEO and CFO have concluded that at that date the Partnerships disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
The Partnerships internal control over financial reporting is a process under the supervision of the General Partners CEO and CFO to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP. These controls include policies and procedures that:
| pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Partnership; |
| provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) the Partnerships receipts are handled and expenditures are made only pursuant to authorizations of the General Partner; and |
| provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Partnerships assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. |
The report included in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. includes managements report on internal control over financial reporting (Managements Report).
There were no changes in the Partnerships internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Partnerships internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information. None.
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PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
The Partnership has no officers, directors or employees and its affairs are managed by its General Partner. Investment decisions are made by the Advisors.
The officers and directors of the General Partner are Walter Davis (President and Chairman of the Board of Directors), Brian Centner (Chief Financial Officer), Colbert Narcisse (Director), Douglas J. Ketterer (Director), Ian Bernstein (Director), Harry Handler (Director), Patrick T. Egan (Director) and Alper Daglioglu (Director). Each director of the General Partner holds office until the earlier of his or her death, resignation or removal. Vacancies on the board of directors may be filled by either (i) the majority vote of the remaining directors or (ii) Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Holdings LLC, as the sole member of the General Partner. The officers of the General Partner are designated by the General Partners board of directors. Each officer will hold office until his or her successor is designated and qualified or until his or her death, resignation or removal.
Walter Davis, age 47, has been President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Partner since June 2010, where his responsibilities include oversight of the General Partners funds and accounts. Since June 2010, Mr. Davis has been a principal and registered as an associated person of the General Partner, and is an associate member of the NFA. Since June 2009, Mr. Davis has been employed by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (Morgan Stanley Smith Barney), a financial services firm, where his responsibilities include serving as Managing Director and the Director of the Managed Futures Department. Since June 2009, Mr. Davis has been registered as an associated person of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. From May 2006 through June 2010, Mr. Davis served as President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Demeter Management LLC (Demeter), a registered commodity pool operator, where his responsibilities included oversight of Demeters funds and accounts. From May 2006 through December 2010, Mr. Davis was listed as a principal of Demeter, and from July 2006 through December 2010, Mr. Davis was registered as an associated person of Demeter. From April 2007 through June 2009, Mr. Davis was employed by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (MS & Co.), a financial services firm, where his responsibilities included serving as the Managing Director and the Director of the Managed Futures Department. From April 2007 through June 2009, Mr. Davis was registered as an associated person of MS & Co. From August 2006 through April 2007, Mr. Davis was employed by Morgan Stanley DW Inc., a financial services firm, where his responsibilities included serving as Managing Director and the Director of the Managed Futures Department. From August 2006 through April 2007, Mr. Davis was registered as an associated person of Morgan Stanley DW Inc. From September 1999 through August 2006, Mr. Davis was employed by MS & Co., a financial services firm, where his responsibilities included oversight of the sales and marketing of MS & Co.s managed futures funds to high net worth and institutional investors on a global basis. From January 1992 through September 1999, Mr. Davis was employed by Chase Manhattan Banks Alternative Investment Group, an alternative investment group, where his responsibilities included marketing managed futures funds to high net worth investors, as well as developing and structuring managed futures funds. Mr. Davis earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics in May 1987 from the University of the South and his Master of Business Administration in Finance and International Business in May 1992 from Columbia University Graduate School of Business.
Brian Centner, age 34, has been the Chief Financial Officer and a principal of the General Partner since September 2011. Since July 2009, Mr. Centner has been employed by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, a financial services firm, where his responsibilities include oversight of accounting and financial and regulatory reporting of the General Partners managed futures funds. From February 2003 through July 2009, Mr. Centner was employed by Citi Alternative Investments (CAI), a division of Citigroup, a financial services firm, which administered Citigroups hedge fund and fund of funds business, where he served as Senior Vice President responsible for the accounting and financial and regulatory reporting of CAIs managed futures funds. From June 2002 through February 2003, Mr. Centner was employed by KPMG LLP, a U.S. audit, tax and advisory services firm, as a Senior Associate within the Investment Management division, where his responsibilities included performing audits and attestation services for financial services firms. From September 2000 through June 2002, Mr. Centner was employed by Arthur Andersen LLP, a U.S. audit, tax and advisory services firm, where he served in the Financial Services division and his responsibilities included performing audits and attestation services for financial services firms. Mr. Centner earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting in May 2000 from Binghamton University and his Master of Business Administration degree in May 2011 from New York Universitys Leonard N. Stern School of Business. Mr. Centner is a Certified Public Accountant.
Colbert Narcisse, age 45, has been a Director and a principal of the General Partner since December 2011. Since February 2011, Mr. Narcisse has been a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, a financial services firm, where his responsibilities have included serving as Head of the Alternative Investment Group, Head of the Corporate Equity Solutions Group, and Chief Operating Officer of the Investment Strategy and Client Solutions Division. From July 2009 until February 2011, Mr. Narcisse served as Chief Executive Officer of Gold Bullion International, a business services company that enables retail investors to acquire, manage and store physical precious metals through their financial advisor. From March 2009 until July 2009, Mr. Narcisse took personal leave. From August 1990 until March 2009, Mr. Narcisse was employed by Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., a financial services firm, where his responsibilities included serving as Chief Operating Officer of Americas Investment Banking, Chief Operating Officer of the Global Wealth Management Division, and as an investment banker in both the Financial Institutions and Public Finance Groups. From July 1987 until August 1990, Mr. Narcisse was employed by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where his responsibilities included serving as a Bank Examiner. Additionally, Mr. Narcisse serves on the Board of Harlem RBI, as the Vice Chair of Finance for the Montclair Cooperative School Board of Trustees, as an Audit Committee Member of the New York City Housing Authority, and as a Member of the Executive Leadership Council. Mr. Narcisse received his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance in June 1987 from New York University. He received his Master of Business Administration degree in July 1992 from Harvard Business School.
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Douglas J. Ketterer, age 46, has been a Director and a principal of the General Partner since December 2010. From October 2003 through December 2010, Mr. Ketterer was listed as a principal of Demeter, a commodity pool operator, until Demeters combination with the General Partner. From July 2010 through the present, Mr. Ketterer has been employed by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, a financial services firm, as Managing Director and Head of the U.S. Private Wealth Management Group, where his responsibilities include overseeing the U.S. Private Wealth Management Group. From March 1990 through July 2010, Mr. Ketterer was employed by MS & Co., a financial services firm, where his responsibilities included serving as Chief Operating Officer of the Wealth Management Group and Head of the Products Group. During Mr. Ketterers employment at MS & Co. his responsibilities included oversight over a number of departments including the Alternative Investments Group, the Consulting Services Group, the Annuities & Insurance Department, and the Retirement & Equity Solutions Group, which offered products and services through MS & Co.s Global Wealth Management Group. Mr. Ketterer received his Master of Business Administration degree from New York Universitys Leonard N. Stern School of Business in January 1994 and his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University at Albanys School of Business in May 1987.
Ian Bernstein, age 49, has been a Director of the General Partner and listed as a principal of the General Partner since December 2010. From June 2009 through the present, Mr. Bernstein has been employed by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, a financial services firm, as Managing Director of Capital Markets, with oversight of risk and infrastructure, joint venture negotiations and integration. From April 2007 through the present, Mr. Bernstein has been employed by MS & Co., a financial services firm, where his responsibilities include serving as Managing Director of the Capital Markets group, the head of the Global Wealth Management group, and serving as market risk manager. From October 1984 through April 2007, Mr. Bernstein was employed by Morgan Stanley DW Inc., a financial services firm, where his responsibilities included serving as a Repo trader, manager of the Repo trading desk, and Chief Operating Officer for fixed income. Mr. Bernstein also served as Managing Director of Morgan Stanley DW Inc. from March 2004 through April 2007. Mr. Bernstein earned his Bachelor of Arts in May 1980 from the University of Buckingham and his Master of Business Administration in May 1988 from New York Universitys Leonard N. Stern School of Business.
Harry Handler, age 52, has been a Director of the General Partner since December 2010. Since December 2010, Mr. Handler has been registered as an associated person and listed as a principal of the General Partner, and is an associate member of the NFA. Mr. Handler was listed as a principal of Demeter from May 2005, and was registered as an associated person of Demeter from April 2006, until Demeters combination with the General Partner in December 2010. Mr. Handler was registered as an associated person of Morgan Stanley DW Inc., a financial services firm, from February 1984 until on or about April 2007, when, because of the merger of Morgan Stanley DW Inc. into MS & Co., he became registered as an associated person of MS & Co. due to the transfer of his original registration as an associated person of Morgan Stanley DW Inc. Mr. Handler withdrew as an associated person of MS & Co. in June 2009. Mr. Handler has been registered as an associated person of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney since June 2009. Mr. Handler serves as an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in the Global Wealth Management Group. Mr. Handler works in the Capital Markets Division and is responsible for Electronic Equity and Securities Lending. Additionally, Mr. Handler serves as Chairman of the Global Wealth Management Groups Best Execution Committee. In his prior position, Mr. Handler was a Systems Director in Information Technology, in charge of Equity and Fixed Income Trading Systems along with the Special Products, such as Unit Trusts, Managed Futures, and Annuities. Prior to his transfer to the Information Technology Area, Mr. Handler managed the Foreign Currency and Precious Metals Trading Desk of Dean Witter, a financial services firm and predecessor company to Morgan Stanley, from July 1982 until January 1984. He also held various positions in the Futures Division where he helped to build the Precious Metals Trading Operation at Dean Witter. Before joining Dean Witter, Mr. Handler worked at Mocatta Metals, a precious metals trading firm and futures broker that was sold to Standard Charted Bank in the 1980s, as an Assistant to the Chairman from March 1980 until June 1982. His roles at Mocatta Metals included positions on the Futures Order Entry Desk and the Commodities Exchange Trading Floor. Additional work included building a computerized Futures Trading System and writing a history of the company. Mr. Handler graduated on the Deans List from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Science.
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Patrick T. Egan, age 42, has been a Director of the General Partner since December 2010. Since December 2010, Mr. Egan has been a principal and registered as an associated person of the General Partner, and is an associate member of the NFA. Since June 2011, Mr. Egan has been employed by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, a financial services firm, where his responsibilities include serving as Executive Director and as Chief Risk Officer for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Managed Futures. From June 2009 through June 2011, Mr. Egan was employed by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, where his responsibilities included serving as Co-Chief Investment Officer for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Managed Futures. Since November 2010, Mr. Egan has been registered as an associated person of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. From April 2007 through June 2009, Mr. Egan was employed by MS & Co., a financial services firm, where his responsibilities included serving as Head of Due Diligence and Manager Research for Morgan Stanleys Managed Futures Department. From April 2007 through November 2010, Mr. Egan was registered as an associated person of MS & Co. From March 1993 through April 2007, Mr. Egan was employed by Morgan Stanley DW Inc., a financial services firm, where his initial responsibilities included serving as an analyst and manager within the Managed Futures Department (with primary responsibilities for product development, due diligence, investment analysis and risk management of the firms commodity pools) and later included serving as Head of Due Diligence and Manager Research for Morgan Stanleys Managed Futures Department. From February 1998 through April 2007, Mr. Egan was registered as an associated person of Morgan Stanley DW Inc. From August 1991 through March 1993, Mr. Egan was employed by Dean Witter Intercapital, the asset management arm of Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., where his responsibilities included serving as a mutual fund administration associate. Mr. Egan also served as a Director from November 2004 through October 2006, and from November 2006 through October 2008 of the Managed Funds Associations Board of Directors, a position he was elected to by industry peers for two consecutive two-year terms. Mr. Egan earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a concentration in Finance in May 1991 from the University of Notre Dame.
Alper Daglioglu, age 34, has been a Director and listed as a principal of the General Partner since December 2010. Since December 2010, Mr. Daglioglu has been employed by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, a financial services firm, where his responsibilities include serving as Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Managed Futures and serving on the Alternative Investments Product Review Committee of Morgan Stanley Smith Barneys Alternative Investments Group. From June 2009 through December 2010, Mr. Daglioglu was employed by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, a financial services firm, where his responsibilities included serving as a Senior Analyst in the Product Origination Group. From December 2003 through June 2009, Mr. Daglioglu was employed by Morgan Stanley, a financial services firm, where his responsibilities included serving as a Senior Analyst in the Product Origination Group, and serving as the lead investment analyst for Global Macro and Managed Futures strategies within Morgan Stanley Graystone Research Group from February 2007 through June 2009. Mr. Daglioglu earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering in June 2000 from Galatasaray University and his Master of Business Administration degree in Finance in May 2003 from the University of Massachusetts-Amhersts Isenberg School of Management. Mr. Daglioglu was awarded a full merit scholarship and research assistantship at the Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets during his graduate studies. In this capacity, he worked with various major financial institutions in performance monitoring, asset allocation and statistical analysis projects and specialized on alternative approaches to risk assessment for hedge funds and managed futures. Mr. Daglioglu wrote and published numerous research papers on alternative investments. Mr. Daglioglu is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst charterholder.
The Partnership has not adopted a code of ethics that applies to officers because it has no officers. In addition, the Partnership has not adopted any procedures by which investors may recommend nominees to the Partnerships board of directors, and has not established an audit committee because it has no board of directors.
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
The Partnership has no directors or officers. Its affairs are managed by Ceres Managed Futures LLC, its General Partner. CGM, an affiliate of the General Partner, is the commodity broker for the Partnership and receives brokerage fees for such services, as described under Item 1. Business. Brokerage fees and clearing fees of $3,076,304 were paid for the year ended December 31, 2011. Management fees of $917,761 were paid or payable to the Advisors for the year ended December 31, 2011.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
(a) Security ownership of certain beneficial owners. As of February 29, 2012, the Partnership knows of no person who beneficially owns more than 5% of the Redeemable Units outstanding.
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(b) Security ownership of management. Under the terms of the Limited Partnership Agreement, the Partnerships affairs are managed by the General Partner. The following table indicates securities owned by management as of December 31, 2011:
(1) Title of Class |
(2) Name of Beneficial Owner |
(3) Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership |
(4) Percent of Class | |||||||||
General Partner units equivalents | General Partner | 441.6499 | 1.2% |
(c) Changes in control. None.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
(a) | Transactions with related persons. None. |
(b) | Review, approval or ratification of transactions with related persons. Not applicable. |
(c) | Promoters and certain control persons. CGM and the General Partner, would be considered promoters for purposes of item 404(c) of Regulation S-K. The nature and the amounts of compensation each promoter will receive, if any, from the Partnership are set forth under Item 1. Business, Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, and Item 11. Executive Compensation. |
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Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
(1) Audit Fees. The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by Deloitte & Touche LLP (Deloitte) in the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 for the audits of the Partnerships annual financial statements, reviews of financial statements included in the Partnerships Forms 10-Q and 10-K and other services normally provided in connection with regulatory filings or engagements were:
2011 |
$ | 93,500 | ||
2010 |
$ | 89,800 |
(2) | Audit-Related Fees. None |
(3) | Tax Fees. In the last two fiscal years, Deloitte did not provide any professional services for tax compliance, tax advice or tax planning. The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP. for tax compliance and tax advice given in the preparation of the Partnerships Schedule K1s, the preparation of the Partnerships Form 1065 and preparation of all State Tax Returns were: |
2011 |
$ | 30,850 | ||
2010 |
$ | 26,250 |
(4) | All Other Fees. None. |
(5) | Not Applicable. |
(6) | Not Applicable. |
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PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
(a)(1) Financial Statements:
Statements of Financial Condition at December 31, 2011 and 2010.
Schedules of Investments at December 31, 2011 and 2010.
Statements of Income and Expenses for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009.
Statements of Changes in Partners Capital for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009.
Notes to Financial Statements.
(2) Exhibits:
3.1 | Limited Partnership Agreement (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 23, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference). | |
3.2 | Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership as filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York on August 25, 1999 (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 23, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference). | |
(a) Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Limited Partnership as filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York, dated May 21, 2003 (filed as Exhibit 3.2(a) to the Form 10-Q filed on November 16, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference). | ||
(b) Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Limited Partnership as filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York, dated September 21, 2005 (filed as Exhibit 3.2(b) to the Form 10-Q filed on November 16, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference). | ||
(c) Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Limited Partnership as filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York, dated September 19, 2008 (filed as Exhibit 3.2(c) to the Form 10-Q filed on November 16, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference). | ||
(d) Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Limited Partnership as filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York, dated August 27, 2008 (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 8-K filed on September 2, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference). | ||
(e) Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Limited Partnership as filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York, dated September 24, 2009 (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 8-K filed on September 30, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference). | ||
(f) Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Limited Partnership as filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York, dated June 30, 2010 (filed as Exhibit 3.1(f) to the Form 8-K filed on July 2, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference). | ||
(g) Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Limited Partnership as filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York, dated September 2, 2011 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 8-K filed on September 7, 2011 and incorporated herein by reference). | ||
10.1 | Form of Customer Agreement between the Partnership and Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 23, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference). | |
10.2 | Form of Escrow Agreement among the Partnership, European American Bank, Smith Barney Futures Management Inc. and Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 23, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference). | |
(a) Form of Letter Amending Escrow Agreement among the Partnership, European American Bank, Smith Barney Futures Management Inc. and Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (filed as Exhibit 10.3A to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 12, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference). | ||
10.3 | Form of Selling Agreement among the Partnership, Smith Barney Futures Management LLC and Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 12, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference). | |
10.4 | Joinder Agreement among the Partnership, the General Partner, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, dated June 1, 2009 (filed as Exhibit 10 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference). | |
10.5 | Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement among the Partnership, the General Partner and SandRidge Capital, LP, dated June 30, 2007 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference). | |
(a) Letter from the General Partner extending Advisory Agreement between the General Partner and SandRidge Capital, L.P. for 2011, dated June 1, 2011 (filed herein). | ||
10.6 | Management Agreement among the Partnership, the General Partner and Aspect Capital Limited, dated January 3, 2002 (filed as Exhibit 99 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 27, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference). | |
(a) Letter from the General Partner extending Management with Aspect Capital Limited for 2011, dated June 1, 2011 (filed herein). | ||
10.7 | Management Agreement among the Partnership, the General Partner and Eckhardt Trading Company, dated March 31, 2008 (filed as Exhibit 10 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference). | |
(a) Letter from the General Partner extending Management Agreement with Eckhardt Trading Company for 2011, dated June 1, 2011 (filed herein). | ||
10.8 | Management Agreement among the Partnership, the General Partner and Campbell & Company, Inc., dated August 31, 1999 (filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on September 23, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference). | |
10.9 | Management Agreement among the Partnership, the General Partner and Graham Capital Management, L.P., dated June 11, 2001 (filed as Exhibit 10 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 27, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference). | |
(a) Letter from the General Partner extending Management Agreement with Graham Capital Management, L.P. for 2011, dated June 1, 2011 (filed herein). | ||
10.10 | Management Agreement among the Partnership, the General Partner and Waypoint Capital Management LLC, dated February 25, 2010 (filed as Exhibit 10.8 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 17, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference). | |
(a) Letter from the General Partner extending Management Agreement with Waypoint Capital Management LLC for 2011, dated June 1, 2011 (filed herein). | ||
10.11 | Management Agreement among the Partnership, the General Partner and PGR Capital LLP, dated October 29, 2010 (filed as Exhibit 10.10 to the Form 8-K filed on November 4, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference). | |
(a) Letter from the General Partner extending Management Agreement with PGR Capital LLP for 2011, dated June 1, 2011 (filed herein). | ||
99.1 | Financial Statements of CMF Aspect Master Fund L.P. | |
99.2 | Financial Statements of CMF Graham Capital Master Fund L.P. | |
99.3 | Financial Statements of CMF SandRidge Master Fund L.P. | |
99.4 | Financial Statements of Eckhardt Master Fund L.P. | |
99.5 | Financial Statements of Waypoint Master Fund L.P. | |
99.6 | Financial Statements of PGR Master Fund L.P. | |
The exhibits required to be filed by Item 601 of regulation S-K are incorporated herein by reference. | ||
(a) Exhibit 31.1Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification (Certification of President and Director). | ||
Exhibit 31.2Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification (Certification of Chief Financial Officer). | ||
Exhibit 32.1Section 1350 Certification (Certification of President and Director). | ||
Exhibit 32.2Section 1350 Certification (Certification of Chief Financial Officer). | ||
101.INS | XBRL Instance Document. | |
101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. | |
101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. | |
101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document. | |
101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P.
By: | Ceres Managed Futures LLC | |||||
(General Partner) | ||||||
By: | /s/ Walter Davis |
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Walter Davis, President & Director | ||||||
Date: March 30, 2012 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated.
/s/ Walter Davis |
/s/ Ian Bernstein |
/s/ Patrick T. Egan | ||||||
Walter Davis | Ian Bernstein | Patrick T. Egan | ||||||
President and Director | Director | Director | ||||||
Ceres Managed Futures LLC | Ceres Managed Futures LLC | Ceres Managed Futures LLC | ||||||
Date: March 30, 2012 | Date: March 30, 2012 | Date: March 30, 2012 | ||||||
/s/ Brian Centner |
/s/ Colbert Narcisse |
/s/ Alper Daglioglu | ||||||
Brian Centner | Colbert Narcisse | Alper Daglioglu | ||||||
Chief Financial Officer | Director | Director | ||||||
(Principal Accounting Officer) | Ceres Managed Futures LLC | Ceres Managed Futures LLC | ||||||
Ceres Managed Futures LLC | Date: March 30, 2012 | Date: March 30, 2012 | ||||||
Date: March 30, 2012 | ||||||||
/s/ Douglas J. Ketterer |
/s/ Harry Handler |
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Douglas J. Ketterer | Harry Handler | |||||||
Director | Director | |||||||
Ceres Managed Futures LLC | Ceres Managed Futures LLC | |||||||
Date: March 30, 2012 | Date: March 30, 2012 |
Supplemental Information to be furnished With Reports Filed Pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act by Registrants Which Have Not Registered Securities Pursuant to Section 12 of the Act.
Annual Report to Limited Partners
No proxy material has been sent to Limited Partners.
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