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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

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

 

For the Period Ended June 30, 2018

 

OR

 

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

 

Commission File Number 000-51274

 

 

 

FRONTIER FUNDS

FRONTIER DIVERSIFIED FUND;
FRONTIER MASTERS FUND;
FRONTIER LONG/SHORT COMMODITY FUND;
FRONTIER BALANCED FUND;
FRONTIER SELECT FUND;
FRONTIER WINTON FUND;
FRONTIER HERITAGE FUND
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware 36-6815533
(State of (IRS Employer
Organization) Identification No.)

 

c/o Frontier Fund Management LLC
25568 Genesee Trail Road
Golden, Colorado 80401
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(303) 454-5500
(Registrant’s Telephone Number)

 

 

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Frontier Diversified Fund Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 Units;
Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund Class 2, Class 3, Class 1a, Class 2a and Class 3a Units;
Frontier Masters Fund Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 Units;
Frontier Balanced Fund Class 1, Class 1AP, Class 2, Class 2a and Class 3a Units;
Frontier Select Fund Class 1, Class 1AP and Class 2 Units;
Frontier Winton Fund Class 1, Class 1AP and Class 2 Units;
Frontier Heritage Fund Class 1, Class 1AP and Class 2 Units

 

 

 

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  x   No  o

 

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  x   No  o

 

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.

 

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

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o  No  x

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

  Item 1.   Series Financial Statements  
         
      Statements of Financial Condition as of June 30, 2018 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2017 5
         
      Condensed Schedules of Investments as of June 30, 2018 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2017 8
         
      Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 (Unaudited) 14
         
      Statements of Changes in Owners’ Capital for the six months ended June 30, 2018 (Unaudited) 20
         
      Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 (Unaudited) 24
         
      Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) 27
         
      Trust Financial Statements (1)  
         
      Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition as of June 30, 2018 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2017 60
         
      Consolidated Condensed Schedules of Investments as of June 30, 2018 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2017 61
         
      Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 (Unaudited) 63
         
      Consolidated Statement of Changes in Owners’ Capital for the six months ended June 30, 2018 (Unaudited) 65
         
      Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 (Unaudited) 66
         
      Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) 67
         
  Item 2.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 88
         
  Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 167
         
  Item 4.   Controls and Procedures 172
         
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION  
         
  Item 1.   Legal Proceedings 173
         
  Item 1A.   Risk Factors 173
         
  Item 2.   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 173
         
  Item 3.   Defaults Upon Senior Securities 173
         
  Item 4.   Mine Safety Disclosures 173
         
  Item 5.   Other Information 173
         
  Item 6.   Exhibits 174
         
SIGNATURES 175

 

(1)These financial statements represent the consolidated financial statements of the Series of the Trust.

2

Special Note About Forward-Looking Statements

 

THIS REPORT CONTAINS STATEMENTS WHICH CONSTITUTE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 AND OTHER FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS. THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS REFLECT THE MANAGING OWNER’S CURRENT EXPECTATIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE RESULTS, PERFORMANCE, PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE TRUST. THE MANAGING OWNER HAS TRIED TO IDENTIFY THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS BY USING WORDS SUCH AS “MAY,” “WILL,” “EXPECT,” “ANTICIPATE,” “BELIEVE,” “INTEND,” “SHOULD,” “ESTIMATE” OR THE NEGATIVE OF THOSE TERMS OR SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS. THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED ON INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO THE MANAGING OWNER AND ARE SUBJECT TO A NUMBER OF RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES AND OTHER FACTORS, BOTH KNOWN, SUCH AS THOSE DESCRIBED IN THE “RISK FACTORS” SECTION UNDER PART II ITEM 1A AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS REPORT, AND UNKNOWN, THAT COULD CAUSE THE TRUST’S ACTUAL RESULTS, PERFORMANCE, PROSPECTS OR OPPORTUNITIES TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE EXPRESSED IN, OR IMPLIED BY, THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS.

 

YOU SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE ON ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS, THE MANAGING OWNER UNDERTAKES NO OBLIGATION TO PUBLICLY UPDATE OR REVISE ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS OR THE RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES OR OTHER FACTORS DESCRIBED HEREIN, AS A RESULT OF NEW INFORMATION, FUTURE EVENTS OR CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON AFTER THE DATE OF THIS REPORT.

 

UNLESS EXPRESSLY STATED OTHERWISE, ALL INFORMATION IN THIS REPORT IS AS OF JUNE 30, 2018, AND THE MANAGING OWNER UNDERTAKES NO OBLIGATION TO UPDATE THIS INFORMATION.

3

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.Series Financial Statements

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The Series of Frontier Funds
Statements of Financial Condition
June 30, 2018 (unaudited) and December 31, 2017

 

   Frontier   Frontier   Frontier 
   Diversified Fund   Masters Fund   Long/Short Commodity Fund 
   6/30/2018   12/31/2017   6/30/2018   12/31/2017   6/30/2018   12/31/2017 
ASSETS                              
Cash and cash equivalents  $175,643   $189,890   $93,070   $411,695   $64,571   $152,200 
U.S. Treasury securities, at fair value   1,752,590    767,049    928,660    1,663,014    644,297    614,803 
Incentive fees receivable                   57,082    57,082 
Swap contracts, at fair value   5,789,800    6,376,472            432,925    397,039 
Investments in private investment companies, at fair value   11,853,253    14,501,510    5,483,592    8,407,168    2,086,775    3,018,571 
Investments in unconsolidated trading companies, at fair value   1,257,449    2,225,210    1,021,552    1,501,142    117,943    121,510 
Interest receivable   35,859    15,127    19,001    32,798    13,182    12,125 
Other assets               2,973    11,900    5,122 
                               
Total Assets  $20,864,594   $24,075,258   $7,545,875   $12,018,790   $3,428,675   $4,378,452 
                               
LIABILITIES & CAPITAL                              
                               
LIABILITIES                              
Owner redemptions payable  $   $   $112,594   $   $10,694   $ 
Incentive fees payable to Managing Owner       12,847                 
Management fees payable to Managing Owner   4,148    4,049    9,009    8,949         
Interest payable to Managing Owner                   184    103 
Service fees payable to Managing Owner   2,806    3,614    2,656    3,570    28    172 
Trading fees payable to Managing Owner   46,612    61,188    30,951    49,131    6,580    9,125 
Advance on unrealized swap appreciation   2,500,000    2,500,000            115,000    115,000 
Other liabilities   2,006    26,873    2,098             
                               
Total Liabilities   2,555,572    2,608,571    157,308    61,650    132,486    124,400 
                               
CAPITAL                              
Managing Owner - Class 2   3,154    3,361    55,517    87,344    6,465    11,999 
Managing Owner - Class 2a                   25,295    34,112 
Managing Owner - Class 3   180,802    213,164    21,609    34,209         
Managing Owner - Class 3a                   1,545    1,759 
Limited Owner - Class 1   1,951,083    2,332,222    2,205,345    2,913,542         
Limited Owner - Class 1a                   35,941    107,619 
Limited Owner - Class 2   8,273,346    9,629,385    1,564,590    3,451,256    145,621    246,901 
Limited Owner - Class 2a                   282,313    408,532 
Limited Owner - Class 3   7,900,637    9,288,555    3,541,506    5,470,789    2,102,829    2,472,994 
Limited Owner - Class 3a                   696,180    970,136 
                               
Total Owners’ Capital   18,309,022    21,466,687    7,388,567    11,957,140    3,296,189    4,254,052 
                               
Non-Controlling Interests                        
                               
Total Capital   18,309,022    21,466,687    7,388,567    11,957,140    3,296,189    4,254,052 
                               
Total Liabilities and Capital  $20,864,594   $24,075,258   $7,545,875   $12,018,790   $3,428,675   $4,378,452 
                               
Units Outstanding                              
Class 1   18,015    20,035    22,203    25,393     N/A      N/A  
Class 1a    N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A     508    1,323 
Class 2   65,236    71,254    13,921    26,553    1,427    2,236 
Class 2a    N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A     3,745    4,730 
Class 3   68,432    75,601    32,758    44,254    18,817    20,354 
Class 3a    N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A     8,101    9,918 
                               
Net Asset Value per Unit                              
Class 1  $108.30   $116.41   $99.33   $114.74     N/A      N/A  
Class 1a    N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A    $70.78   $81.35 
Class 2  $126.87   $135.19   $116.38   $133.27   $106.52   $115.81 
Class 2a    N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A    $82.13   $93.59 
Class 3  $118.09   $125.68   $108.77   $124.40   $111.75   $121.50 
Class 3a    N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A    $86.11   $97.99 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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The Series of Frontier Funds
Statements of Financial Condition
June 30, 2018 (unaudited) and December 31, 2017

 

   Frontier Balanced Fund   Frontier Select Fund 
   6/30/2018   12/31/2017   6/30/2018   12/31/2017 
ASSETS                    
Cash and cash equivalents  $313,542   $164,332   $42,141   $114,973 
U.S. Treasury securities, at fair value   3,128,559    663,808    420,486    464,427 
Open trade equity, at fair value   116,742    178,552         
Receivable from futures commission merchants   2,360,013    7,458,096         
Swap contracts, at fair value   10,470,609    11,340,959         
Investments in private investment companies, at fair value   25,309,092    30,501,895    3,648,572    5,579,229 
Investments in unconsolidated trading companies, at fair value   2,445,919    3,178,176    612,152    670,863 
Interest receivable   64,012    13,092    8,603    9,160 
Due from Managing Owner       184,106         
                     
Total Assets  $44,208,488   $53,683,016   $4,731,954   $6,838,652 
                     
LIABILITIES & CAPITAL                    
                     
LIABILITIES                    
Owner redemptions payable  $55,512   $76,772   $   $ 
Incentive fees payable to Managing Owner       40,189         
Management fees payable to Managing Owner   11,594    11,465         
Interest payable to Managing Owner   6,818    2,528    979    1,358 
Service fees payable to Managing Owner   64,568    88,149    9,996    14,743 
Trading fees payable to Managing Owner   110,648    140,868    9,018    14,898 
Risk analysis fees payable   8,688    8,886         
Advance on unrealized swap appreciation   4,926,555    4,926,555         
Other liabilities   184,676    155,425    4,860    5,725 
                     
Total Liabilities   5,369,059    5,450,837    24,853    36,724 
                     
CAPITAL                    
Managing Owner - Class 1                  
Managing Owner - Class 2   131,083    147,888    47,805    70,295 
Managing Owner - Class 2a   263,155    338,655         
Limited Owner - Class 1   31,143,397    38,744,003    4,305,014    5,912,980 
Limited Owner - Class 1AP   557,664    601,247    17,614    23,354 
Limited Owner - Class 2   5,595,683    6,829,139    336,668    795,299 
Limited Owner - Class 2a   118,572    191,276         
Limited Owner - Class 3a   1,029,875    1,379,971         
                     
Total Owners’ Capital   38,839,429    48,232,179    4,707,101    6,801,928 
                     
Non-Controlling Interests                
                     
Total Capital   38,839,429    48,232,179    4,707,101    6,801,928 
                     
Total Liabilities and Capital  $44,208,488   $53,683,016   $4,731,954   $6,838,652 
                     
Units Outstanding                    
Class 1   248,720    284,956    57,593    65,502 
Class 1AP   3,964    3,993    210    233 
Class 2   30,186    34,386    3,446    6,521 
Class 2a   2,323    3,015     N/A      N/A  
Class 3a   6,289    7,877     N/A      N/A  
                     
Net Asset Value per Unit                    
Class 1  $125.21   $135.96   $74.75   $90.27 
Class 1AP  $140.68   $150.56   $84.07   $100.02 
Class 2  $189.72   $202.90   $111.56   $132.73 
Class 2a  $164.33   $175.77     N/A      N/A  
Class 3a  $163.77   $175.18     N/A      N/A  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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The Series of Frontier Funds
Statements of Financial Condition
June 30, 2018 (unaudited) and December 31, 2017

 

   Frontier Winton Fund   Frontier Heritage Fund 
   6/30/2018   12/31/2017   6/30/2018   12/31/2017 
ASSETS                    
Cash and cash equivalents  $577,591   $1,403,125   $91,814   $259,161 
U.S. Treasury securities, at fair value   5,763,275    5,667,825    916,128    1,046,861 
Swap contracts, at fair value           3,003,834    3,094,367 
Investments in private investment companies, at fair value           2,166,855    2,772,993 
Investments in unconsolidated trading companies, at fair value   4,972,156    7,987,575    891,551    1,546,974 
Interest receivable   117,920    111,781    18,744    20,647 
Receivable from related parties       58,146         
                     
Total Assets  $11,430,942   $15,228,452   $7,088,926   $8,741,003 
                     
LIABILITIES & CAPITAL                    
                     
LIABILITIES                    
                     
Owner redemptions payable  $71,202   $   $   $ 
Management fees payable to Managing Owner   41,441    53,039    9,438    13,471 
Interest payable to Managing Owner   11,561    20,992    1,963    2,608 
Service fees payable to Managing Owner   21,229    26,714    7,935    11,483 
Trading fees payable to Managing Owner   23,650    43,573    10,951    15,703 
Due to Managing Owner       152,219         
Advance on unrealized swap appreciation           1,900,000    1,900,000 
Other liabilities   58,374    82,265    24,142    16,038 
                     
Total Liabilities   227,457    378,802    1,954,429    1,959,303 
                     
CAPITAL                    
Managing Owner - Class 2   114,755    153,552    47,577    63,646 
Limited Owner - Class 1   10,409,429    13,102,614    3,951,288    5,435,871 
Limited Owner - Class 1AP   35,695    37,761    1,019    6,083 
Limited Owner - Class 2   643,606    1,555,723    599,433    697,026 
                     
Total Owners’ Capital   11,203,485    14,849,650    4,599,317    6,202,626 
                     
Non-Controlling Interests           535,180    579,074 
                     
Total Capital   11,203,485    14,849,650    5,134,497    6,781,700 
                     
Total Liabilities and Capital  $11,430,942   $15,228,452   $7,088,926   $8,741,003 
                     
Units Outstanding                    
Class 1   70,021    82,367    38,481    44,855 
Class 1AP   214    214    9    45 
Class 2   3,727    7,895    4,187    4,233 
                     
Net Asset Value per Unit                    
Class 1  $148.66   $159.08   $102.68   $121.19 
Class 1AP  $167.19   $176.44   $115.46   $134.28 
Class 2  $203.47   $216.50   $154.54   $179.70 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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The Series of Frontier Funds
Condensed Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2018 (unaudited)

 

       Frontier   Frontier   Frontier 
       Diversified Fund   Masters Fund   Long/Short Commodity Fund 
       Fair   % of Total Capital   Fair   % of Total Capital   Fair   % of Total Capital 
Description      Value   (Net Asset Value)   Value   (Net Asset Value)   Value   (Net Asset Value) 
SWAPS (1)  
     Frontier XXXV Diversified select swap (U.S.)  $5,789,800    31.62%  $       $     
     Frontier XXXVII L/S select swap (U.S.)                   432,925    13.13%
     Total Swaps  $5,789,800    31.62%  $       $432,925    13.13%
                                    
PRIVATE INVESTMENT COMPANIES (3)           
     Galaxy Plus Fund - EvE STP Feeder Fund (516) LLC  $1,439,993    7.86%  $1,449,503    19.62%  $522,334    15.85%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Doherty Feeder Fund (528) LLC   1,257,708    6.87%                
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Fort Contrarian Feeder Fund (510) LLC   1,717,944    9.38%                
     Galaxy Plus Fund - QIM Feeder Fund (526) LLC   1,540,487    8.41%                
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Quantmetrics Feeder Fund (527) LLC   1,965,538    10.74%                
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Quest Feeder Fund (517) LLC   376,799    2.06%                
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Aspect Feeder Fund (532) LLC   396,085    2.16%                
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC   3,067,825    16.76%   2,551,321    34.53%   917,214    27.83%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - TT Feeder Fund (531) LLC       0.00%   1,482,768    20.07%        
     Galaxy Plus Fund - LRR Feeder Fund (522) LLC   90,874    0.50%           647,227    19.64%
     Total Private Investment Companies  $11,853,253    64.74%  $5,483,592    74.22%  $2,086,775    63.31%
                                    
INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED TRADING COMPANIES (3)                
     Frontier Trading Company XXXVIII, LLC  $320,823    1.75%  $169,997    2.30%  $117,943    3.58%
     Frontier Trading Company II, LLC   936,626    5.12%   851,555    11.53%        
     Total Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies  $1,257,449    6.87%  $1,021,552    13.83%  $117,943    3.58%
                                    
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES (2)                    
FACE VALUE      Fair Value        Fair Value        Fair Value      
$10,737,000   US Treasury Note 6.875% due 08/15/2025 (Cost $13,711,448)  $1,752,590    9.57%  $928,660    12.57%  $644,297    19.55%
        $1,752,590    9.57%  $928,660    12.57%  $644,297    19.55%
                                    
Additional Disclosure on U.S. Treasury Securities  Face Value        Face Value        Face Value      
     US Treasury Note 6.875% due 08/15/2025 (2)  $1,388,341        $735,652        $510,390      
        $1,388,341        $735,652        $510,390      
                                    
Additional Disclosure on U.S. Treasury Securities  Cost        Cost        Cost      
     US Treasury Note 6.875% due 08/15/2025 (2)  $1,772,950        $939,448        $651,782      
        $1,772,950        $939,448        $651,782      

 

(1)See Note 4 to the Financial Statements.
(2)See Note 2 to the Financial Statements.
(3)See Note 5 to the Financial Statements.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

8

The Series of Frontier Funds
Condensed Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2018 (unaudited)

 

       Frontier   Frontier 
       Balanced Fund   Select Fund 
       Fair   % of Total Capital   Fair   % of Total Capital 
Description        Value     (Net Asset Value)     Value     (Net Asset Value) 
LONG FUTURES CONTRACTS*              
     Various base metals futures contracts (U.S.)  $(24,913)   -0.06%  $    0.00%
     Various energy futures contracts (U.S.)   16,266    0.04%       0.00%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (Canada)   (6,685)   -0.02%       0.00%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (Europe)   96,445    0.25%       0.00%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (Far East)   9,212    0.02%       0.00%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (Oceanic)   75    0.00%       0.00%
     Various soft futures contracts (U.S.)   (4,575)   -0.01%       0.00%
     Various stock index futures contracts (Canada)   514    0.00%       0.00%
     Various stock index futures contracts (Oceanic)   3,843    0.01%       0.00%
     Various agriculture futures contracts (Europe)   (58)   0.00%       0.00%
     Total Long Futures Contracts  $90,124    0.24%  $    0.00%
SHORT FUTURES CONTRACTS*           
     Various agriculture futures contracts (U.S.)  $9,375    0.02%  $     
     Various base metals futures contracts (U.S.)   15,975    0.04%       0.00%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (Oceanic)   (4,348)   -0.01%       0.00%
     Various precious metal futures contracts (U.S.)   14,095    0.04%       0.00%
     Various soft futures contracts (Far East)   15,131    0.04%       0.00%
     Various soft futures contracts (U.S.)   (160)   0.00%       0.00%
     Various stock index futures contracts (Africa)   (12,359)   -0.03%       0.00%
     Total Short Futures Contracts  $37,709    0.09%  $    0.00%
CURRENCY FORWARDS*         
     Various currency forwards contracts (NA)  $(11,091)   -0.03%  $    0.00%
     Total Currency Forwards  $(11,091)   -0.03%  $    0.00%
     Total Open Trade Equity (Deficit)  $116,742    0.30%  $    0.00%
SWAP (1)               
     Frontier XXXIV Balanced select swap (U.S.)  $10,470,609    26.96%  $     
     Total Swap  $10,470,609    26.96%  $     
                          
PRIVATE INVESTMENT COMPANIES (3)           
     Galaxy Plus Fund - EvE STP Feeder Fund (516) LLC  $3,161,396    8.14%  $     
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Aspect Feeder Fund (532) LLC   1,189,194    3.06%        
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Doherty Feeder Fund (528) LLC   2,264,802    5.83%        
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Fort Contrarian Feeder Fund (510) LLC   3,781,763    9.74%        
     Galaxy Plus Fund - QIM Feeder Fund (526) LLC   3,340,414    8.60%        
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Quantmetrics Feeder Fund (527) LLC   4,326,430    11.14%        
     Galaxy Plus Fund - LRR Feeder Fund (522) LLC   218,329    0.56%        
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC   6,649,656    17.12%   2,166,856    46.03%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - TT Feeder Fund (531) LLC       0.00%   1,481,716    31.48%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Quest Feeder Fund (517) LLC   377,108    0.97%        
     Total Private Investment Companies  $25,309,092    65.16%  $3,648,572    77.51%
                          
INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED COMPANIES (3)    
     Frontier Trading Company II, LLC  $1,873,215    4.82%  $     
     Frontier Trading Company XXXVIII, LLC   572,704    1.47%   76,973    1.64%
     Frontier Trading Company XXXIX, LLC           535,179    11.37%
     Total Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies  $2,445,919    6.30%  $612,152    13.00%
                          
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES (2)
FACE VALUE       Fair Value          Fair Value       
$10,737,000   US Treasury Note 6.875% due 08/15/2025 (Cost $13,711,448)   3,128,559    8.06%   420,486    8.93%
        $3,128,559    8.06%  $420,486    8.93%
                          
Additional Disclosure on U.S. Treasury Securities  Face Value        Face Value      
     US Treasury Note 6.875% due 08/15/2025 (2)  $2,478,334        $333,094      
        $2,478,334        $333,094      
                          
Additional Disclosure on U.S. Treasury Securities  Cost        Cost      
     US Treasury Note 6.875% due 08/15/2025 (2)  $3,164,902        $425,371      
        $3,164,902        $425,371      

 

*Except for those items disclosed, no individual futures, or forwards position constituted greater than 1 percent of Net Asset Value. Accordingly, the number of contracts and expiration dates are not presented.
(1)See Note 4 to the Financial Statements.
(2)See Note 2 to the Financial Statements.
(3)See Note 5 to the Financial Statements.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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The Series of Frontier Funds
Condensed Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2018 (unaudited)

 

       Frontier   Frontier 
       Winton Fund   Heritage Fund 
       Fair   % of Total Capital   Fair   % of Total Capital 
Description           Value     (Net Asset Value)     Value     (Net Asset Value) 
SWAP (1)          
     Frontier Brevan Howard swap (U.S.)  $       $3,003,834    58.50%
     Total Swap  $       $3,003,834    58.50%
                          
PRIVATE INVESTMENT COMPANIES (3)          
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC  $       $2,166,855    42.20%
     Total Private Investment Companies  $       $2,166,855    42.20%
                          
INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED COMPANIES (3)          
     Frontier Trading Company II, LLC  $3,917,150    34.96%  $723,848    14.10%
     Frontier Trading Company XXXVIII, LLC   1,055,006    9.42%   167,703    3.27%
     Total Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies  $4,972,156    44.38%  $891,551    17.36%
                          
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES (2)          
FACE VALUE      Fair Value         Fair Value       
$10,737,000   US Treasury Note 6.875% due 08/15/2025 (Cost $13,711,448)  $5,763,275    51.44%  $916,128    17.84%
        $5,763,275    51.44%  $916,128    17.84%
                          
Additional Disclosure on U.S. Treasury Securities  Face Value        Face Value      
     US Treasury Note 6.875% due 08/15/2025 (2)  $4,565,464        $725,725      
        $4,565,464        $725,725      
                          
Additional Disclosure on U.S. Treasury Securities  Cost        Cost      
     US Treasury Note 6.875% due 08/15/2025 (2)  $5,830,225        $926,771      
        $5,830,225        $926,771      

 

*Except for those items disclosed, no individual futures, or forwards contract position constituted greater than 1 percent of Net Asset Value. Accordingly, the number of contracts and expiration dates are not presented.
(1)See Note 4 to the Financial Statements.
(2)See Note 2 to the Financial Statements.
(3)See Note 5 to the Financial Statements.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

10

The Series of Frontier Funds
Condensed Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2017

 

       Frontier   Frontier   Frontier 
       Diversified Fund   Masters Fund   Long/Short Commodity Fund 
       Fair   % of Total Capital   Fair   % of Total Capital   Fair   % of Total Capital 
Description          Value     (Net Asset Value)     Value     (Net Asset Value)     Value     (Net Asset Value) 
SWAPS (1)              
     Frontier XXXV Diversified select swap (U.S.)  $6,376,472    29.70%  $       $     
     Frontier XXXVII L/S select swap (U.S.)                   397,039    9.33%
     Total Swaps  $6,376,472    29.70%  $       $397,039    9.33%
                                    
PRIVATE INVESTMENT COMPANIES (3)     
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Chesapeake Feeder Fund (518)  $484,742    2.26%  $967,528    8.09%  $322,105    7.57%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - EvE STP Feeder Fund (516) LLC   1,447,461    6.74%   1,588,149    13.28%   576,154    13.54%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Doherty Feeder Fund (528) LLC   1,253,230    5.84%                
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Fort Contrarian Feeder Fund (510) LLC   1,713,788    7.98%                
     Galaxy Plus Fund - QIM Feeder Fund (526) LLC   2,203,960    10.27%                
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Quantmetrics Feeder Fund (527) LLC   2,067,025    9.63%                
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Quest Feeder Fund (517) LLC   379,664    1.77%                
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Aspect Feeder Fund (532) LLC   479,522    2.23%                
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC   4,343,060    20.23%   3,203,382    26.79%   1,024,222    24.08%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - TT Feeder Fund (531) LLC       0.00%   2,648,109    22.15%        
     Galaxy Plus Fund - LRR Feeder Fund (522) LLC   129,058    0.60%           1,096,090    25.77%
     Total Private Investment Companies  $14,501,510    67.54%  $8,407,168    70.31%  $3,018,571    70.96%
                                    
INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED TRADING COMPANIES (3)          
     Frontier Trading Company XXXVIII, LLC  $151,600    0.71%  $328,679    2.75%  $121,510    2.86%
     Frontier Trading Company II, LLC   2,073,610    9.66%   1,172,463    9.81%        
     Total Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies  $2,225,210    10.37%  $1,501,142    12.55%  $121,510    2.86%
                                    
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES (2) 
FACE VALUE      Fair Value         Fair Value         Fair Value       
$9,000,000   US Treasury Note 6.875% due 08/15/2025 (Cost $12,218,715)  $767,049    3.57%  $1,663,014    13.91%  $614,803    14.45%
        $767,049    3.57%  $1,663,014    13.91%  $614,803    14.45%
                                    
Additional Disclosure on U.S. Treasury Securities  Face Value        Face Value        Face Value      
     US Treasury Note 6.875% due 08/15/2025 (2)  $582,555        $1,263,017        $466,927      
        $582,555        $1,263,017        $466,927      
                                    
Additional Disclosure on U.S. Treasury Securities  Cost        Cost        Cost      
     US Treasury Note 6.875% due 08/15/2025 (2)  $774,221        $1,678,562        $620,551      
        $774,221        $1,678,562        $620,551      

 

(1)See Note 4 to the Financial Statements.
(2)See Note 2 to the Financial Statements.
(3)See Note 5 to the Financial Statements.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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The Series of Frontier Funds
Condensed Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2017

 

       Frontier   Frontier 
       Balanced Fund   Select Fund 
       Fair   % of Total Capital   Fair   % of Total Capital 
Description      Value   (Net Asset Value)   Value   (Net Asset Value) 
LONG FUTURES CONTRACTS*     
     Various base metals futures contracts (U.S.)  $61,371    0.13%  $    0.00%
     Various energy futures contracts (U.S.)   96,294    0.20%       0.00%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (Europe)   3,733    0.01%       0.00%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (Far East)   (1,776)   0.00%       0.00%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (Oceanic)   (15,653)   -0.03%       0.00%
     Various soft futures contract (U.S.)   31,613    0.07%       0.00%
     Various stock index futures contracts (Canada)   4,274    0.01%       0.00%
     Various stock index futures contracts (Europe)   (237)   0.00%       0.00%
     Various stock index futures contracts (Far East)   5,757    0.01%       0.00%
     Various stock index futures contracts (Oceanic)   (1,525)   0.00%       0.00%
     Various stock index futures contracts (U.S.)   604    0.00%       0.00%
     Total Long Futures Contracts  $184,455    0.39%  $    0.00%
SHORT FUTURES CONTRACTS*      
     Various base metals futures contracts (U.S.)  $(66,901)   -0.14%  $     
     Various currency futures contracts (U.S.)   40,897    0.08%       0.00%
     Various energy futures contracts (U.S.)   (28,561)   -0.06%       0.00%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (Canada)   (5,167)   -0.01%       0.00%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (Oceanic)   1,509    0.00%       0.00%
     Various precious metal futures contracts (U.S.)   (12,435)   -0.03%       0.00%
     Various soft futures contract (U.S.)   18,277    0.04%       0.00%
     Various soft futures contracts (Europe)   12,909    0.03%       0.00%
     Total Short Futures Contracts  $(39,472)   -0.09%  $    0.00%
CURRENCY FORWARDS*         
     Various currency forwards contracts (NA)  $33,569    0.07%  $    0.00%
     Total Currency Forwards  $33,569    0.07%  $    0.00%
     Total Open Trade Equity (Deficit)  $178,552    0.37%  $    0.00%
SWAP (1)              
     Frontier XXXIV Balanced select swap (U.S.)  $11,340,959    23.51%  $     
     Total Swap  $11,340,959    23.51%  $     
                          
PRIVATE INVESTMENT COMPANIES (3)               
     Galaxy Plus Fund - EvE STP Feeder Fund (516) LLC  $2,896,099    6.00%  $     
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Aspect Feeder Fund (532) LLC   1,439,828    2.99%        
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Doherty Feeder Fund (528) LLC   2,506,740    5.20%        
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Fort Contrarian Feeder Fund (510) LLC   5,809,539    12.04%        
     Galaxy Plus Fund - QIM Feeder Fund (526) LLC   4,403,708    9.13%        
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Quantmetrics Feeder Fund (527) LLC   4,137,638    8.58%        
     Galaxy Plus Fund - LRR Feeder Fund (522) LLC   258,329    0.54%        
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC   8,670,031    17.98%   3,032,072    44.58%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - TT Feeder Fund (531) LLC       0.00%   2,547,157    37.45%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Quest Feeder Fund (517) LLC   379,983    0.79%        
     Total Private Investment Companies  $30,501,895    63.23%  $5,579,229    82.02%
                          
INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED COMPANIES (3)                
     Frontier Trading Company II, LLC  $3,046,981    6.32%  $     
     Frontier Trading Company XXXVIII, LLC   131,195    0.27%   91,790    1.35%
     Frontier Trading Company XXXIX, LLC           579,073    8.51%
     Total Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies  $3,178,176    6.60%  $670,863    9.87%
                          
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES (2)              
FACE VALUE      Fair Value         Fair Value       
$9,000,000   US Treasury Note 6.875% due 08/15/2025 (Cost $12,218,715)  $663,808    1.38%  $464,427    6.83%
        $663,808    1.38%  $464,427    6.83%
                          
Additional Disclosure on U.S. Treasury Securities  Face Value         Face Value       
     US Treasury Note 6.875% due 08/15/2025 (2)  $504,145        $352,721      
        $504,145        $352,721      
                          
Additional Disclosure on U.S. Treasury Securities  Cost         Cost       
     US Treasury Note 6.875% due 08/15/2025 (2)  $670,014        $468,769      
        $670,014        $468,769      

 

*Except for those items disclosed, no individual futures, or forwards position constituted greater than 1 percent of Net Asset Value. Accordingly, the number of contracts and expiration dates are not presented.
(1)See Note 4 to the Financial Statements.
(2)See Note 2 to the Financial Statements.
(3)See Note 5 to the Financial Statements.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

12

The Series of Frontier Funds
Condensed Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2017

 

       Frontier   Frontier 
       Winton Fund   Heritage Fund 
       Fair   % of Total Capital   Fair   % of Total Capital 
Description      Value   (Net Asset Value)   Value   (Net Asset Value) 
SWAP (1)          
     Frontier Brevan Howard swap (U.S.)  $       $3,094,367    45.63%
     Total Swap  $       $3,094,367    45.63%
                          
PRIVATE INVESTMENT COMPANIES (3)          
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC  $       $2,772,993    40.89%
     Total Private Investment Companies  $       $2,772,993    40.89%
                          
INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED COMPANIES (3)         
     Frontier Trading Company II, LLC  $6,867,383    46.25%  $1,340,071    19.76%
     Frontier Trading Company XXXVIII, LLC   1,120,192    7.54%   206,903    3.05%
     Total Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies  $7,987,575    53.79%  $1,546,974    22.81%
                          
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES (2)              
FACE VALUE      Fair Value         Fair Value       
$9,000,000   US Treasury Note 6.875% due 08/15/2025 (Cost $12,218,715)  $5,667,825    38.17%  $1,046,861    15.44%
        $5,667,825    38.17%  $1,046,861    15.44%
                          
Additional Disclosure on U.S. Treasury Securities  Face Value         Face Value       
     US Treasury Note 6.875% due 08/15/2025 (2)  $4,304,570        $795,065      
        $4,304,570        $795,065      
                          
Additional Disclosure on U.S. Treasury Securities  Cost         Cost       
     US Treasury Note 6.875% due 08/15/2025 (2)  $5,720,817        $1,056,649      
        $5,720,817        $1,056,649      

 

*Except for those items disclosed, no individual futures, or forwards contract position constituted greater than 1 percent of Net Asset Value. Accordingly, the number of contracts and expiration dates are not presented.
(1)See Note 4 to the Financial Statements.
(2)See Note 2 to the Financial Statements.
(3)See Note 5 to the Financial Statements.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

13

The Series of Frontier Funds
Statements of Operations
For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017
(Unaudited)

 

   Frontier Diversified Fund   Frontier Masters Fund   Frontier Long/Short
Commodity Fund
 
             
   6/30/2018   6/30/2017   6/30/2018   6/30/2017   6/30/2018   6/30/2017 
                         
Investment income:                              
Interest - net  $10,421   $24,134   $8,315   $19,322   $3,424   $ 
                               
Total Income   10,421    24,134    8,315    19,322    3,424     
                               
Expenses:                              
Incentive Fees (rebate)                       (87,670)
Management Fees   13,229    27,784    28,862    58,094         
Service Fees - Class 1   14,689    41,352    12,929    24,160    407    3,510 
Trading Fees   143,613    466,107    105,998    186,409    21,519    66,308 
Other Fees       1,767        1,792        24,976 
                               
Total Expenses   171,531    537,010    147,789    270,455    21,926    7,124 
                               
Investment (loss) - net   (161,110)   (512,876)   (139,474)   (251,133)   (18,502)   (7,124)
                               
Realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments:                              
Net realized gain/(loss) on futures, forwards and options                        
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on private investment companies   420,646    (1,426,002)   131,970    (995,649)   (79,201)   (543,417)
Net realized gain/(loss) on private investment companies   (87,670)   612,995    (74,025)   146,972    (70,602)   (188,508)
Net change in open trade equity/(deficit)                        
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on swap contracts   61,335    300,207            (49,384)   (72,417)
Net realized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities   (12,780)   (179,129)   (10,945)   (177,553)   (4,915)   227,895 
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities   2,073    361,275    (488)   207,418    1,444    (211,120)
Trading commissions                        
Change in fair value of investments in unconsolidated trading companies   154,045    (333,713)   156,021    (316,233)   (1,870)   48,430 
                               
Net gain/(loss) on investments   537,649    (664,367)   202,533    (1,135,045)   (204,528)   (739,137)
                               
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL  RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS   376,539    (1,177,243)   63,059    (1,386,178)   (223,030)   (746,261)
                               
Less: Operations attributable to non-controlling interests                         
                               
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM  OPERATIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS  $376,539   $(1,177,243)  $63,059   $(1,386,178)  $(223,030)  $(746,261)
                               
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS  ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS PER UNIT                              
Class 1  $1.77   $(7.58)  $1.03   $(10.71)    N/A      N/A  
Class 1a    N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A    $(7.08)  $(11.37)
Class 2  $2.61   $(8.12)  $1.71   $(11.75)  $(5.91)  $(16.82)
Class 2a    N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A    $(7.82)  $(14.09)
Class 3  $2.50   $(7.46)  $1.67   $(10.88)  $(6.21)  $(12.81)
Class 3a    N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A    $(8.13)  $(12.22)

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

14

The Series of the Frontier Funds
Statements of Operations
For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017
(Unaudited)

 

   Frontier Balanced Fund   Frontier Select Fund 
         
   6/30/2018   6/30/2017   6/30/2018   6/30/2017 
                 
Investment income:                    
Interest - net  $8,428   $   $   $ 
                     
Total Income/(loss)   8,428             
                     
Expenses:                    
Management Fees   22,566    38,058        26,454 
Risk analysis Fees   1,692    3,133         
Service Fees - Class 1   237,810    384,415    33,273    60,437 
Trading Fees   344,769    623,456    28,109    49,223 
Other Fees       190,804        (5,094)
                     
Total Expenses   606,837    1,239,866    61,382    131,020 
                     
Investment (loss) - net   (598,409)   (1,239,866)   (61,382)   (131,020)
                     
Realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments:                    
Net realized gain/(loss) on futures, forwards and options   (257,661)   (275,058)       (868,397)
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on private investment companies   858,677    (3,856,566)   57,428    (533,227)
Net realized gain/(loss) on private investment companies   (60,632)   2,144,217    (78,570)   2,005 
Net change in open trade equity/(deficit)   (187,927)   (250,095)       125,890 
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on swap contracts   129,808    513,480         
Net realized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities   (21,050)   (81,588)   (4,883)   (106,707)
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities   3,423    295,244    308    122,974 
Trading commissions   (21,312)   (19,488)       (13,061)
Change in fair value of investments in unconsolidated trading companies   296,049    (451,945)   (42,595)   (116,886)
                     
Net gain/(loss) on investments   739,375    (1,981,799)   (68,312)   (1,387,409)
                     
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL  RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS   140,966    (3,221,665)   (129,694)   (1,518,429)
                     
Less: Operations attributable to non-controlling interests                (358,900)
                     
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM  OPERATIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS  $140,966   $(3,221,665)  $(129,694)  $(1,159,529)
                     
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS  ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS PER UNIT                    
Class 1  $0.28   $(7.97)  $(1.72)  $(11.09)
Class 1AP  $1.36   $(7.58)  $(1.29)  $(11.37)
Class 2  $1.83   $(10.19)  $(1.72)  $(15.09)
Class 2a  $1.65   $(8.40)    N/A      N/A  
Class 3a  $1.65   $(8.37)    N/A      N/A  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

15

The Series of the Frontier Funds
Statements of Operations
For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017
(Unaudited)

 

   Frontier Winton Fund   Frontier Heritage Fund 
         
   6/30/2018   6/30/2017   6/30/2018   6/30/2017 
                 
Investment income:                    
Interest - net  $        $      
                     
Total Income                
                     
Expenses:                    
Management Fees   131,682    227,131    33,893    58,866 
Risk analysis Fees       35,345         
Service Fees - Class 1   80,907    126,462    31,302    48,692 
Trading Fees   80,703    154,026    36,855    49,583 
Other       7,074        1,732 
                     
Total Expenses   293,292    550,038    102,050    158,873 
                     
Investment (loss) - net   (293,292)   (550,038)   (102,050)   (158,873)
                     
Realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments:                    
Net realized gain/(loss) on futures, forwards and options       (977,909)        
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on private investment companies           22,440     
Net realized gain/(loss) on private investment companies           (83,005)    
Net change in open trade equity/(deficit)       (1,008,635)        
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on swap contracts           (85,737)   (213,455)
Net realized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities   (50,169)   (744,367)   (8,100)   (133,041)
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities   25,139    771,879    2,732    196,614 
Trading commissions       (11,828)        
Change in fair value of investments in unconsolidated trading companies   646,257    (21,961)   125,470    (229,768)
                     
Net gain/(loss) on investments   621,227    (1,992,821)   (26,200)   (379,650)
                     
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL  RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS   327,935    (2,542,859)   (128,250)   (538,523)
                     
Less: Operations attributable to non-controlling interests       (962,079)   (41,569)   (103,491)
                     
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM  OPERATIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS  $327,935   $(1,580,780)  $(86,681)  $(435,032)
                     
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS  ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS PER UNIT                    
Class 1  $4.06   $(8.84)  $(1.82)  $(6.24)
Class 1AP  $5.58   $(8.00)  $(1.18)  $(6.70)
Class 2  $6.62   $(10.64)  $(1.57)  $(7.84)

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

16

The Series of Frontier Funds
Statements of Operations
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017
(Unaudited)

 

   Frontier Diversified Fund   Frontier Masters Fund   Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund 
             
   6/30/2018   6/30/2017   6/30/2018   6/30/2017   6/30/2018   6/30/2017 
                         
Investment income:                              
Interest - net  $18,038   $97,397   $16,734   $59,417   $7,459   $ 
                               
Total Income   18,038    97,397    16,734    59,417    7,459     
                               
Expenses:                              
Incentive Fees (rebate)   1,881    (63,508)               (87,670)
Management Fees   24,792    55,742    61,211    123,905         
Service Fees - Class 1   30,804    86,185    27,898    52,934    1,064    10,971 
Trading Fees   308,763    932,781    240,046    376,584    46,212    143,093 
Other Fees       1,766        1,792        24,976 
                               
Total Expenses   366,240    1,012,966    329,155    555,215    47,276    91,370 
                               
Investment (loss) - net   (348,202)   (915,569)   (312,421)   (495,798)   (39,817)   (91,370)
                               
Realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments:                              
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on private investment companies   (1,526,351)   374,758    (1,210,157)   (692,671)   (164,066)   (331,883)
Net realized gain/(loss) on private investment companies   71,595    1,092,088    84,407    277,678    (152,040)   (26,997)
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on swap contracts   513,328    2,355            35,886    (10,429)
Net realized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities   (36,355)   (354,609)   (40,171)   (286,742)   (29,901)   227,895 
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities   (3,864)   572,567    (17,059)   334,153    4,012    (211,120)
Change in fair value of investments in unconsolidated trading companies   4,402    (344,004)   (77,334)   (398,042)   (1,812)   48,430 
                               
Net gain/(loss) on investments   (977,245)   1,343,155    (1,260,314)   (765,624)   (307,921)   (304,104)
                               
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL  RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS   (1,325,447)   427,586    (1,572,735)   (1,261,422)   (347,738)   (395,474)
                               
Less: Operations attributable to non-controlling interests                         
                               
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM  OPERATIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS  $(1,325,447)  $427,586   $(1,572,735)  $(1,261,422)  $(347,738)  $(395,474)
                               
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS  ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS PER UNIT                              
Class 1  $(8.11)  $(4.70)  $(15.41)  $(10.41)    N/A      N/A  
Class 1a    N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A    $(10.57)  $(9.15)
Class 2  $(8.32)  $(4.32)  $(16.89)  $(10.88)  $(9.29)  $(13.21)
Class 2a    N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A    $(11.46)  $(10.28)
Class 3  $(7.59)  $(3.85)  $(15.63)  $(9.99)  $(9.74)  $(8.74)
Class 3a    N/A      N/A      N/A      N/A    $(11.88)  $(7.73)

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

17

The Series of the Frontier Funds
Statements of Operations
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017
(Unaudited)

 

   Frontier Balanced Fund   Frontier Select Fund 
         
   6/30/2018   6/30/2017   6/30/2018   6/30/2017 
                 
Investment income:                    
Interest - net  $24,944   $1,161   $   $ 
                     
Total Income/(loss)   24,944    1,161         
                     
Expenses:                    
Incentive Fees (rebate)   145,134             
Management Fees   42,902    76,537        82,629 
Risk analysis Fees   3,529    7,557        6,829 
Service Fees - Class 1   500,791    783,275    72,962    129,768 
Trading Fees   728,945    1,163,171    65,703    98,267 
Other Fees       190,804        (5,094)
                     
Total Expenses   1,421,301    2,221,344    138,665    312,399 
                     
Investment (loss) - net   (1,396,357)   (2,220,183)   (138,665)   (312,399)
                     
Realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments:                    
Net realized gain/(loss) on futures, forwards and options   (283,336)   (651,169)       (695,436)
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on private investment companies   (3,149,240)   (1,191,236)   (961,333)   (533,227)
Net realized gain/(loss) on private investment companies   236,606    3,265,069    59,566    2,005 
Net change in open trade equity/(deficit)   (77,662)   (319,198)       (145,848)
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on swap contracts   1,129,650    63,916         
Net realized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities   (44,907)   (228,904)   (12,538)   (170,783)
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities   (6,540)   487,069    (11,835)   200,751 
Trading commissions   (28,937)   (43,253)       (46,591)
Change in fair value of investments in unconsolidated trading companies   56,484    (437,301)   (37,017)   (364,645)
                     
Net gain/(loss) on investments   (2,167,882)   944,993    (963,157)   (1,753,774)
                     
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL  RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS   (3,564,239)   (1,275,190)   (1,101,822)   (2,066,173)
                     
Less: Operations attributable to non-controlling interests                (413,210)
                     
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM  OPERATIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS  $(3,564,239)  $(1,275,190)  $(1,101,822)  $(1,652,963)
                     
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS  ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS PER UNIT                    
Class 1  $(10.75)  $(4.96)  $(15.52)  $(15.27)
Class 1AP  $(9.88)  $(3.26)  $(15.95)  $(15.26)
Class 2  $(13.18)  $(4.37)  $(21.17)  $(20.14)
Class 2a  $(11.44)  $(3.28)    N/A      N/A  
Class 3a  $(11.42)  $(3.27)    N/A      N/A  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

18

The Series of the Frontier Funds
Statements of Operations
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017
(Unaudited)

 

   Frontier Winton Fund   Frontier Heritage Fund 
         
   6/30/2018   6/30/2017   6/30/2018   6/30/2017 
                 
Investment income:                    
Interest - net  $               
                     
Total Income                
                     
Expenses:                    
Incentive Fees (rebate)       (49,790)   1,394    (4,603)
Management Fees   262,342    489,086    69,874    117,858 
Risk analysis Fees       70,773         
Service Fees - Class 1   175,167    269,091    68,410    100,787 
Trading Fees   163,278    303,364    79,147    109,257 
Other       7,074        1,732 
                     
Total Expenses   600,787    1,089,598    218,825    325,031 
                     
Investment (loss) - net   (600,787)   (1,089,598)   (218,825)   (325,031)
                     
Realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments:                    
Net realized gain/(loss) on futures, forwards and options       1,329,426         
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on private investment companies           (519,737)    
Net realized gain/(loss) on private investment companies           (81,298)    
Net change in open trade equity/(deficit)       (2,405,781)        
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on swap contracts           (90,533)   (624,727)
Net realized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities   (205,194)   (1,104,301)   (32,599)   (211,694)
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities   52,629    1,206,428    3,677    291,090 
Trading commissions       (28,565)        
Change in fair value of investments in unconsolidated trading companies   (252,761)   (303,217)   1,968    (207,721)
                     
Net gain/(loss) on investments   (405,326)   (1,306,010)   (718,522)   (753,052)
                     
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL  RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS   (1,006,113)   (2,395,608)   (937,347)   (1,078,083)
                     
Less: Operations attributable to non-controlling interests       (566,541)   (43,895)   (302,891)
                     
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM  OPERATIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS  $(1,006,113)  $(1,829,067)  $(893,452)  $(775,192)
                     
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS  ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS PER UNIT                    
Class 1  $(10.42)  $(10.42)  $(18.52)  $(10.60)
Class 1AP  $(9.25)  $(8.91)  $(18.82)  $(9.66)
Class 2  $(13.03)  $(11.32)  $(25.16)  $(12.92)

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

19

The Series of Frontier Funds
Statements of Changes in Owners’ Capital
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 (unaudited)

 

   Frontier Diversified Fund   Frontier Masters Fund 
   Class 1   Class 1   Class 2   Class 2   Class 3   Class 3           Class 1   Class 2   Class 2   Class 3   Class 3         
   Managing
Owner
   Limited
Owners
   Managing
Owner
   Limited
Owners
   Managing
Owner
   Limited
Owners
   Non-
Controlling
Interests
   Total   Limited
Owners
   Managing
Owner
   Limited
Owners
   Managing
Owner
   Limited
Owners
   Non-
Controlling
Interests
   Total 
Owners’ Capital, December 31, 2017       2,332,222    3,361    9,629,385    213,164    9,288,555        21,466,687    2,913,542    87,344    3,451,256    34,209    5,470,789        11,957,140 
                                                                            
Sale of Units                                                            
Redemption of Units       (213,456)       (776,442)   (19,000)   (823,320)       (1,832,218)   (243,084)   (20,000)   (1,397,097)   (8,000)   (1,327,657)       (2,995,838)
Transfer of Units In(Out)                                   (80,257)               80,257         
 Capital resulting from operations attributable to controlling interests       (167,683)   (207)   (579,597)   (13,362)   (564,598)       (1,325,447)   (384,856)   (11,827)   (489,569)   (4,600)   (681,883)       (1,572,735)
                                                                            
Owners’ Capital, June 30, 2018  $   $1,951,083   $3,154   $8,273,346   $180,802   $7,900,637   $   $18,309,022   $2,205,345   $55,517   $1,564,590   $21,609   $3,541,506   $   $7,388,567 
                                                                            
                                                                            
Owners’ Capital - Units, December 31, 2017       20,035    25    71,229    1,696    73,905              25,393    655    25,898    275    43,979           
                                                                            
Sale of Units (including transfers)                                                                
Redemption of Units (including transfers)       (2,019)       (6,018)   (165)   (7,004)             (3,189)   (178)   (12,453)   (76)   (11,420)          
                                                                            
Owners’ Capital - Units, June 30, 2018       18,016    25    65,211    1,531    66,901              22,204    477    13,445    199    32,559           
                                                                            
                   (1)        (1)                       (1)        (1)          
Net asset value per unit at December 31, 2017        116.41         135.19         125.68             $114.74        $133.27        $124.40           
                                                                            
Change in net asset value per unit for the Six months ended June 30, 2018        (8.11)        (8.32)        (7.59)             (15.41)        (16.89)        (15.63)          
                                                                            
Net asset value per unit at June 30, 2018       $108.30        $126.87        $118.09             $99.33        $116.38        $108.77           

 

(1)Values are for both the Managing Owner and Limited Owners.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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The Series of Frontier Funds
Statements of Changes in Owners’ Capital
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 (unaudited)

 

   Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund     
                                         
   Class 2   Class 3   Class 1a   Class 2a   Class 3a         
   Managing
Owner
   Limited
Owners
   Limited
Owners
   Limited
Owners
   Managing
Owner
   Limited
Owners
   Managing
Owner
   Limited
Owners
   Non-Controlling
Interests
   Total 
                                         
Owners’ Capital, December 31, 2017   11,999    246,901    2,472,994    107,619    34,112    408,532    1,759    970,136        4,254,052 
                                                   
Sale of Units                                        
Redemption of Units   (4,500)   (89,281)   (182,236)   (69,082)   (4,501)   (85,871)       (174,654)       (610,125)
Transfer of Units In(Out)                                        
 Capital resulting from operations attributable to controlling interests   (1,034)   (11,999)   (187,929)   (2,596)   (4,316)   (40,348)   (214)   (99,302)       (347,738)
                                                   
Owners’ Capital, June 30, 2018  $6,465   $145,621   $2,102,829   $35,941   $25,295   $282,313   $1,545   $696,180   $   $3,296,189 
                                                   
Owners’ Capital - Units, December 31, 2017   104    2,131    20,355    1,323    364    4,366    18    9,900           
                                                   
Sale of Units (including transfers)                                          
Redemption of Units (including transfers)   (43)   (765)   (1,538)   (815)   (57)   (928)       (1,817)          
                                                   
Owners’ Capital - Units, June 30, 2018   61    1,366    18,817    508    307    3,438    18    8,083           
                                                   
         (1)                  (1)        (1)          
Net asset value per unit at December 31, 2017        115.81    121.50    81.35         93.59         97.99           
                                                   
Change in net asset value per unit for the Six months ended June 30, 2018        (9.29)   (9.74)   (10.57)        (11.46)        (11.88)          
                                                   
Net asset value per unit at June 30, 2018       $106.52   $111.75   $70.78        $82.13        $86.11           

 

(1)Values are for both the Managing Owner and Limited Owners.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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The Series of Frontier Funds
Statements of Changes in Owners’ Capital
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 (unaudited)

 

   Frontier Balanced Fund 
   Class 1   Class 1AP   Class 2   Class 2a   Class 3a         
           Managing       Managing   Limited       Non-Controlling     
   Limited Owners   Limited Owners   Owner   Limited Owners   Owner   Owners   Limited Owners   Interests   Total 
                                     
Owners’ Capital, December 31, 2017   38,744,003    601,247    147,888    6,829,139    338,655    191,276    1,379,971        48,232,179 
                                              
Sale of Units (including transfers)                                    
Redemption of Units (including transfers)   (4,685,378)   (4,344)   (7,000)   (793,571)   (10,000)   (65,968)   (262,250)       (5,828,511)
Net increase/(decrease) in Owners’ Capital resulting from operations attributable to controlling interests   (2,915,228)   (39,239)   (9,805)   (439,885)   (65,500)   (6,736)   (87,846)       (3,564,239)
                                              
Owners’ Capital, June 30, 2018  $31,143,397   $557,664   $131,083   $5,595,683   $263,155   $118,572   $1,029,875   $   $38,839,429 
                                              
Owners’ Capital - Units, December 31, 2017   284,956    3,993    729    33,657    1,926    1,089    7,877           
                                              
Sale of Units (including transfers)                                      
Redemption of Units (including transfers)   (36,236)   (29)   (38)   (4,163)   (325)   (367)   (1,589)          
                                              
Owners’ Capital - Units, June 30, 2018   248,720    3,964    691    29,494    1,601    722    6,288           
                                              
                   (1)        (1)               
Net asset value per unit at December 31, 2017   135.96    150.56         202.90         175.77    175.18           
                                              
Change in net asset value per unit for the Six months ended June 30, 2018   (10.75)   (9.88)        (13.18)        (11.44)   (11.42)          
                                              
Net asset value per unit at June 30, 2018  $125.21   $140.68        $189.72        $164.33   $163.77           

 

(1)Values are for both the Managing Owner and Limited Owners.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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The Series of Frontier Funds
Statements of Changes in Owners’ Capital
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 (unaudited)

 

   Frontier Select Fund   Frontier Winton Fund   Frontier Heritage Fund 
   Class 1   Class 1AP   Class 2           Class 1   Class 1AP   Class 2           Class 1   Class 1AP   Class 2         
   Limited
Owners
   Limited
Owners
   Managing
Owner
   Limited
Owners
   Non-
Controlling
Interests
   Total   Limited
Owners
   Limited
Owners
   Managing
Owner
   Limited
Owners
   Non-
Controlling
Interests
   Total   Limited
Owners
   Limited
Owners
   Managing
Owner
   Limited
Owners
   Non-
Controlling
Interests
   Total 
                                                                         
Owners’ Capital, December 31, 2017   5,912,980    23,354    70,295    795,299        6,801,928    13,102,614    37,761    153,552    1,555,723        14,849,650   $5,435,871   $6,083   $63,646   $697,026   $579,074   $6,781,700 
                                                                                           
 Sale of Units                                                                        
 Redemption of Units   (651,487)   (3,144)   (11,000)   (327,374)       (993,005)   (1,767,928)       (29,000)   (843,124)       (2,640,052)   (698,774)   (4,081)   (7,000)           (709,855)
 Operations attributable to non-controlling interests                                                                   (43,894)   (43,894)
Transfer of Units In(Out)   (1,232)   1,232                                                                        
 Net increase/(decrease) in Owners’                                                                                          
 Capital resulting from operations attributable to controlling interests   (955,247)   (3,828)   (11,490)   (131,257)       (1,101,822)   (925,257)   (2,066)   (9,797)   (68,993)       (1,006,113)   (785,809)   (983)   (9,069)   (97,593)       (893,454)
                                                                                           
Owners’ Capital, June 30, 2018  $4,305,014   $17,614   $47,805   $336,668   $   $4,707,101   $10,409,429   $35,695    114,755   $643,606   $   $11,203,485   $3,951,288   $1,019   $47,577   $599,433   $535,180   $5,134,497 
                                                                                           
Owners’ Capital - Units, December 31, 2017   65,502    234    530    5,992              82,367    214    709    7,186              44,855    45    377    3,856           
                                                                                           
Sale of Units (including transfers)                                                                              
Redemption of Units (including transfers)   (7,909)   (24)   (101)   (2,974)             (12,346)       (145)   (4,023)             (6,374)   (36)   (46)              
                                                                                           
Owners’ Capital - Units, June 30, 2018   57,593    210    429    3,018              70,021    214    564    3,163              38,481    9    331    3,856           
                                                                                           
                   (1)                            (1)                            (1)          
Net asset value per unit at December 31, 2017   90.27    100.02         132.73              159.08    176.44         216.50             $121.19   $134.28        $179.70           
                                                                                           
Change in net asset value per unit for the Six months ended June 30, 2018   (15.52)   (15.96)        (21.17)             (10.42)   (9.25)        (13.03)             (18.52)   (18.82)        (25.16)          
                                                                                           
Net asset value per unit at June 30, 2018  $74.75   $84.07        $111.56             $148.66   $167.19        $203.47             $102.68   $115.46        $154.54           

 

(1)Values are for both the Managing Owner and Limited Owners.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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The Series of Frontier Funds
Statements of Cash Flows
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017
(Unaudited)

 

   Frontier Diversified Fund   Frontier Masters Fund   Frontier Long/Short
Commodity Fund
 
             
   6/30/2018   6/30/2017   6/30/2018   6/30/2017   6/30/2018   6/30/2017 
                         
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:                              
Net increase/(decrease) in capital resulting from operations  $(1,325,447)  $427,586   $(1,572,735)  $(1,261,422)  $(347,738)  $(395,474)
Adjustments to reconcile net increase/(decrease) in capital  resulting from operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:                              
Change in:                              
Net change in ownership allocation of U.S. Treasury securities   (425,459)   (82,653)   1,352,179    308,855    (186,271)   2,519,213 
Net unrealized (gain)/loss on swap contracts   (513,328)   (2,355)            (35,886)   10,429 
Net unrealized (gain)/loss on U.S. Treasury securities   3,864    (572,567)   17,059    (334,153)   (4,012)   211,120 
Net realized (gain)/loss on U.S. Treasury securities   36,355    354,609    40,171    286,742    29,901    (227,895)
Net unrealized (gain)/loss on private investment companies   1,526,351    (374,758)   1,210,157    692,671    164,066    331,883 
Net realized (gain)/loss on private investment companies   (71,595)   (1,092,088)   (84,407)   (277,678)   152,040    26,997 
(Purchases) sales of:                              
Sales of U.S. Treasury securities   1,223,057    2,785,190    1,349,480    3,016,330    1,009,865    (2,713,824)
Purchase of U.S. Treasury securities   (1,841,423)       (2,041,104)       (887,337)    
U.S. Treasury interest and premium paid/amortized   18,064    25,473    16,569    19,951    8,360    (12,474)
Purchase of Private Investment Companies   (2,709,650)   (13,484,808)   (2,398,470)   (7,235,741)   (802,678)   (2,570,577)
Reduction of collateral in Swap contracts   1,100,000                     3,600,050 
Sale of Private Investment Companies   3,903,152    33,924,196    4,196,296    4,546,755    1,418,369    4,601,206 
Increase and/or decrease in:                              
Investments in unconsolidated trading companies, at fair value   967,760        479,590        3,567     
Prepaid service fees - Class 1       1,675,311        5,571,998        (45,947)
Interest receivable   (20,732)       13,797        (1,057)    
Receivable from related parties       (143,285)       43,453        (4,969)
Other assets       231,671    2,974    140,383    (6,779)   76,390 
Due to broker       (158,282)       (46,620)       (5,129)
Incentive fees payable to Managing Owner   (12,847)                    
Management fees payable to Managing Owner   99        60             
Interest payable to Managing Owner       (23,496)       (50,174)   81     
Trading fees payable to Managing Owner   (14,577)       (18,180)       (2,545)   3,091 
Service fees payable to Managing Owner   (807)   (2,163)   (915)   (1,186)   (144)   (3,444)
Payables to related parties       46,659        5,174        (1,951)
Interest payable       12,252                (1,603,124)
Other liabilities   (24,866)   (19,675)   2,100    (7,590)       (6,835)
                               
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities   1,817,971    23,526,817    2,564,621    5,417,748    511,802    3,788,736 
                               
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:                              
Proceeds from sale of units       1,768,235        1,380,862        946,844 
Payment for redemption of units   (1,832,218)   (31,972,635)   (2,995,839)   (4,006,978)   (610,125)   (4,092,792)
Change in owner redemptions payable       18,863,693    112,593    (83,627)   10,694    74,210 
                               
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities   (1,832,218)   (11,340,707)   (2,883,246)   (2,709,743)   (599,431)   (3,071,738)
                               
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents   (14,247)   12,186,110    (318,625)   2,708,005    (87,629)   716,998 
                               
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period   189,890    674,227    411,695    546,509    152,200     
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period  $175,643   $12,860,337   $93,070   $3,254,514   $64,571   $716,998 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

24

The Series of Frontier Funds
Statements of Cash Flows
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017
(Unaudited)

 

   Frontier Balanced Fund   Frontier Select Fund 
   6/30/2018   6/30/2017   6/30/2018   6/30/2017 
                 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:                    
Net increase/(decrease) in capital resulting from operations  $(3,564,239)  $(1,275,190)  $(1,101,822)  $(2,066,173)
Adjustments to reconcile net increase/(decrease) in capital  resulting from operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:                    
Change in:                    
Net change in open trade equity, at fair value   61,810    377,966        686,022 
Net change in ownership allocation of U.S. Treasury securities   (838,524)   7,270,121    490,040    286,492 
Net unrealized (gain)/loss on swap contracts   (1,129,650)   (63,916)        
Net unrealized (gain)/loss on U.S. Treasury securities   6,540    (487,069)   11,835    (200,751)
Net realized (gain)/loss on U.S. Treasury securities   44,907    228,904    12,538    170,783 
Net unrealized (gain)/loss on private investment companies   3,149,240    1,191,236    961,333    533,227 
Net realized (gain)/loss on private investment companies   (236,606)   (3,265,069)   (59,566)   (2,005)
(Purchases) sales of:                    
Sales of U.S. Treasury securities   1,519,248    887,884    421,844    1,731,714 
Purchases of U.S. Treasury securities   (3,228,823)       (899,134)    
U.S. Treasury interest and premium paid/amortized   31,901    15,487    6,817    11,590 
Purchase of Private Investment Companies   (5,716,331)   (14,537,196)   (2,177,315)   (8,710,101)
Sale of Private Investment Companies   7,996,499    26,392,838    3,206,205    5,606,378 
Reduction of collateral in Swap contracts   2,000,000             
Increase and/or decrease in:                    
Receivable from futures commission merchants   5,098,083    (60,295)       8,208,218 
Change in control of ownership - trading companies               (3,694,606)
Investments in unconsolidated trading companies, at fair value   732,257    3,271,525    58,711    990,000 
Interest receivable   (50,921)   (71,855)   557    27,036 
Receivable from related parties       346,875        103,407 
Other assets       (43,027)       (13,222)
Incentive fees payable to Managing Owner   (40,189)            
Management fees payable to Managing Owner   130    (21,400)       (21,219)
Interest payable to Managing Owner   4,289    162,860    (378)   (242)
Trading fees payable to Managing Owner   (30,220)   (4,707)   (5,879)   (2,237)
Service fees payable to Managing Owner   (23,581)   (13,417)   (4,748)   (7,897)
Risk analysis fees payable   (198)   5,424        (2,303)
Due from Managing Owner   184,106    191,819        10,231 
Other liabilities   29,253    (68,510)   (865)   (11,939)
                     
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities   5,998,981    20,431,288    920,173    3,632,403 
                     
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:                    
Proceeds from sale of units       162,847        99,812 
Payment for redemption of units   (5,828,511)   (23,908,356)   (993,005)   (2,859,418)
Change in owner redemptions payable   (21,260)   8,171,335        (111,392)
                     
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities   (5,849,771)   (15,574,174)   (993,005)   (2,870,998)
                     
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents   149,210    4,857,114    (72,832)   761,405 
                     
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period   164,332    1,083,579    114,973    432,021 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period  $313,542   $5,940,693   $42,141   $1,193,426 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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The Series of Frontier Funds
Statements of Cash Flows
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017
(Unaudited)

 

   Frontier Winton Fund   Frontier Heritage Fund 
   6/30/2018   6/30/2017   6/30/2018   6/30/2017 
                 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:                    
Net increase/(decrease) in capital resulting from operations  $(1,006,113)  $(2,395,608)  $(937,347)  $(1,078,083)
Adjustments to reconcile net increase/(decrease) in capital  resulting from operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:                    
Change in:                    
Net change in open trade equity, at fair value       2,485,583         
Net change in ownership allocation of U.S. Treasury securities   (590,960)   (1,143,589)   198,750    907,988 
Net unrealized (gain)/loss on swap contracts           90,533    624,727 
Net unrealized (gain) loss on U.S. Treasury securities, at fair value   (52,629)   (1,206,428)   (3,677)   (291,090)
Net realized (gain) loss on U.S. Treasury securities, at fair value   205,194    1,104,301    32,599    211,694 
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on private investment companies           519,737     
Net realized gain/(loss) on private investment companies           81,298     
(Purchases) sale of:                    
Sales of U.S. Treasury Securities   6,903,212    12,652,125    1,096,550    2,231,740 
Purchases of U.S. Treasury Securities   (6,626,880)       (1,204,398)    
U.S. Treasury interest and premium paid/amortized   66,615    76,346    10,909    15,079 
Purchase of Private Investment Companies           (624,245)    
Sale of Private Investment Companies           629,348     
Increase and/or decrease in:                    
Receivable from futures commission merchants       4,083,284         
Change in control of ownership of trading companies       (2,560,394)        
Investments in unconsolidated trading companies, at fair value   3,015,420    3,240,958    655,422    1,547,505 
Interest receivable   (6,139)   152,517    1,902    35,111 
Receivable from related parties   58,146    351,724        131,430 
Management fees payable to Managing Owner   (11,598)   (12,741)   (4,033)   (56,501)
Interest payable to Managing Owner   (9,431)   (30,730)   (646)   (3,664)
Trading fees payable to Managing Owner   (19,924)   (4,533)   (4,752)   (1,123)
Service fees payable to Managing Owner   (5,484)   (2,234)   (3,548)   (7,300)
Risk analysis fees payable       57,716         
Payables to related parties   (152,219)           9,536 
Other liabilities   (23,894)   754    8,106    (18,085)
                     
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities   1,743,316    16,756,241    542,508    4,242,256 
                     
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:                    
Proceeds from sale of units       1,692,105        627,364 
Payment for redemption of units   (2,640,052)   (7,495,168)   (709,855)   (3,430,718)
Pending owner additions                
Change in owner redemptions payable   71,202    393,871        185,143 
                     
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities   (2,568,850)   (5,409,192)   (709,855)   (2,618,211)
                     
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents   (825,534)   11,347,049    (167,347)   1,624,045 
                     
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period   1,403,125    1,628,208    259,161    382,499 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period  $577,591   $12,975,257   $91,814   $2,006,544 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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The Series of the Frontier Funds

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

1. Organization and Purpose

 

Frontier Funds (formerly Equinox Frontier Funds), which is referred to in this report as “the Trust”, was formed on August 8, 2003, as a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust is a multi-advisor commodity pool, as described in Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) Regulation § 4.10(d)(2). The Trust has authority to issue separate series, or each, a Series, of units of beneficial interest (the “Units”) pursuant to the requirements of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, as amended (the “Trust Act”). The assets of each Series are valued and accounted for separately from the assets of other Series. The Trust is not registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). The Trust is managed by Frontier Fund Management LLC (the “Managing Owner”). The Managing Owner was incorporated in Delaware in November, 2016. The Managing Owner has delegated its commodity pool operator (“CPO”) responsibilities to Wakefield Advisors LLC pursuant to the Commodity Pool Operator Delegation Agreement between the Managing Owner and Wakefield Advisors LLC, which has been registered with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator since January 7, 2013, and has been a member of the NFA since that date. Under the Commodity Pool Operator Delegation Agreement, Wakefield does not receive any fees or remuneration from the Managing Owner in connection with the performance of its obligations thereunder. The Commodity Pool Operator Delegation Agreement is effective until terminated by either the Managing Owner or Wakefield, or until Wakefield is no longer registered as a CPO (unless excluded or exempt from CPO registration under the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the “Commodity Exchange Act”)). The Managing Owner remains jointly and severally liable with Wakefield Advisors LLC for violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and CPO Regulations. However, Wakefield Advisors LLC will indemnify the Managing Owner from and against any and all loss, liability, damage, penalty, fine, cost, and expense (including attorneys’, accountants’, experts’, and other professionals’ fees and expenses incurred in investigation or defense of any and all demands, claims, actions, suits, or arbitrations) actually and reasonably incurred by the Managing Owner, based upon, arising out of or from, or in any way in connection with, any act, activity, conduct, performance, omission, or non-performance by the Wakefield Advisors LLC of any of its functions as CPO or which violates the Commodity Exchange Act or CPO Regulations in connection with its functions as CPO.

 

Purchasers of Units are limited owners of the Trust (“Limited Owners”) with respect to beneficial interests of the Series’ Units purchased. The Trust Act provides that, except as otherwise provided in the second amended and restated declaration of trust and trust agreement dated December 9, 2013, as further amended, by and among the Managing Owner, Wilmington Trust Company as trustee and the unitholders, as amended from time to time (the “Trust Agreement”), unitholders in a Delaware statutory trust will have the same limitation of liability as do stockholders of private corporations organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The Trust Agreement confers substantially the same limited liability, and contains the same limited exceptions thereto, as would a limited partnership agreement for a Delaware limited partnership engaged in like transactions as the Trust. In addition, pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the Managing Owner of the Trust is liable for obligations of a Series in excess of that Series’ assets. Limited Owners do not have any such liability. The Managing Owner will make contributions to Series of the Trust necessary to maintain at least a 1% interest in the aggregate capital, profits and losses of the combined Series of the Trust.

 

The Trust has been organized to pool investor funds to trading in the United States (“U.S.”) and international markets for currencies, interest rates, stock indices, agricultural and energy products, precious and base metals and other commodities. The Trust may also engage in futures contracts, forwards, option contracts and other interest in derivative instruments, including swap contracts.

 

The Trust has seven (7) separate and distinct series of Units issued and outstanding: Frontier Diversified Fund, Frontier Masters Fund, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund, Frontier Balanced Fund, Frontier Select Fund, Frontier Winton Fund, and Frontier Heritage Fund, (each a “Series” and collectively, the “Series”). The Trust financial statements are comprised of unitized Series which are consolidated into the Trust financial statements. However, the consolidated Trust does not issue units.

 

The Trust, with respect to each Series:

 

engages in the speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of futures, forwards (including interbank foreign Currencies), options contracts and other derivative instruments (including swap contracts), and may, from time to time, engage in cash and spot transactions;

 

allocates funds to a limited liability trading company or companies affiliated with the Managing Owner (“Trading Company” or “Trading Companies” or to an unaffiliated series limited liability company (“Galaxy Plus entities” or “Galaxy Plus entity”), each of which has one-year renewable contracts with its own independent trading advisor(s) (each a “Trading Advisor”) that will manage all or a portion of the applicable Trading Company’s or Galaxy Plus entity’s assets, and make the trading decisions for the assets of each Series vested in such Trading Company of Galaxy Plus entity. The assets of each Trading Company and Galaxy Plus entity will be segregated from the assets of the other Trading Companies and Galaxy Plus entities.

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maintains separate, distinct records for each Series, and accounts for the assets of each Series separately from the other Series;

 

calculates the Net Asset Value (“NAV”) of its Units for each Series separately from the other Series;

 

has an investment objective of increasing the value of each Series’ Units over the long term (capital appreciation), while managing risk and volatility; further, to offer exposure to the investment programs of individual Trading Advisors and to specific instruments;

 

maintains each Series of Units in three to seven sub-classes—Class 1, Class 1AP, Class 1a, Class 2, Class 2a, Class 3, and Class 3a. Investors who have purchased Class 1 or Class 1a Units of Frontier Diversified Fund, Frontier Masters Fund, and Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund  are charged a service fee of up to two percent (2.0%) annually of the NAV (or the purchase price, in case of the initial service fee) of each Unit purchased, for the benefit of selling agents selling such Class 1 or Class 1a Units. The initial service fee, which is amortized monthly at an annual rate of up to two percent (2.0%) of the average daily NAV of Class 1 or Class 1a of such Series, is prepaid to the Managing Owner by each Series, and paid to the selling agents by the Managing Owner in the month following sale; provided, however, that investors who redeem all or a portion of their Class 1 or Class 1a Units of any Series during the first twelve (12) months following the effective date of their purchase are subject to a redemption fee of up to two percent (2.0%) of the purchase price at which such investor redeemed to reimburse the Managing Owner for the then-unamortized balance of the prepaid initial service fee. Investors who have purchased Class 1 or Class 1a Units of Frontier Balanced Fund, Frontier Heritage Fund, Frontier Select Fund, and Frontier Winton Fund are charged a service fee of up to three percent (3.0%) annually of the NAV (of the purchase price, in case of the initial service fee) of each Unit purchased, for the benefit of selling agents selling such Class 1 or Class 1a Units. The initial service fee, which is amortized monthly at an annual rate of up to three percent (3.0%) of the average daily NAV of Class 1 or Class 1a of such Series, is prepaid to the Managing Owner by each Series, and paid to the selling agents by the Managing Owner in the month following sale. With respect to Class 2 and Class 2a Units of any Series, the Managing Owner pays an ongoing service fee to selling agents of up to one half percent (0.5%) annually of the NAV of each Class 2 or Class 2a Unit (of which 0.25% will be charged to Limited Owners holding Class 2 Units of the Frontier Diversified Fund, and Frontier Masters Fund or Class 2a Units of the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund sold until such Class 2 or Class 2a Units which are subject to the fee limitation are reclassified as Class 3 or Class 3a Units of the applicable Series. Class 1AP was created as a sub-class of Class 1 and it has been presented separately because the fees applicable to it are different from those applicable to Class 1. Currently the service fee is not charged to Class 1AP investors. The Managing Owner may also pay selling agents certain additional fees and expenses for administrative and other services rendered and expenses incurred by such selling agents; and

 

all payments made to selling agents who are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) and their associated persons that constitute underwriting compensation will be subject to the limitations set forth in Rule 2310(b)(4)(B)(ii) (formerly Rule 2810(b)(4)(B)(ii)) of the Conduct Rules of FINRA (“Rule 2310”). An investor’s Class 1 Units or Class 2 Units of any Series, or Class 1a Units or Class 2a Units of the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund or Frontier Balanced Fund will be classified as Class 3 or Class 3a Units of such Series, as applicable, when the Managing Owner determines that the fee limitation with respect to such Units has been reached or will be reached. The service fee limit applicable to each unit sold is reached upon the earlier of when (I) the aggregate initial and ongoing service fees received by the selling agent with respect to such unit equals 9% of the purchase price of such unit or (ii) the aggregate underwriting compensation (determined in accordance with FINRA Rule 2310) paid in respect of such unit totals 10% of the purchase price of such unit. No service fees are paid with respect to Class 3 or Class 3a Units. Units of any Class in a Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, on a daily basis, at the then current NAV per Unit for such Series on the day of the week after the date the Managing Owner is in receipt of a redemption request for at least one (1) Business Day to be received by the Managing Owner prior to 4:00 PM in New York.

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The assets of any particular Series include only those funds and other assets that are paid to, held by or distributed to the Trust on account of and for the benefit of that Series. Under the “Inter-Series Limitation on Liability” expressly provided for under Section 3804(a) of the Trust Act, separate and distinct records of the cash and equivalents, although pooled for maximizing returns, are maintained in the books and records of each Series.

 

As of June 30, 2018, the total Units outstanding were 151,684 for the Frontier Diversified Fund, 68,883 for the Frontier Masters Fund, 32,598 for the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund, 291,481 for the Frontier Balanced Fund, 61,249 for the Frontier Select Fund, 74,090 for the Frontier Winton Fund and 42,678 for the Frontier Heritage Fund.

 

As of June 30, 2018, the Trust, with respect to the Frontier Diversified Fund and Frontier Masters Fund, separates Units into three separate Classes—Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3. The Trust, with respect to the Frontier Select Fund, Frontier Winton Fund, and Frontier Heritage separates Units into a maximum of three separate Classes—Class 1, Class 2 and Class 1AP. The Trust, with respect to the Frontier Balanced Fund separates Units into a maximum of five separate Classes— Class 1, Class 1AP, Class 2, Class 2A and Class 3A.   The Trust, with respect to the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund separates Units into a maximum of five separate Classes—Class 1A, Class 2A, Class 2, Class 3A and Class 3. On May 10, 2017, the interests Frontier Trading Company XV, LLC, which included exposure to Transtrend B.V.’s TT Enhanced Risk (USD) Program, were transferred to an individual Delaware limited liability company (“Master Fund”) in Galaxy Plus.  The Master Fund is sponsored and operated by Gemini Alternative Funds, LLC (“Sponsor”).  The Sponsor has contracted with the Trading Advisors to manage the portfolios of the Master Funds pursuant to the advisors’ respective program.  For those Series that invest in Galaxy Plus, approximately 30-70% of those Series assets are used to support the margin requirements of the Master Funds.  The remaining assets of the Series are split between investments in Trading Companies and a pooled cash management account that invests primarily in U.S. Treasury securities.  For those Series that do not invest in Galaxy Plus, their assets are split between investments in Trading Companies and investments in the pooled cash management account.

 

As of June 30, 2018, Frontier Winton Fund has invested a portion of its assets into two Trading Companies, and a single Trading Advisor manages 100% of the assets invested in each of these Trading Companies. Each of the remaining Series has invested a portion of its assets in several different Trading Companies or Galaxy Plus entities and one or more Trading Advisors may manage the assets invested in such Trading Companies or Galaxy Plus entities.

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

 

The following are the significant accounting policies of the Series of the Trust.

 

Basis of Presentation—The Series of the Trust follow U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), as established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”), to ensure consistent reporting of financial condition, condensed schedules of investments, results of operations, changes in capital and cash flows. The Trust is an investment company following accounting and reporting guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 946.

 

Consolidation—The Series, through investing in the Trading Companies and Galaxy Plus, authorize certain Trading Advisors to place trades and manage assets at pre-determined investment levels. The Trading Companies were organized by the Managing Owner for the purpose of investing in commodities interests and derivative instruments, and have no operating income or expenses, except for trading income and expenses and a risk analysis fee (for closed Series only), all of which is allocated to the Series, if consolidated by a Series. Galaxy Plus is a series of Delaware limited liability companies, sponsored by Gemini Alternative Funds, LLC, that create exposure to a variety of third party professional managed futures and foreign exchange advisors. Galaxy Plus is available to qualified high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors. Trading Companies in which a Series has a controlling and majority interest as calculated on that Series’ pro-rata net asset value in the Trading Company are consolidated by such Series. Investment interests in Galaxy Plus entities are accounted for using net asset value as the practical expedient, which approximates fair value. Fair value represents the proportionate share of the Trust’s interest in the net asset value in the Galaxy Plus entities. The equity interest held by Trust is shown as investments in private investment companies in the statements of financial condition. The income or is shown in the statements of operations as net unrealized gain/(loss) on private investment companies. The Trading Companies and Series of the Trust are consolidated by the Trust.

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Galaxy Plus entities are co-mingled investment vehicles. In addition to the Trust, there are other non-affiliated investors in Galaxy Plus. Subscriptions and redemptions by these non-affiliated investors will have a direct impact on the Trust ownership percentage in Galaxy Plus. It is expected that ownership percentage will fluctuate (sometimes significantly) on a week by week basis which could also result in frequent changes in the consolidating Series. Such fluctuations make consolidating the financial statements of the Galaxy Plus entities both impractical and misleading. Non-consolidation of these Galaxy Plus entities presents a more useful financial statement for the readers. As such, management has decided that presenting Galaxy Plus entities on a non-consolidated basis as investments in other investments companies (a “fund of funds” approach) is appropriate and preferable to the users of these financial statements. Refer to Note 5 for additional disclosures related to these private investment companies.

 

Use of Estimates—The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP may require the Managing Owner to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. The valuation of swap contracts requires significant estimates as well as the valuation of certain other investments. Please refer to Note 3 for discussion of valuation methodology. Actual results could differ from these estimates, and such differences could be material.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents—Cash and cash equivalents include cash and overnight investments in interest-bearing demand deposits held at banks with original maturities of three months or less. This cash is not restricted.

 

Interest Income—U.S. Treasury Securities are pooled for purposes of maximizing returns on these assets to investors of all Series. Interest income from pooled cash management assets is recognized on the accrual basis and allocated daily to each Series based upon its daily proportion of ownership of the pool.

 

Aggregate interest income from all sources, including U.S. Treasury Securities assets net of premiums and cash held at clearing brokers, of up to the first 2% (annualized) is paid to the Managing Owner by the Frontier Balanced Fund (Class 1 and Class 2), Frontier Winton Fund, Frontier Select Fund, and Frontier Heritage Fund. For the Frontier Diversified Fund, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund (Class 1a, Class 2a, Class 3a only), Frontier Masters Fund, and Frontier Balanced Fund (Class 1AP, Class 2a and Class 3a) 100% of the interest is retained by the respective Series. All interest not paid to the Managing Owner is interest income to the Series, and shown net on the statement of operations.

 

U.S. Treasury Securities—U.S. Treasury Securities are allocated to all Series of the Trust based on each Series’ percentage ownership in the pooled cash management assets as of the reporting date. They are reported at fair value as Level 1 inputs under ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”). The Series of the Trust valued U.S. Treasury Securities at fair value and recorded the daily change in value in the statements of operations as net unrealized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities. Accrued interest is reported on the statements of financial condition as interest receivable.

 

Receivable from Futures Commission Merchants—The Trust deposits assets with an FCM subject to CFTC regulations and various exchange and broker requirements. Margin requirements are satisfied by the deposit of cash with such FCM. The Trust earns interest income on its assets deposited with the FCM. A portion of the receivable is restricted cash required to meet maintenance margin requirements. Cash with the clearing broker as of June 30, 2018 included restricted cash for margin requirements of $1,610,929 for Frontier Trading Company I LLC and $3,921,107 for Frontier Trading Company II LLC.

 

Investment Transactions—Futures, options on futures, forward and swap contracts are recorded on a trade date basis and realized gains or losses are recognized when contracts are settled. Unrealized gains or losses on open contracts (the difference between contract trade price and market price) are reported in the consolidated statements of financial condition as a net unrealized gain or loss, as there exists a right of offset of unrealized gains or losses in accordance with FASB ASC 210, Balance Sheet (“ASC 210”) and Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2013-01, Balance Sheet (Topic 210).

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Any change in net unrealized gain or loss from the preceding period is reported in the consolidated statements of operations. Fair value of exchange-traded contracts is based upon exchange settlement prices. Fair value of non-exchange-traded contracts is based on third party quoted dealer values on the interbank market. For U.S. Treasury securities, interest was recognized in the period earned and the instruments were marked-to-market daily based on third party information. Transaction costs are recognized as incurred and reflected separately in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

Purchase and Sales of Private Investment Companies — The Trust is able to subscribe into and redeem from the Galaxy Plus entities on a weekly basis. The value of the private investment companies is determined by the Sponsor and reported on a daily basis. The change in value is calculated as the difference between the total purchase proceeds and the fair value calculated by the Sponsor and is recorded as net unrealized gain/(loss) on private investment companies on the statements of operations.

 

Foreign Currency Transactions—The Series functional currency is the U.S. dollar; however, they transact business in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. The Series of the Trust do not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized or unrealized gain or loss from investments.

 

Allocation of Earnings—Each Series of the Trust may maintain three to seven classes of Units—Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Class 1a, Class 2a Class 3a and Class 1AP. All classes have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except that fees charged to a Class or Series differ as described below. Revenues, expenses (other than expenses attributable to a specific class), and realized and unrealized trading gains and losses of each Series are allocated daily to Class 1, Class 1a, Class 2, Class 2a, Class 3, Class 3a and Class 1AP Units based on each Class’ respective owners’ capital balances as applicable to the classes maintained by the Series.

 

Each Series allocates funds to an affiliated Trading Company, or Companies, of the Trust, or unaffiliated Galaxy Plus entity. Each Trading Company allocates all of its daily trading gains or losses to the Series in proportion to each Series’ ownership trading level interest in the Trading Company, adjusted on a daily basis (except for Trading Advisors and other investments such as swaps that are directly allocated to a specific Series). Likewise, trading gains and losses earned and incurred by the Series through their investments in Galaxy Plus entities are allocated to those Series on a daily basis. The allocation of gains and losses in Galaxy Plus entities are based on each Series pro-rata shares of the trading level of that entity which is updated at the beginning of each month or more frequently if there is a subscription or redemption activity in the entity. The value of all open contracts and cash held at clearing brokers is similarly allocated to the Series in proportion to each Series’ funds allocated to the Trading Companies or Galaxy Plus entities.

 

Investments and Swaps— The Trust records investment transactions on a trade date basis and all investments are recorded at fair value, with changes in fair value reported as a component of realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments in the statements of operations. Investments in private investment companies are valued utilizing the net asset values as a practical expedient. Certain Series of the Trust strategically invest a portion or all of their assets in total return swaps, selected at the discretion of the Managing Owner. Swaps are privately negotiated contracts designed to provide investment returns linked to those produced by one or more underlying investment products or indices. In a typical swap, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on one or more particular predetermined investments or instruments. The gross returns to be exchanged or “swapped” between the parties are calculated with respect to a “notional amount” (i.e., the amount of value of the underlying asset used in computing the particular interest rate, return, or other amount to be exchanged) in a particular investment, or in a “basket” of securities. The valuation of swap contracts requires significant estimates. Swap contracts are reported at fair value based upon daily reports from the counterparty. The Managing Owner reviews and approves current day pricing of the CTA positions, as received from the counterparty which includes intra-day volatility and volume and daily index performance, that is used to determine a daily fair value NAV for the swap contracts.

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Income Taxes—The Trust, with respect to the Series, applies the provisions of ASC 740 Income Taxes (“ASC 740”), which provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented and disclosed in the financial statements. This interpretation also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods and disclosure. ASC 740 requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Trust, with respect to the Series’, financial statements to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions with respect to tax at the Trust’s 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 Managing Owner has concluded there is no tax expense, interest or penalties to be recorded by the Trust, with respect to the Series. The 2014 through 2017 tax years generally remain subject to examination by U.S. federal and most state tax authorities.

 

In the opinion of the Managing Owner, (i) the Trust, with respect to the Series, is treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes and, assuming that at least 90% of the gross income of the Trust constitutes “qualifying income” within the meaning of Section 7704(d) of the Code, (ii) the Trust is not a publicly traded partnership treated as a corporation, and (iii) the discussion set forth in the Prospectus under the heading “U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” correctly summarizes the material federal income tax consequences as of the date of the Prospectus to potential U.S. Limited Owners of the purchase, ownership and disposition of Units of the Trust.

 

Fees and Expenses—All management fees, incentive fees, service fees risk analysis fee (for closed Series only) and trading fees of the Trust, with respect to the Series, are paid to the Managing Owner. It is the responsibility of the Managing Owner to pay all Trading Advisor management and incentive fees, selling agent service fees and all other operating expenses and continuing offering costs of the Trust, with respect to the Series. Only management fees and incentive fees related to assets allocated through Trading Companies are included in expense on the Statement of Operations. The Series are all charged management and incentive fees on the asset allocated through the Galaxy Plus entities. Those fees are included in unrealized gain/(loss) on private investment companies on the Statements of Operations. The Series are also charged management and incentive fees on assets allocated to swaps. Such fees are embedded in the fair value of the swap and are included in net unrealized gain (loss) on swap contracts on the Statements of Operations. Certain Series are also changed a risk analysis fee (for closed Series only) based on a percentage of nominal assets. Such fee is paid to a third party.

 

Incentive Fee (rebate)—The Managing Owner is allowed to share in the incentive fees earned by the Trading Advisors up to 10% of New Net Profits (as defined in the prospectus). If the Managing Owner’s share of the incentive fee exceeds 10% of new net profits during the period, then the Managing Owner is obligated to return any amount in excess. The returned amounts are recorded as Incentive Fee (Rebate) on the Statements of Operations.

 

Service Fees—The Trust may maintain each Series of Units in three to seven sub-classes—Class 1, Class 1AP, Class 1a, Class 2, Class 2a, Class 3, and Class 3a. Investors who have purchased Class 1 or Class 1a Units of Frontier Diversified Fund, Frontier Masters Fund, and Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund are charged a service fee of up to two percent (2.0%) annually of the NAV (of the purchase price, in case of the initial service fee) of each Unit purchased, for the benefit of selling agents selling such Class 1 or Class 1a Units. The initial service fee, which is amortized monthly at an annual rate of up to two percent (2.0%) of the average daily NAV of Class 1 or Class 1a of such Series, is prepaid to the Managing Owner by each Series, and paid to the selling agents by the Managing Owner in the month following sale; provided, however, that investors who redeem all or a portion of their Class 1 and Class 1a Units of any Series during the first twelve (12) months following the effective date of their purchase are subject to a redemption fee of up to two percent (2.0%) of the purchase price at which such investor redeemed to reimburse the Managing Owner for the then-unamortized balance of the prepaid initial service fee. Investors who have purchased Class 1 or Class 1a Units of Frontier Balanced Fund, Frontier Heritage Fund, Frontier Select Fund, and Frontier Winton Fund are charged a service fee of up to three percent (3.0%) annually of the NAV (of the purchase price, in case of the initial service fee) of each Unit purchased, for the benefit of selling agents selling such Class 1 or Class 1a Units. The initial service fee, which is amortized monthly at an annual rate of up to three percent (3.0%) of the average daily NAV of Class 1 or Class 1a of such Series, is prepaid to the Managing Owner by each Series, and paid to the selling agents by the Managing Owner in the month following sale; provided, however, that investors who redeem all or a portion of their Class 1 and Class 1a Units of any Series during the first twelve (12) months following the effective date of their purchase are subject to a redemption fee of up to three percent (3.0%) of the purchase price at which such investor redeemed to reimburse the Managing Owner for the then-unamortized balance of the prepaid initial service fee. With respect to Class 2 and Class 2a Units of any Series, the Managing Owner pays an ongoing service fee to selling agents of up to one half percent (0.5%) annually of the NAV of each Class 2 or Class 2a Unit (of which 0.25% will be charged to Limited Owners holding Class 2 Units of the Frontier Diversified Fund and Frontier Masters Fund or Class 2a Units of the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund sold) until such Class 2 or Class 2a Units which are subject to the fee limitation are reclassified as Class 3 or Class 3a Units of the applicable Series for administrative purposes. Currently the service fee is not charged to Class 1AP investors. The Managing Owner may also pay selling agents certain additional fees and expenses for administrative and other services rendered and expenses incurred by such selling agents.

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These service fees are part of the offering costs of the Trust, which include registration and filing fees, legal and blue sky expenses, accounting and audit, printing, marketing support and other offering costs which are borne by the Managing Owner. With respect to the service fees, the initial service fee (for the first 12 months) relating to a purchase of Class 1 and Class 1a Units by an investor is prepaid by the Managing Owner to the relevant selling agent in the month following such purchase and is reimbursed for such payment by the Series monthly in arrears in an amount based upon a corresponding percentage of NAV, calculated daily. Consequently, the Managing Owner bears the risk of the downside and enjoys the benefit of the upside potential of any difference between the amount of the initial service fee prepaid by it and the amount of the reimbursement thereof, which may result from variations in NAV over the following 12 months.

 

Pending Owner Additions—Funds received for new subscriptions and for additions to existing owner interests are recorded as capital additions at the NAV per unit of the second business day following receipt.

 

Owner redemptions payable—Funds payable for existing owner redemption requests are recorded as capital subtractions at the NAV per unit on the second business day following receipt or request.

 

Subsequent Events—The Series, follow the provisions of ASC 855, Subsequent Events, which establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date and up through the date the financial statements are issued.

 

3. Fair Value Measurements

 

In connection with the valuation of investments the Series apply ASC 820. ASC 820 provides clarification that when a quoted price in an active market for the identical asset or liability is not available, a reporting entity is required to measure fair value using certain techniques. ASC 820 also clarifies that when estimating the fair value of an asset or liability, a reporting entity is not required to include a separate input or adjustment to other inputs relating to the existence of a restriction that prevents the transfer of an asset or liability. ASC 820 also clarifies that both a quoted price in an active market for the identical asset or liability at the measurement date and the quoted price for the identical asset or liability when traded as an asset in an active market when no adjustments to the quoted price of the asset are required are Level 1 fair value measurements.

 

Level 1 Inputs

 

Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical financial assets that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.

 

Level 2 Inputs

 

Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the financial assets or liabilities, either directly or indirectly. These might include quoted prices for similar financial assets in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar financial assets in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the financial assets or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by market data by correlation or other means.

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Level 3 Inputs

 

Unobservable inputs for determining the fair value of financial assets that reflect an entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the financial asset.

 

The Trust, with respect to the Series, uses the following methodologies to value instruments within its financial asset portfolio at fair value:

 

Trading Securities. These instruments include U.S. Treasury securities and open trade equity positions (futures contracts) that are actively traded on public markets with quoted pricing for corroboration. U.S. Treasury securities and futures contracts, are reported at fair value using Level 1 inputs. Trading securities instruments further include open trade equity positions (trading options and currency forwards) that are quoted prices for identical or similar assets that are not traded on active markets. Trading options and currency forwards are reported at fair value using Level 2 inputs.

 

Swap Contracts. Certain Series of the Trust strategically invest a portion or all of their assets in total return swaps, selected at the direction of the Managing Owner. Swaps are privately negotiated contracts designed to provide investment returns linked to those produced by one or more investment products or indices. In a typical swap, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on one or more particular predetermined investments or instruments. The gross returns to be exchanged or “swapped” between parties are calculated with respect to a “notional amount” (i.e., the amount of value of the underlying asset used in computing the particular interest rate, return, or other amount to be exchanged) in a particular investment, or in a “basket” of securities. Swap contracts are reported at fair value upon daily reports from the counterparty. In addition, a third party takes the inputs from the counterparty, makes certain adjustments, and runs it through their pricing model to come up with their daily price. The fair value measurements of the swap contracts are valued using unadjusted inputs that were not internally developed.  The Managing Owner reviews and compares approves current day pricing of the CTA positions, as received from the counterparty which includes intra-day volatility and volume and daily index performance, as well as from the third party. Differences in prices exceeding 5% are investigated. Unexplainable differences are escalated to the Managing Owner’s Valuation Committee for evaluation and resolution. 

 

Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies. This investment represents the fair value of the allocation of cash, futures, forwards, options and swaps to each respective Series relative to its trading allocations from unconsolidated Trading Companies. A Series may redeem its investment in any of the Trading Companies on a daily basis at the Trading Company’s stated net asset value. Each of the Series, all of which are under the same management as the Trading Companies, has access to the underlying positions of the Trading Companies, and as such, the level determination is reflected on that look-through basis. Any redemption of an investment in a Trading Company classified as Level 3 will reflect that classification of the underlying investment owned by the Trading Company. As such, the Series report investments in unconsolidated Trading Companies at fair value using the corresponding inputs of the underlying securities of the Trading Companies which results in the Series reporting the corresponding level determination from the inputs of the Trading Company.

 

Investments in Private Investment Companies. Investments in private investment companies are valued utilizing the net asset values provided by the underlying private investment companies as a practical expedient. The Series applies the practical expedient to its investments in private investment companies on an investment-by-investment basis, and consistently with the Series’ entire position in a particular investment, unless it is probable that the Series will sell a portion of an investment at an amount different from the net asset value of the investment.

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The following table summarizes the instruments that comprise the Trust, with respect to the Series, financial asset portfolio, by Series, measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 segregated by the level of valuation inputs within the fair value hierarchy utilized to measure fair value. Investments in private investment companies are valued utilizing the net asset values provided by the underlying private investment companies as a practical expedient. Each Series applies the practical expedient to its investments in private investment companies on an investment-by-investment basis, and consistently with the Series entire position in a particular investment, unless it is probable that the Series will sell a portion of an investment at an amount different from the net asset value of the investment. 

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
June 30, 2018  Inputs   Inputs   Inputs   Fair Value 
Frontier Diversified Fund                    
Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies  $1,265,183   $(7,734)  $   $1,257,449 
Swap Contracts           5,789,800    5,789,800 
U.S. Treasury Securities   1,752,590            1,752,590 
Frontier Masters Fund                    
Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies   1,028,540    (6,988)       1,021,552 
U.S. Treasury Securities   928,660            928,660 
Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund                    
Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies   117,943            117,943 
Swap Contracts           432,925    432,925 
U.S. Treasury Securities   644,297            644,297 
Frontier Balanced Fund                    
Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies   2,461,406    (15,487)       2,445,919 
Open Trade Equity (Deficit)   127,833     (11,091)       116,742 
Swap Contracts           10,470,609    10,470,609 
U.S. Treasury Securities   3,128,559            3,128,559 
Frontier Select Fund                    
Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies   76,972        535,180    612,152 
U.S. Treasury Securities   420,486            420,486 
Frontier Winton Fund                    
Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies   5,004,302    (32,146)       4,972,156 
U.S. Treasury Securities   5,763,275            5,763,275 
Frontier Heritage Fund                    
Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies   897,476    (5,925)       891,551 
Swap Contracts           3,003,834    3,003,834 
U.S. Treasury Securities   916,128            916,128 

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   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
December 31, 2017  Inputs   Inputs   Inputs   Fair Value 
Frontier Diversified Fund                    
Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies  $2,152,721   $55,593   $   $2,208,314 
Swap Contracts           6,376,472    6,376,472 
U.S. Treasury Securities   767,049            767,049 
Frontier Masters Fund                    
Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies   1,460,743    31,450        1,492,193 
U.S. Treasury Securities   1,663,014            1,663,014 
Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund                    
Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies   121,510            121,510 
Swap Contracts           397,039    397,039 
U.S. Treasury Securities   614,803            614,803 
Frontier Balanced Fund                    
Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies   3,072,933    81,725        3,154,658 
Open Trade Equity (Deficit)   144,983    33,569        178,552 
Swap Contracts           11,340,959    11,340,959 
U.S. Treasury Securities   663,808            663,808 
Frontier Select Fund                    
Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies   91,790        579,073    670,863 
U.S. Treasury Securities   464,427            464,427 
Frontier Winton Fund                    
Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies   7,750,343    184,193        7,934,536 
U.S. Treasury Securities   5,667,825            5,667,825 
Frontier Heritage Fund                    
Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies   1,500,688    35,943        1,536,631 
Swap Contracts           3,094,367    3,094,367 
U.S. Treasury Securities   1,046,861            1,046,861 

 

The changes in Level 3 assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized in the following tables. Swap contract asset gains and losses (realized/unrealized) included in earnings are classified in “realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments – net unrealized gain/(loss) on swap contracts” on the statements of operations. Investment in unconsolidated trading company asset gains and losses (realized/unrealized) included in earnings are classified in “Change in fair value of investments in unconsolidated trading companies.” During the six months ended June 30, 2018, all identified Level 3 assets were components of the Frontier Diversified Fund, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund, Frontier Balanced Fund, Frontier Select Fund, and Frontier Heritage Fund.

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For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018

Swaps

 

       Frontier Long/Short 
   Frontier Balanced Fund   Commodity Fund 
Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of January 1, 2018  $11,340,959   $397,039 
Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized):          
Included in earnings-realized        
Included in earnings-unrealized   1,129,650    35,886 
Proceeds from collateral reduction   (2,000,000)    
Change in ownership allocation        
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3        
Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of June 30, 2018  $10,470,609   $432,925 

 

   Frontier Diversified     
   Fund   Frontier Heritage Fund 
Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of January 1, 2018  $6,376,472   $3,094,367 
Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized):          
Included in earnings-realized        
Included in earnings-unrealized   513,328    (90,533)
Proceeds from collateral reduction   (1,100,000)    
Change in ownership allocation        
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3        
Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of June 30, 2018  $5,789,800   $3,003,834 

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For the Year Ended December 31, 2017

Swaps

 

       Frontier Long/Short 
   Frontier Balanced Fund   Commodity Fund 
Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of January 1, 2017  $18,939,450   $4,220,468 
Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized):          
Included in earnings-realized        
Included in earnings-unrealized   (84,491)   26,621 
Proceeds from collateral reduction   (7,514,000)   (3,850,050)
Change in ownership allocation        
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3        
Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of December 31, 2017  $11,340,959   $397,039 
           
   Frontier Diversified Fund   Frontier Heritage Fund 
Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of January 1, 2017  $8,637,847   $8,391,414 
Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized):          
Included in earnings-realized        
Included in earnings-unrealized   (47,375)   (297,047)
Proceeds from collateral reduction   (2,214,000)   (5,000,000)
Change in ownership allocation        
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3        
Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of December 31, 2017  $6,376,472   $3,094,367 
           
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018      
Investments in Unconsolidated Trading Companies:      
           
   Frontier         
   Select         
   Fund         
Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of January 1, 2018  $579,073         
Change in fair value of investments in unconsolidated trading companies   (43,894)        
Purchases of investments of unconsolidated trading companies            
Change in ownership allocation            
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3            
Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of June 30, 2018  $535,179         

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Investments in Unconsolidated Trading Companies:

 

   Frontier Select Fund 
Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of January 1, 2017  $3,147,279 
Change in fair value of investments in unconsolidated trading companies   (144,019)
Change in ownership allocation   (2,424,187)
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3    
Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of December 31, 2017  $579,073 

 

The Series of the Trust assess the levels of the investments at each measurement date, and transfers between levels are recognized on the actual date of the event or change in circumstances that caused the transfer in accordance with the Series’ accounting policy regarding the recognition of transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy. During the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Trust did not transfer any assets between Levels 1, 2 or 3.

 

The amounts reflected in the change in ownership allocation result from changes in ownership in the underlying Trading Companies at the Series level, which have resulted in changes in consolidation or de-consolidation by the Series. The ownership in the Trading Companies is accounted for under the equity method, which approximates fair value.

 

The total change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) included in the statements of operations attributable to level 3 investments still held at June 30, 2018:

 

   Frontier Diversified   Frontier Long/Short   Frontier Balanced     
   Fund   Commodity Fund   Fund   Frontier Heritage Fund 
Swap Contracts  $513,328   $35,886   $1,129,650   $(90,533)

 

   Frontier Select Fund 
Investments in Unconsolidated Trading Companies  $(43,894)

 

The total change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) included in the statements of operations attributable to level 3 investments still held at December 31, 2017:  

 

       Frontier Long/Short   Frontier Balanced   Frontier Heritage 
   Frontier Diversified Fund   Commodity Fund   Fund   Fund 
Swap Contracts  $(47,375)  $26,621   $(84,491)  $(297,047)

 

   Frontier Select Fund 
Investments in Unconsolidated Trading Companies  $(372,982)

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4. Swap Contracts

 

In addition to authorizing Trading Advisors to manage pre-determined investment levels of futures, options on futures and forward contracts, certain Series of the Trust will strategically invest a portion or all of their assets in total return swaps, selected at the direction of the Managing Owner. Total return swaps are privately negotiated contracts designed to provide investment returns linked to those produced by one or more investment products or indices. In a typical total return swap, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on one or more particular predetermined investments or instruments. The gross returns to be exchanged or “swapped” between the parties are calculated with respect to a “notional amount” (i.e., the amount or value of the underlying asset used in computing the particular interest rate, return, or other amount to be exchanged) in a particular investment, or in a “basket” of securities.

 

Each Series’ investment in swaps will likely differ substantially over time due to cash flows, portfolio management decisions and market movements. The swaps serve to diversify the investment holdings of each Series and to provide access to programs and advisors that would not be otherwise available to the Series, and are not used for hedging purposes.

 

The Managing Owner follows a procedure in selecting well-established financial institutions which the Managing Owner, in its sole discretion, considers to be reputable, reliable, financially responsible and well established to act as swap counterparties. The procedure includes due diligence review of documentation on all new and existing financial institution counterparties prior to initiation of the relationship, and quarterly ongoing review during the relationship, to ensure that counterparties meet the Managing Owner’s minimum credit requirements, the counterparty average rating being no less than an investment grade rating as defined by the rating agencies. As of June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017, approximately 10.8% and 10.2%, respectively, of the Trust’s assets were deposited with over-the-counter counterparties in order to initiate and maintain swaps and is recorded as collateral within the swap fair value within the statement of financial condition. The cash held with the counterparty is not restricted.

 

The Series may strategically invest assets in one or more swaps linked to certain underlying investments or indices at the direction of the Managing Owner. The Trading Company in which the assets of these Series will be invested will not own any of the investments or indices referenced by any swap entered into by these Series. In addition, neither the swap counterparty to the Trading Company of these Series nor any advisor referenced by any such swap is a Trading Advisor to these Series.

 

To help to reduce counterparty risk on the Series, the Managing Owner has the right to reduce the Series’ exposure and remove cash from the Series’ total return swaps with Deutsche Bank AG. This cash holding shall be in excess of $250,000, and may not exceed 40% of the Index exposure in total. Index exposure is defined as the total notional amount plus any profit. The Series are charged interest on this cash holding and any amount removed will be offset against the final settlement value of the swap. As of June 30, 2018, the Frontier Balanced Fund, the Frontier Diversified Fund, the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund and Frontier Heritage Fund, have received from the swap counterparty $4,926,555, $2,500,000, $115,000 and $1,900,000, respectively. These amounts are shown on the Statements of Financial Conditions of the respective Series under advance on unrealized swap appreciation, which relates to the Trading Companies’ total return swaps with Deutsche Bank AG.

 

The Series have invested in the following swaps as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2018:

 

         Frontier Long/Short  Frontier Heritage
   Frontier Balanced Fund  Frontier Diversified Fund  Commodity Fund  Fund
   Total Return Swap  Total Return Swap  Total Return Swap  Total Return Swap
Counterparty  DeutscheBank AG  DeutscheBank AG  DeutscheBank AG  DeutscheBank AG
Notional Amount  $11,735,292  $3,054,369  $653,610  $2,072,056
Termination Date  8/2/2018  8/2/2018  8/7/2018  3/27/2023
Cash Collateral  $86,000  $86,000  $29,950  $978,950
Swap Value  $10,384,609  $5,703,800  $402,975  $2,024,884
Investee Returns  Total Returns  Total Returns  Total Returns  Total Returns
Realized Gain/(Loss)  $0  $0  $0  $0
Change in Unrealized Gain/(Loss)  $1,129,650  $513,328  $35,886  ($90,533)
Fair Value as of June 30, 2018  $10,470,609  $5,789,800  $432,925  $3,003,834
Advance on swap appreciation  ($4,926,555)  ($2,500,000)  ($115,000)  ($1,900,000)

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The Series have invested in the following swaps as of and for the year ended December 31, 2017:

 

         Frontier Long/Short Commodity   
   Frontier Balanced Fund  Frontier Diversified Fund  Fund  Frontier Heritage Fund
   Total Return Swap  Total Return Swap  Total Return Swap  Total Return Swap
Counterparty  DeutscheBank AG  DeutscheBank AG  DeutscheBank AG  DeutscheBank AG
Notional Amount  $13,373,629  $4,651,155  $653,610  $2,072,056
Termination Date  8/2/2018  8/2/2018  8/7/2018  3/26/2018
Cash Collateral  $2,086,000  $1,186,000  $29,950  $982,500
Swap Value  $9,254,959  $5,190,472  $367,089  $2,111,867
Investee Returns  Total Returns  Total Returns  Total Returns  Total Returns
Realized Gain/(Loss)  $0  $0  $0  $0
Change in Unrealized Gain/(Loss)  ($84,491)  ($47,375)  $26,621  ($297,047)
Fair Value as of 12/31/2017  $11,340,959  $6,376,472  $397,039  $3,094,367
Advance on swap appreciation  ($4,926,555)  ($2,500,000)  ($115,000)  ($1,900,000)

 

5. Investments in Unconsolidated Trading Companies and Private Investment Companies

 

Investments in unconsolidated Trading Companies and private investment companies represent cash invested in the Trading and private investment companies as well as by each Series and cumulative trading profits or losses allocated to each Series by the Trading Companies and Private Investment Companies. Trading Companies and private investment companies allocate trading profits or losses on the basis of the proportion of each Series’ capital allocated for trading to each respective Trading Company, which bears no relationship to the amount of cash invested by a Series in the Trading Company and Private Investment Companies. The Trading Companies are valued using the equity method of accounting, which approximates fair value. Investments in private investment companies are valued using the NAV provided by the underlying private investment.

 

The following table summarizes each of the Series’ investments in unconsolidated Trading companies as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017:

 

   As of June 30, 2018  As of December 31, 2017
   Percentage of      Percentage of    
   Series Net      Series Net    
   Assets Invested      Assets Invested    
   in Unconsolidated      in Unconsolidated    
   Trading and Private      Trading and Private    
   Investment Companies  Fair Value   Investment Companies  Fair Value 
Series                
                 
Frontier Diversified Series —                
Frontier Trading Companies II and XXXVIII  6.87%  $1,257,449   10.37%  $2,225,210 
Frontier Masters Series —                
Frontier Trading Companies II and XXXVIII  13.83%  $1,021,552   12.55%  $1,501,142 
Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series —                
Frontier Trading Company XXXVIII  3.58%  $117,943   2.86%  $121,510 
Frontier Balanced Series —                
Frontier Trading Companies II and XXXVIII  6.30%  $2,445,919   6.59%  $3,178,176 
Frontier Select Series —                
Frontier Trading Companies XXXVIII and XXXIX  13.00%  $612,152   9.86%  $670,863 
Frontier Winton Fund                
Frontier Trading Companies II and XXXVIII  44.38%  $4,972,156   53.79%  $7,987,575 
Frontier Heritage Series —                
Frontier Trading Companies II and XXXVIII  17.36%  $891,551   22.66%  $1,536,631 

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The following tables summarize each of the Series; equity in earnings from unconsolidated Trading and private investment companies for months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017.

 

   Three Months Ended June 30, 2018   Three Months Ended June, 2017 
           Change in               Change in     
   Trading   Realized   Unrealized   Net Income   Trading   Realized   Unrealized   Net Income 
   Commissions   Gain/(Loss)   Gain/(Loss)   (Loss)   Commissions   Gain/(Loss)   Gain/(Loss)   (Loss) 
Frontier Balanced Fund —                                        
Frontier Trading Company II, LLC  $   $   $302,930   $302,930   $(29,734)  $(176,628)  $(185,169)  $(391,531)
Frontier Trading Company XXXVIII, LLC           (6,881)   (6,881)           (60,414)   (60,414)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Aspect Feeder Fund (532) LLC   (13,073)   (158,310)   72,621    (98,762)   (23,364)   (222,017)   (152,905)   (398,286)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Doherty Feeder Fund (528) LLC   (14,629)   131,409    (38,608)   78,172    (19,523)   82,988    (31,581)   31,884 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Emil van Essen STP Feeder Fund (516) LLC   (141,047)   (430,258)   805,293    233,988    (103,320)   628,876    (146,626)   378,930 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Fort Contrarian Feeder Fund (510) LLC   (14,285)   333,049    (63,193)   255,571    (46,229)   572,197    (767,626)   (241,658)
Galaxy Plus Fund - LRR Feeder Fund (522) LLC   (123)       (38,889)   (39,012)           (313,570)   (313,570)
Galaxy Plus Fund - QIM Feeder Fund (526) LLC   (37,583)   292,017    423,980    678,414    (84,339)   (292,686)   307,411    (69,614)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Quantmetrics Feeder Fund (527) LLC   (21,107)   (149,161)   18,142    (152,126)   (59,057)   14,510    23,398    (21,149)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Quest Feeder Fund (517) LLC   (7,130)   (53,768)   25,289    (35,609)   (5,563)   550,360    (553,687)   (8,890)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC   (63,787)   (25,610)   (33,194)   (122,591)   (111,023)   (481,169)   (477,804)   (1,069,996)
Total  $(312,764)  $(60,632)  $1,467,490   $1,094,094   $(482,152)  $676,431   $(2,358,573)  $(2,164,294)
                                         
Frontier Winton Fund —                                        
Frontier Trading Company II, LLC  $   $   $675,380   $675,380                     
Frontier Trading Company XXXVIII, LLC           (29,123)   (29,123)           (21,961)   (21,961)
Total  $   $   $646,257   $646,257   $   $   $(21,961)  $(21,961)
                                         
Frontier Select Fund —                                        
Frontier Trading Company XXXIX, LLC  $   $   $(41,578)  $(41,578)  $   $   $(103,491)  $(103,491)
Frontier Trading Company XXXVIII, LLC           (1,017)   (1,017)           (13,395)   (13,395)
Galaxy Plus Fund - TT Feeder Fund (531) LLC   (10,721)   23,055    37,712    50,046    (26,272)   455,907    (960,857)   (531,222)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC   (42,595)   (12,170)   (16,423)   (71,188)                   
Total  $(53,316)  $10,885   $(21,306)  $(63,737)  $(26,272)  $455,907   $(1,077,743)  $(648,108)
                                         
Frontier Heritage Fund —                                        
Frontier Trading Company II, LLC  $   $   $129,198   $129,198   $(59,981)  $(92,376)  $(45,355)  $(197,712)
Frontier Trading Company XXXVIII, LLC           (3,728)   (3,728)           (32,056)   (32,056)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC   (42,603)   (5,832)   (12,130)   (60,565)                    
Total   $(42,603)  $(5,832)  $113,340   $64,905   $(59,981)  $(92,376)  $(77,411)  $(229,768)
                                         
Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund                                        
Frontier Trading Company XXXVIII, LLC  $   $   $(1,870)  $(1,870)  $   $   $48,430   $48,430 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Chesapeake Feeder Fund (518) LLC                   (20,154)   (17,806)   (15,385)   (53,345)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Emil van Essen STP Feeder Fund (516) LLC   (25,765)   (63,680)   118,815    29,370    (70,739)   274,376    (21,965)   181,672 
Galaxy Plus Fund - LRR Feeder Fund (522) LLC   (681)       (148,965)   (149,646)           (668,936)   (668,936)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC   (19,032)   (6,922)   (3,573)   (29,527)   (31,126)   (2,843)   (157,347)   (191,316)
Total  $(45,478)  $(70,602)  $(35,593)  $(151,673)  $(122,019)  $253,727   $(815,203)  $(683,495)
                                         
Frontier Diversified Fund —                                        
Frontier Trading Company II, LLC  $   $   $156,848   $156,848   $(32,754)  $(131,602)  $(76,660)  $(241,016)
Frontier Trading Company XXXVIII, LLC           (2,803)   (2,803)           (92,697)   (92,697)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Aspect Feeder Fund (532) LLC   (5,137)   (52,919)   24,207    (33,849)   (20,126)   (138,307)   (51,044)   (209,477)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Chesapeake Feeder Fund (518) LLC                   (25,130)   (86,993)   (10,374)   (122,497)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Doherty Feeder Fund (528) LLC   (9,617)   72,926    (21,449)   41,860    (15,626)   53,463    (19,659)   18,178 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Emil van Essen STP Feeder Fund (516) LLC   (41,617)   (209,611)   350,445    99,217    (99,836)   663,148    (134,800)   428,512 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Fort Contrarian Feeder Fund (510) LLC   (9,912)   139,185    (24,276)   104,997    (34,042)   386,453    (360,329)   (7,918)
Galaxy Plus Fund - LRR Feeder Fund (522) LLC       (62)   (13,567)   (13,629)           (121,379)   (121,379)
Galaxy Plus Fund - QIM Feeder Fund (526) LLC   (20,301)   132,708    177,519    289,926    (72,656)   110,541    (92,110)   (54,225)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Quantmetrics Feeder Fund (527) LLC   (11,738)   (64,178)   8,247    (67,669)   (62,375)   90,549    (35,256)   (7,082)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Quest Feeder Fund (517) LLC   (7,950)   (53,876)   25,289    (36,537)   (21,834)   1,360,066    (1,340,399)   (2,167)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC   (31,712)   3,362    (22,990)   (51,340)   (96,591)   (299,530)   (338,831)   (734,952)
Total  $(137,984)  $(32,465)  $657,470   $487,021   $(480,970)  $2,007,788   $(2,673,538)  $(1,146,720)
                                         
Frontier Masters Fund —                                        
Frontier Trading Company II, LLC  $   $   $148,044   $148,044   $(20,155)  $(75,060)  $(193,825)  $(289,040)
Frontier Trading Company XXXVIII, LLC           8,804    8,804            (27,193)   (27,193)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Chesapeake Feeder Fund (518) LLC                   (32,726)   (38,744)   (37,054)   (108,524)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Emil van Essen STP Feeder Fund (516) LLC   (70,572)   (207,046)   370,789    93,171    (85,746)   349,249    (38,302)   225,201 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC   (44,250)   (27,294)   (16,449)   (87,993)   (33,868)   (36,872)   (273,610)   (344,350)
Galaxy Plus Fund - TT Feeder Fund (531) LLC   (9,581)   27,308    35,040    52,767            (621,004)   (621,004)
Total  $(124,403)  $(207,032)  $546,228   $214,793   $(172,495)  $198,573   $(1,190,988)  $(1,164,910)

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   Six Months Ended June 30, 2018   Six Months Ended June, 2017 
    Trading
Commissions
    Realized
Gain/(Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Gain/(Loss)
    Net Income
(Loss)
    Trading
Commissions
    Realized
Gain/(Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Gain/(Loss)
    Net Income
(Loss)
 
                                         
Frontier Balanced Fund —                                        
Frontier Trading Company II, LLC  $   $   $67,960   $67,960   $(32,747)  $216,451   $(414,846)  $(231,142)
Frontier Trading Company XXXVIII, LLC           (11,476)   (11,476)           (206,159)   (206,159)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Aspect Feeder Fund (532) LLC   (43,897)   (212,016)   6,928    (248,985)   (44,764)   (387,975)   (13,621)   (446,360)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Doherty Feeder Fund (528) LLC   (31,385)   (158,568)   1,111    (188,842)   (50,359)   148,003    (34,828)   62,816 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Emil van Essen STP Feeder Fund (516) LLC   (228,504)   369,476    13,457    154,429    (370,056)   934,254    440,340    1,004,538 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Fort Contrarian Feeder Fund (510) LLC   (36,360)   (138,701)   10,762    (164,299)   (97,240)   1,057,916    (443,733)   516,943 
Galaxy Plus Fund - LRR Feeder Fund (522) LLC   (123)       (3,585)   (3,708)           (758,716)   (758,716)
Galaxy Plus Fund - QIM Feeder Fund (526) LLC   (73,528)   (905,417)   60,858    (918,087)   (1,053,253)   3,793,961    (295,887)   2,444,821 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Quantmetrics Feeder Fund (527) LLC   (62,551)   (72,693)   12,369    (122,875)   (144,534)   393,118    217,931    466,515 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Quest Feeder Fund (517) LLC   (13,928)   (42,692)   3,166    (53,454)   (13,489)   658,389    (821,400)   (176,500)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC   (137,437)   (1,613,467)   86,852    (1,664,052)   (129,934)   (453,700)   (456,590)   (1,040,224)
Total  $(627,713)  $(2,774,078)  $248,402   $(3,153,389)  $(1,936,376)  $6,360,417   $(2,787,509)  $1,636,532 
                                         
Frontier Winton Fund —                                        
Frontier Trading Company II, LLC  $   $   $(186,556)  $(186,556)  $                
Frontier Trading Company XXXVIII, LLC           (66,205)  $(66,205)  $   $   $(303,217)  $(303,217)
Total  $   $   $(252,761)  $(252,761)  $   $   $(303,217)  $(303,217)
                                         
Frontier Select Fund —                                        
Frontier Trading Company XXXIX, LLC  $    $   $(41,578)  $(41,578)  $   $   $(302,892)  $(302,890)
Frontier Trading Company XXXVIII, LLC           4,561    4,561            (61,753)   (61,755)
Galaxy Plus Fund - TT Feeder Fund (531) LLC   (61,704)   (525,255)   67,762    (519,197)   (26,272)   455,907    (960,857)   (531,222)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC   (80,091)   (94,447)   (208,032)   (382,570)                   
Total  $(141,795)  $(619,702)  $30,745   $(556,214)  $(26,272)  $455,907   $(1,325,502)  $(895,867)
                                         
Frontier Heritage Fund —                                        
Frontier Trading Company II, LLC  $    $   $6,663   $6,663   $(61,563)  $113,582   $(165,128)  $(113,109)
Frontier Trading Company XXXVIII, LLC           (4,695)   (4,695)           (94,612)   (94,612)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC   (95,378)   (550,409)   44,752    (601,035)                    
Total  $(95,378)  $(550,409)  $46,720   $(599,067)  $(61,563)  $113,582   $(259,740)  $(207,721)
                                         
Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund                                        
Frontier Trading Company XXXVIII, LLC  $   $   $(1,812)  $(1,812)  $   $   $48,430   $48,430 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Chesapeake Feeder Fund (518) LLC                   (44,133)   (37,958)   72,625    (9,466)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Emil van Essen STP Feeder Fund (516) LLC   (55,540)   106,500    (43,080)   7,880    (181,134)   398,026    195,800    412,692 
Galaxy Plus Fund - LRR Feeder Fund (522) LLC   (681)       (55,507)   (56,188)   (570,790)           (570,790)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC   (44,616)   (236,487)   13,305    (267,798)   (31,126)   (2,843)   (157,347)   (191,316)
Total  $(56,221)  $(129,987)  $(87,094)  $(317,918)  $(827,183)  $357,225   $159,508   $(310,450)
                                         
Frontier Diversified Fund —                                        
Frontier Trading Company II, LLC  $   $   $6,222   $6,222   $(34,961)  $156,232   $(244,744)  $(123,473)
Frontier Trading Company XXXVIII, LLC           (1,820)   (1,820)           (220,531)   (220,531)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Aspect Feeder Fund (532) LLC   (21,609)   (70,821)   2,309    (90,121)   (38,921)   (248,929)   41,918    (245,932)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Chesapeake Feeder Fund (518) LLC                   (52,211)   (296,825)   401,400    52,364 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Doherty Feeder Fund (528) LLC   (19,728)   (71,041)   1,112    (89,657)   (36,891)   93,200    (21,227)   35,082 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Emil van Essen STP Feeder Fund (516) LLC   (88,315)   190,256    (45,473)   56,468    (331,447)   937,641    344,980    951,174 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Fort Contrarian Feeder Fund (510) LLC   (19,585)   (13,078)   8,453    (24,210)   (71,434)   668,006    (172,286)   424,286 
Galaxy Plus Fund - LRR Feeder Fund (522) LLC       (62)   3,942    3,880            (286,484)   (286,484)
Galaxy Plus Fund - QIM Feeder Fund (526) LLC   (41,686)   (336,175)   1,742    (376,119)   (677,949)   2,530,502    (402,647)   1,449,906 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Quantmetrics Feeder Fund (527) LLC   (37,240)   (25,944)   5,361    (57,823)   (145,059)   396,809    122,278    374,028 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Quest Feeder Fund (517) LLC   (15,597)   (42,800)   3,166    (55,231)   (54,917)   1,818,085    (2,335,438)   (572,270)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC   (72,444)   (772,916)   23,417    (821,943)   (109,401)   (281,218)   (324,689)   (715,308)
Total  $(316,204)  $(1,142,581)  $8,431   $(1,450,354)  $(1,553,191)  $5,773,503   $(3,097,470)  $1,122,842 
                                         
Frontier Masters Fund —                                        
Frontier Trading Company II, LLC  $   $   $(94,552)  $(94,552)  $25,034   $91,810   $(290,984)  $(174,140)
Frontier Trading Company XV, LLC                   (63,500)   78,115    (115,394)   (100,779)
Frontier Trading Company XXXVIII, LLC           17,218    17,218            (103,705)   (103,705)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Chesapeake Feeder Fund (518) LLC       (76,396)   68,413    (7,983)   (70,041)   (81,634)   150,438    (1,237)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Emil van Essen STP Feeder Fund (516) LLC   (149,210)   263,055    (103,684)   10,161    (225,164)   518,265    258,497    551,598 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC   (100,181)   (726,950)   13,640    (813,491)   (33,868)   (36,872)   (273,610)   (344,350)
Galaxy Plus Fund - TT Feeder Fund (531) LLC   (47,188)   (87,994)   (179,255)   (314,437)           (621,004)   (621,004)
Total  $(296,579)  $(628,285)  $(278,220)  $(1,203,084)  $(367,539)  $569,684   $(995,762)  $(793,617)

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The Series’ investments in private investment companies have certain redemption and liquidity restrictions which are described in the following table:

 

   Redemptions  Redemptions  Liquidity
   Notice Period  Permitted  Restrictions
Frontier Diversified Fund         
Multi-Strategy         
Galaxy Plus Fund - EvE STP Feeder Fund (516) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - LRR Feeder Fund (522) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - Quantmetrics Feeder Fund (527) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Trend Following         
Galaxy Plus Fund - Aspect Feeder Fund (532) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - Fort Contrarian Feeder Fund (510) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - QIM Feeder Fund (526) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - Quest Feeder Fund (517) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Option Trading         
Galaxy Plus Fund - Doherty Feeder Fund (528) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
          
Frontier Masters Fund         
Trend Following         
Galaxy Plus Fund - TT Feeder Fund (531) LLC  24 hours  Weekly  None
Multi-Strategy         
Galaxy Plus Fund - EvE STP Feeder Fund (516) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
          
Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund         
Multi-Strategy         
Galaxy Plus Fund - EvE STP Feeder Fund (516) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - LRR Feeder Fund (522) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
          
Frontier Balanced Fund         
Multi-Strategy         
Galaxy Plus Fund - EvE STP Feeder Fund (516) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - Quantmetrics Feeder Fund (527) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - LRR Feeder Fund (522) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Trend Following         
Galaxy Plus Fund - Aspect Feeder Fund (532) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - Fort Contrarian Feeder Fund (510) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - QIM Feeder Fund (526) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - Quest Feeder Fund (517) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Option Trading         
Galaxy Plus Fund - Doherty Feeder Fund (528) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
          
Frontier Select Fund         
Trend Following         
Galaxy Plus Fund - TT Feeder Fund (531) LLC  24 hours  Weekly  None
Multi-Strategy         
Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None

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6. Transactions with Affiliates

 

The Managing Owner contributes funds to the Trust, with respect to the Series, in order to have a 1% interest (“Minimum Purchase Commitment”) in the aggregate capital, profits and losses of all Series and in return will receive units designated as general units in the Series in which the Managing Owner invests such funds. The general units may only be purchased by the Managing Owner and may be subject to no advisory fees or advisory fees at reduced rates. Otherwise, the general units hold the same rights as the limited units. The Managing Owner will make contributions to the Series of the Trust necessary to maintain at least a 1% interest in the aggregate capital, profits and losses of the combined Series of the Trust. Such contribution was made by the Managing Owner before trading commenced for the Trust and will be maintained throughout the existence of the Trust, and the Managing Owner will make such purchases as are necessary to effect this requirement. Additionally, the Managing Owner agreed with certain regulatory bodies to maintain a 1% interest specifically in the Frontier Balanced Fund Class 1AP and 2a Units, aggregated, and each of the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund, Frontier Diversified Fund and Frontier Masters Fund. The 1% interest in these specific Series is included in computing the Minimum Purchase Commitment in aggregate capital. In addition to the general units the Managing Owner receives in respect of its Minimum Purchase Commitment, the Managing Owner may purchase limited units in any Series as a Limited Owner. Principals of the Managing Owner or affiliates are allowed to own beneficial interests in the Trust, with respect to the Series, as well. All Units purchased by the Managing Owner are held for investment purposes only and not for resale. The Managing Owner may make purchases or redemptions at any time on the same terms as any Limited Owner. The Trust has and will continue to have certain relationships with the Managing Owner and its affiliates.

 

Expenses

 

Management Fees—Each Series of Units pays to the Managing Owner a monthly management fee equal to a percentage of the notional assets of such Series allocated to Trading Companies, calculated on a daily basis. The percentage bases of the fees vary and are in line with the amounts being disclosed below. In addition, the Managing Owner receives a monthly management equal to a certain percentage of the assets in the Galaxy Plus entities attributable to such Series’ (including notional assets), calculated on a monthly basis. The management fees attributable to Galaxy Plus entities are included in unrealized gain/(loss) on private investment companies on the Statements of Operations. The total amount of assets of a Series allocated to Trading Advisors and/or reference programs, including (i) actual funds deposited in accounts directed by the Trading Advisors or deposited as margin in respect of swaps or other derivative instruments referencing a reference program plus (ii) any notional equity allocated to the Trading Advisors and any reference programs, is referred to herein as the “notional assets” of the Series. The annual rate of the management fee is: 0.5% for the Frontier Balanced Fund Class 1 and Class 2, 1.0% for the Frontier Balanced Fund Class 1AP, Class 2a and Class 3a, 2.0% for the Frontier Winton Fund, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund Class 1a, Class 2a and Class 3a and Frontier Masters Fund, 0.75% for Frontier Diversified Fund, 2.5% for the Frontier Heritage Fund and Frontier Select Fund, and 3.5% for the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund Class 2 and Class 3. The Managing Owner may pay all or a portion of such management fees to the Trading Advisor(s) and/or waive (up to the percentage specified) any such management fee to the extent any related management fee is paid by a trading company or estimated management fee is embedded in a swap or other derivative instrument. Any management fee embedded in a swap or other derivative instrument may be greater or less than the management fee that would otherwise be charged to the Series by the Managing Owner. As of the date of this report, for a Series that has invested in a swap, the Managing Owner or Trading Advisor(s) do not receive any management fees directly from the Series for such swap, and instead the relevant Trading Advisor receives compensation via the fees embedded in the swap. As of June 30, 2018, the management fees embedded based on fair value of swaps in (i) swaps owned by Frontier Diversified Fund was 1.00% per annum, (ii) swaps owned by Frontier Balanced Fund was 1.00% per annum, (iii) swaps owned by Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund was 1.50% per annum, and (iv) swaps owned by Frontier Heritage Fund was 1.00% per annum, and the Managing Owner has waived the entire management fee due to it from those Series in respect of such Series’ investment in swaps. These embedded management fees may be higher or lower in the future.

 

The management fee as a percentage of the applicable Series’ notional assets will be greater than the percentage of the applicable Series’ net asset value to the extent that the notional assets of the Series exceeds its net asset value. The Managing Owner expects that the notional assets of each Series will generally be maintained at a level in excess of the net asset value of such Series and such excess may be substantial to the extent the Managing Owner deems necessary to achieve the desired level of volatility.

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Trading Fees— In connection with each Series’ trading activities the Frontier Balanced Fund, Frontier Select Fund, Frontier Winton Fund and Frontier Heritage Fund pays to the Managing Owner an FCM Fee of up to 2.25% per annum of notional assets allocated to the trading advisors, including through investments in commodity pools available on the Galaxy Plus Platform, and any reference programs of the applicable Series. The Frontier Diversified Fund, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund and Frontier Masters Fund pays to the Managing Owner an FCM Fee of up to 2.25% of notional assets allocated to the trading advisors, including through investments in commodity pools available on the Galaxy Plus Platform, and a custodial/due diligence fee of 0.12% of such Series’ NAV, calculated daily.

 

Incentive Fees— Some Series pay to the Managing Owner an incentive fee of a certain percentage of new net trading profits generated in the Trading Companies by such Series, monthly or quarterly. In addition, the Managing Owner receives a quarterly incentive fee of a certain percentage of new net trading profits generated in the Galaxy Plus entities that have been allocated to the Series. The incentive fees attributable to Galaxy Plus entities are included in unrealized gain/(loss) on private investment companies on the Statements of Operations. Because the Frontier Balanced Fund, Frontier Diversified Fund, Frontier Masters Fund, Frontier Heritage Fund, Frontier Select Fund, and Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund may each employ multiple Trading Advisors, these Series will pay the Managing Owner a monthly incentive fee calculated on a Trading Advisor by Trading Advisor basis. It is therefore possible that in any given period the Series may pay incentive fees to the Managing Owner for one or more Trading Advisors while each of these Series as a whole experiences losses. The incentive fee is 25% for the Frontier Balanced Fund and the Frontier Diversified Fund and 20% for the Frontier Winton Fund, Frontier Heritage Fund, Frontier Select Fund, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund and Frontier Masters Fund. The Managing Owner may pay all or a portion of such incentive fees to the Trading Advisor(s) for such Series. As of the date of this report, for a Series that has invested in a swap, the Managing Owner or Trading Advisor(s) do not receive any incentive fees directly from the Series for such swap, and instead the relevant Trading Advisor receives compensation via the fees embedded in the swap. As of June 30, 2018, the range of incentive fees as a percentage of net new trading profits on swaps embedded in (i) swaps owned by Frontier Diversified Fund was 20-25% per annum, (ii) swaps owned by Frontier Balanced Fund was 20-25% per annum, (iii) swaps owned by Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund was 25% per annum, and (iv) swaps owned by Frontier Heritage Fund was 15% per annum, and the Managing Owner has waived the entire incentive fee due to it from those Series in respect of such Series’ investment in swaps. These embedded incentive fees may be higher or lower in the future.

 

Service Fees—Investors who have purchased Class 1 or Class 1a Units of Frontier Diversified Fund, Frontier Masters Fund, and Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund are charged a service fee of up to two percent (2.0%) annually of the NAV (of the purchase price, in case of the initial service fee) of each Unit purchased, for the benefit of selling agents selling such Class 1 or Class 1a Units. The initial service fee, which is amortized monthly at an annual rate of up to two percent (2.0%) of the average daily NAV of Class 1 or Class 1a of such Series, is prepaid to the Managing Owner by each Series, and paid to the selling agents by the Managing Owner in the month following sale; provided, however, that investors who redeem all or a portion of their Class 1 and Class 1a Units of any Series during the first twelve (12) months following the effective date of their purchase are subject to a redemption fee of up to two percent (2.0%) of the purchase price at which such investor redeemed to reimburse the Managing Owner for the then unamortized balance of the prepaid initial service fee. Investors who have purchased Class 1 or Class 1a Units of Frontier Balanced Fund, Frontier Heritage Fund, Frontier Select Fund, and Frontier Winton Fund are charged a service fee of up to three percent (3.0%) annually of the NAV (of the purchase price, in case of the initial service fee) of each Unit purchased, for the benefit of selling agents selling such Class 1 or Class 1a Units. The initial service fee, which is amortized monthly at an annual rate of up to three percent (3.0%) of the average daily NAV of Class 1 or Class 1a of such Series, is prepaid to the Managing Owner by each Series, and paid to the selling agents by the Managing Owner in the month following sale; provided, however, that investors who redeem all or a portion of their Class 1 and Class 1a Units of any Series during the first twelve (12) months following the effective date of their purchase are subject to a redemption fee of up to three percent (3.0%) of the purchase price at which such investor redeemed to reimburse the Managing Owner for the then-unamortized balance of the prepaid initial service fee. With respect to Class 2 and Class 2a Units of any Series, the Managing Owner pays an ongoing service fee to selling agents of up to one half percent (0.5%) annually of the NAV of each Class 2 or Class 2a Unit (of which 0.25% will be charged to Limited Owners holding Class 2 Units of the Frontier Diversified Fund and Frontier Masters Fund or Class 2a Units of the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund sold) until such Class 2 or Class 2a Units which are subject to the fee limitation are reclassified as Class 3 or Class 3a Units of the applicable Series for administrative purposes.

 

Currently the service fee is not charged to Class 1AP investors. The Managing Owner may also pay selling agents certain additional fees and expenses for administrative and other services rendered and expenses incurred by such selling agents.

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The following table summarizes fees earned by the Managing Owner for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2018

 

   Incentive Fees (rebate)   Management Fees   Risk Analysis Fees   Service Fees   Trading Fees 
Frontier Diversified Fund  $   $13,229   $   $14,689   $143,613 
Frontier Masters Fund       28,862        12,929    105,998 
Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund               407    21,519 
Frontier Balanced Fund       22,566    1,692    237,810    344,769 
Frontier Select Fund               33,273    28,109 
Frontier Winton Fund       131,682        80,907    80,703 
Frontier Heritage Fund       33,893        31,302    36,855 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2017

 

   Incentive Fees (rebate)   Management Fees   Risk Analysis Fees   Service Fees   Trading Fees 
Frontier Diversified Fund  $   $27,784   $   $41,352   $466,107 
Frontier Masters Fund       58,094        24,160    186,409 
Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund   (87,670)           3,510    66,308 
Frontier Balanced Fund       38,058    3,133    384,415    623,456 
Frontier Select Fund       26,454        60,437    49,223 
Frontier Winton Fund       227,131    35,345    126,462    154,026 
Frontier Heritage Fund       58,866        48,692    36,855 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2018

 

   Incentive Fees (rebate)   Management Fees   Risk Analysis Fees   Service Fees   Trading Fees 
Frontier Diversified Fund  $1,881   $24,792   $   $30,804   $308,763 
Frontier Masters Fund       61,211        27,898    240,046 
Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund               1,064    46,212 
Frontier Balanced Fund   145,134    42,902    3,529    500,791    728,945 
Frontier Select Fund               72,962    65,703 
Frontier Winton Fund       262,342        175,167    163,278 
Frontier Heritage Fund   1,394    69,874        68,410    79,147 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017

 

   Incentive Fees (rebate)   Management Fees   Risk Analysis Fees   Service Fees   Trading Fees 
Frontier Diversified Fund  $(63,508)  $55,742   $   $86,185   $932,781 
Frontier Masters Fund       123,905        52,934    376,584 
Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund   (87,670)           10,971    143,093 
Frontier Balanced Fund       76,537    7,557    783,275    1,163,171 
Frontier Select Fund       102,407    6,829    129,768    98,267 
Frontier Winton Fund   (49,790)   489,086    70,773    269,091    303,364 
Frontier Heritage Fund   (4,603)   117,858        100,787    109,257 

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The following table summarizes fees payable to the Managing Owner as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

 

As of June 30, 2018

 

   Incentive Fees   Management Fees   Interest Fees   Service Fees   Trading Fees 
Frontier Diversified Fund  $   $4,148   $   $2,806   $46,612 
Frontier Masters Fund       9,009        2,656    30,951 
Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund           184    28    6,580 
Frontier Balanced Fund       11,594    6,818    64,568    110,648 
Frontier Select Fund           979    9,996    9,018 
Frontier Winton Fund       41,441    11,561    21,229    23,650 
Frontier Heritage Fund       9,438    1,963    7,935    10,951 

 

As of December 31, 2017

 

   Incentive Fees   Management Fees   Interest Fees   Service Fees   Trading Fees 
Frontier Diversified Fund  $12,847   $4,049   $   $3,614   $61,188 
Frontier Masters Fund       8,949        3,570    49,131 
Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund           103    172    9,125 
Frontier Balanced Fund   40,189    11,465    2,528    88,149    140,868 
Frontier Select Fund           1,358    14,743    14,898 
Frontier Winton Fund       53,039    20,992    26,714    43,573 
Frontier Heritage Fund       13,471    2,608    11,483    15,703 

 

With respect to the service fees, the initial service fee (for the first 12 months) relating to a purchase of Units by an investor is prepaid by the Managing Owner to the relevant selling agent in the month following such purchase and is reimbursed therefore by the Series monthly in arrears in an amount based upon a corresponding percentage of NAV, calculated daily. Consequently, the Managing Owner bears the risk and the benefit of the upside potential of any difference between the amount of the initial service fee prepaid by it and the amount of the reimbursement thereof, which may result from variations in NAV over the following 12 months.

 

Aggregate interest income from all sources, including U.S. Treasury Securities assets net of premiums and cash held at clearing brokers, of up to the first 2% (annualized) is paid to the Managing Owner by the Frontier Balanced Fund (Class 1 and Class 2), Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund (Class 2 and Class 3), Frontier Winton Fund, Frontier Select Fund, and Frontier Heritage Fund. For the Frontier Diversified Fund, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund (Class 1a, Class 2a, Class 3a only), Frontier Masters Fund, and Frontier Balanced Fund (Class 1AP, Class 2a and Class 3a) 100% of the interest is retained by the respective Series.

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The following table outlines the interest paid by each Series to the Managing Owner and its ratio to average net assets for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:

 

Three Months Ended                
                 
   June 30, 2018   June 30, 2017   June 30, 2018   June 30, 2017 
                 
           Ratio to     
   Gross Amount Paid to   Gross Amount Paid to   Average Net   Ratio to Average 
   the Managing Owner   the Managing Owner   Assets   Net Assets 
                 
Frontier Diversified Class 1  $   $    0.00%   -0.09%
Frontier Diversified Class 2           0.00%   -0.05%
Frontier Diversified Class 3           0.00%   -0.05%
Frontier Masters Class 1           0.00%   -0.10%
Frontier Masters Class 2           0.00%   -0.09%
Frontier Masters Class 3           0.00%   -0.08%
Frontier Long/Short Class 2   37    228    0.02%   0.05%
Frontier Long/Short Class 3   488    1,842    0.02%   0.05%
Frontier Long/Short Class 1a           0.00%   0.00%
Frontier Long/Short Class 2a           0.00%   0.00%
Frontier Long/Short Class 3a           0.00%   0.00%
Frontier Balanced Fund Class 1   14,652    155,792    0.05%   0.30%
Frontier Balanced Fund Class 1AP   256    2,005    0.05%   0.33%
Frontier Balanced Fund Class 2   2,656    38,500    0.05%   0.18%
Frontier Balanced Fund Class 2A   39    493    0.01%   0.08%
Frontier Balanced Fund Class 3A   108    1,204    0.01%   0.07%
Frontier Select Fund Class 1   3,375    10,569    0.08%   0.13%
Frontier Select Fund Class 1AP   15    31    0.08%   0.13%
Frontier Select Fund Class 2   359    1,690    0.08%   0.13%
Frontier Winton Class 1   34,013    (38,915)   0.32%   -0.23%
Frontier Winton Class 1AP   111    (116)   0.32%   -0.33%
Frontier Winton Class 2   3,251    (35,722)   0.32%   -0.32%
Frontier Heritage Fund Class 1   5,382    11,940    0.13%   0.18%
Frontier Heritage Fund Class 1AP   5    10    0.12%   0.18%
Frontier Heritage Fund Class 2   836    3,498    0.13%   0.19%
Total  $65,583   $153,048           

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Six Months Ended

 

   June 30, 2018   June 30, 2017   June 30, 2018   June 30, 2017 
       Gross Amount         
       Paid to the   Ratio to   Ratio to 
   Gross Amount Paid to   Managing   Average Net   Average Net 
   the Managing Owner   Owner   Assets   Assets 
Frontier Diversified Class 1  $   $(3,860)   0.00%   -0.09%
Frontier Diversified Class 2       (19,555)   0.00%   -0.05%
Frontier Diversified Class 3       (7,071)   0.00%   -0.05%
Frontier Masters Class 1       (4,674)   0.00%   -0.10%
Frontier Masters Class 2       (4,780)   0.00%   -0.09%
Frontier Masters Class 3       (5,338)   0.00%   -0.08%
Frontier Long/Short Class 2   37    132    0.02%   0.02%
Frontier Long/Short Class 3   488    1,277    0.02%   0.03%
Frontier Long/Short Class 1a       533    0.00%   0.05%
Frontier Long/Short Class 2a       233    0.00%   0.03%
Frontier Long/Short Class 3a       189    0.00%   0.01%
Frontier Balanced Fund Class 1   14,652    190,384    0.04%   0.36%
Frontier Balanced Fund Class 1AP   256    2,416    0.05%   0.38%
Frontier Balanced Fund Class 2   2,656    52,569    0.04%   0.24%
Frontier Balanced Fund Class 2A   39    571    0.01%   0.10%
Frontier Balanced Fund Class 3A   108    1,452    0.01%   0.09%
Frontier Select Fund Class 1   5,835    23,654    0.12%   0.27%
Frontier Select Fund Class 1AP   25    67    0.12%   0.27%
Frontier Select Fund Class 2   724    3,609    0.11%   0.27%
Frontier Winton Class 1   62,703    12,162    0.53%   0.07%
Frontier Winton Class 1AP   194    (24)   0.54%   -0.07%
Frontier Winton Class 2   7,028    (6,078)   0.52%   -0.05%
Frontier Heritage Fund Class 1   5,382    26,122    0.12%   0.38%
Frontier Heritage Fund Class 1AP   5    21    0.10%   0.37%
Frontier Heritage Fund Class 2   836    8,742    0.12%   0.39%
Total  $100,968   $272,752           

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7. Financial Highlights

 

The following information presents the financial highlights of the Trust, with respect to the Series, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017.

 

   Frontier Diversified Fund   Frontier Masters Fund   Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund 
   Class 1   Class 2   Class 3   Class 1   Class 2   Class 3   Class 1a   Class 2   Class 2a   Class 3   Class 3a 
Per unit operating performance (1)                                                       
Net asset value, March 31, 2018  $106.53   $124.26   $115.59   $98.30   $114.67   $107.10   $77.86   $112.44   $89.95   $117.97   $94.24 
Net operating results:                                                       
Interest income   0.06    0.07    0.07    0.10    0.12    0.11    0.07    0.11    0.08    0.11    0.09 
Expenses   (1.73)   (1.07)   (0.99)   (2.19)   (1.94)   (1.81)   (1.23)   (0.67)   (0.53)   (0.70)   (0.56)
Net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests   3.44    3.61    3.43    3.12    3.53    3.37    (5.92)   (5.36)   (7.37)   (5.63)   (7.66)
Net income/(loss)   1.77    2.61    2.50    1.03    1.71    1.67    (7.08)   (5.92)   (7.82)   (6.22)   (8.13)
Net asset value, June 30, 2018  $108.30   $126.87   $118.09   $99.33   $116.38   $108.77   $70.78   $106.52   $82.13   $111.75   $86.11 
                                                        
Ratios to average net assets                                                       
Net investment income/(loss)   -6.27%   -3.20%   -3.20%   -8.68%   -6.48%   -6.48%   -6.13%   -2.05%   -2.05%   -2.05%   -2.05%
Expenses before incentive fees (3)(4)   6.50%   3.43%   3.43%   9.11%   6.91%   6.91%   6.51%   2.43%   2.43%   2.43%   2.43%
Expenses after incentive fees (3)(4)   6.50%   3.43%   3.43%   9.11%   6.91%   6.91%   6.51%   2.43%   2.43%   2.43%   2.43%
Total return before incentive fees (2)   1.66%   2.10%   2.16%   1.05%   1.49%   1.56%   -9.09%   -5.27%   -8.69%   -5.27%   -8.63%
Total return after incentive fees (2)   1.66%   2.10%   2.16%   1.05%   1.49%   1.56%   -9.09%   -5.27%   -8.69%   -5.27%   -8.63%
                                                        
   Frontier Balanced Fund       Frontier Select Fund           
   Class 1   Class 1AP   Class 2   Class 2a   Class 3a        Class 1   Class 1AP   Class 2           
Per unit operating performance (1)                                                       
Net asset value, March 31, 2018  $124.93   $139.33   $187.88   $162.67   $162.12        $76.47   $85.36   $113.28           
Net operating results:                                                       
Interest income   0.03    0.03    0.04    0.03    0.03         0.00    0.00    0.00           
Expenses   (2.08)   (1.29)   (1.74)   (1.51)   (1.50)        (0.98)   (0.48)   (0.63)          
Net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests   2.33    2.61    3.54    3.14    3.12         (0.74)   (0.81)   (1.09)          
Net income/(loss)   0.28    1.35    1.84    1.66    1.65         (1.72)   (1.29)   (1.72)          
Net asset value, June 30, 2018  $125.21   $140.68   $189.72   $164.33   $163.77        $74.75   $84.07   $111.56           
                                                        
Ratios to average net assets                                                       
Net investment income/(loss)   -6.64%   -3.64%   -3.64%   -3.64%   -3.64%        -5.28%   -2.28%   -2.28%          
Expenses before incentive fees (3)(4)   6.73%   3.73%   3.73%   3.73%   3.73%        5.28%   2.28%   2.28%          
Expenses after incentive fees (3)(4)   6.73%   3.73%   3.73%   3.73%   3.73%        5.28%   2.28%   2.28%          
Total return before incentive fees (2)   0.22%   0.97%   0.98%   1.02%   1.02%        -2.25%   -1.51%   -1.52%          
Total return after incentive fees (2)   0.22%   0.97%   0.98%   1.02%   1.02%        -2.25%   -1.51%   -1.52%          
                                                        
   Frontier Winton Fund   Frontier Heritage Fund                          
   Class 1 Class 1AP   Class 2   Class 1   Class 1AP   Class 2                          
Per unit operating performance (1)                                                       
Net asset value, March 31, 2018  $144.60   $161.61   $196.85   $104.50   $116.64   $156.11                          
Net operating results:                                                       
Interest income   0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00                          
Expenses   (3.72)   (2.95)   (3.59)   (2.27)   (1.68)   (2.25)                         
Net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests   7.78    8.53    10.21    0.45    0.50    0.68                          
Net income/(loss)   4.06    5.58    6.62    (1.82)   (1.18)   (1.57)                         
Net asset value, June 30, 2018  $148.66   $167.19   $203.47   $102.68   $115.46   $154.54                          
                                                        
Ratios to average net assets                                                       
Net investment income/(loss)   -10.21%   -7.20%   -7.20%   -8.87%   -5.87%   -5.87%                         
Expenses before incentive fees (3)(4)   -10.21%   7.20%   7.20%   8.87%   5.87%   5.87%                         
Expenses after incentive fees (3)(4)   -10.21%   7.20%   7.20%   8.87%   5.87%   5.87%                         
Total return before incentive fees (2)   2.81%   3.45%   3.36%   -1.74%   -1.01%   -1.01%                         
Total return after incentive fees (2)   2.81%   3.45%   3.36%   -1.74%   -1.01%   -1.01%                         

 

(1)Interest income and expenses per unit are calculated by dividing these amounts by the average number of units outstanding during the period. The net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests is a balancing amount necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per unit with the other per unit information.
(2)Impact of incentive fee computed using average net assets, otherwise computed using average units outstanding during the period prior to the effects of any non-controlling transactions. An owner’s total returns may vary from the above returns based on the timing of contributions and withdrawals. Total returns are not annualized.
(3)Expense ratios do not reflect interest allocated to the Managing Owner as such expenses are not included in the Statements of Operations of the Series, see footnote 6.
(4)Expense ratios do not include management and incentive fees at the Galaxy Plus entities. The ratios would have been higher had those expenses been included. The impact of those fees are included in the total return.

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   Frontier Diversified Fund   Frontier Masters Fund   Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund 
   Class 1   Class 2   Class 3   Class 1   Class 2   Class 3   Class 1a   Class 2   Class 2a   Class 3   Class 3a 
Per unit operating performance (1)                                                       
Net asset value, December 31, 2017  $116.41   $135.19   $125.68   $114.74   $133.27   $124.40   $81.35   $115.81   $93.59   $121.50   $97.99 
Net operating results:                                                       
Interest income   0.10    0.12    0.11    0.19    0.22    0.20    0.16    0.22    0.18    0.23    0.19 
Expenses   (3.56)   (2.23)   (2.07)   (4.47)   (3.94)   (3.66)   (2.42)   (1.36)   (1.10)   (1.42)   (1.15)
Net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests   (4.65)   (6.21)   (5.63)   (11.13)   (13.17)   (12.17)   (8.31)   (8.15)   (10.54)   (8.56)   (10.92)
Net income/(loss)   (8.11)   (8.32)   (7.59)   (15.41)   (16.89)   (15.63)   (10.57)   (9.29)   (11.46)   (9.75)   (11.88)
Net asset value, June 30, 2018  $108.30   $126.87   $118.09   $99.33   $116.38   $108.77   $70.78   $106.52   $82.13   $111.75   $86.11 
                                                        
Ratios to average net assets                                                       
Net investment income/(loss)   -6.37%   -3.33%   -3.33%   -8.50%   -6.26%   -6.26%   -5.67%   -2.02%   -2.02%   -2.02%   -2.02%
Expenses before incentive fees (3)(4)   6.55%   3.51%   3.51%   8.87%   6.63%   6.63%   6.06%   2.41%   2.41%   2.41%   2.41%
Expenses after incentive fees (3)(4)   6.56%   3.52%   3.52%   8.87%   6.63%   6.63%   6.06%   2.41%   2.41%   2.41%   2.41%
Total return before incentive fees (2)   -6.96%   -6.14%   -6.03%   -13.43%   -12.67%   -12.56%   -12.99%   -8.02%   -12.24%   -8.02%   -12.12%
Total return after incentive fees (2)   -6.97%   -6.15%   -6.04%   -13.43%   -12.67%   -12.56%   -12.99%   -8.02%   -12.24%   -8.02%   -12.12%
                                                        
   Frontier Balanced Fund        Frontier Select Fund           
   Class 1   Class 1AP   Class 2   Class 2a   Class 3a        Class 1   Class 1AP   Class 2           
Per unit operating performance (1)                                                       
Net asset value, December 31, 2017  $135.96   $150.56   $202.90   $175.77   $175.18        $90.27   $100.02   $132.73           
Net operating results:                                                       
Interest income   0.08    0.08    0.11    0.10    0.10         0.00    0.00    0.00           
Expenses   (4.67)   (3.10)   (4.18)   (3.63)   (3.62)        (2.13)   (1.05)   (1.42)          
Net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests   (6.16)   (6.86)   (9.11)   (7.91)   (7.89)        (13.39)   (14.90)   (19.75)          
Net income/(loss)   (10.75)   (9.88)   (13.18)   (11.44)   (11.41)        (15.52)   (15.95)   (21.17)          
Net asset value, June 30, 2018  $125.21   $140.68   $189.72   $164.33   $163.77        $74.75   $84.07   $111.56           
                                                        
Ratios to average net assets                                                       
Net investment income/(loss)   -6.94%   -3.95%   -3.95%   -3.95%   -3.95%        -5.38%   -2.38%   -2.38%          
Expenses before incentive fees (3)(4)   6.72%   3.72%   3.72%   3.72%   3.72%        5.38%   2.38%   2.38%          
Expenses after incentive fees (3)(4)   7.06%   4.07%   4.07%   4.07%   4.07%        5.38%   2.38%   2.38%          
Total return before incentive fees (2)   -7.56%   -6.22%   -6.15%   -6.16%   -6.17%        -17.19%   -15.95%   -15.95%          
Total return after incentive fees (2)   -7.91%   -6.56%   -6.50%   -6.51%   -6.51%        -17.19%   -15.95%   -15.95%          
                                                        
   Frontier Winton Fund   Frontier Heritage Fund                          
   Class 1   Class 1AP   Class 2   Class 1   Class 1AP   Class 2                          
Per unit operating performance (1)                                                       
Net asset value, December 31, 2017  $159.08   $176.44   $216.50   $121.19   $134.28   $179.70                          
Net operating results:                                                       
Interest income   0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00                          
Expenses   (7.15)   (5.46)   (6.87)   (4.74)   (3.48)   (4.63)                         
Net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests   (3.27)   (3.79)   (6.16)   (13.77)   (15.34)   (20.53)                         
Net income/(loss)   (10.42)   (9.25)   (13.03)   (18.51)   (18.82)   (25.16)                         
Net asset value, June 30, 2018  $148.66   $167.19   $203.47   $102.68   $115.46   $154.54                          
                                                        
Ratios to average net assets                                                       
Net investment income/(loss)   -9.53%   -6.53%   -6.53%   -8.69%   -5.69%   -5.69%                         
Expenses before incentive fees (3)(4)   9.53%   6.53%   6.53%   8.66%   5.67%   5.67%                         
Expenses after incentive fees (3)(4)   9.53%   6.53%   6.53%   8.69%   5.69%   5.69%                         
Total return before incentive fees (2)   -6.55%   -5.24%   -6.02%   -15.25%   -13.99%   -13.97%                         
Total return after incentive fees (2)   -6.55%   -5.24%   -6.02%   -15.27%   -14.02%   -14.00%                         

 

(1)Interest income and expenses per unit are calculated by dividing these amounts by the average number of units outstanding during the period. The net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests is a balancing amount necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per unit with the other per unit information.
(2)Impact of incentive fee computed using average net assets, otherwise computed using average units outstanding during the period prior to the effects of any non-controlling transactions. An owner’s total returns may vary from the above returns based on the timing of contributions and withdrawals. Total returns are not annualized.
(3)Expense ratios do not reflect interest allocated to the Managing Owner as such expenses are not included in the Statements of Operations of the Series, see footnote 6.
(4)Expense ratios do not include management and incentive fees at the Galaxy Plus entities. The ratios would have been higher had those expenses been included. The impact of those fees are included in the total return.

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   Frontier Diversified Fund   Frontier Masters Fund   Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund 
   Class 1   Class 2   Class 3   Class 1   Class 2   Class 3   Class 1a   Class 2   Class 2a   Class 3   Class 3a 
Per unit operating performance (1)                                                       
Net asset value, March 31, 2017  $119.31   $136.74   $126.88   $113.10   $129.65   $120.78   $95.00   $133.17   $109.48   $134.87   $111.98 
Net operating results:                                                       
Interest income   0.06    0.06    0.06    0.14    0.16    0.15    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00 
Expenses   (2.43)   (1.33)   (1.23)   (2.41)   (2.04)   (1.90)   (0.57)   (0.07)   (0.06)   (0.07)   (0.06)
Net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests   (5.21)   (6.86)   (6.29)   (8.44)   (9.87)   (9.13)   (10.80)   (16.73)   (14.03)   (12.74)   (12.16)
Net income/(loss)   (7.58)   (8.12)   (7.46)   (10.71)   (11.75)   (10.88)   (11.37)   (16.80)   (14.09)   (12.81)   (12.22)
Net asset value, June 30, 2017  $111.73   $128.62   $119.42   $102.39   $117.90   $109.90   $83.63   $116.37   $95.39   $122.06   $99.76 
                                                        
Ratios to average net assets (3)                                                       
Net investment income/(loss)   -7.96%   -3.68%   -3.68%   -8.22%   -5.93%   -5.93%   -6.42%   -4.12%   -4.12%   -4.12%   -4.12%
Expenses before incentive fees (rebate) (4)(5)   8.15%   3.87%   3.87%   8.72%   6.43%   6.43%   7.71%   5.42%   5.42%   5.42%   5.42%
Expenses after incentive fees (rebate) (4)(5)   8.15%   3.87%   3.87%   8.72 %   6.43%   6.43%   6.42%   4.12%   4.12%   4.12%   4.12%
Total return before incentive fees (rebate) (2)   -6.35%   -5.94%   -5.88%   -9.47%   -9.06%   -9.01%   -13.27%   -13.91%   -14.17%   -10.80%   -12.21%
Total return after incentive fees (rebate) (2)   -6.35%   -5.94%   -5.88%   -9.47%   -9.06%   -9.01%   -11.97%   -12.62%   -12.87%   -9.50%   -10.91%
                                                        
   Frontier Balanced Fund        Frontier Select Fund           
   Class 1   Class 1AP   Class 2   Class 2a   Class 3a        Class 1   Class 1AP   Class 2           
Per unit operating performance (1)                                                       
Net asset value, March 31, 2017  $137.81   $149.29   $200.81   $174.17   $173.59        $89.88   $97.27   $129.20           
Net operating results:                                                       
Interest income   0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00         0.00    0.00    0.00           
Expenses   (2.60)   (1.70)   (2.29)   (1.99)   (1.98)        (1.29)   (0.70)   (0.94)          
Net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests   (5.37)   (5.88)   (7.90)   (6.41)   (6.39)        (9.80)   (10.67)   (14.15)          
Net income/(loss)   (7.97)   (7.58)   (10.19)   (8.40)   (8.37)        (11.09)   (11.37)   (15.09)          
Net asset value, June 30, 2017  $129.84   $141.71   $190.62   $165.77   $165.22        $78.79   $85.90   $114.11           
                                                        
Ratios to average net assets (3)                                                       
Net investment income/(loss)   -7.57%   -4.56%   -4.56%   -4.56%   -4.56%        -6.03%   -3.02%   -3.02%          
Expenses before incentive fees (rebate) (4)(5)   7.57%   4.56%   4.56%   4.56%   4.56%        6.03%   3.02%   3.02%          
Expenses after incentive fees (rebate) (4)(5)   7.57%   4.56%   4.56%   4.56%   4.56%        6.03%   3.02%   3.02%          
Total return before incentive fees (rebate) (2)   -5.78%   -5.08%   -5.07%   -4.82%   -4.82%        -12.34%   -11.69%   -11.68%          
Total return after incentive fees (rebate) (2)   -5.78%   -5.08%   -5.07%   -4.82%   -4.82%        -12.34%   -11.69%   -11.68%          
                                                        
   Frontier Winton Fund   Frontier Heritage Fund                          
   Class 1   Class 1AP   Class 2   Class 1   Class 1AP   Class 2                          
Per unit operating performance (1)                                                       
Net asset value, March 31, 2017  $152.93   $165.26   $210.30   $115.22   $125.64   $167.02                          
Net operating results:                                                       
Interest income   0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00                          
Expenses   (3.38)   (2.45)   (3.12)   (2.36)   (1.64)   (2.19)                         
Net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests   (5.46)   (5.55)   (7.52)   (3.88)   (5.06)   (5.66)                         
Net income/(loss)   (8.84)   (8.00)   (10.64)   (6.24)   (6.70)   (7.85)                         
Net asset value, June 30, 2017  $144.09   $157.26   $199.66   $108.98   $118.94   $159.17                          
                                                        
Ratios to average net assets (3)                                                       
Net investment income/(loss)   -9.06%   -6.05%   -6.05%   -8.32%   -5.32%   -5.32%                         
Expenses before incentive fees (rebate) (4)(5)   9.06%   6.05%   6.05%   8.32%   5.32%   5.32%                         
Expenses after incentive fees (rebate) (4)(5)   9.06%   6.05%   6.05%   8.32%   5.32%   5.32%                         
Total return before incentive fees (rebate) (2)   -5.78%   -4.84%   -5.06%   -5.42%   -5.33%   -4.70%                         
Total return after incentive fees (rebate) (2)   -5.78%   -4.84%   -5.06%   -5.42%   -5.33%   -4.70%                         

 

(1)Interest income and expenses per unit are calculated by dividing these amounts by the average number of units outstanding during the period. The net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests is a balancing amount necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per unit with the other per unit information.
(2)Impact of incentive fee computed using average net assets, otherwise computed using average units outstanding during the period prior to the effects of any non-controlling transactions. An owner’s total returns may vary from the above returns based on the timing of contributions and withdrawals. Total returns are not annualized.
(3)Annualized with the exception of incentive fees.
(4)Expense ratios do not reflect interest allocated to the Managing Owner as such expenses are not included in the Statements of Operations of the Series, see footnote 6.
(5)Expense ratios do not include management and incentive fees at the Galaxy Plus entities. The ratios would have been higher had those expenses been included. The impact of those fees are included in the total return.

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   Frontier Diversified Fund   Frontier Masters Fund   Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund 
   Class 1   Class 2   Class 3   Class 1   Class 2   Class 3   Class 1a   Class 2   Class 2a   Class 3   Class 3a 
Per unit operating performance (1)                                                       
Net asset value, December 31, 2016  $116.43   $132.94   $123.27   $112.80   $128.78   $119.89   $92.78   $129.56   $105.67   $130.80   $107.50 
Net operating results:                                                       
Interest income   0.22    0.25    0.23    0.41    0.47    0.44    0.01    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00 
Expenses   (4.50)   (2.34)   (2.17)   (4.88)   (4.15)   (3.86)   (2.00)   (1.35)   (1.11)   (1.36)   (1.12)
Net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests   (0.42)   (2.23)   (1.91)   (5.94)   (7.20)   (6.57)   (7.16)   (11.86)   (9.17)   (7.38)   (6.62)
Net income/(loss)   (4.70)   (4.32)   (3.85)   (10.41)   (10.88)   (9.99)   (9.15)   (13.21)   (10.28)   (8.74)   (7.74)
Net asset value, June 30, 2017  $111.73   $128.62   $119.42   $102.39   $117.90   $109.90   $83.63   $116.35   $95.39   $122.06   $99.76 
                                                        
Ratios to average net assets (3)                                                       
Net investment income/(loss)   -7.39%   -3.22%   -3.22%   -7.97%   -5.72%   -5.72%   -5.40%   -3.21%   -3.21%   -3.21%   -3.21%
Expenses before incentive fees (rebate) (4)(5)   7.87%   3.70%   3.70%   8.70%   6.45%   6.45%   6.52%   4.33%   4.33%   4.33%   4.33%
Expenses after incentive fees (rebate) (4)(5)   7.75%   3.58%   3.58%   8.70%   6.45%   6.45%   5.40%   3.21%   3.21%   3.21%   3.21%
Total return before incentive fees (rebate) (2)   -4.15%   -3.37%   -3.24%   -9.23%   -8.45%   -8.33%   -10.98%   -11.32%   -10.85%   -7.80%   -8.32%
Total return after incentive fees (rebate) (2)   -4.04%   -3.25%   -3.12%   -9.23%   -8.45%   -8.33%   -9.86%   -10.20%   -9.73%   -6.68%   -7.20%
                                                        
   Frontier Balanced Fund        Frontier Select Fund           
   Class 1   Class 1AP   Class 2   Class 2a   Class 3a        Class 1   Class 1AP   Class 2           
Per unit operating performance (1)                                                       
Net asset value, December 31, 2016  $134.80   $144.97   $194.99   $169.05   $168.49        $94.06   $101.16   $134.25           
Net operating results:                                                       
Interest income   0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00         0.00    0.00    0.00           
Expenses   (4.54)   (2.73)   (3.68)   (3.20)   (3.18)        (2.92)   (1.73)   (2.30)          
Net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests   (0.42)   (0.53)   (0.69)   (0.08)   (0.09)        (12.35)   (13.53)   (17.84)          
Net income/(loss)   (4.96)   (3.26)   (4.37)   (3.28)   (3.27)        (15.27)   (15.26)   (20.14)          
Net asset value, June 30, 2017  $129.84   $141.71   $190.62   $165.77   $165.22        $78.79   $85.90   $114.11           
                                                        
Ratios to average net assets (3)                                                       
Net investment income/(loss)   -6.69%   -3.72%   -3.72%   -3.72%   -3.72%        -6.58%   -3.61%   -3.61%          
Expenses before incentive fees (rebate) (4)(5)   6.69%   3.72%   3.72%   3.72%   3.72%        6.58%   3.61%   3.61%          
Expenses after incentive fees (rebate) (4)(5)   6.69%   3.72%   3.72%   3.72%   3.72%        6.58%   3.61%   3.61%          
Total return before incentive fees (rebate) (2)   -3.68%   -2.25%   -2.24%   -1.94%   -1.94%        -16.23%   -15.09%   -15.00%          
Total return after incentive fees (rebate) (2)   -3.68%   -2.25%   -2.24%   -1.94%   -1.94%        -16.23%   -15.09%   -15.00%          
                                                        
   Frontier Winton Fund   Frontier Heritage Fund                          
   Class 1   Class 1AP   Class 2   Class 1   Class 1AP   Class 2                          
Per unit operating performance (1)                                                       
Net asset value, December 31, 2016  $154.51   $166.17   $210.98   $119.58   $128.60   $172.10                          
Net operating results:                                                       
Interest income   0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00                          
Expenses   (6.43)   (4.54)   (5.77)   (4.57)   (3.10)   (4.16)                         
Net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests   (3.99)   (4.37)   (5.55)   (6.03)   (6.56)   (8.76)                         
Net income/(loss)   (10.42)   (8.91)   (11.32)   (10.60)   (9.66)   (12.92)                         
Net asset value, June 30, 2017  $144.09   $157.26   $199.66   $108.98   $118.94   $159.18                          
                                                        
Ratios to average net assets (3)                                                       
Net investment income/(loss)   -8.71%   -5.75%   -5.75%   -8.00%   -5.03%   -5.03%                         
Expenses before incentive fees (rebate) (4)(5)   8.88%   5.91%   5.91%   8.05%   5.08%   5.08%                         
Expenses after incentive fees (rebate) (4)(5)   8.71%   5.75%   5.75%   8.00%   5.03%   5.03%                         
Total return before incentive fees (rebate) (2)   -6.91%   -5.53%   -5.53%   -8.92%   -7.56%   -7.56%                         
Total return after incentive fees (rebate) (2)   -6.74%   -5.36%   -5.37%   -8.86%   -7.51%   -7.51%                         

 

(1)Interest income and expenses per unit are calculated by dividing these amounts by the average number of units outstanding during the period. The net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests is a balancing amount necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per unit with the other per unit information.
(2)Impact of incentive fee computed using average net assets, otherwise computed using average units outstanding during the period prior to the effects of any non-controlling transactions. An owner’s total returns may vary from the above returns based on the timing of contributions and withdrawals. Total returns are not annualized.
(3)Annualized with the exception of incentive fees.
(4)Expense ratios do not reflect interest allocated to the Managing Owner as such expenses are not included in the Statements of Operations of the Series, see footnote 6.
(5)Expense ratios do not include management and incentive fees at the Galaxy Plus entities. The ratios would have been higher had those expenses been included. The impact of those fees are included in the total return.

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8. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

 

The Series’ primary business is to engage in speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of futures, forwards (including interbank foreign Currencies), options contracts and other derivative instruments (including swap contracts). The Series do not enter into or hold positions for hedging purposes as defined under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The detail of the fair value of the Series’ derivatives by instrument types as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 is included in the Condensed Schedules of Investments. See Note 4 for further disclosure related to each Series’ position in swap contracts.

 

The following tables summarize the monthly averages of forwards, options and futures contracts bought and sold for each respective Series of the Trust:

 

For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2018        
         
Monthly average contracts        
         
   Bought   Sold 
Frontier Balanced Fund   174    301 

 

For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2017        
         
Monthly average contracts        
         
   Bought   Sold 
Frontier Balanced Fund   1,553    1,494 
Frontier Select Fund   4,296    4,510 
Frontier Winton Fund   2,460    2,301 

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018        
         
Monthly average contracts        
         
   Bought   Sold 
Frontier Balanced Fund   1,522    1,518 

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2017        
         
Monthly average contracts        
         
   Bought   Sold 
Frontier Balanced Fund   1,509    1,452 
Frontier Select Fund   4,690    4,675 
Frontier Winton Fund   2,327    2,229 

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The following tables summarize the trading revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 by sector:

 

Realized Trading Revenue from Futures, Forwards and Options
for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2018

 

   Frontier Balanced 
Type of contract  Fund 
Metals  $(46,019)
Currencies   (222,765)
Energies   19,021 
Agriculturals   22,712 
Interest rates   (10,368)
Stock indices   (20,242)
Realized trading income/(loss)(1)  $(257,661)

 

Realized Trading Revenue from Futures, Forwards and Options
for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2017

 

   Frontier Balanced   Frontier Select   Frontier Winton 
Type of contract  Fund   Fund   Fund 
Metals  $(63,053)  $(147,874)  $(359,840)
Currencies   (5,208)   (421,861)   (1,716,228)
Energies   62,147    (323,598)   (689,356)
Agriculturals   (64,480)   343,408    804,031 
Interest rates   (265,202)   (248,354)   (1,051,063)
Stock indices   60,738    (70,118)   2,034,547 
Realized trading income/(loss)(1)  $(275,058)  $(868,397)  $(977,909)

 

(1)Amounts recorded in the Statements of Operations under Net realized gain/(loss) on futures, forwards, and options

 

Unrealized Trading Revenue from Futures, Forwards and Options
for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2018

 

   Frontier Balanced 
Type of contract  Fund 
Metals  $9,429 
Currencies   (61,638)
Energies   (5,285)
Agriculturals   (84,319)
Interest rates   (36,616)
Stock indices   (9,498)
Change in unrealized trading income/(loss)(1)  $(187,927)

 

Unrealized Trading Revenue from Futures, Forwards and Options
for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2017

 

   Frontier Balanced   Frontier Select   Frontier Winton 
Type of contract  Fund   Fund   Fund 
Metals  $(52,828)  $(9,063)  $(136,499)
Currencies   (96,959)   (262,704)   120,084 
Energies   10,716    104,687    (137,899)
Agriculturals   (153,701)   (146,505)   (277,228)
Interest rates   85,379    (63,344)   (166,541)
Stock indices   (42,702)   502,819    (410,552)
Change in unrealized trading income/(loss)(1)  $(250,095)  $125,890   $(1,008,635)

 

(1)Amounts recorded in the Statements of Operations under Net change in open trade equity/(deficit)

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Realized Trading Revenue from Futures, Forwards and Options
for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018

 

   Frontier Balanced 
Type of contract  Fund 
Metals  $(105,544)
Currencies   (199,028)
Energies   61,256 
Agriculturals   50,782 
Interest rates   (97,212)
Stock indices   6,410 
Realized trading income/(loss)(1)  $(283,336)

 

Realized Trading Revenue from Futures, Forwards and Options
for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2017

 

   Frontier Balanced   Frontier Select   Frontier Winton 
Type of contract  Fund   Fund   Fund 
Metals  $(77,540)  $(145,043)  $(1,062,314)
Currencies   (180,217)   (126,402)   (1,518,211)
Energies   36,154    (516,253)   (1,287,287)
Agriculturals   (253,991)   27,824    706,552 
Interest rates   (452,270)   (768,438)   (1,171,158)
Stock indices   276,695    832,876    5,661,844 
Realized trading income/(loss)(1)  $(651,169)  $(695,436)  $1,329,426 

 

(1)Amounts recorded in the Statements of Operations under Net realized gain/(loss) on futures, forwards, and options

 

Unrealized Trading Revenue from Futures, Forwards and Options
for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018

 

   Frontier Balanced 
Type of contract  Fund 
Metals  $23,123 
Currencies   (101,409)
Energies   (51,468)
Agriculturals   (43,085)
Interest rates   112,053 
Stock indices   (16,876)
Change in unrealized trading income/(loss)(1)  $(77,662)

 

Unrealized Trading Revenue from Futures, Forwards and Options
for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2017

 

   Frontier Balanced   Frontier Select   Frontier Winton 
Type of contract  Fund   Fund   Fund 
Metals  $(151,669)  $(51,351)  $15,476 
Currencies   (1,088)   (370,286)   (622,946)
Energies   3,323    (146,125)   (176,044)
Agriculturals   (156,672)   108,409    (297,429)
Interest rates   6,812    (296,328)   (648,693)
Stock indices   (19,904)   609,833    (676,146)
Change in unrealized trading income/(loss)(1)  $(319,198)  $(145,848)  $(2,405,782)

 

(1)Amounts recorded in the Statements of Operations under Net change in open trade equity/(deficit)

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Certain financial instruments and derivative instruments are eligible for offset in the statements of financial condition under GAAP. The Series’ open trade equity/(deficit), options written, and receivables from futures commissions merchants (each, an “FCM”) are subject to master netting arrangements and collateral arrangements and meet the GAAP guidance to qualify for offset. A master netting arrangement with a counterparty creates a right of offset for amounts due to and from that same counterparty that is enforceable in the event of a default or bankruptcy. The Series’ policy is to recognize amounts subject to master netting arrangements on a net basis on the statements of financial condition.

 

The following tables present gross and net information about the Series’ assets and liabilities subject to master netting arrangements as disclosed on the statements of financial condition as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

 

As of June 30, 2018          Net Amounts 
       Gross Amounts   Presented in the 
   Gross Amounts of   offset in the   Statements of 
   recognized   Statements of   Financial 
   Derivative Assets   Financial   Condition 
Frontier Balanced Fund               
Open Trade Equity/(Deficit)  $203,783   $(87,041)  $116,742 
Swap Contracts   10,470,609        10,470,609 
                
Frontier Diversified Fund               
Swap Contracts  $11,853,253   $   $11,853,253 
                
Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund               
Swap Contracts  $432,925   $   $432,925 
                
Frontier Heritage Fund               
Swap Contracts  $3,003,834   $   $3,003,834 

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As of December 31, 2017          Net Amounts 
       Gross Amounts   Presented in the 
   Gross Amounts   offset in the   Statements of 
   of recognized   Statements of   Financial 
   Derivative Assets   Financial Condition   Condition 
Frontier Balanced Fund               
Open Trade Equity/(Deficit)  $343,222   $(164,670)  $178,552 
Swap Contracts   11,340,959        11,340,959 
                
Frontier Diversified Fund               
Swap Contracts  $6,376,472   $   $6,376,472 
                
Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund               
Swap Contracts  $397,039   $   $397,039 
                
Frontier Heritage Fund               
Swap Contracts  $3,094,367   $   $3,094,367 

 

9. Trading Activities and Related Risks

 

The purchase and sale of futures and options on futures contracts require margin deposits with FCMs. Additional deposits may be necessary for any loss on contract value. The Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the “Commodity Exchange Act”) requires an FCM to segregate all customer transactions and assets from the FCM’s proprietary activities. A customer’s cash and other property (for example, U.S. treasury bills) deposited with an FCM are considered commingled with all other customer funds subject to the FCM’s segregation requirements. In the event of an FCM’s insolvency, recovery may be limited to a pro rata share of segregated funds available. It is possible that the recovered amount could be less than the total of cash and other property deposited.

 

The term “off-balance sheet risk” refers to an unrecorded potential liability that, even though it does not appear on the statements of financial condition, may result in future obligation or loss in excess of the amount paid by the Series for a particular investment. Each Trading Company expects to trade in futures, options, forward and swap contracts and will therefore be a party to financial instruments with elements of off-balance sheet market and credit risk. In entering into these contracts, there exists a market risk that such contracts may be significantly influenced by market conditions, such as interest rate volatility, resulting in such contracts being less valuable. If the markets should move against all of the futures positions held by a Trading Company in respect of any Series at the same time, and if the Trading Advisor(s) of such Trading Company are unable to offset such futures interests positions, such Trading Company could lose all of its assets and the holders of Units of such Series would realize a 100% loss. The Managing Owner will seek to minimize market risk through real-time monitoring of open positions and the level of diversification of each Trading Advisor’s portfolio. It is anticipated that any Trading Advisor’s margin-to-equity ratio will typically not exceed approximately 35% although the actual ratio could be higher or lower from time to time.

 

In addition to market risk, trading futures, forward and swap contracts entails credit risk that a counterparty will not be able to meet its obligations to a Trading Company. The counterparty for futures contracts traded in the United States and on most foreign exchanges is the clearinghouse associated with such exchange. In general, clearinghouses are backed by the corporate members of the clearinghouse who are required to share any financial burden resulting from the non-performance by one of their members and, as such, should significantly reduce this credit risk. In cases where the clearinghouse is not backed by the clearing members, like some foreign exchanges, it is normally backed by a consortium of banks or other financial institutions. Some non-U.S. exchanges, in contrast to U.S. exchanges, are principals’ markets in which performance is the responsibility only of the individual counterparty with whom the Trading Company has entered into the transaction, and not of the exchange or clearing corporation. In these kinds of markets, there is risk of bankruptcy or other failure or refusal to perform by the counterparty.

 

In the case of forward contracts traded on the interbank market and swaps, neither is traded on exchanges. The counterparty is generally a single bank or other financial institution, rather than a group of financial institutions; thus there may be a greater counterparty credit risk. The Managing Owner expects the Trading Advisors to trade only with those counterparties which it believes to be creditworthy. All positions of each Trading Company will be valued each day on a mark-to-market basis. There can be no assurance that any clearing member, clearinghouse or other counterparty will be able to meet its obligations to any Trading Company.

 

The Managing Owner has established procedures to actively monitor and minimize market and credit risks. The Limited Owners bear the risk of loss only to the extent of the market value of their respective investments and, in certain specific circumstances, distributions and redemptions received.

 

10. Indemnifications and Guarantees noted in Management Discussion and Analysis

 

The Trust has entered into agreements, which provide for the indemnification of futures clearing brokers, and commodity trading advisers, among others, against losses, costs, claims and liabilities arising from the performance of their individual obligations under such agreements, except for gross negligence or bad faith. The Trust has had no prior claims or payments pursuant to these agreements. The Trust’s individual maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience the Trust expects the risk of loss to be remote. Maximum exposure is unfulfilled obligations of the Series up to the amount of equity at risk with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC of the referenced Series as allocated from the Trading Company. The Series have not recorded any liability for the guarantees in the accompanying financial statements as it expects any possibility of losses to be remote. The Series have not recorded any liability for the indemnifications in the accompanying financial statement, as it expects any possibility of losses to be remote.

 

11. Subsequent Events

 

On July 26, 2018, the swaps terminating on August 2, 2018 and August 7, 2018 were extended to July 31, 2023.

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Frontier Funds
Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition
June 30, 2018 (unaudited) and December 31, 2017

 

   6/30/18   12/31/17 
         
ASSETS          
           
Cash and cash equivalents  $1,358,371   $2,695,377 
U.S. Treasury securities, at fair value   13,553,995    10,887,786 
Receivable from futures commission merchants   9,715,270    20,584,602 
Open trade equity, at fair value   1,070,026    1,568,414 
Incentive fee receivable   57,082    57,082 
Swap contracts, at fair value   19,697,168    21,208,838 
Investments in private investment companies, at fair value   53,040,972    66,933,235 
Interest receivable   277,320    214,730 
Due from Managing Owner       31,887 
Receivables from related party       58,146 
           
Total Assets  $98,770,204   $124,240,097 
           
LIABILITIES & CAPITAL          
           
LIABILITIES          
Owner redemptions payable  $250,002   $76,773 
Incentive fees payable to Managing Owner       53,036 
Management fees payable to Managing Owner   75,630    90,972 
Interest payable to Managing Owner   21,505    26,007 
Trading fees payable to Managing Owner   109,219    334,485 
Service fees payable to Managing Owner   238,409    148,445 
Risk analysis fees payable   21,444    25,576 
Advance on unrealized Swap Appreciation   9,441,555    9,441,555 
Other liabilities   269,330    278,983 
           
Total Liabilities   10,427,094    10,475,832 
           
OWNERS CAPITAL          
Managing Owner Units   898,763    1,159,984 
Limited Owner Units   87,444,347    112,604,281 
           
Total Owners Capital   88,343,110    113,764,265 
           
Total Liabilities and Owners Capital  $98,770,204   $124,240,097 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Frontier Funds
Consolidated Condensed Schedule of Investments
6/30/2018 (unaudited)

 

       Fair   % of Total Capital 
Description      Value   (Net Asset Value) 
LONG FUTURES CONTRACTS *          
     Various agriculture futures contracts (Canada)  $(41)   0.00%
     Various agriculture futures contracts (Europe)   (58)   0.00%
     Various base metals futures contracts (U.S.)   (235,758)   -0.27%
     Various currency futures contracts (Canada)   105    0.00%
     Various currency futures contracts (Europe)   (3,156)   0.00%
     Various currency futures contracts (Latin America)   33,860    0.04%
     Various energy futures contracts (Europe)   (4,181)   0.00%
     Various energy futures contracts (U.S.)   366,792    0.42%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (Canada)   (6,799)   -0.01%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (Europe)   207,662    0.24%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (Far East)   10,724    0.01%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (Oceanic)   7,706    0.01%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (U.S.)   24,706    0.03%
     Various soft futures contracts (U.S.)   (13,740)   -0.02%
     Various stock index futures contracts (Canada)   514    0.00%
     Various stock index futures contracts (Europe)   (14,452)   -0.02%
     Various stock index futures contracts (Far East)   (3,332)   0.00%
     Various stock index futures contracts (Oceanic)   6,984    0.01%
     Various stock index futures contracts (U.S.)   (18,156)   -0.02%
     Total Long Futures Contracts  $359,380    0.42%
SHORT FUTURES CONTRACTS *          
     Various agriculture futures contracts (U.S.)  $158,776    0.18%
     Various base metals futures contracts (U.S.)   156,716    0.18%
     Various currency futures contracts (Europe)   55,444    0.06%
     Various currency futures contracts (Far East)   47,813    0.05%
     Various currency futures contracts (Oceanic)   21,140    0.02%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (Europe)   (1)   0.00%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (Oceanic)   (3,211)   0.00%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (U.S.)   66,259    0.08%
     Various precious metal futures contracts (U.S.)   238,510    0.27%
     Various soft futures contracts (Europe)   (9,968)   -0.01%
     Various soft futures contracts (Far East)   15,131    0.02%
     Various soft futures contracts (U.S.)   55,652    0.06%
     Various stock index futures contracts (Africa)   (13,771)   -0.02%
     Various stock index futures contracts (U.S.)   1,528    0.00%
     Total Short Futures Contracts  $790,018    0.89%
CURRENCY FORWARDS *          
     Various currency forwards contracts (NA)  $(79,372)   -0.09%
     Total Currency Forwards  $(79,372)   -0.09%
     Total Open Trade Equity (Deficit)  $1,070,026    1.22%
SWAPS (1)          
     Frontier Brevan Howard swap (U.S.)  $3,003,834    3.40%
     Frontier XXXIV Balanced select swap (U.S.)   10,470,609    11.85%
     Frontier XXXV Diversified select swap (U.S.)   5,789,800    6.55%
     Frontier XXXVII L/S select swap (U.S.)   432,925    0.49%
     Total Swaps  $19,697,168    22.29%
PRIVATE INVESTMENT COMPANIES (2)          
     Galaxy Plus Fund - EvE STP Feeder Fund (516) LLC   6,573,225    7.44%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Doherty Feeder Fund (528) LLC   3,522,510    3.99%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Fort Contrarian Feeder Fund (510) LLC   5,499,707    6.23%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - QIM Feeder Fund (526) LLC   4,880,901    5.52%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Quantmetrics Feeder Fund (527) LLC   6,291,969    7.12%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Quest Fit Feeder Fund (517) LLC   2,492,833    2.82%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Quest Feeder Fund (517) LLC   753,906    0.85%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Aspect Feeder Fund (532) LLC   1,585,279    1.79%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC   17,519,728    19.83%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - TT Feeder Fund (531) LLC   2,964,484    3.36%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - LRR Feeder Fund (522) LLC   956,430    1.08%
     Total Private Investment Companies  $53,040,972    60.03%
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES          
                
FACE VALUE Fair Value   Fair Value 
                
$10,737,000   US Treasury Note 6.875% due 08/15/2025 (Cost $13,711,448)   13,553,995    15.34%
     Total U.S. Treasury Securities  $13,553,995    15.34%

 

*Except for those items disclosed, no individual futures, forwards and option on futures contract position constituted greater than 1 percent of Net Asset Value. Accordingly, the number of contracts and expiration dates are not presented.
(1)See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 4.
(2)See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 5.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Frontier Funds
Consolidated Condensed Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2017

 

       Fair   % of Total Capital 
Description      Value   (Net Asset Value) 
LONG FUTURES CONTRACTS *          
     Various base metals futures contracts (U.S.)  $1,088,822    0.96%
     Various currency futures contracts (Canada)   18,470    0.02%
     Various currency futures contracts (Europe)   27,263    0.02%
     Various currency futures contracts (Oceanic)   20,670    0.02%
     Various currency futures contracts (U.S.)   (52,460)   -0.05%
     Various energy futures contracts (U.S.)   513,613    0.45%
     Various energy futures contracts (Europe)   (11,873)   -0.01%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (Europe)   (118,226)   -0.10%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (Far East)   (4,756)   0.00%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (Oceanic)   (23,380)   -0.02%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (U.S.)   (25,875)   -0.02%
     Various precious metal futures contracts (U.S.)   18,190    0.02%
     Various soft futures contract (Europe)   (372)   0.00%
     Various soft futures contract (U.S.)   55,621    0.05%
     Various stock index futures contracts (Africa)   4,465    0.00%
     Various stock index futures contracts (Canada)   5,605    0.00%
     Various stock index futures contracts (Europe)   (104,638)   -0.09%
     Various stock index futures contracts (Far East)   96,403    0.08%
     Various stock index futures contracts (Oceanic)   2,815    0.00%
     Various stock index futures contracts (U.S.)   197,228    0.17%
     Total Long Futures Contracts  $1,707,585    1.50%
SHORT FUTURES CONTRACTS *          
     Various base metals futures contracts (U.S.)  $(411,270)   -0.36%
     Various currency futures contracts (Europe)   (89,175)   -0.08%
     Various currency futures contracts (Far East)   (50,066)   -0.04%
     Various currency futures contracts (U.S.)   40,897    0.04%
     Various energy futures contracts (U.S.)   (77,171)   -0.07%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (Canada)   (4,439)   0.00%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (Europe)   (6,824)   -0.01%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (Oceanic)   1,509    0.00%
     Various interest rates futures contracts (U.S.)   104,111    0.09%
     Various precious metal futures contracts (U.S.)   (153,585)   -0.14%
     Various soft futures contract (U.S.)   93,576    0.08%
     Various soft futures contracts (Europe)   35,920    0.03%
     Various stock index futures contracts (U.S.)   (45,128)   -0.04%
     Total Short Futures Contracts  $(561,645)   -0.50%
CURRENCY FORWARDS *          
     Various currency forwards contracts (NA)  $422,474    0.37%
     Total Currency Forwards  $422,474    0.37%
     Total Open Trade Equity (Deficit)  $1,568,414    1.37%
SWAPS (1)          
     Frontier Brevan Howard swap (U.S.)  $3,094,367    2.72%
     Frontier XXXIV Balanced select swap (U.S.)   11,340,960    9.97%
     Frontier XXXV Diversified select swap (U.S.)   6,376,472    5.60%
     Frontier XXXVII L/S select swap (U.S.)   397,039    0.35%
     Total Swaps  $21,208,838    18.64%
PRIVATE INVESTMENT COMPANIES (2)          
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Chesapeake Feeder Fund (518)  $1,774,375    1.56%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - EvE STP Feeder Fund (516) LLC   6,507,863    5.72%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Doherty Feeder Fund (528) LLC   3,759,970    3.31%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Fort Contrarian Feeder Fund (510) LLC   7,523,327    6.61%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - QIM Feeder Fund (526) LLC   6,607,668    5.81%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Quantmetrics Feeder Fund (527) LLC   6,204,663    5.45%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Quest Fit Feeder Fund (517) LLC   2,151,869    1.89%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Quest Feeder Fund (517) LLC   759,647    0.67%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Aspect Feeder Fund (532) LLC   1,919,350    1.69%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC   23,045,760    20.26%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - TT Feeder Fund (531) LLC   5,195,266    4.57%
     Galaxy Plus Fund - LRR Feeder Fund (522) LLC   1,483,477    1.30%
     Total Private Investment Companies  $66,933,235    58.84%
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES          
                
FACE VALUE  Fair Value   Fair Value 
                
$8,269,000   US Treasury Note 6.875% due 08/15/2025 (Cost $10,985,078)   10,887,786    9.57%
     Total U.S. Treasury Securities  $10,887,786    9.57%

 

*Except for those items disclosed, no individual futures, forwards and option on futures contract position constituted greater than 1 percent of Net Asset Value. Accordingly, the number of contracts and expiration dates are not presented.
(1)See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 4.
(2)See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Note 5.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Frontier Funds
Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 (unaudited)

 

   2018   2017 
         
Investment income:          
Interest - net  $56,231   $43,459 
           
Total Income   56,231    43,459 
           
Expenses:          
Incentive Fees (rebate)       (87,670)
Management Fees   230,232    684,035 
Risk analysis Fees   20,922    38,478 
Service Fees - Class 1   411,318    689,028 
Trading Fees   761,690    1,595,112 
Other Fees       223,055 
           
Total Expenses   1,424,162    3,142,038 
           
Investment income/(loss) - net   (1,367,931)   (3,098,579)
           
Realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments:          
Net realized gain/(loss) on futures, forwards and options   715,860    (2,121,364)
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on private investment companies   1,333,361    (6,770,235)
Net realized gain/(loss) on private investment companies   (421,358)   2,383,096 
Net change in open trade equity/(deficit)   249,677    (1,132,840)
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on swap contracts   56,022    527,815 
Net realized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities   (112,843)   (1,194,489)
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities   34,631    1,744,284 
Trading commissions   (32,749)   (44,377)
           
Net gain/(loss) on investments   1,822,601    (6,608,110)
           
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN OWNERS’ CAPITAL RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS  $454,670   $(9,706,689)

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Frontier Funds
Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 (unaudited)

 

   2018   2017 
         
Investment income:          
Interest - net  $116,557   $157,978 
           
Total Income   116,557    157,978 
           
Expenses:          
Incentive Fees (rebate)   148,409    (205,571)
Management Fees   461,121    1,212,823 
Risk analysis Fees   43,720    85,159 
Service Fees - Class 1   877,098    1,433,011 
Trading Fees   1,632,215    3,126,515 
Other Fees       223,055 
           
Total Expenses   3,162,563    5,874,992 
           
Investment income/(loss) - net   (3,046,006)   (5,717,014)
           
Realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments:          
Net realized gain/(loss) on futures, forwards and options   (38,891)   (17,179)
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on private investment companies   (7,806,201)   (3,031,749)
Net realized gain/(loss) on private investment companies   423,435    4,806,521 
Net change in open trade equity/(deficit)   (514,240)   (2,870,827)
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on swap contracts   1,588,330    (568,884)
Net realized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities   (401,667)   (2,129,137)
Net unrealized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities   21,019    2,880,938 
Trading commissions   (51,747)   (114,392)
           
Net gain/(loss) on investments   (6,779,962)   (1,044,709)
           
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN OWNERS’ CAPITAL RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS  $(9,825,968)  $(6,761,723)

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Frontier Funds
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Owners’ Capital
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

   Managing   Limited     
   Owner   Owners   Total 
             
Owners’ Capital, December 31, 2017   1,159,984    112,604,281    113,764,265 
                
Sale of Units (including transfers)            
Redemption of Units (including transfers)       (15,595,187)   (15,595,187)
Payment made by Related Party            
Net increase/(decrease) in Owners’               
Capital resulting from operations   (261,221)   (9,564,747)   (9,825,968)
                
Owners’ Capital, June 30, 2018  $898,763   $87,444,347   $88,343,110 

 

The consolidated Trust is not unitized as are the individual Series of the Trust

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Frontier Funds
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 (unaudited)

 

   2018   2017 
         
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:          
Net increase/(decrease) in capital resulting from operations  $(9,825,968)  $(6,761,723)
Adjustments to reconcile net increase/(decrease) in capital resulting from operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:          
Change in:          
Net change in open trade equity   498,388    3,549,571 
Net change in ownership allocation of U.S. Treasury Securities         
Net unrealized (gain)/loss on swap contracts   (1,588,330)   568,884 
Net unrealized (gain)/loss on U.S. Treasury securities   (21,019)   (2,880,938)
Net realized (gain)/loss on U.S. Treasuries securities   401,667    2,129,137 
Net unrealized (gain)/loss on private investment companies   7,806,201    3,031,749 
Net realized (gain)/loss on private investment companies   (423,435)   (4,806,521)
(Purchases) sales of:          
(Purchases) of U.S. Treasury securities   13,523,255     
Sales of U.S. Treasury securities   (16,729,100)   31,077,911 
(Purchases) of Private Investment Companies   (17,440,372)   (41,133,231)
Sales of Private Investment Companies   23,949,869    77,366,330 
Reduction of collateral in Swap contracts   3,100,000    3,600,050 
U.S. Treasury interest and premium paid/amortized   158,988    271,301 
Increase and/or decrease in:          
Receivable from futures commission merchants   10,869,332    12,231,207 
Interest receivable   (62,590)   38,007 
Receivable from related parties   58,146    87,670 
Other assets       (369,483)
Incentive fees payable to Managing Owner   (53,036)    
Management fees payable to Managing Owner   (15,342)   (185,530)
Interest payable to Managing Owner   (4,502)   131,313 
Trading fees payable to Managing Owner   (225,266)   (19,392)
Service fees payable to Managing Owner   89,964    19,036 
Due from Managing Owner   31,887     
Risk analysis fees payable   (4,132)   60,837 
Payables to related parties       (85,078)
Other liabilities   (9,653)   (125,617)
           
Net cash provided by operating activities   14,084,952    77,795,490 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:          
           
Proceeds from sale of capital       6,678,069 
Payment for redemption of capital   (15,595,187)   (77,766,064)
Redemptions payable   173,229    27,493,233 
           
Net cash used in financing activities   (15,421,958)   (43,594,762)
           
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents   (1,337,006)   34,200,728 
           
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period   2,695,377    4,747,043 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period  $1,358,371   $38,947,771 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Frontier Funds

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

1.Organization and Purpose

 

Frontier Funds, which is referred to in this report as the “Trust”, was formed on August 8, 2003, as a Delaware statutory trust and is set to expire on December 31, 2053. The Trust is a multi-advisor commodity pool, as described in CFTC Regulation § 4.10(d)(2). The Trust has authority to issue separate Series of Units pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Act. The assets of each Series are valued and accounted for separately from the assets of other Series. The Trust is not registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. It is managed by the Managing Owner.

 

Purchasers of Units are Limited Owners of the Trust with respect to beneficial interests of the Series’ Units purchased. The Trust Act provides that, except as otherwise provided in the second amended and restated declaration of trust and trust agreement dated December 9, 2013, as further amended, by and among the Managing Owner, Wilmington Trust Company as trustee and the unitholders, as amended from time to time (the “Trust Agreement”), unitholders of the Trust will have the same limitation of liability as do stockholders of private corporations organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The Trust Agreement confers substantially the same limited liability, and contains the same limited exceptions thereto, as would a limited partnership agreement for a Delaware limited partnership engaged in like transactions as the Trust. In addition, pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the Managing Owner of the Trust is liable for obligations of a Series in excess of that Series’ assets. Limited Owners do not have any such liability. The Managing Owner will make contributions to the Series of the Trust necessary to maintain at least a 1% interest in the aggregate capital, profits and losses of all Series.

 

The Trust has been organized to pool investor funds for the purpose of trading in the U.S. and international markets for currencies, interest rates, stock indices, agricultural and energy products, precious and base metals and other commodities. The Trust may also engage in futures contracts, forwards, option contracts and other interest in derivative instruments, including swap contracts.

 

The Trust has seven (7) separate and distinct Series of Units issued and outstanding: Frontier Diversified Fund, Frontier Masters Fund, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund, Frontier Balanced Fund, Frontier Select Fund, Frontier Winton Fund, and Frontier Heritage Fund. The Trust financial statements are comprised of unitized Series which are consolidated into the Trust financial statements. However, the consolidated Trust does not issue units.

 

The Trust, with respect to each Series:

 

  engages in the speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of futures, forwards (including interbank foreign currencies), options contracts and other derivative instruments (including swap contracts), and may, from time to time, engage in cash and spot transactions;

 

  allocates funds to a limited liability trading company or companies (“Trading Company” or “Trading Companies”) and Galaxy Plus entities (“Galaxy Plus”). Except as otherwise described in these notes, each Trading Company and Galaxy Plus entity has one-year renewable contracts with its own independent commodity trading advisor (s), or each, a Trading Advisor, that will manage all or a portion of such Trading Company’s and Galaxy Plus assets and make the trading decisions for the assets of each Series vested in such Trading Company and Galaxy Plus entity. Each Trading Company and Galaxy Plus entity will segregate its assets from any other Trading Company and Galaxy Plus entity;

 

  maintains separate, distinct records for each Series, and accounts for the assets of each Series separately from the other Series;

 

  calculates the Net Asset Value (“NAV”) of its Units for each Series separately from the other Series;

 

  has an investment objective of increasing the value of each Series’ Units over the long term (capital appreciation), while managing risk and volatility; further, to offer exposure to the investment programs of individual Trading Advisors and to specific instruments;

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  maintains each Series of Units in three to seven sub-classes—Class 1, Class 1AP, Class 1a, Class 2, Class 2a, Class 3, and Class 3a. Investors who have purchased Class 1 or Class 1a Units of Frontier Diversified Fund, Frontier Masters Fund, and Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund are charged a service fee of up to two percent (2.0%) annually of the NAV (of the purchase price, in case of the initial service fee) of each Unit purchased, for the benefit of selling agents selling such Class 1 or Class 1a Units. The initial service fee, which is amortized monthly at an annual rate of up to two percent (2.0%) of the average daily NAV of Class 1 or Class 1a of such Series, is prepaid to the Managing Owner by each Series, and paid to the selling agents by the Managing Owner in the month following sale; provided, however, that investors who redeem all or a portion of their Class 1 or Class 1a Units of any Series during the first twelve (12) months following the effective date of their purchase are subject to a redemption fee of up to two percent (2.0%) of the purchase price at which such investor redeemed to reimburse the Managing Owner for the then-unamortized balance of the prepaid initial service fee. Investors who have purchased Class 1 or Class 1a Units of Frontier Balanced Fund, Frontier Heritage Fund, Frontier Select Fund, and Frontier Winton Fund are charged a service fee of up to three percent (3.0%) annually of the NAV (of the purchase price, in case of the initial service fee) of each Unit purchased, for the benefit of selling agents selling such Class 1 or Class 1a Units. The initial service fee, which is amortized monthly at an annual rate of up to three percent (3.0%) of the average daily NAV of Class 1 or Class 1a of such Series, is prepaid to the Managing Owner by each Series, and paid to the selling agents by the Managing Owner in the month following sale. With respect to Class 2 and Class 2a Units of any Series, the Managing Owner pays an ongoing service fee to selling agents of up to one half percent (0.5%) annually of the NAV of each Class 2 or Class 2a Unit (of which 0.25% will be charged to Limited Owners holding Class 2 Units of the Frontier Diversified Fund, and Frontier Masters Fund or Class 2a Units of the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund sold until such Class 2 or Class 2a Units which are subject to the fee limitation are reclassified as Class 3 or Class 3a Units of the applicable Series. Class 1AP was created as a sub-class of Class 1 and it has been presented separately because the fees applicable to it are different from those applicable to Class 1. Currently the service fee is not charged to Class 1AP investors. The Managing Owner may also pay selling agents certain additional fees and expenses for administrative and other services rendered and expenses incurred by such selling agents; and

 

  all payments made to selling agents who are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) and their associated persons that constitute underwriting compensation will be subject to the limitations set forth in Rule 2310(b)(4)(B)(ii) (formerly Rule 2810(b)(4)(B)(ii)) of the Conduct Rules of FINRA (“Rule 2310”). An investor’s Class 1 Units or Class 2 Units of any Series, or Class 1a Units or Class 2a Units of the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund or Frontier Balanced Fund will be classified as Class 3 or Class 3a Units of such Series, as applicable, when the Managing Owner determines that the fee limitation set forth in Rule 2310 with respect to such Units has been reached or will be reached. The service fee limit applicable to each unit sold is reached upon the earlier of when (i) the aggregate initial and ongoing service fees received by the selling agent with respect to such unit equals 9% of the purchase price of such unit or (ii) the aggregate underwriting compensation (determined in accordance with FINRA Rule 2310) paid in respect of such unit totals 10% of the purchase price of such unit. No service fees are paid with respect to Class 3 or Class 3a Units. Units of any Class in a Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, on a daily basis, at the then current NAV per Unit for such Series on the day of the week after the date the Managing Owner is in receipt of a redemption request for at least one (1) Business Day to be received by the Managing Owner prior to 4:00 PM in New York.

 

The assets of any particular Series include only those funds and other assets that are paid to, held by or distributed to the Trust on account of and for the benefit of that Series. Under the “Inter-Series Limitation on Liability” expressly provided for under Section 3804(a) of the Trust Act, separate and distinct records of the cash and equivalents, although pooled for maximizing returns, is maintained in the books and records of each Series.

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As of June 30, 2018, the Trust, with respect to the Frontier Diversified Fund and Frontier Masters Fund, separates Units into three separate Classes—Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3. The Trust, with respect to the Frontier Select Fund Frontier Winton Fund and Frontier Heritage Fund separates Units into a maximum of three separate Classes- Class 1, Class 2 and Class 1AP. The Trust, with respect to the Frontier Balanced Fund separates Units into a maximum of five separate Classes— Class 1, Class 1AP, Class 2, Class 2A and Class 3A. The Trust, with respect to the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund separates Units into a maximum of five separate Classes— Class 1A, Class 2A, Class 2, Class 3A and Class 3. Between April 15, 2016 and May 10, 2017, a portion of the interests in Frontier Trading Company I, LLC and all of the interests in Frontier Trading Company VII, LLC, Frontier Trading Company XV, LLC, and Frontier Trading Company XXIII LLC held by Frontier Diversified Fund, Frontier Masters Fund, Frontier Select Fund, Frontier Balanced Fund and Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund were exchanged for equivalent interests in the Galaxy Plus Managed Account Platform (“Galaxy Plus”) which is an unaffiliated, third-party managed account platform. The assets of Frontier Trading Company I, LLC, which included exposure to Quantmetrics Capital Management LLP’s Multi-Strategy Program, Quantitative Investment Management, LLC’s Quantitative Global Program, Quest Partners LLC’s Quest Tracker Index Program, and Doherty Advisors LLC’s Relative Value Moderate Program, the assets of Frontier Trading Company VII, LLC, which included exposure to Emil van Essen LLC’s Multi-Strategy Program, Red Oak Commodity Advisors, Inc.’s Fundamental Diversified Program, Rosetta Capital Management, LLC’s Rosetta Trading Program, and Landmark Trading Company’s Landmark Program, the assets of Frontier Trading Company XV, LLC, which included exposure to Transtrend B.V.’s TT Enhanced Risk (USD) Program, and the assets of Frontier Trading Company XXIII, LLC which included exposure to Fort L.P.’s Global Contrarian Program have been transferred to individual Delaware limited liability companies (“Master Funds”) in Galaxy Plus. Each Master Fund is sponsored and operated by Gemini Alternative Funds, LLC (“Sponsor”). The Sponsor has contracted with the Trading Advisors to manage the portfolios of the Master Funds pursuant to the advisors’ respective program. For those Series that invest in Galaxy Plus, approximately 30-70% of those Series assets are used to support the margin requirements of the Master Funds. The remaining assets of the Series are split between investments in Trading Companies and a pooled cash management account that invests primarily in U.S. Treasury securities. For those Series that do not invest in Galaxy Plus, their assets are split between investments in Trading Companies and investments in the pooled cash management account.

 

As of June 30, 2018, Frontier Winton Fund has invested a portion of its assets into two Trading Companies, and a single Trading Advisor manages 100% of the assets invested in each of these Trading Companies. Each of the remaining Series has invested a portion of its assets in several different Trading Companies or Galaxy Plus entities and one or more Trading Advisors may manage the assets invested in such Trading Companies or Galaxy Plus entities.

 

The Trust has entered into agreements, which provide for the indemnification of futures clearing brokers, currency trading companies, and commodity trading advisers, among others, against losses, costs, claims and liabilities arising from the performance of their individual obligations under such agreements, except for gross negligence or bad faith.

 

2.Significant Accounting Policies

 

The following are the significant accounting policies of the Trust.

 

Basis of Presentation—The Trust follows GAAP, as established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”), to ensure consistent reporting of financial condition, condensed schedules of investments, results of operations, changes in capital and cash flows. The Trust is an investment company following accounting and reporting guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 946.

 

 Consolidation— The Series, through investing in the Trading Companies and Galaxy Plus, authorize certain Trading Advisors to place trades and manage assets at pre-determined investment levels. The Trading Companies were organized by the Managing Owner for the purpose of investing in commodities interests and derivative instruments, and have no operating income or expenses, except for trading income and expenses and a risk analysis fee (for closed Series only), all of which is allocated to the Series, if consolidated by a Series. Galaxy Plus is a series of Delaware limited liability companies, sponsored by Gemini Alternative Funds, LLC, that create exposure to a variety of third party professional managed futures and foreign exchange advisors. Galaxy Plus is available to qualified high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors. Investment interests in Galaxy Plus entities are accounted for using net asset value as the practical expedient, which approximates fair value. Fair value represents the proportionate share of the Trust’s interest in the NAV in the Galaxy Plus entities. The equity interest held by Trust is shown as investments in private investment companies in the statements of financial condition. The income or is shown in the statements of operations as net unrealized gain/(loss) on private investment companies. The Trading Companies and Series of the Trust are consolidated by the Trust.

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Galaxy Plus entities are co-mingled investment vehicles. In addition to the Trust, there are other non-affiliated investors in Galaxy Plus. Subscriptions and redemptions by these non-affiliated investors will have a direct impact on the Trust ownership percentage in Galaxy Plus. It is expected that ownership percentage will fluctuate (sometimes significantly) on a week by week basis which could also result in frequent changes in the consolidating Series. Such fluctuations make consolidating the financial statements of the Galaxy Plus entities both impractical and misleading. Non-consolidation of these Galaxy Plus entities presents a more useful financial statement for the readers. As such, management has decided that presenting Galaxy Plus entities on a non-consolidated basis as investments in other investments companies (a “fund of funds” approach) is appropriate and preferable to the users of these financial statements. Refer to Note 5 for additional disclosures related to these private investment companies.

  

Use of Estimates—The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP may require the Managing Owner to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. The valuation of swap contracts requires significant estimates as well as the valuation of certain other investments. Please refer to Note 3 for discussion of valuation methodology. Actual results could differ from these estimates and such differences could be material.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents—Cash and cash equivalents include cash and overnight investments in interest-bearing demand deposits held at banks with original maturities of three months or less. This cash is not restricted.

 

Interest Income—U.S. Treasury Securities are pooled for purposes of maximizing returns on these assets to investors of all Series. Interest income from pooled cash management assets is recognized on the accrual basis and allocated daily to each Series based upon its daily proportion of ownership of the pool. Aggregate interest income from all sources, including U.S. Treasuries and assets held at a futures commission merchant (“FCM”), of up to two percentage points of the aggregate percentage yield (annualized) of net asset value less any fair market value related to swaps, is paid to the Managing Owner by the Frontier Balanced Fund (Class 1 and Class 2), Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund (Class 2 and Class 3), Frontier Winton Fund, Frontier Select Fund, and Frontier Heritage Fund. For the Frontier Diversified Fund, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund (Class 1a, Class 2a, Class 3a only), Frontier Masters Fund, and Frontier Balanced Fund (Class 1AP, Class 2a and Class 3a) 100% of the interest is retained by the respective Series. All interest not paid to the Managing Owner is interest income to the Series, and shown net on the statement of operations.

 

U.S. Treasury Securities—U.S. Treasury Securities are reported at fair value as Level 1 inputs under ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”). The Trust values U.S. Treasury Securities at fair value and records the daily change in value in the consolidated statements of operations as net unrealized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities. Accrued interest is reported on the consolidated statements of financial condition as interest receivable.

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Receivable from Futures Commission Merchants—The Trust deposits assets with an FCM subject to CFTC regulations and various exchange and broker requirements. Margin requirements are satisfied by the deposit of cash with such FCM. The Trust earns interest income on its assets deposited with the FCM. A portion of the receivable is restricted cash required to meet maintenance margin requirements. Cash with the clearing broker as of June 30, 2018 included restricted cash for margin requirements of $1,610,929 for the Frontier Trading Company I LLC and $3,921,107 for Frontier Trading Company II LLC.

 

Investment Transactions—Futures, options on futures, forward and swap contracts are recorded on a trade date basis and realized gains or losses are recognized when contracts are settled. Unrealized gains or losses on open contracts (the difference between contract trade price and market price) are reported in the consolidated statements of financial condition as a net unrealized gain or loss, as there exists a right of offset of unrealized gains or losses in accordance with FASB ASC 210, Balance Sheet (“ASC 210”) and Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2013-01, Balance Sheet (Topic 210).

 

Any change in net unrealized gain or loss from the preceding period is reported in the consolidated statements of operations. Fair value of exchange-traded contracts is based upon exchange settlement prices. Fair value of non-exchange-traded contracts is based on third party quoted dealer values on the interbank market. For U.S. Treasury securities, interest was recognized in the period earned and the instruments were marked-to-market daily based on third party information. Transaction costs are recognized as incurred and reflected separately in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

Purchase and Sales of Private Investment Companies – The Trust is able to subscribe into and redeem from the Galaxy Plus entities on a weekly basis. The value of the private investment companies is determined by the Sponsor and reported on a daily basis. The change in value is calculated as the difference between the total purchase proceeds and the fair value calculated by the Sponsor and is recorded as net unrealized gain/(loss) on private investment companies on the statements of operations.

 

Foreign Currency Transactions—The Series of the Trust’s functional currency is the U.S. dollar; however, they transact business in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. The Series of the Trust do not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized or unrealized gain or loss from investments.

 

Allocation of Earnings—Each Series of the Trust may maintain three to seven classes of Units—Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Class 1a, Class 2a Class 3a and Class 1AP. All classes have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except that fees charged to a Class or Series differ as described below. Revenues, expenses (other than expenses attributable to a specific class), and realized and unrealized trading gains and losses of each Series are allocated daily to Class 1, Class 1a, Class 2, Class 2a, Class 3, Class 3a and Class 1AP Units based on each Class’ respective owners’ capital balances as applicable to the classes maintained by the Series.

 

Each Series allocates funds to an affiliated Trading Company, or Companies, of the Trust, or unaffiliated Galaxy Plus entity. Each Trading Company allocates all of its daily trading gains or losses to the Series in proportion to each Series’ ownership trading level interest in the Trading Company, adjusted on a daily basis (except for Trading Advisors and other investments such as swaps that are directly allocated to a specific series). Likewise, trading gains and losses earned and incurred by the Series through their investments in Galaxy Plus entities are allocated to those Series on a daily basis. The allocation of gains and losses in Galaxy Plus entities are based on each Series pro-rata shares of the trading level of that entity which is updated at the beginning of each month or more frequently if there is a subscription or redemption activity in the entity. The value of all open contracts and cash held at clearing brokers is similarly allocated to the Series in proportion to each Series’ funds allocated to the Trading Companies or Galaxy Plus entities.

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Investments and Swaps— The Trust records investment transactions on a trade date basis and all investments are recorded at fair value, with changes in fair value reported as a component of realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments in the statements of operations. Investments in private investment companies are valued utilizing the net asset values as a practical expedient. Certain Series of the Trust strategically invest a portion or all of their assets in total return swaps, selected at the discretion of the Managing Owner. Swaps are privately negotiated contracts designed to provide investment returns linked to those produced by one or more underlying investment products or indices. In a typical swap, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on one or more particular predetermined investments or instruments. The gross returns to be exchanged or “swapped” between the parties are calculated with respect to a “notional amount” (i.e., the amount of value of the underlying asset used in computing the particular interest rate, return, or other amount to be exchanged) in a particular investment, or in a “basket” of securities. The valuation of swap contracts requires significant estimates. Swap contracts are reported at fair value based upon daily reports from the counterparty. The Managing Owner reviews and approves current day pricing of the CTA positions, as received from the counterparty which includes intra-day volatility and volume and daily index performance, that is used to determine a daily fair value NAV for the swap contracts.

 

Income Taxes—The Trust applies the provisions of ASC 740 Income Taxes (“ASC 740”), which provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented and disclosed in the financial statements. This interpretation also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods and disclosure. ASC 740 requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Trust’s financial statements to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions with respect to tax at the Trust’s 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 Managing Owner has concluded there is no tax expense, interest or penalties to be recorded by the Trust for the year ended December 31, 2017. The 2014 through 2017 tax years generally remain subject to examination by U.S. federal and most state tax authorities.

 

In the opinion of the Managing Owner, (i) the Trust is treated as a partnership for Federal income tax purposes and, assuming that at least 90% of the gross income of the Trust constitutes “qualifying income” within the meaning of Section 7704(d) of the Code, (ii) the Trust is not a publicly traded partnership treated as a corporation, and (iii) the discussion set forth in the Prospectus under the heading “U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” correctly summarizes the material Federal income tax consequences as of the date of the Prospectus to potential U.S. Limited Owners of the purchase, ownership and disposition of Series Units of the Trust.

 

Fees and Expenses—All management fees, incentive fees, service fees, risk analysis fees (for closed Series only) and trading fees of the Trust, with respect to the Series, are paid to the Managing Owner. It is the responsibility of the Managing Owner to pay all Trading Advisor management and incentive fees, selling agent service fees and all other operating expenses and continuing offering costs of the Trust, with respect to the Series. Only management fees and incentive fees related to assets allocated through Trading Companies are included in expense on the Statement of Operations. The Series are all charged management and incentive fees on the asset allocated through the Galaxy Plus entities. Those fees are included in unrealized gain/(loss) on private investment companies on the Statements of Operations. The Series are also charged management and incentive fees on assets allocated to swaps. Such fees are embedded in the fair value of the swap and are included in net unrealized gain (loss) on swap contracts on the Statements of Operations. Certain Series are also changed a risk analysis fee (for closed Series only) based on a percentage of nominal assets. Such fee is paid to a third party.

 

Incentive Fee (rebate)—The Managing Owner is allowed to share in the incentive fees earned by the Commodity Trading Advisors up to 10% of New Net Profits (as defined in the prospectus). If the Managing Owner’s share of the incentive fee exceeds 10% of new net profits during the period, then the Managing Owner is obligated to return any amount in excess. The returned amounts are recorded as Incentive Fee (Rebate) on the Statements of Operations.

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Service Fees—The Trust may maintain each Series of Units in three to seven sub-classes—Class 1, Class 1AP, Class 1a, Class 2, Class 2a, Class 3, and Class 3a. Investors who have purchased Class 1 or Class 1a Units of Frontier Diversified Fund, Frontier Masters Fund, and Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund are charged a service fee of up to two percent (2.0%) annually of the NAV (of the purchase price, in case of the initial service fee) of each Unit purchased, for the benefit of selling agents selling such Class 1 or Class 1a Units. The initial service fee, which is amortized monthly at an annual rate of up to two percent (2.0%) of the average daily NAV of Class 1 or Class 1a of such Series, is prepaid to the Managing Owner by each Series, and paid to the selling agents by the Managing Owner in the month following sale; provided, however, that investors who redeem all or a portion of their Class 1 and Class 1a Units of any Series during the first twelve (12) months following the effective date of their purchase are subject to a redemption fee of up to two percent (2.0%) of the purchase price at which such investor redeemed to reimburse the Managing Owner for the then-unamortized balance of the prepaid initial service fee. Investors who have purchased Class 1 or Class 1a Units of Frontier Balanced Fund, Frontier Heritage Fund, Frontier Select Fund, and Frontier Winton Fund are charged a service fee of up to three percent (3.0%) annually of the NAV (of the purchase price, in case of the initial service fee) of each Unit purchased, for the benefit of selling agents selling such Class 1 or Class 1a Units. The initial service fee, which is amortized monthly at an annual rate of up to three percent (3.0%) of the average daily NAV of Class 1 or Class 1a of such Series, is prepaid to the Managing Owner by each Series, and paid to the selling agents by the Managing Owner in the month following sale; provided, however, that investors who redeem all or a portion of their Class 1 and Class 1a Units of any Series during the first twelve (12) months following the effective date of their purchase are subject to a redemption fee of up to three percent (3.0%) of the purchase price at which such investor redeemed to reimburse the Managing Owner for the then-unamortized balance of the prepaid initial service fee. With respect to Class 2 and Class 2a Units of any Series, the Managing Owner pays an ongoing service fee to Selling agents of up to one half percent (0.5%) annually of the NAV of each Class 2 or Class 2a Unit (of which 0.25% will be charged to Limited Owners holding Class 2 Units of the Frontier Diversified Fund and Frontier Masters Fund or Class 2a Units of the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund sold) until such Class 2 or Class 2a Units which are subject to the fee limitation are reclassified as Class 3 or Class 3a Units of the applicable Series for administrative purposes. Currently the service fee is not charged to Class 1AP investors. The Managing Owner may also pay selling agents certain additional fees and expenses for administrative and other services rendered and expenses incurred by such Selling agents.

 

These service fees are part of the offering costs of the Trust, which include registration and filing fees, legal and blue sky expenses, accounting and audit, printing, marketing support and other offering costs which are borne by the Managing Owner. With respect to the service fees, the initial service fee (for the first 12 months) relating to a purchase of Class 1 and Class 1a Units by an investor is prepaid by the Managing Owner to the relevant selling agent in the month following such purchase and is reimbursed for such payment by the Series monthly in arrears in an amount based upon a corresponding percentage of NAV, calculated daily. Consequently, the Managing Owner bears the risk of the downside and enjoys the benefit of the upside potential of any difference between the amount of the initial service fee prepaid by it and the amount of the reimbursement thereof, which may result from variations in NAV over the following 12 months.

 

Pending Owner Additions—Funds received for new subscriptions and for additions to existing owner interests are recorded as capital additions at the NAV per unit of the second business day following receipt.

 

Owner redemptions payable—Funds payable for existing owner redemption requests are recorded as capital subtractions at the NAV per unit as of the second business day following receipt or request.

 

Subsequent Events—The Trust follows the provisions of ASC 855, Subsequent Events, which establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date and up through the date the financial statements are issued.

 

3.Fair Value Measurements

 

In connection with the valuation of investments the Trust applies ASC 820. ASC 820 provides clarification that when a quoted price in an active market for the identical asset or liability is not available, a reporting entity is required to measure fair value using certain techniques. ASC 820 also clarifies that when estimating the fair value of an asset or liability, a reporting entity is not required to include a separate input or adjustment to other inputs relating to the existence of a restriction that prevents the transfer of an asset or liability. ASC 820 also clarifies that both a quoted price in an active market for the identical asset or liability at the measurement date and the quoted price for the identical asset or liability when traded as an asset in an active market when no adjustments to the quoted price of the asset are required are Level 1 fair value measurements.

 

Level 1 Inputs

 

Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical financial assets that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.

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Level 2 Inputs

 

Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the financial assets or liabilities, either directly or indirectly. These might include quoted prices for similar financial assets in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar financial assets in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the financial assets or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by market data by correlation or other means.

 

Level 3 Inputs

 

Unobservable inputs for determining the fair value of financial assets that reflect an entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the financial asset.

 

The Trust, with respect to the Series, uses the following methodologies to value instruments within its financial asset portfolio at fair value:

 

Trading Securities. These instruments include U.S. Treasury securities and open trade equity positions (futures contracts) that are actively traded on public markets with quoted pricing for corroboration. U.S. Treasury securities and futures contracts are reported at fair value using Level 1 inputs. Trading securities instruments further include open trade equity positions (trading options and currency forwards) that are quoted prices for identical or similar assets that are not traded on active markets. Trading options and currency forwards are reported at fair value using Level 2 inputs.

 

Swap Contracts. Certain Series of the Trust strategically invest a portion or all of their assets in total return swaps, selected at the direction of the Managing Owner. Swaps are privately negotiated contracts designed to provide investment returns linked to those produced by one or more investment products or indices. In a typical swap, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on one or more particular predetermined investments or instruments. The gross returns to be exchanged or “swapped” between parties are calculated with respect to a “notional amount” (i.e., the amount of value of the underlying asset used in computing the particular interest rate, return, or other amount to be exchanged) in a particular investment, or in a “basket” of securities. Swap contracts are reported at fair value upon daily reports from the counterparty. 

 

Investments in Private Investment Companies. Investments in private investment companies are valued utilizing the net asset values provided by the underlying private investment companies as a practical expedient. A Series applies the practical expedient to its investments in private investment companies on an investment-by-investment basis, and consistently with the Series’ entire position in a particular investment, unless it is probable that the Series will sell a portion of an investment at an amount different from the net asset value of the investment. 

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The following table summarizes the instruments that comprise the Trust financial asset portfolio, by Series, measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 segregated by the level of valuation inputs within the fair value hierarchy utilized to measure fair value.

 

June 30, 2018  Level 1 Inputs   Level 2 Inputs   Level 3 Inputs   Fair Value 
Open Trade Equity (Deficit)  $1,149,398   $(79,372)  $   $1,070,026 
Swap Contracts           19,697,168    19,697,168 
U.S. Treasury Securities   13,553,995            13,553,995 
                     
               Total 
December 31, 2017  Level 1 Inputs   Level 2 Inputs   Level 3 Inputs   Fair Value 
Open Trade Equity (Deficit)  $1,145,940   $422,474   $   $1,568,414 
Swap Contracts           21,208,838    21,208,838 
U.S. Treasury Securities   10,887,786            10,887,786 

 

The changes in Level 3 assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized in the following tables. Swap contract asset gains and losses (realized/unrealized) included in earnings are classified in “realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments – net unrealized gain/(loss) on swap contracts” on the statements of operations.

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   For the Six months ended June 30, 2018 
     
Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of January 1, 2018   21,208,838 
Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized):     
Included in earnings-realized    
Included in earnings-unrealized   1,588,330 
Proceeds from collateral reduction   (3,100,000)
Purchase of investments    
Sale of investments    
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3    
      
Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of June 30, 2018   19,697,168 
      
   For the Year ended December 31, 2017 
     
Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of January 1, 2017  $40,189,178 
Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized):     
Included in earnings-realized    
Included in earnings-unrealized   (402,290)
Proceeds from collateral reduction   (18,578,050)
Purchase of investments    
Sale of investments    
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3    
      
Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of December 31, 2017  $21,208,838 

 

The Trust assesses the levels of the investments at each measurement date, and transfers between levels are recognized on the actual date of the event or change in circumstances that caused the transfer in accordance with the Trust’s accounting policy regarding the recognition of transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy. During the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Trust did not transfer any assets between Levels 1, 2 and 3.

 

The total change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) included in the statements of operations attributable to level 3 investments still held at June 30, 2018:

 

Swap contracts  $1,588,330 

 

The total change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) included in the statements of operations attributable to level 3 investments still held at December 31, 2017:

 

Swap contracts  $(402,290)

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4.Swaps Contracts

 

In addition to authorizing Trading Advisors to manage pre-determined investment levels of futures and forward contracts, certain Series of the Trust will strategically invest a portion or all of their assets in total return swaps, selected at the direction of the Managing Owner. Total return swaps are privately negotiated contracts designed to provide investment returns linked to those produced by one or more investment products or indices. In a typical total return swap, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on one or more particular predetermined investments or instruments. The gross returns to be exchanged or “swapped” between the parties are calculated with respect to a “notional amount” (i.e., the amount or value of the underlying asset used in computing the particular interest rate, return, or other amount to be exchanged) in a particular investment, or in a “basket” of securities.

 

The Trust’s investment in swaps will likely differ substantially over time due to cash flows, portfolio management decisions and market movements. The swaps serve to diversify the investment holdings of the Trust and to provide access to programs and advisors that would not be otherwise available to the Trust, and are not used for hedging purposes.

 

The Managing Owner follows a procedure in selecting well-established financial institutions which the Managing Owner, in its sole discretion, considers to be reputable, reliable, financially responsible and well established to act as swap counterparties. The procedure includes due diligence review of documentation on all new and existing financial institution counterparties prior to initiation of the relationship, and quarterly ongoing review during the relationship, to ensure that counterparties meet the Managing Owner’s minimum credit requirements, the counterparty average rating being no less than an investment grade rating as defined by the rating agencies. As of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, approximately 1.34% or $1,180,900 and 3.80% or $4,284,450, respectively, of the Trust’s assets were deposited with over-the-counter counterparties in order to initiate and maintain swaps and is recorded as Swap Contracts, at fair value on the Statements of Financial Condition of the Trust. This cash held with the counterparty is not restricted.

 

The Trust strategically invests assets in one or more swaps linked to certain underlying investments or indices at the direction of the Managing Owner. The Trading Company in which the assets of the Trust will be invested will not own any of the investments or indices referenced by any swap entered into by the Trust. In addition, neither the swap counterparty nor any advisor referenced by any such swap is a Trading Advisor to the Trust.

 

The Trust had invested in the following swap contracts as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2018:

 

   XXXIV Balanced select swap         XXXV Diversified select swap         XXXVII L/S select swap         Brevan Howard
   Total Return Swap  Total Return Swap  Total Return Swap  Total Return Swap
Counterparty  DeutscheBank AG  DeutscheBank AG  DeutscheBank AG  DeutscheBank AG
Notional Amount  $11,735,292  $3,054,369  $653,610  $2,072,056
Termination Date  8/2/2018  8/2/2018  8/7/2018  3/27/2023
Cash Collateral  $86,000  $86,000  $29,950  $978,950
Swap Value  $10,384,609  $5,703,800  $402,975  $2,024,884
Investee Returns  Total Returns  Total Returns  Total Returns  Total Returns
Realized Gain/(Loss)  $0  $0  $0  $0
Change in Unrealized Gain/(Loss)  $1,129,650  $513,328  $35,886  ($90,533)
Fair Value as of June 30, 2018  $10,470,609  $5,789,800  $432,925  $3,003,834
Advance on swap appreciation  ($4,926,555)  ($2,500,000)  ($115,000)  ($1,900,000)

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The Trust had invested in the following swap contracts as of and for the year ended December 31, 2017:

 

   XXXIV Balanced select swap         XXXV Diversified select swap         XXXVII L/S select swap         XXXIX Brevan Howard
   Total Return Swap  Total Return Swap  Total Return Swap  Total Return Swap
Counterparty  DeutscheBank AG  DeutscheBank AG  DeutscheBank AG  DeutscheBank AG
Notional Amount  $13,373,629  $4,651,155  $653,610  $2,072,056
Termination Date  8/2/2018  8/2/2018  8/7/2018  3/26/2018
Cash Collateral  $2,086,000  $1,186,000  $29,950  $982,500
Swap Value  $9,254,959  $5,190,472  $367,089  $2,111,867
Investee Returns  Total Returns  Total Returns  Total Returns  Total Returns
Realized Gain/(Loss)  $0  $0  $0  $0
Change in Unrealized Gain/(Loss)  ($84,491)  ($47,375)  $26,621  ($297,047)
Fair Value as of 12/31/2017  $11,340,959  $6,376,472  $397,039  $3,094,367
Advance on swap appreciation  ($4,926,555)  ($2,500,000)  ($115,000)  ($1,900,000)

 

5.Investments in Private Investment Companies

 

Investments in private investment companies represent cash and open trade equity invested in the private investment companies as well as the cumulative trading profits or losses allocated to the Trust by the Private Investment Companies. Private investment companies allocate trading profits or losses on the basis of the proportion of the Trust’s capital allocated for trading to each respective Private Investment Company, which bears no relationship to the amount of cash invested by the Trust in the Private Investment Companies. Investments in private investment companies are valued using the NAV provided by the underlying private investment.

  

The Galaxy Plus entities are made up a feeder funds in which the Trust invests and master trading entities into which the feeder funds invest. No investment held by the Galaxy Plus master trading entity is greater than 5% of the Trust’s total capital.

 

The following table summarizes the Trust’s equity in earnings from each of the private investment companies during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:

 

       Thee Months Ended June 30, 2018           Three Months Ended June 30, 2017     
           Change in               Change in     
   Trading   Realized   Unrealized   Net Income   Trading   Realized   Unrealized   Net Income 
   Commissions   Gain/(Loss)   Gain/(Loss)   (Loss)   Commissions   Gain/(Loss)   Gain/(Loss)   (Loss) 
                                 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Aspect Feeder Fund (532) LLC  $(18,210)  $(211,229)  $96,828   $(132,611)  $(43,490)  $(360,324)  $(203,949)  $(607,763)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Chesapeake Feeder Fund (518) LLC                   (78,010)   (143,543)   (62,813)   (284,366)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Doherty Feeder Fund (528) LLC   (24,246)   204,335    (60,057)   120,032    (35,149)   136,451    (51,240)   50,062 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Emil van Essen STP Feeder Fund (516) LLC   (279,001)   (910,595)   1,645,342    455,746    (359,641)   1,915,649    (341,693)   1,214,315 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Fort Contrarian Feeder Fund (510) LLC   (24,197)   472,234    (87,469)   360,568    (80,271)   958,650    (1,127,955)   (249,576)
Galaxy Plus Fund - LRR Feeder Fund (522) LLC   (804)   (62)   (201,421)   (202,287)           (1,103,885)   (1,103,885)
Galaxy Plus Fund - QIM Feeder Fund (526) LLC   (57,884)   424,725    601,499    968,340    (156,995)   (182,145)   215,301    (123,839)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Quantmetrics Feeder Fund (527) LLC   (32,845)   (213,339)   26,389    (219,795)   (121,432)   105,059    (11,858)   (28,231)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Quest Feeder Fund (517) LLC   (15,080)   (107,644)   50,578    (72,146)   (27,397)   1,910,426    (1,894,086)   (11,057)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Quest FIT Feeder Fund (535) LLC           (49,181)   (49,181)           (334,584)   (334,584)
Galaxy Plus Fund - TT Feeder Fund (531) LLC   (20,302)   50,363    72,752    102,813    (26,272)   455,907    (997,236)   (567,601)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC   (240,251)   (74,466)   (104,759)   (419,476)   (272,608)   (820,414)   (1,247,592)   (2,340,614)
Total  $(712,820)  $(365,678)  $1,990,501   $912,003   $(1,201,265)  $3,975,716   $(7,161,590)  $(4,387,139)

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       Six Months Ended June 30, 2018           Six Months Ended June 30, 2017     
           Change in               Change in     
   Trading   Realized   Unrealized   Net Income   Trading   Realized   Unrealized   Net Income 
   Commissions   Gain/(Loss)   Gain/(Loss)   (Loss)   Commissions   Gain/(Loss)   Gain/(Loss)   (Loss) 
                                 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Aspect Feeder Fund (532) LLC  $(68,124)  $(282,837)  $9,237   $(341,724)  $(83,685)  $(636,904)  $28,297   $(692,292)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Chesapeake Feeder Fund (518) LLC       (76,396)   68,413    (7,983)   (166,385)   (416,417)   624,463    41,661 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Doherty Feeder Fund (528) LLC   (51,029)   (229,609)   2,223    (278,415)   (87,250)   241,203    (56,055)   97,898 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Emil van Essen STP Feeder Fund (516) LLC   (521,358)   929,287    (178,780)   229,149    (1,107,801)   2,788,186    1,239,617    2,920,002 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Fort Contrarian Feeder Fund (510) LLC   (53,977)   (151,779)   19,215    (186,541)   (168,674)   1,725,922    (616,019)   941,229 
Galaxy Plus Fund - LRR Feeder Fund (522) LLC   (804)   (62)   (54,811)   (55,677)   (570,790)       (1,045,200)   (1,615,990)
Galaxy Plus Fund - QIM Feeder Fund (526) LLC   (115,169)   (944,354)   62,600    (996,923)   (1,731,202)   6,324,463    (698,534)   3,894,727 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Quantmetrics Feeder Fund (527) LLC   (99,908)   (98,637)   17,730    (180,815)   (289,593)   789,927    340,209    840,543 
Galaxy Plus Fund - Quest Feeder Fund (517) LLC   (29,450)   (83,146)   6,332    (106,264)   (68,406)   2,476,474    (3,156,838)   (748,770)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Quest FIT Feeder Fund (535) LLC           (76,792)   (76,792)           (1,045,438)   (1,045,438)
Galaxy Plus Fund - TT Feeder Fund (531) LLC   (95,405)   (147,216)   (333,152)   (575,773)   (26,272)   455,907    (997,235)   (567,600)
Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC   (543,620)   (4,460,709)   195,593    (4,808,736)   (304,329)   (774,633)   (1,212,236)   (2,291,198)
Total  $(1,578,844)  $(5,545,458)  $(262,192)  $(7,386,494)  $(4,604,387)  $12,974,128   $(6,594,969)  $1,774,772 

 

The Trust’s investments in private investment companies have certain redemption and liquidity restrictions which are described in the following table:

 

   Redemptions  Redemptions  Liquidity
   Notice Period         Permitted         Restrictions
Frontier Funds         
Multi-Strategy         
Galaxy Plus Fund - EvE STP Feeder Fund (516) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - LRR Feeder Fund (522) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - Quantmetrics Feeder Fund (527) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - Welton GDP Feeder Fund (538) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Trend Following         
Galaxy Plus Fund - Aspect Feeder Fund (532) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - Fort Contrarian Feeder Fund (510) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - QIM Feeder Fund (526) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - Quest Feeder Fund (517) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - QuestFIT Feeder Fund (535) Segregated Portfolio  24 hours  Daily  None
Galaxy Plus Fund - TT Feeder Fund (531) LLC  24 hours  Weekly  None
Option Trading         
Galaxy Plus Fund - Doherty Feeder Fund (528) LLC  24 hours  Daily  None

 

6.Transactions with Affiliates

 

The Managing Owner contributes funds to the Trust in order to have a 1% interest in the aggregate capital, profits and losses and in return will receive units designated as general units in the Series of the Trust in which the Managing Owner invests such funds. The general units may only be purchased by the Managing Owner and may be subject to no advisory fees or management advisory fees at reduced rates. Otherwise, the general units hold the same rights as the limited units. The Managing Owner is required to maintain at least a 1% interest (“Minimum Purchase Commitment”) in the aggregate capital, profits and losses of the Trust so long as it is acting as the Managing Owner of the Trust. Such contribution was made by the Managing Owner before trading commenced for the Trust and will be maintained throughout the existence of the Trust, and the Managing Owner will make such purchases as are necessary to effect this requirement. Additionally, the Managing Owner agreed with certain regulatory bodies to maintain a 1% interest specifically in the Frontier Balanced Fund Class 1AP Units and Frontier Balanced Fund Class 2a Units, aggregated, and each of the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund, Frontier Diversified Fund, and Frontier Masters Fund. The 1% interest in these specific Series of the Trust is included in computing the Minimum Purchase Commitment in aggregate capital. In addition to the general units the Managing Owner receives in respect of its Minimum Purchase Commitment, the Managing Owner may purchase limited units in any Series as a Limited Owner. Principals of the Managing Owner or affiliates are allowed to own beneficial interests in the Trust, as well. All units purchased by the Managing Owner are held for investment purposes only and not for resale. The Managing Owner may make purchases or redemptions at any time on the same terms as any Limited Owner. The Trust has and will continue to have certain relationships with the Managing Owner and its affiliates.

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Expenses

 

Management Fees—Each Series of Units pays to the Managing Owner a monthly management fee equal to a percentage of the notional assets of such Series allocated to Trading Companies, calculated on a daily basis. The percentage basis of the fees varies and are in line with the amounts being disclosed below. In addition, the Managing Owner receives a monthly management equal to a certain percentage of the assets in the Galaxy Plus entities attributable to such Series’ (including notional assets), calculated on a monthly basis. The management fees attributable to Galaxy Plus entities are included in unrealized gain/(loss) on private investment companies on the Statements of Operations. The total amount of assets of a Series allocated to Trading Advisors and/or reference programs, including (i) actual funds deposited in accounts directed by the Trading Advisors or deposited as margin in respect of swaps or other derivative instruments referencing a reference program plus (ii) any notional equity allocated to the Trading Advisors and any reference programs, is referred to herein as the “notional assets” of the Series. The annual rate of the management fee is: 0.5% for the Frontier Balanced Fund Class 1 and Class 2, 1.0% for the Frontier Balanced Fund Class 1AP, Class 2a and Class 3a, 2.0% for the Frontier Winton Fund, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund Class 1a, Class 2a and Class 3a and Frontier Masters Fund, 0.75% for Frontier Diversified Fund, 2.5% for the Frontier Heritage Fund and Frontier Select Fund, and 3.5% for the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund Class 2 and Class 3. The Managing Owner may pay all or a portion of such management fees to the Trading Advisor(s) and/or waive (up to the percentage specified) any such management fee to the extent any related management fee is paid by a trading company or estimated management fee is embedded in a swap or other derivative instrument. Any management fee embedded in a swap or other derivative instrument may be greater or less than the management fee that would otherwise be charged to the Series by the Managing Owner. As of the date of this report, for a Series that has invested in a swap, the Managing Owner or Trading Advisor(s) do not receive any management fees directly from the Series for such swap, and instead the relevant Trading Advisor receives compensation via the fees embedded in the swap. As of June 30, 2018, the range of management fees embedded based on fair value of swaps in (i) swaps owned by Frontier Diversified Fund was 1.00% per annum, (ii) swaps owned by Frontier Balanced Fund was 1.00% per annum, (iii) swaps owned by Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund was 1.50% per annum, and (iv) swaps owned by Frontier Heritage Fund was 1.00% per annum, and the Managing Owner has waived the entire management fee due to it from those Series in respect of such Series’ investment in swaps. These embedded management fees may be higher or lower in the future.

 

The management fee as a percentage of the applicable Series’ notional assets will be greater than the percentage of the applicable Series’ net asset value to the extent that the notional assets of the Series exceeds its net asset value. The Managing Owner expects that the notional assets of each Series will generally be maintained at a level in excess of the net asset value of such Series and such excess may be substantial to the extent the Managing Owner deems necessary to achieve the desired level of volatility.

 

Trading Fees— In connection with each Series’ trading activities the Frontier Balanced Fund, Frontier Select Fund, Frontier Winton Fund and Frontier Heritage Fund pays to the Managing Owner an FCM Fee of up to 2.25% per annum of notional assets allocated to the trading advisors, including through investments in commodity pools available on the Galaxy Plus Platform, and any reference programs of the applicable Series. The Frontier Diversified Fund, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund and Frontier Masters Fund pays to the Managing Owner an FCM Fee of up to 2.25% of notional assets allocated to the trading advisors, including through investments in commodity pools available on the Galaxy Plus Platform, and a custodial/due diligence fee of 0.12% of such Series’ NAV, calculated daily.

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Incentive Fees— Some Series pay to the Managing Owner an incentive fee of a certain percentage of new net trading profits generated in the Trading Companies by such Series, monthly or quarterly. In addition, the Managing Owner receives a quarterly incentive fee of a certain percentage of new net trading profits generated in the Galaxy Plus entities that have been allocated to the Series. The incentive fees attributable to Galaxy Plus entities are included in unrealized gain/(loss) on private investment companies on the Statements of Operations. Because the Frontier Balanced Fund, Frontier Diversified Fund, Frontier Masters Fund, Frontier Heritage Fund, Frontier Select Fund, and Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund may each employ multiple Trading Advisors, these Series will pay the Managing Owner a monthly incentive fee calculated on a Trading Advisor by Trading Advisor basis. It is therefore possible that in any given period the Series may pay incentive fees to the Managing Owner for one or more Trading Advisors while each of these Series as a whole experiences losses. The incentive fee is 25% for the Frontier Balanced Fund and the Frontier Diversified Fund and 20% for the Frontier Winton Fund, Frontier Heritage Fund, Frontier Select Fund, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund and Frontier Masters Fund. The Managing Owner may pay all or a portion of such incentive fees to the Trading Advisor(s) for such Series. As of the date of this report, for a Series that has invested in a swap, the Managing Owner or Trading Advisor(s) do not receive any incentive fees directly from the Series for such swap, and instead the relevant Trading Advisor receives compensation via the fees embedded in the swap. As of June 30, 2018, the range of incentive fees as a percentage of net new trading profits on swaps embedded in (i) swaps owned by Frontier Diversified Fund was 20-25% per annum, (ii) swaps owned by Frontier Balanced Fund was 20-25% per annum, (iii) swaps owned by Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund was 25% per annum, and (iv) swaps owned by Frontier Heritage Fund was 15% per annum, and the Managing Owner has waived the entire incentive fee due to it from those Series in respect of such Series’ investment in swaps. These embedded incentive fees may be higher or lower in the future.

 

Service Fees—In addition, with respect to Class 1 and Class 1a Units of each Series of the Trust, as applicable, the Series pays monthly or quarterly to the Managing Owner a service fee of up to 3% and 2% annually, for the closed Series and open Series, respectively, which the Managing Owner pays to selling agents of the Trust.

 

As of June 30, 2018, the Trust had a payable to the Managing Owner in the amounts of $0, $75,630, $21,505, $109,218, and $238,410 for incentive fees, management fees, interest, trading fees, and service fees, respectively.

 

As of December 31, 2017, the Trust had a payable to the Managing Owner in the amounts of $53,036, $90,972, $26,007, $334,485 and $148,445 for incentive fees, management fees, interest, trading fees, and service fees, respectively.

 

For the three months ended June 30, 2018 the Trust paid the Managing Owner $0, $230,232, $411,318 and $761,690 for incentive fees, management fees, service fees, and trading fees, respectively.

 

For the three months ended June 30, 2017, the Trust paid the Managing Owner $(87,670), $684,035, $689,028 and $1,595,112 for incentive fees, management fees, service fees, and trading fees, respectively.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2018 the Trust paid the Managing Owner $148,409, $461,121, $877,096 and $1,632,215 for incentive fees, management fees, service fees, and trading fees, respectively.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Trust paid the Managing Owner $(205,571), $1,212,823, $1,433,011 and $3,126,515 for incentive fees, management fees, service fees, and trading fees, respectively.

 

With respect to the service fees, the initial service fee (for the first 12 months) relating to a purchase of Units by an investor is prepaid by the Managing Owner to the relevant selling agent in the month following such purchase and is reimbursed therefore by the Series monthly in arrears in an amount based upon a corresponding percentage of NAV, calculated daily. Consequently, the Managing Owner bears the risk and enjoys the benefit of the upside potential of any difference between the amount of the initial service fee prepaid by it and the amount of the reimbursement thereof, which may result from variations in NAV over the following 12 months. For the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, amounts received or receivable from the Managing Owner for the difference in monthly service fees from the prepaid initial service fees were $0 and $0, respectively.

 

Aggregate interest income from all sources, including U.S. Treasury Securities assets net of premiums and cash held at clearing brokers, of up to the first 2% (annualized) is paid to the Managing Owner by the Frontier Balanced Fund (Class 1 and Class 2), Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund (Class 2 and Class 3), Frontier Winton Fund, Frontier Select Fund, and Frontier Heritage Fund. For the Frontier Diversified Fund, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund (Class 1a, Class 2a, Class 3a only), Frontier Masters Fund, and Frontier Balanced Fund (Class 1AP, Class 2a and Class 3a) 100% of the interest is retained by the respective Series. During the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, the Trust paid $100,968 and $272,752, respectively of such interest income to the Managing Owner. Such amounts are not included in the consolidated statements of operations of the Trust. All other interest income is recorded by the Trust on the consolidated statements of operations.

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7.Financial Highlights

 

The following information presents the financial highlights of the Trust for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017. This data has been derived from the information presented in the consolidated financial statements.

 

Three months ended        
   2018   2017 
Ratios to average net assets (1)          
Net investment gain/(loss) (1)   -5.90%   -7.26%
Expenses before incentive fees (3)   6.14%   7.26%
Expenses after incentive fees (3)   6.14%   7.31%
           
Total return before incentive fees (2)   0.49%   -5.57%
Total return after incentive fees (2)   0.49%   -5.52%
           
Six months ended        
   2018   2017 
         
Ratios to average net assets (1)          
Net investment gain/(loss) (1)   -6.03%   -6.27%
Expenses before incentive fees (3)   6.12%   6.44%
Expenses after incentive fees (3)   6.27%   6.33%
           
Total return before incentive fees (2)   -9.74%   -3.66%
Total return after incentive fees (2)   -9.89%   -3.55%

 

(1)Annualized with the exception of incentive fees.
(2)Total returns are not annualized.
(3)Expense ratios do not reflect interest allocated to the Managing Owner as such expenses are not included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations of the Trust. See footnote 5.

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The Trust financial highlights are calculated based upon the Trust’s consolidated financial statements. The consolidated Trust does not issue units and therefore the financial highlights do not disclose any unitized data.

 

8.Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

 

The Trust’s primary business is to engage in speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of futures, forwards (including interbank foreign currencies), options contracts and other derivative instruments (including swap contracts). The Trust does not enter into or hold positions for hedging purposes as defined under ASC 815. The detail of the fair value of the Trust’s derivatives by instrument types as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 is included in the Consolidated Condensed Schedules of Investments. See Note 4 for further disclosure related to the Trust’s positions in swap contracts.

 

For the three months ended June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2017, the monthly average of forwards, options and futures contracts bought was approximately 707 and 8,309, respectively and sold was approximately 613 and 8,305, respectively.

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The following tables summarize the trading revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 by sector:

 

Realized Trading Revenue from Futures, Forwards and Options
for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2018

 

Type of contract    
     
Metals  $110,822 
Currencies   (735,456)
Energies   1,237,113 
Agriculturals   154,718 
Interest rates   132,403 
Stock indices   (183,740)
Realized trading income/(loss)(1)  $715,860 

 

Realized Trading Revenue from Futures, Forwards and Options
for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2017

 

Type of contract    
     
Metals  $(570,768)
Currencies   (2,143,294)
Energies   (950,808)
Agriculturals   1,082,959 
Interest rates   (1,564,619)
Stock indices   2,025,166 
Realized trading income/(loss)(1)  $(2,121,364)

 

(1)Amounts recorded in the Statements of Operations under Net realized gain/(loss) on futures, forwards, and options

 

Unrealized Trading Revenue from Futures, Forwards and Options
for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2018

  

Type of contract    
     
Metals  $206,966 
Currencies   (9,676)
Energies   (90,184)
Agriculturals   (21,184)
Interest rates   72,443 
Stock indices   91,312 
Change in unrealized trading income/(loss)(1)  $249,677 

 

Unrealized Trading Revenue from Futures, Forwards and Options
for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2017

  

Type of contract    
     
Metals  $(198,389)
Currencies   (239,580)
Energies   (22,496)
Agriculturals   (577,434)
Interest rates   (144,507)
Stock indices   49,566 
Change in unrealized trading income/(loss)(1)  $(1,132,840)

 

(1)Amounts recorded in the Statements of Operations under Net change in open trade equity/(deficit)

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Realized Trading Revenue from Futures, Forwards and Options
for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018

 

Type of contract    
     
Metals  $286,692 
Currencies   (1,063,187)
Energies   972,529 
Agriculturals   (9,340)
Interest rates   (46,591)
Stock indices   (178,994)
Realized trading income/(loss)(1)  $(38,891)

 

Realized Trading Revenue from Futures, Forwards and Options
for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2017

 

Type of contract    
     
Metals  $(1,284,897)
Currencies   (1,824,831)
Energies   (1,767,386)
Agriculturals   480,386 
Interest rates   (2,391,866)
Stock indices   6,771,415 
Realized trading income/(loss)(1)  $(17,179)

 

(1)Amounts recorded in the Statements of Operations under Net realized gain/(loss) on futures, forwards, and options

 

Unrealized Trading Revenue from Futures, Forwards and Options
for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018

 

Type of contract    
     
Metals  $(382,688)
Currencies   (278,092)
Energies   (61,956)
Agriculturals   21,007 
Interest rates   384,926 
Stock indices   (197,437)
Change in unrealized trading income/(loss)(1)  $(514,240)

 

Unrealized Trading Revenue from Futures, Forwards and Options
for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2017

 

Type of contract    
     
Metals  $(187,544)
Currencies   (994,318)
Energies   (318,845)
Agriculturals   (345,693)
Interest rates   (938,210)
Stock indices   (86,217)
Change in unrealized trading income/(loss)(1)  $(2,870,827)

 

(1)Amounts recorded in the Statements of Operations under Net change in open trade equity/(deficit)

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Certain financial instruments and derivative instruments are eligible for offset in the statements of financial condition under GAAP. The Trust’s open trade equity/(deficit), options written, and receivables from futures commission merchants (each, an “FCM”) are subject to master netting arrangements and collateral arrangements and meet the GAAP guidance to qualify for offset. A master netting arrangement with a counterparty creates a right of offset for amounts due to and from that same counterparty that is enforceable in the event of a default or bankruptcy. The Trust’s policy is to recognize amounts subject to master netting arrangements on a net basis on the consolidated statements of financial condition.

  

The following tables present gross and net information about the Trust’s assets and liabilities subject the master netting arrangements as disclosed on the consolidated statements of financial condition as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017:

 

As of June 30, 2018          Net Amounts 
       Gross Amounts   Presented in the 
   Gross Amounts of   offset in the   Statements of 
   recognized   Statements of   Financial 
   Derivative Assets   Financial   Condition 
             
Open Trade Equity/(Deficit)  $1,882,018   $(811,992)  $1,070,026 
Swap Contracts   19,697,168        19,697,168 
                
As of December 31, 2017          Net Amounts 
       Gross Amounts   Presented in the 
       offset in the   Consolidated 
   Gross Amounts   Consolidated   Statements of 
   of recognized   Statements of   Financial 
   Derivative Assets   Financial Condition   Condition 
             
Open Trade Equity/(Deficit)  $2,758,014   $(1,189,600)  $1,568,414 
Swap Contracts   21,208,838        21,208,838 

 

9.Trading Activities and Related Risks

 

The purchase and sale of futures and options on futures contracts require margin deposits with FCMs. Additional deposits may be necessary for any loss on contract value. The CEA requires an FCM to segregate all customer transactions and assets from the FCM’s proprietary activities. A customer’s cash and other property (for example, U.S. treasury bills) deposited with an FCM are considered commingled with all other customer funds subject to the FCM’s segregation requirements. In the event of an FCM’s insolvency, recovery may be limited to a pro rata share of segregated funds available. It is possible that the recovered amount could be less than the total of cash and other property deposited.

 

The term “off-balance sheet risk” refers to an unrecorded potential liability that, even though it does not appear on the statements of financial condition, may result in future obligation or loss in excess of the amount paid by the Series for a particular investment. Each Trading Company and Galaxy Plus entity expects to trade in futures, options, forward and swap contracts and will therefore be a party to financial instruments with elements of off-balance sheet market and credit risk. In entering into these contracts, there exists a market risk that such contracts may be significantly influenced by market conditions, such as interest rate volatility, resulting in such contracts being less valuable. If the markets should move against all of the futures positions held by a Trading Company or Galaxy Plus entity in respect of any Series at the same time, and if the Trading Advisor(s) of such Trading Company or Galaxy Plus entity are unable to offset such futures interests positions, such Trading Company or Galaxy Plus entity could lose all of its assets and the holders of Units of such Series would realize a 100% loss. The Managing Owner will seek to minimize market risk through real-time monitoring of open positions and the level of diversification of each Trading Advisor’s portfolio. It is anticipated that any Trading Advisor’s margin-to-equity ratio will typically not exceed approximately 35% although the actual ratio could be higher or lower from time to time.

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In addition to market risk, trading futures, forward and swap contracts entails credit risk that a counterparty will not be able to meet its obligations to a Trading Company or Galaxy Plus entity. The counterparty for futures contracts traded in the United States and on most foreign exchanges is the clearinghouse associated with such exchange. In general, clearinghouses are backed by the corporate members of the clearinghouse who are required to share any financial burden resulting from the non-performance by one of their members and, as such, should significantly reduce this credit risk. In cases where the clearinghouse is not backed by the clearing members, like some foreign exchanges, it is normally backed by a consortium of banks or other financial institutions. Some non-U.S. exchanges, in contrast to U.S. exchanges, are principals’ markets in which performance is the responsibility only of the individual counterparty with whom the Trading Company has entered into the transaction, and not of the exchange or clearing corporation. In these kinds of markets, there is risk of bankruptcy or other failure or refusal to perform by the counterparty.

 

In the case of forward contracts traded on the interbank market and swaps, neither is traded on exchanges. The counterparty is generally a single bank or other financial institution, rather than a group of financial institutions; thus, there may be a greater counterparty credit risk. The Managing Owner expects the Trading Advisors to trade only with those counterparties which it believes to be creditworthy. All positions of each Trading Company will be valued each day on a mark-to-market basis. There can be no assurance that any clearing member, clearinghouse or other counterparty will be able to meet its obligations to any Trading Company.

 

The Managing Owner has established procedures to actively monitor and minimize market and credit risks. The Limited Owners bear the risk of loss only to the extent of the market value of their respective investments and, in certain specific circumstances, distributions and redemptions received.

 

10.Indemnifications and Guarantees

 

The Trust has entered into agreements, which provide for the indemnification of futures clearing brokers, and commodity trading advisers, among others, against losses, costs, claims and liabilities arising from the performance of their individual obligations under such agreements, except for gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The Trust has had no prior claims or payments pursuant to these agreements. The Trust’s individual maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience the Trust expects the risk of loss to be remote. Maximum exposure is unfulfilled obligations of the Trust up to the amount of equity at risk with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC. The Trust has not recorded any liability for the guarantees in the accompanying financial statements as it expects any possibility of losses to be remote. The Trust has not recorded any liability for the indemnifications in the accompanying financial statements as it expects any possibility of losses to be remote.

 

11.Subsequent Events

 

On July 26, 2018, the swaps terminating on August 2, 2018 and August 7, 2018 were extended to July 31, 2023. 

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

 

Introduction

 

The following discussion and analysis contain forward-looking statements about the Managing Owner’s expectations of what may happen in the future. Forward-looking statements are based on a number of assumptions and estimates that are inherently subject to significant risks and uncertainties, and our results could differ materially from the results anticipated by our forward-looking statements as a result of many known or unknown factors, including, but not limited to, those factors discussed in “Risk Factors.” See also the “Special Note About Forward-Looking Statements” set forth at the beginning of this report.

 

The following discussion and tables should be read in conjunction with our unaudited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in this quarterly report and our 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

Overview

 

The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust formed on August 8, 2003. The Trust is a multi-advisor commodity pool, as described in CFTC Regulation § 4.10(d)(2). The Trust is authorized to issue multiple Series of Units, pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Act. The assets of each Series are held and accounted for in separate and distinct records separately from the assets of other Series. The Trust is managed by the Managing Owner, and its term will expire on December 31, 2053 (unless terminated earlier in certain circumstances). 

 

The Trust, with respect to each Series of Units, engages in the speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of futures, forward (including interbank foreign currencies) and options contracts and other derivative instruments (including swaps). The Trust allocates funds to affiliated Trading Companies and Galaxy Plus entities, each of which has one-year renewable contracts with its own independent Trading Advisor(s) that will manage all or a portion of the applicable Trading Company’s or Galaxy Plus entity’s assets, and make the trading decisions for the assets of each Series vested in such Trading Company or Gemini Plus entity. The assets of each Trading Company and Galaxy Plus entity will be segregated from the assets of each other Trading Company and Galaxy Plus entity. The Trust has an investment objective of increasing the value of the Units over the long term (capital appreciation), while controlling risk and volatility; further, to offer exposure to the investment programs of individual Trading Advisors and to specific instruments (currencies). For additional overview of the Trust’s structure and business activities, see Item 1.

 

All management fees, incentive fees, service fees, risk analysis fee (for closed Series only) and trading fees of the Trust are paid to the Managing Owner. It is the responsibility of the Managing Owner to pay all Trading Advisor management and incentive fees, selling agent service fees and all other operating expenses and continuing offering costs of the Trust. Only management fees and incentive fees related to assets allocated through Trading Companies are included in expense on the Statement of Operations. The Series are all charged management and incentive fees on the assets allocated through the Galaxy Plus entities. Those fees are included in unrealized gain/(loss) on private investment companies on the Statements of Operations. As of the date of this report, for a Series that has invested in a swap, the Managing Owner or Trading Advisor(s) do not receive any incentive fees directly from the Series for such swap, and instead the relevant Trading Advisor receives compensation via the fees embedded in the swap. In each case, the embedded incentive fee was accrued based on the net new trading profits of the swap. The Series are also charged management and incentive fees on assets allocated to swaps. Such fees are embedded in the fair value of the swap and are included in net unrealized gain (loss) on swap contracts on the Statements of Operations. Embedded in the swap fair value is management and incentive fees being paid to Trading Advisors. As of June 30, 2018, the management fees and range of incentive fees by Trading Company were as follows:

 

Trading Company  Management Fee   Incentive Fee 
Frontier Trading Company XXXIV LLC   1%   20-25%
Frontier Trading Company XXXV LLC   1%   20-25%
Frontier Trading Company XXXVII LLC   1.5%   25%
Frontier Trading Company XXXIX LLC   1%   15%

 

For further discussion of fees paid by the Trust, see Item 1-Notes 2 and 6 “Significant Accounting Policies” and “Transactions with Affiliates”, respectively, in the Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) requires the Managing Owner to adopt accounting policies and make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the Trust’s financial statements. The Trust’s most significant accounting policy, described below, includes the valuation of its futures and forward contracts, options contracts, swap contracts, U.S. treasury securities and investments in unconsolidated Trading Companies and Galaxy Plus entities, The majority of these investments are exchange traded contracts valued upon exchange settlement prices or non-exchange traded contracts and obligations with valuation based on third-party quoted dealer values on the Interbank market.

 

The Trust’s other significant accounting policies are described in detail in Note 2 of the financial statements.

 

Investment Transactions and Valuation

 

The Managing Owner has evaluated the nature and type of transactions processed and estimates that it makes in preparing the Trust’s financial statements and related disclosures and has adopted Accounting Standard Codification ( “ASC”) 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure, and implemented the framework for measuring fair value for assets and liabilities.

 

The Trust utilizes valuation techniques that are consistent with the market approach per the requirement of ASC 820 for the valuation of futures (exchange traded) contracts, forward (non-exchange traded) contracts, option contracts, swap contracts and other non-cash assets. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities. The Trust applies the valuation techniques in a consistent manner for each asset or liability. The Trust records all investments at fair value in its Statements of Financial Condition, with changes in fair value reported as a component of net gain/(loss) on investments in the Statements of Operations.

 

Inputs to valuation techniques refer to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the assets or liabilities. Inputs may be observable, meaning those that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the financial asset or liability based on market data obtained from independent sources, or unobservable, meaning those that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the financial asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances.

 

In addition, the Trust monitors counterparty credit risk and incorporates any identified risk factors when assigning input levels to underlying financial assets or liabilities. In that regard ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy for valuation inputs that gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical financial assets and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. A full disclosure of the fair value hierarchy is presented in Note 3 of the financial statements—Fair Value Measurements.

 

Selection and Replacement of Trading Advisors

 

The Managing Owner is responsible for the selection, retention and termination of the trading advisors and reference programs on behalf of each Series. The actual allocation among trading advisors for each Series will vary based upon the relative trading performance of the trading advisors and/or reference programs, and the Managing Owner may otherwise vary such percentages from time to time in its sole discretion. The Managing Owner will adjust its allocations and rebalance the portfolio of any Series among trading advisors to maintain weightings that it believes will most likely achieve capital growth within the investment guidelines of the relevant Series.

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The Managing Owner utilizes certain quantitative and qualitative analysis in connection with the identification, evaluation and selection of the trading advisors. The Managing Owner’s proprietary and commercial analytical software programs and comprehensive trading advisor database provide the quantitative basis for the trading advisor selection, portfolio implementation process, and ongoing risk management, monitoring, and review.

 

The Managing Owner’s research department is continually refining ways to assimilate vast amounts of trading advisor performance data and due-diligence information. The proprietary and commercial database of alternative investment programs is always increasing. Research team members regularly interact with trading advisors throughout the due diligence and monitoring process. Only those programs that have met strict quantitative and qualitative review are considered as potential managers of client assets. Following is a summary of the quantitative and qualitative analysis:

 

Quantitative Analysis

 

The Managing Owner’s analytical software system applies a variety of statistical measures towards the evaluation of current and historical advisor performance data. Statistical measures include but are not limited to: (1) risk/reward analysis, (2) time window analysis, (3) risk analysis, (4) correlation analysis, (5) statistical overlays and (6) performance cycle analysis.

 

Qualitative Analysis

 

Although quantitative analysis statistically identifies the top performing trading advisors, qualitative analysis plays a major role in the trading advisor evaluation and final selection process. Each trading advisor in the Managing Owner’s top decile universe initially undergoes extensive qualitative review by the Managing Owner’s research department, as well as continual monitoring. This analysis generally includes, but is not limited to: (1) preliminary information and due diligence, (2) background review, (3) extensive due diligence questionnaires and (4) written review and periodic updates. This information allows a thorough review of each trading advisor’s trading philosophy, trading systems and corporate structure.

 

Multi-Manager Approach

 

A multi-manager approach to portfolio management provides diversification of trading advisors and access to broader global markets. Multiple trading advisors can provide diversification across trading methodologies, trading time horizons, and markets traded. Additionally, multi-manager portfolios tend to provide a greater level of professional management with ongoing risk management and review. The result can be more consistent returns with lower volatility.

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The trading system of each of the major commodity Trading Advisors and the means by which the Series access those Trading Advisors are as follows:

 

Major Commodity Trading Advisor          Trading System Style          Accessed Through
       
Aspect Capital Limited  Systematic  Galaxy Plus
Beach Horizon  Systematic  Trading Company
BH-DG Systematic Trading LLP  Systematic  Swap
Crabel Capital Partners LLPC  Systematic  Swap
Doherty Advisors, LLC  Discretionary  Galaxy Plus
Emil Van Essen, LLC  Discretionary  Galaxy Plus
Fort, L.P.  Systematic  Galaxy Plus
H2O Asset Management  Systematic  Swap
J E Moody & Company  Systematic  Swap
Landmark Trading Company  Discretionary  Galaxy Plus
Quantitative Investment Management, LLC  Systematic  Galaxy Plus
Quantmetrics Capital Management LLP  Systematic  Galaxy Plus
Quest Partners LLC  Systematic  Galaxy Plus
Red Oak Commodity Advisors, Inc.  Discretionary  Galaxy Plus
Rosetta Capital Management, LLC  Discretionary  Galaxy Plus
Transtrend B.V.  Systematic  Galaxy Plus
Welton Investment Partners LLC  Systematic  Galaxy Plus
Winton Capital Management Ltd.  Systematic  Trading Company

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As of June 30, 2018, the allocation of the assets of each applicable Series of the Trust between the Trading Advisors was as follows:

 

Allocation as of June 30, 2018 (expressed as a percentage of aggregate notional exposure to commodity trading programs)
                             
       Frontier                     
   Frontier   Long/Short   Frontier   Frontier       Frontier   Frontier 
   Diversified   Commodity   Masters   Balanced   Frontier   Winton   Heritage 
Advisor  Fund   Fund   Fund   Fund   Select Fund   Fund   Fund 
Aspect Capital Limited   3%           4%            
Beach Horizon               4%            
BH-DG Systematic Trading LLP                   19%       16%
Crabel Capital Partners, LLPC   5%           4%            
Doherty   5%             4%               
Emil Van Essen, LLC   11%   28%   27%   10%            
Fort, L.P.   11%           12%            
H2O Asset Management   13%           16%            
J E Moody & Company       13%                    
Landmark   1%   3%        1%               
Quantitative Investment Management, LLC   13%           13%            
Quantmetrics Capital Management LLP   8%           7%            
Quest Partners LLC   3%            1%               
Red Oak Commodity Advisors, Inc.       5%                    
Rosetta Capital Management, LLC       26%                    
Transtrend B.V.           16%       35%        
Welton Investment Partners LLC   14%   25%   25%   13%   46%       40%
Winton Capital Management Ltd.   13%       32%   11%       100%   44%

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

The Trust will raise additional capital only through the sale of Units offered pursuant to the continuing offering, and does not intend to raise any capital through borrowing. Due to the nature of the Trust’s business, it makes no capital expenditures and has no capital assets that are not operating capital or assets.

 

The Managing Owner is responsible for the payment of all of the ordinary expenses associated with the organization of the Trust and the offering of each Series of Units, except for the initial and ongoing service fee, if any, and no Series will be required to reimburse these expenses. As a result, 100% of each Series’ offering proceeds are initially available for that Series’ trading activities.

 

A portion of each Trading Company’s assets is used as margin to maintain that Trading Company’s forward currency contract positions, and another portion is deposited in cash in segregated accounts in the name of each Trading Company maintained for each Trading Company at the clearing brokers in accordance with CFTC segregation requirements. At June 30, 2018, cash deposited at the clearing brokers was $9,715,070 for the Trust. The clearing brokers are expected to credit each Trading Company with approximately 80%-100% of the interest earned on its average net assets on deposit with the clearing brokers each month. Currently, with the Federal Funds target rate at 1.75% to 2.00%, this amount is estimated to be 1.75%. In an attempt to increase interest income earned, the Managing Owner also may invest the non-margin assets in U.S. government securities which include any security issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the U.S., or by a person controlled by or supervised by and acting as an instrumentality of the government of the U.S. pursuant to authority granted by Congress or any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing, including U.S. treasury bonds, U.S. treasury bills and issues of agencies of the U.S. government, and certain cash items such as money market funds and time deposits. Aggregate interest income from all sources, including assets held at clearing brokers, of up to 2% (annualized) is paid to the Managing Owner by the Frontier Balanced Fund (Class 1 and Class 2 only), Frontier Winton Fund, Frontier Select Fund, and Frontier Heritage Fund. For the Frontier Diversified Fund, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund (Class 1a, Class 2a, Class 3a only), Frontier Masters Fund and Frontier Balanced Fund (Class 1AP, Class 2a and Class 3a), 20% of the total interest allocated to the Series was paid to the Managing Owner from January 1, 2016 through April 28, 2016; thereafter 100% of the interest is retained by the respective Series. The amount reflected in the financial statements for the Trust and Series are disclosed on a net basis. Due to some classes not exceeding the 2% paid to the Managing Owner, amounts earned by those classes may be zero.

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Approximately 10% to 30% of the Trust’s assets are expected to be committed as required margin for futures contracts and forwards and options trading and held by the respective broker, although the amount committed may vary significantly. Such assets are maintained in the form of cash or U.S. treasury bills in segregated accounts with the futures broker pursuant to the Commodity Exchange Act and regulations there under. Approximately 2% to 6% of the Trust’s assets are expected to be deposited with over-the-counter counterparties in order to initiate and maintain forward and swap contracts. Such assets are not held in segregation or otherwise regulated under the Commodity Exchange Act, unless such over-the-counter counterparty is registered as a futures commission merchant. These assets are held either in U.S. government securities or short-term time deposits with U.S.-regulated bank affiliates of the over-the-counter counterparties. The remaining approximately 64% to 88% of the Trust’s assets will normally be invested in cash equivalents and short-term investments, such as money market funds and time deposits and held by the clearing broker, the over-the-counter counterparties and by U.S. federally chartered banks. As of June 30, 2018, total cash and cash equivalents held at banking institutions were $175,643 for the Frontier Diversified Fund, $93,070 for the Frontier Masters Fund, $64,571 for the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund, $313,542 for the Frontier Balanced Fund, $42,141 for the Frontier Select Fund, $577,591 for the Frontier Winton Fund, and $91,814 for the Frontier Heritage Fund.

 

As a commodity pool, the Trust has large cash positions. Such cash positions are used to pay margin for the trading of futures, forwards and options, and also to pay redemptions. Generally, the Trust has not been forced to liquidate positions to fund redemptions. During the three months ended June 30, 2018, the Trust was able to pay all redemptions.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Risk

 

The term “off-balance sheet risk” refers to an unrecorded potential liability that, even though it does not appear on the balance sheet, may result in future obligation or loss. Each Trading Company trades in futures, forward and swap contracts and is therefore a party to financial instruments with elements of off-balance sheet market and credit risk. In entering into these contracts there exists a market risk that such contracts may be significantly influenced by market conditions, such as interest rate volatility, resulting in such contracts being less valuable. If the markets should move against all of the futures interests positions held by a Trading Company in respect of any Series at the same time, and if the Trading Advisor(s) of such Trading Company are unable to offset such futures interests positions, such Trading Company could lose all of its assets and the holders of Units of such Series would realize a 100% loss. The Managing Owner seeks to minimize market risk through real-time monitoring of open positions and the level of diversification of each Trading Advisor’s portfolio. It is anticipated that any Trading Advisor’s margin-to-equity ratio will typically not exceed approximately 35% although the actual ratio could be higher or lower from time to time.

 

In addition to market risk, trading futures, forward and swap contracts entails credit risk which is the risk that a counterparty will not be able to meet its obligations to a Trading Company. The counterparty for futures contracts traded in the U.S. and on most foreign exchanges is the clearinghouse associated with such exchange. In general, clearinghouses are backed by the corporate members of the clearinghouse who are required to share any financial burden resulting from the non-performance by one of their members and, as such, should significantly reduce this credit risk. In cases where the clearinghouse is not backed by the clearing members, like some foreign exchanges, it is normally backed by a consortium of banks or other financial institutions. Some non-U.S. exchanges, in contrast to U.S. exchanges are principals’ markets in which performance is the responsibility only of the individual counterparty with whom the Trading Company has entered into the transaction and not of the exchange or clearing corporation. In these kinds of markets, there is risk of bankruptcy or other failure or refusal to perform by the counterparty.

 

In the case of forward contracts and swaps traded on the interbank market, neither is traded on an exchange. The counterparty is generally a single bank or other financial institution, rather than a group of financial institutions; thus, there may be a greater counterparty credit risk. The Managing Owner expects the Trading Advisors to trade only with those counterparties which it believes to be creditworthy. All positions of each Trading Company are valued each day on a mark-to-market basis. There can be no assurance that any clearing member, clearinghouse or other counterparty will be able to meet its obligations to any Trading Company.

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The Trust has entered into agreements, which provide for the indemnification of futures clearing brokers, currency trading companies, and commodity trading advisers, among others, against losses, costs, claims and liabilities arising from the performance of their individual obligations under such agreements, except for gross negligence or bad faith. The Trust has had no prior claims or payments pursuant to these agreements. The Trust’s individual maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience the Trust expects the risk of loss to be remote.

 

Disclosure of Contractual Obligations

 

The business of the Trust is the speculative trading of commodity interests. The majority of the Trust’s futures and forward positions, which may be categorized as “purchase obligations” under Item 303 of Regulation S-K, are short-term. That is, they are held for less than one year. Because the Trust does not enter into other long-term debt obligations, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or other long-term liabilities that would otherwise be reflected on the Trust’s Statement of Financial Condition, a table of contractual obligations has not been presented.

 

Results of Operations

 

Series Returns and Other Information

 

The returns for each Series and Class of Units for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, and related information, are discussed below. The activities of the Trust on a consolidated basis are explained through the activity of the underlying Series. Please refer to the discussion of the Series activities in relation to the Trust on a consolidated basis.

 

Each Series had exposure to commodity interest positions within one or more sectors during the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017. The performance of each Series was impacted over the course of the periods by, among other things, the relative performance of the relevant sector or sectors and the commodities within those sectors, the changing allocations among, and the specific positions taken by the Series’ Trading Advisors in, the relevant sector(s) and commodities, and the timing of entries and exits. For certain of the Series, a sector attribution chart has been included at the end of the relevant discussion. Each chart depicts the performance of the relevant Series’ positions within each of the relevant sectors (determined by the Managing Owner using monthly gross return and NAV figures, with various adjustments to net out a proportional allocation of the fees and expenses chargeable to the Series) during the periods presented.

 

Three months ended June 30, 2018 Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2017.

 

Frontier Diversified Fund

 

The Frontier Diversified Fund— Class 1 NAV gained 1.66% and lost 6.35%, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Diversified Fund—Class 2 NAV gained 2.10% and lost 5.94%, respectively for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Diversified Fund—Class 3 NAV gained 2.16% and lost 5.88%, respectively for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017.

 

For the three months ended June 30, 2018, the Frontier Diversified Fund recorded net loss on investments of $161,110, net investment gain of $537,649, and total expenses of $171,531 resulting in a net increase in Owners’ capital from operations of $376,539. For the three months ended June 30, 2017, the Frontier Diversified Fund recorded net loss on investments of $512,876, net investment loss of $664,367, and total expenses of $537,010 resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $1,177,243.

 

Please see additional discussion under “Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 –Frontier Diversified Fund.”

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Frontier Masters Fund

 

The Frontier Masters Fund—Class 1 NAV gained 1.05% and lost 9.47% for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Masters Fund —Class 2 NAV gained 1.49% and lost 9.06% for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Masters Fund—Class 3 NAV gained 1.56% and lost 9.01% for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses.

 

For the three months ended June 30, 2018, the Frontier Masters Fund recorded net gain on investments of $202,533, net investment loss of $139,474, and total expenses of $147,789, resulting in a net increase in Owners’ capital from operations of $63,059. For the three months ended June 30, 2017, the Frontier Masters Fund recorded net loss on investments of $1,135,045, net investment loss of $251,133, and total expenses of $270,455 resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $1,386,178.

 

Please see additional discussion under “Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2017— Frontier Masters Fund.”

 

Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund

 

The Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund—Class 2 NAV lost 5.27% and lost 12.62%, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund —Class 3 NAV lost 5.27% and lost 9.50% respectively for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund —Class 1a NAV lost 9.09% and lost 11.97% respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund —Class 2a NAV lost 8.69% and lost 12.87% respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund Class 3a NAV lost 8.63% and lost 10.91%, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses.

 

For the three months ended June 30, 2018, the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund recorded net loss on investments of $204,528, net investment loss of $18,502, and total expenses of $21,926, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $223,030. For the three months ended June 30, 2017, the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund recorded net loss on investments of $739,137, net investment loss of $7,124, and total expenses of $7,124, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $746,261.

 

Please see additional discussion under “Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 – Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund.”

 

Frontier Balanced Fund

 

The Frontier Balanced Fund—Class 1 NAV gained 0.22% and lost 5.78%, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Balanced Fund —Class 2 NAV gained 0.98% and lost 5.07%, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Balanced Fund —Class 2a NAV gained 1.02% and lost 4.82%, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Balanced Fund —Class 3a NAV gained 1.02% and lost 4.82%, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Balanced Fund —Class 1AP NAV gained 0.97% and lost 5.08% for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses.

 

For the three months ended June 30, 2018, the Frontier Balanced Fund recorded net gain on investments of $739,375 net investment loss of $598,409, and total expenses of $606,837, resulting in a net increase in Owners’ capital from operations of $140,996. For the three months ended June 30, 2017, the Frontier Balanced Fund recorded net loss on investments of $1,981,799, net investment loss of $1,239,866, and total expenses of $1,239,866, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $3,221,665.

 

Please see additional discussion under “Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 – Frontier Balanced Fund.”

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Frontier Select Fund

 

The Frontier Select Fund—Class 1 NAV lost 2.25% and lost 12.34%, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Select Fund —Class 2 NAV lost 1.52% and lost 11.68% respectively for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Select Fund —Class 1AP NAV lost 1.51% and lost 11.69%, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017.

 

For the three months ended June 30, 2018, the Frontier Select Fund recorded net loss on investments of $68,312, net investment loss of $61,382 and total expenses of $61,382, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $129,694. For the three months ended June 30, 2017, the Frontier Select Fund recorded net loss on investments of $1,387,409, net investment loss of $131,020, and total expenses of $131,020, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $1,159,529, after non-controlling interests of $358,900.

 

Please see additional discussion under “Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 – Frontier Select Fund.”

 

Frontier Winton Fund

 

The Frontier Winton Fund—Class 1 NAV gained 2.81% and lost 5.78%, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Winton Fund —Class 2 NAV gained 3.36% and lost 5.06%, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Winton Fund —Class 1AP NAV gained 3.45% and lost 4.84%, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017.

 

For the three months ended June 30, 2018, the Frontier Winton Fund recorded net gain on investments of $621,227, net investment loss of $293,292, and total expenses of $293,292, resulting in a net increase in Owners’ capital from operations of $327,935. For the three months ended June 30, 2017, the Frontier Winton Fund recorded net loss on investments of $1,992,821, net investment loss of $550,038, and total expenses of $550,038, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $1,580,780, after non-controlling interests of $962,079.

 

Please see additional discussion under “Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 – Frontier Winton Fund.”

 

Frontier Heritage Fund

 

The Frontier Heritage Fund—Class 1 NAV lost 1.74% and lost 5.42%, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Heritage Fund —Class 2 NAV lost 1.01% and lost 4.70%, respectively for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Heritage Fund —Class 1AP NAV lost 1.01% and lost 5.33%, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017.

 

For the three months ended June 30, 2018, the Frontier Heritage Fund recorded net loss on investments of $26,200, net investment loss of $102,050, and total expenses of $102,050, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $86,681, after non-controlling interests of $41,569. For the three months ended June 30, 2017, the Frontier Heritage Fund recorded net loss on investments of $379,650, net investment loss of $158,873, and total expenses of $158,873, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $435,032, after non-controlling interests of $103,491.

 

Please see additional discussion under “Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2017 – Frontier Heritage Fund.”

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Frontier Diversified Fund

 

2018

 

The Frontier Diversified Fund— Class 1 NAV lost 6.97% and lost 4.04%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Diversified Fund—Class 2 NAV lost 6.15% and lost 3.25%, respectively for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Diversified Fund—Class 3 NAV lost 6.04% and lost 3.12%, respectively for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Frontier Diversified Fund recorded net loss on investments of $977,245 net investment loss of $348,202, and total expenses of $366,240 resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $1,325,447. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, decreased from $116.41 at December 31, 2017 to $108.30 as of June 30, 2018. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $135.19 at December 31, 2017 to $126.87 as of June 30, 2018. The NAV per Unit, Class 3 decreased from $125.68 at December 31, 2017 to $118.09 as of June 30, 2018. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $0 and $213,456, respectively. Total Class 2 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $0 and $776,442, respectively. Total Class 3 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $0 and $842,320, respectively. Ending capital at June 30, 2018 was $1,951,083 for Class 1, $8,276,500 for Class 2 and $8,081,439 for Class 3. Ending capital at December 31, 2017 was $2,332,222 for Class 1, $9,632,746 for Class 2 and $9,501,719 for Class 3.

 

The Frontier Diversified Fund may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors.

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Four sectors traded in the Frontier Diversified Fund were profitable in Q2 2018 and three were profitable YTD. Currencies, Energies and Interest Rates were profitable for Q2 2018 while Metals, Agriculturals and Stock Indices finished negative for the quarter. Currencies, Energies and Interest Rates were profitable for YTD while Metals, Agriculturals and Stock Indices finished negative YTD.

 

In terms of major CTA performance Crabel, Emil Van Essen, Fort, Quantitative Investment Management and Winton finished positive for the quarter. Aspect, H20, Quantmetrics, Quest Partners and Welton were negative for the quarter.

 

Crabel, Emil Van Essen and H2O were positive YTD while Aspect, Fort, Quantitative Investment Management, Quantmetrics, Welton and Winton were negative YTD.

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2017

 

The Frontier Diversified Fund—Class 1 NAV lost 4.04% for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Diversified Fund—Class 2 NAV lost 3.25% for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses, the Frontier Diversified Fund—Class 3 NAV lost 3.12% for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Frontier Diversified Fund recorded net gain on investments of $1,343,155, net investment loss of $915,569, and total expenses of $1,012,966 resulting in a net increase in Owners’ capital from operations of $427,586. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, decreased from $116.43 at December 31, 2016 to $111.73 as of June 30, 2017. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $132.94 at December 31, 2016 to $128.62 as of June 30, 2017. The NAV per Unit, Class 3 decreased from $123.27 at December 31, 2016 to $119.42 as of June 30, 2017. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $3,063 and $1,505,635, respectively. Total Class 2 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $599,571 and $27,266,024, respectively. Total Class 3 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $1,165,601 and $3,200,976, respectively. Ending capital at June 30, 2017 was $3,546,064 for Class 1, $12,393,834 for Class 2 and $10,754,659 for Class 3. Ending capital at December 31, 2016 was $5,189,420 for Class 1, $38,231,581 for Class 2 and $13,515,181 for Class 3.

 

The Frontier Diversified Fund may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors.

 

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One of the six sectors traded in the Frontier Diversified Fund was profitable in Q2 2017 and one of the six was profitable YTD. Stock Indices was profitable for Q2 2017 while Metals, Currencies, Energies, Agriculturals, and Interest Rates finished negative for the quarter. Stock Indices was profitable for YTD while Metals, Currencies, Energies, Agriculturals, and Interest Rates finished negative YTD

 

In terms of major CTA performance Emil Van Essen and H20 finished positive for the quarter. Aspect, Chesapeake, Crabel, Fort, Quantitative Investment Management, Quantmetrics, Quest, Welton and, Winton were negative for the quarter

 

Emil Van Essen, H20, and Quantitative Investment Management were positive YTD while Aspect, Chesapeake, Crabel, Fort, Quantmetrics, Quest, Welton, and Winton were negative YTD.

 

Frontier Masters Fund

 

2018

 

The Frontier Masters Fund—Class 1 NAV lost 13.43% and lost 9.23%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Masters Fund —Class 2 NAV lost 12.67%, and lost 8.45%, respectively for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Masters Fund—Class 3 NAV lost 12.56% and lost 8.33%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Frontier Masters Fund recorded net loss on investments of $1,260,314, net investment loss of $312,421, and total expenses of $329,155, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $1,572,735. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, decreased from $114.74 at December 31, 2017 to $99.33 as of June 30, 2018. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $133.27 at December 31, 2017 to $116.38 as of June 30, 2018. The NAV per Unit, Class 3, decreased from $124.40 at December 31, 2017 to $108.77 as of June 30, 2018. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $0 and $323,341, respectively. Total Class 2 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $0 and $1,417,097, respectively. Total Class 3 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $0 and $1,335,657, respectively. Ending capital at June 30, 2018 was $2,205,345 for Class 1, $1,620,107 for Class 2 and $3,563,115 for Class 3. Ending capital at December 31, 2017 was $2,913,542 for Class 1, $3,538,600 for Class 2 and $5,504,998 for Class 3.

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Two of the six sectors traded in the Frontier Masters Fund were profitable in Q2 2018 and one of the six was profitable YTD. Energies and Interest Rates were profitable for Q2 2018 while Metals, Currencies, Agriculturals and Stock Indices finished negative for the quarter. Energies were profitable for YTD while Metals, Currencies, Agriculturals, Interest Rates and Stock Indices finished negative YTD.

 

In terms of major CTA performance Emil Van Essen, Transstrend and Winton finished positive for the quarter. Welton was negative for the quarter

 

Emil Van Essen was positive YTD while Transtrend, Welton and Winton were negative YTD.

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2017

 

The Frontier Masters Fund—Class 1 NAV lost 9.23% for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Masters Fund —Class 2 NAV lost 8.45% for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Masters Fund—Class 3 NAV lost 8.33% for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Frontier Masters Fund recorded net loss on investments of $746,206, net investment loss of $515,216, and total expenses of $574,633, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $1,261,422. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, decreased from $112.80 at December 31, 2016 to $102.39 as of June 30, 2017. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $128.78 at December 31, 2016 to $117.90 as of June 30, 2017. The NAV per Unit, Class 3, decreased from $119.89 at December 31, 2016 to $109.90 as of June 30, 2017. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $2,610 and $1,482,436, respectively. Total Class 2 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $65,000 and $1,638,595, respectively. Total Class 3 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $1,313,252 and $885,947, respectively. Ending capital at June 30, 2017 was $3,511,940 for Class 1, $3,733,458 for Class 2 and $6,036,371 for Class 3. Ending capital at December 31, 2016 was $5,361,626 for Class 1, $5,657,562 for Class 2 and $6,150,119 for Class 3.

 

The Frontier Masters Fund may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors.

 

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Two of the six sectors traded in the Frontier Masters Fund was profitable in Q2 2017 and two of the six was profitable YTD. Energies and stock Indices was profitable for Q2 2017 while Metals, Currencies, Agriculturals, and Interest Rates finished negative for the quarter. Energies and Stock Indices was profitable for YTD while Metals, Currencies, Agriculturals, and Interest Rates finished negative YTD

 

In terms of major CTA performance Emil Van Essen finished positive for the quarter. Chesapeake, Transtrend, Welton and, Winton were negative for the quarter

 

Emil Van Essen was positive YTD while Chesapeake, Transtrend, Welton and, Winton were negative YTD.

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Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund

 

2018

 

The Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund—Class 2 NAV lost 8.02% and lost 10.20%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund —Class 3 NAV lost 8.02% and lost 6.68% respectively for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund —Class 1a NAV lost 12.99% and lost 9.86% respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund —Class 2a NAV lost 12.24% and lost 9.73% respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund Class 3a NAV lost 8.02% and lost 7.20%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund recorded net loss on investments of $307,921, net investment loss of $39,817, and total expenses of $47,276, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $347,738. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $115.81 at December 31, 2017 to $106.52 as of June 30, 2018. The NAV per Unit, Class 3, decreased from $121.50 at December 31, 2017 to $111.75 as of June 30, 2018. The NAV per Unit, Class 1a, decreased from $81.35 at December 31, 2017 to $70.78 as of June 30, 2018. The NAV per Unit, Class 2a, decreased from $93.59 at December 31, 2017 to $82.13 as of June 30, 2018. The NAV per Unit, Class 3a, decreased from $97.99 at December 31, 2017 to $86.11 as of June 30, 2018. Total Class 2 redemptions for the period were $93,781. Total Class 3 redemptions for the period were $174,654. Total Class 1a redemptions were $69,082. Class 2a redemptions for the period were $90,372. Class 3a subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $0 and $174,654 respectively. Ending capital at June 30, 2018 was $152,086 for Class 2, $2,102,829 for Class 3, $35,941 for Class 1a, $307,608 for Class 2a and $697,725 for Class 3a. Ending capital at December 31, 2017 was $258,900 for Class 2, $2,472,994 for Class 3, $107,619 for Class 1a, $442,644 for Class 2a and $971,895 for Class 3a.

 

The Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund may have both long and short exposure to the Base Metals, Energies, Grains, Meats, Precious Metals, Financials, and Softs sectors, although the majority of the exposure will typically be in the Energies, Metals, and Softs sectors.

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One of the seven sectors traded in the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund was profitable in Q2 2018 and one of the seven was profitable YTD. Energies were profitable for Q2 2018 while Base Metals, Grains, Meats, Precious Metals, Softs and Financials finished negative for the quarter. Energies were profitable for YTD while Base Metals, Grains, Meats, Precious Metals Softs and financials finished negative YTD.

 

In terms of major CTA performance Emil Van Essen finished positive for the quarter. JE Moody, Red Oak, Rosetta and Welton were negative for the quarter

 

Emil Van Essen and Rosetta were positive YTD while JE Moody, Red Oak and Welton were negative YTD.

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2017

 

The Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund—Class 2 NAV lost 10.20% for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund —Class 3 NAV lost 6.68% for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund —Class 1a NAV 9.86%, for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund —Class 2a NAV lost 9.73% , for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund Class 3a NAV lost 7.20% for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund recorded net loss on investments of $304,104, net investment loss of $91,370, and total expenses of $91,370, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $395,474. For the six months ended June 30, 2016, the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund recorded net gain on investments of $266,941, net investment loss of $412,977, and total expenses of $450,190, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $146,036. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $129.56 at December 31, 2016 to $116.35 as of June 30, 2017. The NAV per Unit, Class 3, decreased from $130.80 at December 31, 2016 to $122.06 as of June 30, 2017. The NAV per Unit, Class 1a, decreased from $92.788 at December 31, 2016 to $83.63 as of June 30, 2017. The NAV per Unit, Class 2a, decreased from $105.67 at December 31, 2016 to $95.39 as of June 30, 2017. The NAV per Unit, Class 3a, decreased from $107.50 at December 31, 2016 to $99.76 as of June 30, 2017. Total Class 2 redemptions for the period were $442,538. Total Class 3 redemptions for the period were $1,170,731. Total Class 1a redemptions for the period were $1,508,395. Class 2a redemptions for the period were $389,743. Class 3a subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $946,844 and $581,655, respectively. Ending capital, excluding Managing Owner Capital, at June 30, 2017 was $340,489 for Class 2, $3,042,194 for Class 3, $399,914 for Class 1a, $525,851 for Class 2a and $1,415,657 for Class 3a. Ending capital, excluding Managing Owner Capital, at December 31, 2016 was $808,137 for Class 2, $4,404,630 for Class 3, $1,913,059 for Class 1a, $962,925 for Class 2a and $1,174,183 for Class 3a.

 

The Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors.

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Two of the seven sectors traded in the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund were profitable in Q2 2017 and three of the seven were profitable YTD. Energies and Meats were profitable for Q2 2017 while Base Metals, Grains, Precious Metals, Softs and Financials finished negative for the quarter. Energies, Meats, and Precious Metals was profitable for YTD while Base Metals, Grains, Softs and Financials finished negative YTD

 

In terms of major CTA performance Emil Van Essen finished positive for the quarter. Chesapeake, JE Moody, Red Oak, Rosetta and Welton were negative for the quarter

 

Emil Van Essen and Red Oak were positive YTD while Chesapeake, JE Moody, Rosetta, and Welton were negative YTD.

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Frontier Balanced Fund

 

2018

 

The Frontier Balanced Fund—Class 1 NAV lost 7.91% and lost 3.68%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Balanced Fund —Class 2 NAV lost 6.50% and lost 2.24%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Balanced Fund —Class 2a NAV lost 6.51% and lost 1.94%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Balanced Fund —Class 3a NAV lost 6.51% and 1.94%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Balanced Fund —Class 1AP NAV lost 6.56% and lost 2.25% for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Frontier Balanced Fund recorded net loss on investments of $2,167,882 net investment loss of $1,396,357, and total expenses of $1,421,301, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $3,564,239. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, decreased from $135.96 at December 31, 2017 to $125.21 as of June 30, 2018. The NAV per Unit, Class 1AP, decreased from $150.56 at December 31, 2017 to $140.68 as of June 30, 2018. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $202.90 at December 31, 2017 to $189.72 as of June 30, 2018. The NAV per Unit, Class 2a, decreased from $175.77 at December 31, 2017 to $164.33 as of June 30, 2018. The NAV per Unit, Class 3a, decreased from $175.18 at December 31, 2017 to $163.77 as of June 30, 2018. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $0 and $4,685,378 respectively. Total Class 1AP redemptions for the period were $4,344. Total Class 2 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $0 and $800,571, respectively. Total Class 2a subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $0 and $75,968, respectively. Total Class 3a redemptions for the period were $262,250. Ending capital at June 30, 2018 was $31,143,397 for Class 1, $557,664 for Class 1AP, $5,726,766 for Class 2, $381,727 for Class 2a, and $1,029,875 for Class 3a. Ending capital at December 31, 2017 was $38,744,003 for Class 1, $601,247 for Class 1AP, $6,977,027 for Class 2, $529,931 for Class 2a and $1,379,971 for Class 3a.

 

The Frontier Balanced Fund may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors.

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Two of the six sectors traded in the Frontier Balanced Fund were profitable in Q2 2018 and three of the six were profitable YTD. Currencies and Energies were profitable for Q2 2018 while Currencies, Energies and Interest Rates were profitable YTD. Metals, Agriculturals, Interest Rates and Stock Indices were negative for the quarter, while Agriculturals and Stock Indices finished negative YTD.

 

In terms of major CTA performance Crabel, Emil Van Essen, Fort, Quantitative Investment Management and Winton finished positive for the quarter. Aspect, Beach Horizon, H20, Quantmetrics and Welton were negative for the quarter.

 

Crabel, Emil Van Essen and H20 were positive YTD while Aspect, Beach Horizon, Fort, Quantitative Investment Management, Quantmetrics, Welton and Winton were negative YTD.

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The Frontier Balanced Fund—Class 1 NAV lost 3.68% for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses; The Frontier Balanced Fund—Class 1AP NAV lost 2.25% for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Balanced Fund —Class 2 NAV lost 2.24% for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Balanced Fund —Class 2a NAV lost 1.94% for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Balanced Fund —Class 3a NAV 1.94% for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Frontier Balanced Fund recorded net gain on investments of $944,993 net investment loss of $2,220,183, and total expenses of $2,221,344, resulting in a net increase in Owners’ capital from operations of $1,275,190. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, decreased from $134.80 at December 31, 2016 to $129.84 as of June 30, 2017. The NAV per Unit, Class 1AP, decreased from $144.97 at December 31, 2016 to $141.71 as of June 30, 2017. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $194.99 at December 31, 2016 to $190.62 as of June 30, 2017. The NAV per Unit, Class 2a, decreased from $169.05 at December 31, 2016 to $165.77 as of June 30, 2017. The NAV per Unit, Class 3a, decreased from $168.49 at December 31, 2016 to $165.22 as of June 30, 2017. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $34,075 and $11,054,137 respectively. Total Class 1AP redemptions for the period were $90,030. Total Class 2 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $4,937 and $12,374,697, respectively. Total Class 2a subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $123,835 and $90,774, respectively. Total Class 3a redemptions for the period were $298,717. Ending capital at June 30, 2017 was $44,414,176 for Class 1, $576,197 for Class 1AP, $10,322,148 for Class 2, $535,428 for Class 2a, and $1,430,724 for Class 3a. Ending capital at December 31, 2016 was $56,955,371 for Class 1, $677,181 for Class 1AP, $22,401,557 for Class 2, $516,256 for Class 2a and $1,749,006 for Class 3a.

 

The Frontier Balanced Fund may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors.

 

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One of the six sectors traded in the Frontier Diversified Fund were profitable in Q2 2017 and one of the six were profitable YTD. Stock Indices was profitable for Q2 2016 while and Metals, Currencies, Energies, Agriculturals, and Interest Rates finished negative for the quarter. Stock Indices were profitable YTD while and Currencies, Energies, Agriculturals, and Interest Rates finished negative YTD.

 

In terms of major CTA performance Emil Van Essen and H20 finished positive for the quarter. Aspect, Beach Horizon, Crabel, Fort, Quantitative Investment Management, Quantmetrics, Welton and Winton were negative for the quarter.

 

Emil Van Essen, Fort, H20, and Quantitative Investment Management were positive YTD while Aspect, Beach Horizon, Crabel, Quantmetrics, Welton, and Winton were negative YTD.

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Frontier Select Fund

 

2018

 

The Frontier Select Fund—Class 1 NAV lost 17.19% and lost 16.23%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Select Fund —Class 2 NAV lost 15.95% and lost 15.00% respectively for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Select Fund —Class 1AP NAV lost 15.95% and 15.09%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Frontier Select Fund recorded net loss on investments of $963,157, net investment loss of $138,665, and total expenses of $138,665, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $1,101,822. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, decreased from $90.27 at December 31, 2017 to $74.75 as of June 30, 2018. The NAV per Unit, Class 1AP, decreased from $100.02 at December 31, 2017 to $84.05 as of June 30, 2018. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $132.73 at December 31, 2017 to $111.56 as of June 30, 2018. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $0 and $651,487 respectively. Total Class 1AP redemptions for the period were $3,144. Total Class 2 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $0 and $338,374, respectively. Ending capital at June 30, 2018 was $4,305,014 for Class 1, $17,614 for Class 1AP and $384,473 for Class 2. Ending capital at December 31, 2017 was $5,912,980 for Class 1, $23,354 for Class 1AP and $865,594 for Class 2.

 

The Frontier Select Fund may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, Hybrids, and Commodities sectors.

 

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Two of the six sectors traded in the Frontier Select Fund were profitable in Q2 2018 and two of the six were profitable YTD. Energies and Interest Rates were positive while Metals, Currencies, Agriculturals and Stock Indices were negative for the quarter. Energies and Interest Rates were profitable YTD while Metals, Currencies Agriculturals and Stock Indices finished negative YTD.

 

In terms of major CTA performance, Transtrend finished positive for the quarter and Brevan Howard finished negative. There was no positive CTA performance in the Frontier Select Fund YTD.

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The Frontier Select Fund—Class 1 NAV lost 16.23% for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Select Fund—Class 1AP NAV lost 15.09% for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Select Fund —Class 2 NAV lost 15.00% for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Frontier Select Fund recorded net loss on investments of $1,753,774, net investment loss of $312,399, and total expenses of $312,399, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $1,652,963, after non-controlling interests of $413,210. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, decreased from $94.06 at December 31, 2016 to $78.79 as of June 30, 2017. The NAV per Unit, Class 1AP, decreased from $101.16 at December 31, 2016 to $85.90 as of June 30, 2017. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $134.25 at December 31, 2016 to $114.11 as of June 30, 2017. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $1,467 and $2,611,797 respectively. Total Class 1AP redemptions for the period were $4,175. Total Class 2 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $98,345 and 243,446, respectively. Ending capital at June 30, 2017 was $6,488,427 for Class 1, $21,735 for Class 1AP and $1,059,308 for Class 2. Ending capital at December 31, 2016 was $10,540,702 for Class 1, $29,897 for Class 1AP and $1,411,440 for Class 2.

 

The Frontier Select Fund may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors.

 

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Two of the six sectors traded in the Frontier Select Fund were profitable in Q2 2017 and one of the six was profitable YTD. Agriculturals and Stock Indices were positive while Metals, Currencies, Energies, and Interest Rates were negative for the quarter. Stock Indices were profitable YTD while Metals, Currencies, Energies, Agriculturals and Interest Rates finished negative YTD.

 

In terms of major CTA performance, both Brevan Howard and Transtrend finished positive for the quarter and YTD.

 

Frontier Winton Fund

 

2018

 

The Frontier Winton Fund—Class 1 NAV lost 6.55% and lost 6.74%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 20187 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Winton Fund —Class 2 NAV lost 6.02% and lost 5.37%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Winton Fund —Class 1AP NAV lost 5.24% and lost 5.36%, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Frontier Winton Fund recorded net loss on investments of $405,326, net investment loss of $600,787, and total expenses of $600,787, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $1,006,113. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, decreased from $159.08 at December 31, 2017 to $148.66 as of June 30, 2018. The NAV per Unit, Class 1AP, decreased from $176.44 at December 31, 2017 to $167.19 as of June 30, 2018. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $216.50 at December 31, 2017 to $203.47 as of June 30, 2018. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $0 and $925,257, respectively. There were no subscriptions or redemptions for Class 1AP. Total Class 2 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $0 and $872,124, respectively. Ending capital at June 30, 2018 was $10,409,429 for Class 1, $35,695 for Class 1AP, and $758,361 for Class 2. Ending capital at December 31, 2017 was $13,102,614 for Class 1, $37,761 for Class 1AP and $1,709,275 for Class 2.

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The Frontier Winton Fund may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors.

 

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Three of the six sectors traded in the Frontier Winton Fund were profitable in Q2 2018. Metals, Energies and Interest Rates were positive while Currencies, Agriculturals and Stock Indices were negative for the quarter. Energies and Interest Rates are positive YTD while Metals, Currencies, Agriculturals and Stock Indicies are negative YTD.

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2017

 

The Frontier Winton Fund—Class 1 NAV lost 6.74% for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Winton Fund—Class 1AP NAV lost 5.36% for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses the Frontier Winton Fund —Class 2 NAV lost 5.37% for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Frontier Winton Fund recorded net loss on investments of $1,306,010, net investment loss of $1,089,598, and total expenses of $1,089,598, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $1,829,067, after non-controlling interest of $566,541. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, decreased from $154.51 at December 31, 2016 to $144.09 as of June 30, 2017. The NAV per Unit, Class 1AP, decreased from $166.17 at December 31, 2016 to $157.26 as of June 30, 2017. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $210.98 at December 31, 2016 to $199.66 as of June 30, 2017. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $1,424,276 and 6,908,947 respectively. There were no subscriptions or redemptions for Class 1AP. Total Class 2 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $267,829 and $586,221, respectively. Ending capital at June 30, 2017 was $13,587,716 for Class 1, $33,575 for Class 1AP, and $10,513,105 for Class 2. Ending capital at December 31, 2016 was $20,248,935 for Class 1, $35,478 for Class 1AP and $11,446,113 for Class 2.

 

The Frontier Winton Fund may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors.

 

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Four of the six sectors traded in the Frontier Winton Fund were profitable in Q2 2018. Metals, Energies, Agriculturals, and Interest Rates were positive while Currencies, and Stock Indices were negative for the quarter. Energies and Interest Rates were positive YTD while Metals, Currencies, Agriculturals and Stock Indices were negative YTD.

157

Frontier Heritage Fund

 

2018

 

The Frontier Heritage Fund—Class 1 NAV lost 15.27% and lost 8.86%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Heritage Fund —Class 2 NAV lost 14.00% and lost 7.51%, respectively for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Heritage Fund —Class 1AP NAV lost 14.02% and lost 7.51%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Frontier Heritage Fund recorded net loss on investments of $718.522, net investment loss income $218,825, and total expenses of $218,825, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $893,452, after non-controlling interests of $43,895. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, decreased from $121.19 at December 31, 2017 to $102.68 as of June 30, 2018. The NAV per Unit, Class 1AP, decreased from $134.28 at December 31, 2017 to $115.46 as of June 30, 2018. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $179.70 at December 31, 2017 to $154.54 as of June 30, 2018. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $0 and $698,774, respectively. Total Class 1AP redemptions were 4,081. Total Class 2 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $0 and $7,000, respectively. Ending capital at June 30, 2018 was $3,951,288 for Class 1, $1,019 for Class 1AP and $647,010 for Class 2. Ending capital at December 31, 2017 was $5,435,871 for Class 1, $6,083 for Class 1AP and $760,672 for Class 2.

 

The Frontier Heritage Fund may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors.

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163

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Three of the six sectors traded in the Frontier Heritage Fund were profitable in Q2 2018 and two of the six were profitable YTD. Energies, Agriculturals and Interest Rates were positive while Metals, Currencies and Stock Indices were negative for the quarter. Energies and Interest Rates were profitable YTD while Metals, Currencies, Agriculturals and Interest Rates finished negative YTD.

 

In terms of major CTA performance, Transtrend was positive for Q2 while both Brevan Howard and Winton were negative for the quarter and YTD.

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2017

 

The Frontier Heritage Fund—Class 1 NAV lost 8.86% for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Heritage Fund—Class 1AP NAV lost 7.51% for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses the Frontier Heritage Fund —Class 2 NAV lost 7.51% for the six months ended June 30, 2017, net of fees and expenses.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Frontier Heritage Fund recorded net loss on investments of $753,020, net investment of $325,031, and total expenses of $325,021, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $775,192. For the six months ended June 30, 2016, the Frontier Heritage Fund recorded net gain on investments of $1,194,432, net investment loss of $325,031, and total expenses of $325,021, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $775,192. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, decreased from $119.58 at December 31, 2016 to $108.98 as of June 30, 2017. The NAV per Unit, Class 1AP, decreased from $128.60 at December 31, 2016 to $118.94 as of June 30, 2017. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $172.10 to $159.18 as of June 30, 2017. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $602,789 and $1,810,226, respectively. There were no subscriptions or redemptions for Class 1AP. Total Class 2 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $24,575 and $1,620,492. Ending capital, excluding Managing Owner Capital, at June 30, 2017 was $5,692,454 for Class 1, $5,388 for Class 1AP and $980,885 for Class 2. Ending capital, excluding Managing Owner Capital, at December 31, 2016 was $8,702,101 for Class 1, $46,823 for Class 1AP and $2,907,959 for Class 2.

 

The Frontier Heritage Fund may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors.

 

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Two of the six sectors traded in the Frontier Heritage Fund were profitable in Q2 2017 and one of the six was profitable YTD. Agriculturals and Stock Indices were positive while Metals, Metals, Currencies, Energies, and Interest Rates were negative for the quarter.

 

Stock Indices were profitable YTD while and Metals, Currencies, Energies, Agriculturals and Interest Rates finished negative YTD.

 

In terms of major CTA performance, both Winton and Brevan Howard finished negative for the quarter and YTD.

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ITEM  3.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

The Trust is a speculative commodity pool. The market sensitive instruments which are held by the Trading Companies or Galaxy Plus entities in which the Series are invested are acquired for speculative trading purposes, and all or a substantial amount of the Series’ 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 Series’ main line of business.

 

Market movements result in frequent changes in the fair market value of each Trading Company’s open positions and, consequently, in each Series of the Trust’s earnings and cash flow. The Trading Companies’ and Galaxy Plus entities’ and consequently the Series’ market risk is influenced by a wide variety of factors, including the level and volatility of exchange rates, Interest Rates, equity price levels, the market value of financial instruments and contracts, the diversification effects among the open positions and the liquidity of the markets in which trades are made.

 

Each Trading Company and Galaxy Plus entity rapidly acquires and liquidates 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 past performance for any Series is not necessarily indicative of the future results of such Series.

 

Additional risk of trading loss from investment in an unaffiliated Trading Company may result from the Managing Owner’s inability to directly control or stop trading in the event of exercise of certain withdrawal provisions in the investment agreement.

 

The Trading Companies’ and Galaxy Plus entities’, and consequently the Series’ primary market risk exposures as well as the strategies used and to be used by the Trading Advisors for managing such exposures are subject to numerous uncertainties, contingencies and risks, any one of which could cause the actual results of the Trust’s and the Managing Owner’s 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 risk management strategies of the Trading Companies and Galaxy Plus entities and consequently the Trust. There can be no assurance that the Trading Companies’ and Galaxy Plus entities’ 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 a Series.

 

Quantitative Market Risk

 

Trading Risk

 

The Series’ approximate risk exposure in the various market sectors traded by its trading advisors is quantified below in terms of value at risk. Due to the Series’ mark-to-market accounting, any loss in the fair value of the Series’ (through the Trading Companies and Galaxy Plus entities) open positions is directly reflected in the Series’ earnings, realized or unrealized gain/loss.

 

Exchange maintenance margin requirements have been used by the Trust as the measure of its 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% to 99% of any one-day interval. The maintenance margin levels are established by brokers, dealers and exchanges using historical price studies as well as an assessment of current market volatility 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 that is not relevant to value at risk.

 

In the case of market sensitive instruments that are not exchange-traded, including Currencies and some energy products and Metals, the margin requirements for the equivalent futures positions have been used as value at risk. In those cases in which a futures-equivalent margin is not available, dealers’ margins have been used.

 

In the case of contracts denominated in foreign Currencies, the value at risk figures include foreign currency margin amounts converted into U.S. dollars with an incremental adjustment to reflect the exchange rate risk inherent to the Series, which is valued in U.S. dollars, in expressing value at risk in a functional currency other than U.S. dollars. In quantifying each Series’ 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 aggregated to determine each trading category’s aggregate value at risk. The diversification effects resulting from the fact that the Series’ positions held through the Trading Companies and Galaxy Plus entities are rarely, if ever, 100% positively correlated have not been reflected.

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Value at Risk by Market Sectors

 

The following tables present the trading value at risk associated with each Series’ exposure to open positions (as held by the Trading Companies) by market sector as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017. All open position trading risk exposures of the Series have been included in calculating the figures set forth below.

 

DOMESTIC EXPOSURE 
  
Frontier Diversified Fund: 
                 
   June 30, 2018   December 31, 2017 
   VALUE   % OF TOTAL   VALUE   % OF TOTAL 
   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION      AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION 
MARKET SECTOR                    
Interest Rates  $5,714,104    31.21%  $6,395,053    29.79%
Currencies   164,345    0.90%   63,093    0.29%
Stock Indices   2,230    0.01%   34,558    0.16%
Metals   65,243    0.36%   218,878    1.02%
Agriculturals/Softs   24,282    0.13%   14,196    0.07%
Energy   39,704    0.22%   66,604    0.31%
Total:  $6,009,908    32.82%  $6,792,381    31.64%
                     
Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund: 
   June 30, 2018   December 31, 2017 
   VALUE   % OF TOTAL   VALUE   % OF TOTAL 
   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION 
MARKET SECTOR                    
Interest Rates  $402,975    12.23%  $397,039    9.33%
Currencies       0.00%       0.00%
Stock Indices       0.00%       0.00%
Metals       0.00%       0.00%
Agriculturals/Softs       0.00%       0.00%
Energy       0.00%       0.00%
Total:  $402,975    12.23%  $397,039    9.33%
                     
Frontier Masters Fund: 
   June 30, 2018   December 31, 2017 
   VALUE   % OF TOTAL   VALUE   % OF TOTAL 
   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION 
MARKET SECTOR                    
Interest Rates  $9,310    0.13%  $10,512    0.09%
Currencies   148,495    2.01%   35,692    0.30%
Stock Indices   2,015    0.03%   19,550    0.16%
Metals   58,951    0.80%   123,822    1.04%
Agriculturals/Softs   21,941    0.30%   8,031    0.07%
Energy   35,875    0.49%   37,679    0.32%
Total:  $276,586    3.74%  $235,286    3.38%
                     
Frontier Balanced Fund: 
                 
   June 30, 2018   December 31, 2017 
   VALUE   % OF TOTAL   VALUE   % OF TOTAL 
   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION 
MARKET SECTOR                    
Interest Rates  $10,405,242    26.79%  $11,368,274    23.64%
Currencies   1,297,309    3.34%   167,215    0.35%
Stock Indices   4,465    0.01%   51,406    0.11%
Metals   185,628    0.48%   462,467    0.96%
Agriculturals/Softs   62,733    0.16%   70,758    0.15%
Energy   95,771    0.25%   222,766    0.46%
Total:  $12,051,148    31.03%  $12,342,887    25.67%
                     
Frontier Select Fund: 
   June 30, 2018   December 31, 2017 
   VALUE   % OF TOTAL   VALUE   % OF TOTAL 
   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION 
MARKET SECTOR                    
Interest Rates  $981,739    20.86%  $1,500,264    22.06%
Currencies       0.00%       0.00%
Stock Indices       0.00%       0.00%
Metals       0.00%       0.00%
Agriculturals/Softs       0.00%       0.00%
Energy       0.00%       0.00%
Total:  $981,739    20.86%  $1,500,264    22.06%
                     
Frontier Winton Fund: 
   June 30, 2018   December 31, 2017 
   VALUE   % OF TOTAL   VALUE   % OF TOTAL 
   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION 
MARKET SECTOR                    
Interest Rates  $42,826    0.38%  $61,564    0.41%
Currencies   683,077    6.14%   209,040    1.40%
Stock Indices   9,267    0.08%   114,498    0.77%
Metals   271,175    2.44%   725,189    4.85%
Agriculturals/Softs   100,926    0.91%   47,034    0.31%
Energy   165,025    1.48%   220,673    1.48%
Total:  $1,272,295    11.43%  $1,377,999    9.22%
                     
Frontier Heritage Fund: 
   June 30, 2018   December 31, 2017 
   VALUE   % OF TOTAL   VALUE   % OF TOTAL 
   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION 
MARKET SECTOR                    
Interest Rates  $1,051,039    20.47%  $1,606,116    23.68%
Currencies   125,912    2.45%   40,791    0.60%
Stock Indices   1,708    0.03%   22,343    0.33%
Metals   49,986    0.97%   141,511    2.09%
Agriculturals/Softs   18,604    0.36%   9,178    0.14%
Energy   30,419    0.59%   43,061    0.63%
Total:  $1,277,667    24.88%  $1,863,001    27.47%

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FORIEGN EXPOSURE 
  
Frontier Diversified Fund 
                 
   June 30, 2018   December 31, 2017 
   VALUE   % OF TOTAL   VALUE   % OF TOTAL 
   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION      AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION 
MARKET SECTOR                    
Interest Rates  $13,775    0.08%  $20,044    0.09%
Currencies       0.00%   29,397    0.14%
Stock Indices   2,530    0.01%   29,331    0.14%
Metals       0.00%       0.00%
Agriculturals/Softs   1,129    0.01%   3,343    0.02%
Total:  $17,908    0.10%  $83,811    0.39%
                     
Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund 
                 
   June 30, 2018   December 31, 2017 
   VALUE   % OF TOTAL   VALUE   % OF TOTAL 
   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION 
MARKET SECTOR                    
Interest Rates  $    0.00%  $    0.00%
Currencies       0.00%       0.00%
Stock Indices       0.00%       0.00%
Metals       0.00%       0.00%
Agriculturals/Softs       0.00%       0.00%
Total:  $    0.00%  $    0.00%
                     
Frontier Masters Fund 
                 
   June 30, 2018   December 31, 2017 
   VALUE   % OF TOTAL   VALUE   % OF TOTAL 
   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION 
MARKET SECTOR                    
Interest Rates  $12,446    0.17%  $11,339    0.09%
Currencies       0.00%   16,630    0.14%
Stock Indices   2,286    0.03%   16,593    0.14%
Metals       0.00%       0.00%
Agriculturals/Softs   1,020    0.01%   1,891    0.02%
Energy   428    0.01%   960    0.01%
Total:  $16,181    0.22%  $47,413    0.40%
                     
Frontier Balanced Fund: 
                 
   June 30, 2018   December 31, 2017 
   VALUE   % OF TOTAL   VALUE   % OF TOTAL 
   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION 
MARKET SECTOR                    
Interest Rates  $144,349    0.37%  $57,304    0.12%
Currencies       0.00%   43,214    0.09%
Stock Indices   21,268    0.05%   54,910    0.11%
Metals       0.00%       0.00%
Agriculturals/Softs   17,451    0.04%   17,823    0.04%
Energy   948    0.00%   2,495    0.01%
Total:  $184,016    0.47%  $175,746    0.37%
                     
Frontier Select Fund: 
                 
   June 30, 2018   December 31, 2017 
   VALUE   % OF TOTAL   VALUE   % OF TOTAL 
   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION 
MARKET SECTOR                    
Interest Rates  $    0.00%  $    0.00%
Currencies       0.00%       0.00%
Stock Indices       0.00%       0.00%
Metals       0.00%       0.00%
Agriculturals/Softs       0.00%       0.00%
Energy       0.00%       0.00%
Total:  $    0.00%  $    0.00%
                     
Frontier Winton Fund: 
                 
   June 30, 2018   December 31, 2017 
   VALUE   % OF TOTAL   VALUE   % OF TOTAL 
   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION 
MARKET SECTOR                    
Interest Rates  $57,254    0.51%  $66,410    0.44%
Currencies       0.00%   97,397    0.65%
Stock Indices   10,516    0.09%   97,179    0.65%
Metals       0.00%       0.00%
Agriculturals/Softs   4,693    0.04%   11,075    0.07%
Energy   1,968    0.02%   5,623    0.04%
Total:  $74,431    0.67%  $277,684    1.86%
                     
Frontier Heritage Fund: 
                 
   June 30, 2018   December 31, 2017 
   VALUE   % OF TOTAL   VALUE   % OF TOTAL 
   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION   AT RISK   CAPITALIZATION 
MARKET SECTOR                    
Interest Rates  $10,554    0.21%  $12,959    0.19%
Currencies       0.00%   19,006    0.28%
Stock Indices   1,938    0.04%   18,963    0.28%
Metals       0.00%       0.00%
Agriculturals/Softs   865    0.02%   2,161    0.03%
Energy   363    0.01%   1,097    0.02%
Total:  $13,720    0.27%  $54,186    0.80%

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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 on behalf of the Series is typically many times the applicable maintenance margin requirement, which generally ranges between approximately 1% and 10% of contract face value, as well as many times the capitalization of the Series. The magnitude of each Series’ open positions creates a risk of ruin not typically found in most other investment vehicles. Because of the size of their positions, certain market conditions, although unusual, but historically recurring from time to time, could cause a Series to incur severe losses over a short period of time. The value at risk table above, as well as the past performance of the Series, gives no indication of this risk of severe losses.

 

Non-Trading Risk

 

The Series have non-trading market risk on their foreign cash balances not needed for margin. However, these balances, as well as the market risk they represent, are immaterial. The Series also have non-trading market risk as a result of investing a portion of their available assets in U.S. government securities which include any security issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the U.S., or by a person controlled by or supervised by and acting as an instrumentality of the government of the U.S. pursuant to authority granted by Congress of the U.S. or any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing, including U.S. treasury bonds, U.S. treasury bills and issues of agencies of the U.S. government, and certain cash items such as money market funds, certificates of deposit (under three months) and time deposits. The market risk represented by these investments is also immaterial.

 

Qualitative Market Risk

 

The following are the primary trading risk exposures of the Series of the Trust as of June 30, 2018, by market sector.

 

Interest Rates

 

Interest rate risk is one of the principal market exposures of each Series. Interest rate movements directly affect the price of interest rate futures positions held and indirectly the value of a Trading Company’s stock index and currency positions. Interest rate movements in one country as well as relative interest rate movements between countries materially impact profitability. The primary interest rate exposure is to interest rate fluctuations in the U.S. and the other G-7 countries. However, the Trading Companies and Galaxy Plus entities also may take futures positions on the government debt of smaller nations. The Managing Owner anticipates that G-7 interest rates will remain the primary market exposure of each Trading Company and Galaxy Plus entities and accordingly of each Series for the foreseeable future. The changes in interest rates which are expected to have the most effect on the Series are changes in long-term, as opposed to short-term rates. Most of the speculative positions to be held by the Trading Companies and Galaxy Plus entities will be in medium- to long-term instruments. Consequently, even a material change in short-term rates is expected to have little effect on the Series if the medium- to long-term rates remain steady. Aggregate interest income from all sources, including assets held at clearing brokers, of up to 2% (annualized) is paid to the Managing Owner by the Frontier Balanced Fund (Class 1 and Class 2 only), Frontier Winton Fund, Frontier Select Fund, and Frontier Heritage Fund. For the Frontier Diversified Fund, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund (Class 1a, Class 2a, Class 3a only), Frontier Masters Fund and Frontier Balanced Fund (Class 1AP, Class 2a and Class 3a), 20% of the total interest allocated to each Series was paid to the Managing Owner from January 1, 2017 through April 28, 2017; thereafter 100% of the interest is retained by the respective Series.

 

Currencies

 

Exchange rate risk is a significant market exposure of each Series of the Trust in general. For each Series of the Trust in general, currency exposure is to exchange rate fluctuations, primarily fluctuations that 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 Trading Advisors on behalf of a Series trade in a large number of Currencies, including cross-rates, which are positions between two Currencies other than the U.S. dollar. The Managing Owner does not anticipate that the risk profile of the Series’ currency sector will change significantly in the future.

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Stock Indices

 

For each Series, its primary equity exposure is equity price risk in the G-7 countries as well as other smaller jurisdictions. Each Series of the Trust is primarily exposed to the risk of adverse price trends or static markets in the major U.S., European and Japanese indices.

 

Metals

 

For each Series, its Metals market exposure is fluctuations in the price of both precious Metals, including gold and silver, as well as base Metals including aluminum, copper, nickel and zinc. Some Metals, such as gold, are used as surrogate stores of value, in place of hard currency, and thus have currency or interest rate risk associated with them relative to their price in a specific currency. Other Metals, such as silver, platinum, copper and steel, have substantial industrial applications, and may be subject to forces affecting industrial production and demand.

 

Agriculturals/Softs

 

Each Series may also invest in raw commodities and may thus have exposure to agricultural price movements, which are often directly affected by severe or unexpected weather conditions or by political events in countries that comprise significant sources of commodity supply.

 

Energy

 

For each Series its primary energy market exposure is in oil, gas and other energy product price movements, often resulting from political developments and ongoing conflicts in the Middle East. Oil and gas prices can be volatile and substantial profits and losses have been and are expected to continue to be experienced in this market.

 

Other Trading Risks

 

As a result of leverage, small changes in the price of a Trading Company’s positions may result in substantial losses for a Series. Futures, forwards and options are typically traded on margin. This means that a small amount of capital can be used to invest in contracts of much greater total value. The resulting leverage means that a relatively small change in the market price of a contract can produce a substantial loss. Like other leveraged investments, any purchase or sale of a contract may result in losses in excess of the amount invested in that contract. The Trading Companies and Galaxy Plus entities may lose more than their initial margin deposits on a trade.

 

The Trading Companies’ and Galaxy Plus entities’ trading is subject to execution risks. Market conditions may make it impossible for the Trading Advisors to execute a buy or sell order at the desired price, or to close out an open position. Daily price fluctuation limits are established by the exchanges and approved by the CFTC. When the market price of a contract reaches its daily price fluctuation limit, no trades can be executed at prices outside the limit. The holder of a contract may therefore be locked into an adverse price movement for several days or more and lose considerably more than the initial margin put up to establish the position. Thinly traded or illiquid markets also can make it difficult or impossible to execute trades. The Trading Advisor’s positions are subject to speculative limits. The CFTC and domestic exchanges have established speculative position limits on the maximum futures position which any person, or group of persons acting in concert, may hold or control in particular futures contracts or options on futures contracts traded on U.S. commodity exchanges. Under current regulations, other accounts of the Trading Advisors are combined with the positions held by them on behalf of the applicable Trading Company and Galaxy Plus entity for position limit purposes. This trading could preclude additional trading in these commodities by the Trading Advisors for the accounts of the Series.

 

Systematic strategies do not consider fundamental types of data and do not have the benefit of discretionary decision making. The assets of the Series are allocated to Trading Advisors that rely on technical, systematic strategies that do not take into account factors external to the market itself (although certain of these strategies may have minor discretionary elements incorporated into their systematic strategy). The widespread use of technical trading systems frequently results in numerous trading advisors attempting to execute similar trades at or about the same time, altering trading patterns and affecting market liquidity. Furthermore, the profit potential of trend-following systems may be diminished by the changing character of the markets, which may make historical price data (on which technical programs are based) only marginally relevant to future market patterns. Systematic strategies are developed on the basis of a statistical analysis of market prices. Consequently, any factor external to the market itself that dominates prices that a discretionary decision maker may take into account may cause major losses for a systematic strategy. For example, a pending political or economic event may be very likely to cause a major price movement, but a systematic strategy may continue to maintain positions indicated by its trading method that might incur major losses if the event proved to be adverse.

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However, because certain of the Trading Advisors’ strategies involve some discretionary aspects in addition to their technical factors, certain of the Trading Advisors may occasionally use discretion in investing the assets of a Trading Company. For example, the Trading Advisors often use discretion in selecting contracts and markets to be followed. In exercising such discretion, such Trading Advisor may take positions opposite to those recommended by the Trading Advisor’s trading system or signals. Discretionary decision making may also result in a Trading Advisor failing to capitalize on certain price trends or making unprofitable trades in a situation where another trader relying solely on a systematic approach might not have done so. Furthermore, such use of discretion may not enable the relevant Series of the Trust to avoid losses, and in fact, such use of discretion may cause such Series to forego profits which it may have otherwise earned had such discretion not been used.

 

Cyber Risks and Security

 

The Trust’s business requires it to use and store investor, employee and business partner personally identifiable information (“PII”). This may include, among other information, names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, contact preferences, tax identification numbers and payment account information.

 

The Trust requires user names and passwords in order to access its information technology systems. The Trust also uses encryption and authentication technologies designed to secure the transmission and storage of data and prevent access to Trust data or accounts. These security measures are subject to third-party security breaches, employee error, malfeasance, faulty password management, or other irregularities. To help protect investors and the Trust, the Trust monitors accounts and systems for unusual activity and may freeze accounts under suspicious circumstances.

 

The Trust devotes significant resources to network security, data encryption and other security measures to protect its systems and data, but these security measures cannot provide absolute security. To the extent the Trust was to experience a breach of its systems and was unable to protect sensitive data, such a breach could materially damage business partner and investor relationships. Moreover, if a computer security breach affects the Trust’s systems or results in the unauthorized release of PII, the Trust’s reputation and brand could be materially damaged and the Trust could be exposed to a risk of loss or litigation and possible liability. While the Trust maintains insurance coverage that, subject to policy terms and conditions and subject to a significant self-insured retention, is designed to address certain aspects of cyber risks, such insurance coverage may be insufficient to cover all losses or all types of claims that may arise in the continually evolving area of cyber risk.

 

Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Means of Managing Risk Exposure

 

The means by which the Managing Owner attempts to manage the risk of the Trust’s open positions is essentially the same in all market categories traded. The Managing Owner applies risk management policies to trading which generally are designed to limit the total exposure of assets under management. In addition, the Managing Owner follows diversification guidelines which are often formulated in terms of the balanced volatility between markets and correlated groups.

 

ITEM  4.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of the management of the Managing Owner, including its Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, the Trust evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), for the Trust and each Series as of June 30, 2018 (the “Evaluation Date”). Any control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable (not absolute) assurance that its objectives will be met. Furthermore, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. Based upon their evaluation, the Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of the Managing Owner concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, the disclosure controls and procedures for the Trust and each Series were effective to provide reasonable assurance that they are timely alerted to the material information relating to the Trust and each Series required to be included in the Trust’s periodic SEC filing.

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Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes in the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting for the quarter ended June 30, 2018.

 

Scope of Exhibit 31 Certifications

 

The certification of the Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of the Managing Owner included as Exhibit 31.1 to this Form 10-Q applies not only to the Trust as a whole but also to each Series individually.

 

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

 

There are no material legal proceedings pending against the Trust, or any of the Series.

 

ITEM  1A.RISK FACTORS.

 

The sections each entitled “Risk Factors” in the Prospectuses filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) (File Nos. 333-210313 and 333-155800) are incorporated by reference into this section.

 

ITEM  2.UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

 

The following table provides information regarding the sale of unregistered Units by the Trust for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The number of Units listed below for each transaction is the aggregate number of Units in the particular Series of the Trust purchased in such transaction. The consideration listed below for each transaction is, except as otherwise noted, the aggregate amount of cash paid for the Units purchased. For each transaction reported below, the price per Unit was NAV per Unit at the time of the transaction and the Managing Owner of the Trust was the purchaser of the Units. No underwriting discount or sales commission was paid or received with respect to any of the transactions reported below. The Trust claims an exemption from registration of each of the transactions listed below under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as a sale by an issuer not involving a public offering.

          
SERIES  DATE  UNITS  CONSIDERATION
NONE         

 

One hundred percent of the offering proceeds from the sale of Units are initially available for the Series’ trading activities.

 

ITEM 3.DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

 

None

 

ITEM  4.MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM  5.OTHER INFORMATION.

 

None

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ITEM 6.EXHIBITS.

 

Exhibits (numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

 

31.1Certification of Principal Executive Officer of the Managing Owner pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15(d)-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (furnished herewith)

 

32.1Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of The Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith)

 

32.2Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of The Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith)

 

32.3Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of The Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith)

 

32.4Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of The Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith)

 

32.5Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of The Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith)

 

32.6Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of The Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith)

 

32.7Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of The Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith)

 

32.8Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of The Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith)

 

101Financials in XBRL format

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

  Frontier Funds
  (Registrant)
     
Date: August 14, 2018 By: /s/ Patrick J. Kane
    Patrick J. Kane
    Chairman, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Managing Member of Frontier Fund Management LLC, the Managing Owner of Frontier Funds

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

  Frontier Balanced Fund,
  a Series of Frontier Funds
  (Registrant)
     
Date: August 14, 2018 By: /s/ Patrick J. Kane
    Patrick J. Kane
    Chairman, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Managing Member of Frontier Fund Management LLC, the Managing Owner of Frontier Funds

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

  Frontier Heritage Fund,
  a Series of Frontier Funds
  (Registrant)
     
Date: August 14, 2018 By: /s/ Patrick J. Kane
    Patrick J. Kane
    Chairman, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Managing Member of Frontier Fund Management LLC, the Managing Owner of Frontier Funds

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

  Frontier Winton Fund,
  a Series of Frontier Funds
  (Registrant)
   
Date: August 14, 2018 By: /s/ Patrick J. Kane
    Patrick J. Kane
    Chairman, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Managing Member of Frontier Fund Management LLC, the Managing Owner of Frontier Funds

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

  Frontier Select Fund,
  a Series of Frontier Funds
  (Registrant)
     
Date: August 14, 2018 By: /s/ Patrick J. Kane
    Patrick J. Kane
    Chairman, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Managing Member of Frontier Fund Management LLC, the Managing Owner of Frontier Funds

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

  Frontier Long/Short Commodity Fund,
  a Series of Frontier Funds
  (Registrant)
     
Date: August 14, 2018 By: /s/ Patrick J. Kane
    Patrick J. Kane
    Chairman, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Managing Member of Frontier Fund Management LLC, the Managing Owner of Frontier Funds

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

  Frontier Diversified Fund,
  a Series of Frontier Funds
  (Registrant)
     
Date: August 14, 2018 By: /s/ Patrick J. Kane
    Patrick J. Kane
    Chairman, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Managing Member of Frontier Fund Management LLC, the Managing Owner of Frontier Funds

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

  Frontier Masters Fund,
  a Series of Frontier Funds
  (Registrant)
     
Date: August 14, 2018 By: /s/ Patrick J. Kane
    Patrick J. Kane
    Chairman, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Managing Member of Frontier Fund Management LLC, the Managing Owner of Frontier Funds

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