Item 1. BUSINESS
(a) General Development of Business. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Spectrum Currency L.P. (the “Partnership”) is a Delaware limited partnership organized in 1999 to engage primarily in the speculative trading of futures contracts, options on futures and forward contracts, and forward contracts in global currency markets (collectively, “Futures Interest”). The Partnership commenced trading operations on July 3, 2000. The Partnership is one of the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Spectrum series of funds, comprised of the Partnership, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Spectrum Global Balanced L.P., Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Spectrum Select L.P., Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Spectrum Strategic L.P., and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Spectrum Technical L.P. (collectively, the “Spectrum Series”).
The Partnership’s general partner is Ceres Managed Futures LLC (“Ceres” or the “General Partner”). The non-clearing commodity broker is Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (“MSSB”) as of May 1, 2010. The clearing commodity broker is Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (“MS&Co.”). MS&Co. also acts as the counterparty on all trading of foreign currency forward contracts. Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. (“MSCG”) acts as the counterparty on all trading of options on foreign currency forward contracts. Ceres is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Holdings LLC (“MSSBH”). MSSBH is majority-owned indirectly by Morgan Stanley and minority-owned indirectly by Citigroup Inc. (“Citigroup”). MSSB is the principal subsidiary of MSSBH. MS&Co. and MSCG are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Morgan Stanley.
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The trading advisors to the Partnership are John W. Henry & Company, Inc., Sunrise Capital Partners, LLC, C-View International Limited, and DKR Fusion Management L.P. (each individually, a “Trading Advisor”, or collectively, the “Trading Advisors”).
Prior to December 1, 2010, the Partnership’s general partner was Demeter Management LLC (“Demeter”). Demeter was a wholly-owned subsidiary of MSSBH.
In 2009, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup combined certain assets of the Global Wealth Management Group of MS&Co., including Demeter, and the Smith Barney division of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. into a new joint venture, MSSBH. Since their contribution to the joint venture, Demeter and Ceres, the commodity pool operator for various legacy Citigroup sponsored commodity pools, worked closely together to align the operations and management of the commodity pools they oversee.
As a result, MSSBH, together with the unanimous support of the respective Boards of Directors of Demeter and Ceres, determined that a combination of the assets and operations of Demeter and Ceres into a single commodity pool operator, Ceres, is in the best interest of the limited partners and believes that this combination will achieve the intended benefits of the joint venture. The effective date of the combination was December 1, 2010.
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On February 19, 2010, Demeter notified FX Concepts Trading Advisor, Inc. (“FX Concept”) that the Management Agreement dated as of October 9, 2007 and any amendments or revisions subsequently made thereto, among the Partnership, Demeter and FX Concepts, pursuant to which FX Concepts traded a portion of the Partnership’s assets in commodity interest contracts, would be terminated effective February 26, 2010. Consequently, FX Concepts ceased all commodity interest trading on behalf of the Partnership effective February 26, 2010.
After the Spectrum Series’ November 30, 2008 monthly close, Demeter (Ceres, effective December 1, 2010), no longer offers for purchase or exchange in units of limited partnership interest (“Unit(s)”) in the Spectrum Series.
The Partnership began the year at a net asset value per Unit of $10.03 and returned (4.6)% to $9.57 per Unit on December 31, 2010. For a more detailed description of the Partnership's business see subparagraph (c).
(b) Financial Information about Segments. For financial information reporting purposes, the Partnership is deemed to engage in one industry segment, the speculative trading of futures, forwards, and options on such contracts. The relevant financial information is presented in Items 6 and 8.
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(c) Narrative Description of Business. The Partnership is in the business of speculative trading of futures, forwards and options on such contracts pursuant to trading instructions provided by the Trading Advisors. For a detailed description of the different facets of the Partnership's business, see those portions of the Partnership's prospectus, dated May 1, 2008 (the “Prospectus”), and the Partnership’s supplement to the Prospectus, dated September 17, 2008, (the “Supplement”), incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K, set forth below.
Facets of Business
1. Summary
1. “Summary” (Pages 1-10 of the Prospectus and Page S-1 of the Supplement).
2. Futures, Options and Forwards Markets
2. “The Futures, Options and Forwards Markets” (Pages 198-202 of the Prospectus).
3. Partnership’s Trading Arrangements and Policies
3. “Use of Proceeds” (Pages 31-33 of the Prospectus). “The Trading Advisors” (Pages 83-172 of the Prospectus and Pages S-2 - S-4 of the Supplement).
4. Management of the Partnership
4. “The Trading Advisors - Management Agreements” - (Page 83 of the Prospectus). “The General Partner” (Pages 79-82 of the Prospectus and Page S-2 of the Supplement). “The Commodity Brokers” (Pages 174-175 of the Prospectus) and “The Limited Partnership Agreements” (Pages 180-183 of the Prospectus).
5. Taxation of the Partnership’s Limited Partners
5. “Material Federal Income Tax Considerations” and “State and Local Income Tax Aspects” (Pages 190-196 of the Prospectus and pages S-4 - S-5 of the Supplement).
(d) Financial Information about Geographic Areas. The Partnership has not engaged in any operations in non-U.S. countries; however, the Partnership (through the commodity brokers) enters into forward contract transactions where non-U.S. banks are the contracting party and trades futures, forwards, and options on such contracts on non-U.S. exchanges.
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(e) Available Information. The Partnership files an annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and all amendments to these reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). You may read and copy any document filed by the Partnership at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the Public Reference Room. The Partnership does not maintain an internet website, however, the Partnership’s SEC filings are available to the public from the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at “http://www.sec.gov”. The Partnership’s CIK number is 0001097396.
Item 1A.
Item 1A. RISK FACTORS
The following risk factors contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor from civil liability provided for such statements by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (set forth in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). All quantitative disclosures in “Quantifying the Partnership’s Trading Value at Risk” in Item 7A. “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” are deemed to be forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor, except for statements of historical fact.
The qualitative disclosures, except for (A) those disclosures that are statements of historical fact and (B) the descriptions of how the Partnership manages its primary market risk exposure, in the “Qualitative Disclosure Regarding Primary Trading Risk Exposures” in Item 7A. “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” are deemed to be forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor.
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Current limited partners of the Partnership are advised that effective December 1, 2008, Demeter (Ceres, effective December 1, 2010) no longer accepts any subscriptions for investments in the Partnership or any exchanges in from other Spectrum Series partnerships for Units of the Partnership. Current limited partners of the Partnership will continue to be able to redeem Units of the Partnership.
The Partnership is in the business of speculative trading of futures, forwards, and options on such contracts. For a detailed description of the risks that may affect the business of the Partnership or the limited partnership interests offered by the Partnership, see the discussion of the risk factors as set forth in Item 7. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and Item 7A. “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk”.
Item 1B.
Item 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
Not applicable.
Item 2.
Item 2. PROPERTIES
The Partnership’s executive and administrative offices are located within the offices of MS&Co. The MS&Co. offices utilized by the Partnership are located at 522 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10036.
Item 3.
Item 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
None.
Item 4.
Item 4. (REMOVED AND RESERVED)
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PART II
Item 5.
Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
(a) Market Information. There is no established public trading market for Units of the Partnership.
(b) Holders. The number of holders of Units at December 31, 2010, was approximately 8,640.
(c) Distributions. No distributions have been made by the Partnership since it commenced trading operations on July 3, 2000. Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010) has sole discretion to decide what distributions, if any, shall be made to investors in the Partnership. Ceres currently does not intend to make any distributions of the Partnership’s profits.
(d) Underwriter. The managing underwriter for the Partnership was MS&Co.
(e) Use of Proceeds. All Units remaining unsold after the November 30, 2008 closing were deregistered with the SEC effective January 23, 2009.
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Item 6.
Item 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA (in dollars)
For the Years Ended December 31,
$
$
$
$
$
Total Trading Results
including interest income
886,767
(2,972,125)
19,415,745
(10,793,211)
3,120,675
Net Income (Loss)
(2,678,835)
(7,690,824)
12,531,300
(19,991,189)
(8,575,168)
Net Income (Loss) Per
Unit (Limited & General
Partners)
(0.46)
(1.13)
1.32
(1.54)
(0.40)
Total Assets
49,050,720
61,246,059
93,074,766
113,293,630
168,591,117
Total Limited Partners’
Capital
47,504,374
59,798,213
87,533,608
106,178,308
161,303,764
Net Asset Value Per Unit
9.57
10.03
11.16
9.84
11.38
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Item 7.
Item 7.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Liquidity. The Partnership deposits its assets with MSSB as non-clearing commodity broker and MS&Co. as clearing commodity broker in separate futures, forward and options trading accounts established for each Trading Advisor. Such assets are used as margin to engage in trading and may be used as margin solely for the Partnership’s trading. The assets are held in either non-interest bearing bank accounts or in securities and instruments permitted by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for investment of customer segregated or secured funds. Since the Partnership’s sole purpose is to trade in futures, forwards and options, it is expected that the Partnership will continue to own such liquid assets for margin purposes.
The Partnership’s investment in futures, forwards and options may, from time to time, be illiquid. Most U.S. futures exchanges limit fluctuations in prices during a single day by regulations referred to as “daily price fluctuations limits” or “daily limits”. Trades may not be executed at prices beyond the daily limit. If the price for a particular futures or options contract has increased or decreased by an amount equal to the daily limit, positions in that futures or options contract can neither be taken nor liquidated unless traders are willing to effect trades at or within the limit. Futures prices have occasionally moved the daily limit for several consecutive days with little or no trading. These market conditions could prevent the Partnership from promptly liquidating its futures or options contracts and result in restrictions on redemptions.
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There is no limitation on daily price moves in trading forward contracts on foreign currencies. The markets for some world currencies have low trading volume and are illiquid, which may prevent the Partnership from trading in potentially profitable markets or prevent the Partnership from promptly liquidating unfavorable positions in such markets, subjecting it to substantial losses. Either of these market conditions could result in restrictions on redemptions. For the periods covered by this report, illiquidity has not materially affected the Partnership’s assets.
There are no known material trends, demands, commitments, events, or uncertainties at the present time that are reasonably likely to result in the Partnership’s liquidity increasing or decreasing in any material way.
Capital Resources. The Partnership does not have, nor does it expect to have, any capital assets. Redemptions of Units in the future will affect the amount of funds available for investments in futures, forwards and options in subsequent periods. It is not possible to estimate the amount, and therefore the impact, of future outflows of Units. Effective December 1, 2008, Demeter (Ceres, effective December 1, 2010) no longer accepts any subscriptions for Units of the Partnership or any exchanges in from other Spectrum Series partnerships for Units of the Partnership.
There are no known material trends, favorable or unfavorable, that would affect, nor any expected material changes to, the Partnership’s capital resource arrangements at the present time.
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Results of Operations
General. The Partnership’s results depend on the Trading Advisors and the ability of each Trading Advisor’s trading program to take advantage of price movements in the futures, forwards and options markets. The following presents a summary of the Partnership’s operations for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010, and a general discussion of its trading activities during each period. It is important to note, however, that the Trading Advisors trade in various markets at different times and that prior activity in a particular market does not mean that such market will be actively traded by the Trading Advisors or will be profitable in the future. Consequently, the results of operations of the Partnership are difficult to discuss other than in the context of the Trading Advisors’ trading activities on behalf of the Partnership during the period in question. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
The Partnership’s results of operations set forth in the financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which require the use of certain accounting policies that affect the amounts reported in these financial statements, including the following: the contracts the Partnership trades are accounted for on a trade-date basis and marked to market on a daily basis. The difference between their original contract value and market value is recorded on the Statements of Operations as “Net change in unrealized trading profit (loss)” for open (unrealized) contracts, and recorded as “Realized trading profit (loss)” when open positions are closed out. The sum of these amounts constitutes the Partnership’s trading results. The market value of a futures contract is the settlement price on the exchange on which that futures contract is traded on a particular day. The value of a foreign currency forward contract is based on the spot rate as of approximately 3:00 P.M. (E.T.), the close
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of the business day. Interest income, as well as management fees, incentive fees, and brokerage fees of the Partnership are recorded on an accrual basis.
Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010) believes that, based on the nature of the operations of the Partnership, no assumptions relating to the application of critical accounting policies other than those presently used could reasonably affect reported amounts.
The Partnership recorded total trading results including interest income totaling $886,767 and expenses totaling $3,565,602, resulting in a net loss of $2,678,835 for the year ended December 31, 2010. The Partnership’s net asset value per Unit decreased from $10.03 at December 31, 2009, to $9.57 at December 31, 2010. Total redemptions for the year were $9,709,760, and the Partnership’s ending capital was $48,021,806 at December 31, 2010, a decrease of $12,388,595 from ending capital at December 31, 2009, of $60,410,401.
The most significant trading losses were incurred primarily during April and May from long positions in the Australian dollar versus the U.S. dollar and Japanese yen as the value of the Australian dollar declined against these currencies after Australian reports showed weak consumer confidence and speculation that China's economy might be slowing diminished the appeal of growth-linked currencies. Meanwhile, losses were also incurred from long positions in the Norwegian krone versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the Norwegian krone declined relative to the U.S. dollar during May amid concern over the Greek government debt crisis, which reduced demand for higher-yielding currency assets. Losses were also experienced
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primarily during September and October from short positions in the British pound versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the U.S. dollar fell against the British pound amid renewed optimism regarding the global economic recovery, which diminished demand for the relative “safe haven” of the U.S. currency. Smaller losses were incurred primarily during May from both long and short positions in the Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the Canadian dollar moved without consistent direction following mixed economic reports out of Canada. In July, short positions in the Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar resulted in losses as the value of the Canadian dollar rose against the U.S. dollar after the International Monetary Fund raised global growth forecasts, which boosted demand for higher-yielding currency assets. Meanwhile, newly established long positions in the Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar incurred losses in September as the value of the U.S. dollar moved higher relative to the Canadian dollar after concern that Ireland’s sovereign debt crisis may spread to other European nations boosted demand for the “safe haven” U.S. currency. A portion of the Partnership’s losses during the year was offset by gains achieved primarily during January and February from short positions in the euro versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the euro was pressured lower on concern Greece’s fiscal struggles may spread and hinder growth for the entire Euro-Zone. Further gains were achieved during May as the value of the euro continued to move lower against the U.S. currency after reports of political discord in Europe reignited worries about the stability of the region’s economy. During October, short positions in the euro versus the U.S. dollar recorded gains as the value of the euro fell against the U.S. dollar due to concern that Europe’s weakest economies may face difficulty reducing their budget deficits. Gains were also experienced primarily during May, June, and July from long positions in the Japanese yen versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the Japanese yen increased relative to the U.S. dollar amid speculation that global economic growth may diminish, thus boosting “safe
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haven” demand for the Japanese currency. Further gains were experienced during August from long positions in the Japanese yen versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the Japanese yen continued to rise on speculation that reports might show U.S. expansion decelerated, thereby spurring investors to unwind existing carry trades. During May, gains were achieved from short positions in the Swedish krona and Swiss franc versus the U.S. dollar as the value of these currencies moved lower against the U.S. currency following the aforementioned reports of political discord in Europe. Lastly, gains were recorded from long positions in the Taiwanese dollar versus the U.S. dollar, primarily during October, as the value of the U.S. dollar fell against the Taiwanese currency after a report revealed U.S. private-sector employment unexpectedly dropped in September, fueling worries that the U.S. Federal Reserve would undertake additional quantitative easing. In December, additional gains were achieved as the value of the Taiwanese dollar rose against the U.S. dollar after better-than-expected economic data spurred speculation that global growth is gathering momentum, boosting demand for higher-yielding currencies.
The Partnership recorded total trading results including interest income totaling $(2,972,125) and expenses totaling $4,718,699, resulting in a net loss of $7,690,824 for the year ended December 31, 2009. The Partnership’s net asset value per Unit decreased from $11.16 at December 31, 2008 to $10.03 at December 31, 2009. Total redemptions for the year were $20,321,913 and the Partnership’s ending capital was $60,410,401 at December 31, 2009, a decrease of $28,012,737 from ending capital at December 31, 2008, of $88,423,138.
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The most significant trading losses of approximately 1.6%, 1.6%, and 1.3%, respectively, were incurred, primarily during March and April, from short positions in the Mexican peso, euro, and Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the U.S. dollar moved lower after a government report showed U.S. employers cut fewer jobs than forecast, which reduced demand for the U.S. dollar as a “safe haven” currency. During July, losses were recorded from long positions in the Mexican peso versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the Mexican peso declined during the first half of the month on concerns that the Mexican economy might take longer to recover from a recession than investors previously estimated.
Newly established short positions in the Mexican peso versus the U.S. dollar incurred additional losses during August, September, and October as the value of the Mexican peso rose higher on improved confidence in Mexico’s economy. Meanwhile, further losses were incurred during June from long positions in the euro and Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the U.S. dollar reversed higher against these currencies amid speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve might raise interest rates following news that U.S. payrolls fell less than expected in May. Additional losses were incurred during July from short positions in the euro versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the euro climbed higher on signs that the recession in the Euro-Zone was abating. During September and October, newly established long positions in the euro versus the U.S. dollar resulted in losses as the value of the euro reversed lower amid concerns regarding the rapid appreciation of the euro at the meeting of Group of 20 leaders. Further losses were incurred from short positions in the Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the Canadian dollar moved higher during October after crude oil, the nation’s biggest export, rallied higher. Additional losses of approximately 1.4% were incurred from long positions in the Japanese yen versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the Japanese yen moved lower against most of its rivals during January and February due to
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speculation that the Bank of Japan might intervene to weaken the currency, as well as on news that Japan’s trade deficit substantially increased. Further losses were recorded during March and May from newly established short positions in the Japanese yen as the value of the Japanese yen reversed higher amid optimism that demand for the Japanese currency might strengthen. Losses were also experienced during June from long positions in the Japanese yen versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the U.S. dollar reversed higher amid the aforementioned speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve might raise interest rates
following better-than-expected U.S. economic data. During July and August, both long and short positions in the Japanese yen versus the U.S. dollar resulted in losses as the value of the Japanese yen moved without consistent direction during July and August following conflicting economic data out of Japan. Lastly, losses of approximately 1.3% were recorded from short positions in the Swiss franc versus the U.S. dollar, primarily during March and May, as the value of the Swiss franc moved higher against the U.S. dollar after better-than-expected economic data out of Switzerland added to speculation that the Swiss economy might rebound sooner than expected. Losses were also incurred during July and September from short positions in the Swiss franc versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the U.S. dollar reversed lower against the Swiss franc amid investor belief that the U.S. Federal Reserve might keep U.S. interest rates at historic lows. In December, long positions in the Mexican peso, Japanese yen, and Swiss franc versus the U.S. dollar resulted in additional losses as the value of the U.S. dollar moved higher against these currencies amid speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve might raise interest rates earlier than expected in the wake of positive economic data and consistent strength in the equity markets. A portion of the Partnership’s overall losses for the year was offset by gains of approximately 2.4%, 1.0%, and 0.7%, respectively, experienced primarily during April, May, and September from long positions in the Australian dollar, New Zealand
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dollar, and Brazilian real versus the U.S. dollar. Long positions in the Australian dollar, New Zealand dollar, and Brazilian real versus the U.S. dollar profited as the value of the U.S. dollar moved lower against most of its rivals after a government report showed U.S. employers cut fewer jobs than forecast, which reduced demand for the U.S. dollar as a “safe haven” currency. During October, further gains were experienced from long positions in the Australian dollar, New Zealand dollar, and Brazilian real versus the U.S. dollar as the value of these currencies moved higher against the U.S. dollar amid speculation that the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, and the Central Bank of Brazil might raise interest rates faster than other developed countries. Additionally, the value of the Australian dollar and New Zealand dollar moved higher throughout a majority of the year in the wake of stronger gold prices.
The Partnership recorded total trading results including interest income totaling $19,415,745 and expenses totaling $6,884,445, resulting in net income of $12,531,300 for the year ended December 31, 2008. The Partnership’s net asset value per Unit increased from $9.84 at December 31, 2007, to $11.16 at December 31, 2008. Total redemptions and subscriptions for the year were $36,137,200 and $4,701,294, respectively, and the Partnership’s ending capital was $88,423,138 at December 31, 2008, a decrease of $18,904,606 from ending capital at December 31, 2007, of $107,327,744.
The most significant trading gains of approximately 3.9%, 3.1%, 1.7%, 1.4%, and 1.3%, respectively, were experienced primarily during the first half of the year from long positions in the Australian dollar, euro, Mexican peso, Chilean peso, and Brazilian real versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the U.S. dollar weakened against most of its major rivals amid speculation that signs of a
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U.S. slowing economy might spur the U.S. Federal Reserve to lower interest rates at a faster pace than other central banks around the world. Gains were also experienced during July from long positions in the Mexican peso and Brazilian real versus the U.S. dollar as the value of these currencies strengthened against the U.S. dollar after the Bank of Mexico raised interest rates to curb accelerating inflation, and expectations increased that the Bank of Brazil would raise interest rates. Further gains were experienced during September, October, and November from newly established short positions in the Australian dollar, euro, Mexican peso, and Chilean peso versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the U.S. dollar moved higher against most of its rivals in tandem with rising U.S. dollar-denominated Treasury bonds amid a “flight-to-quality” due to concerns regarding the fundamental health of the global economy. Gains of approximately 3.1% were recorded primarily during March from long positions in the Japanese yen versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the U.S. dollar fell against its major rivals due to the aforementioned speculation of interest rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve. During July and August, gains were also experienced from short positions in the Japanese yen versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the Japanese yen declined relative to the U.S. dollar after Japan’s government downgraded its assessment of the economy to "worsening," indicating that the six-year expansion of Japan's economy might have ended. Furthermore, gains were experienced throughout the fourth quarter from newly established long positions in the Japanese yen versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the Japanese yen increased relative to the U.S. dollar after mounting fears of a global economic recession prompted investors to sell higher-yielding assets funded by loans in Japan. Additional gains of approximately 1.9% were achieved primarily during January, March, May, September, and October from short positions in the Korean won versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the Korean won fell
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against the U.S. dollar amid news of a widening Current-Account deficit out of Korea. Lastly, gains of approximately 1.0% were achieved throughout the fourth quarter from short positions in the British pound versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the British pound fell on estimates that the U.K. economy might contract significantly in 2009. A portion of the Partnership’s overall gains for the year was offset by losses of approximately 0.9% recorded primarily during April and July from short positions in the Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the Canadian dollar moved higher against the U.S. dollar amid rising energy prices and after the Bank of Canada cited improved trade and manufacturing data. Further losses were incurred during October from both short and long positions in the Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the Canadian dollar moved without consistent direction. Additional losses of 0.5% were incurred primarily during April from long positions in the Swiss franc versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the U.S. dollar moved higher against most of its rivals following better-than-expected U.S. manufacturing data, indicating the U.S. economy might withstand the ongoing credit crisis. Further losses were also recorded in September and October from both short and long positions in the Swiss franc versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the Swiss franc moved inconsistently amid uncertainty regarding the health of the Swiss economy. Lastly, losses of approximately 0.2% and 0.2%, respectively, were recorded from both long and short positions in the Hungarian forint and Indian rupee versus the U.S. dollar as the value of the these currencies moved without consistent direction throughout a majority of the first nine months of the year.
For an analysis of unrealized gains and (losses) by contract type and a further description of 2010 trading results, refer to the Partnership’s Annual Report to Limited Partners for the year ended December 31, 2010, which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 13.01 of this Form 10-K.
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The Partnership’s gains and losses are allocated among its partners for income tax purposes.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations.
The Partnership does not have any off-balance sheet arrangements, nor does it have contractual obligations or commercial commitments to make future payments that would affect its liquidity or capital resources.
Market Risk.
The Partnership is a party to financial instruments with elements of off-balance sheet market and credit risk. The Partnership trades futures contracts, options on futures and forward contracts, and forward contracts in global currency markets. In entering into these contracts, the Partnership is subject to the 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 positions held by the Partnership at the same time, and the Trading Advisors were unable to offset positions of the Partnership, the Partnership could lose all of its assets and the limited partners would realize a loss equal to 100% of their capital accounts.
In addition to the Trading Advisors’ internal controls, the Trading Advisors must comply with the Partnership’s trading policies that include standards for liquidity and leverage that must be maintained. The Trading Advisors and Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010) monitor the Partnership's trading activities to ensure compliance with the trading policies and Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010) can require the Trading Advisors to modify positions of the Partnership if Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010) believes they violate the Partnership's trading policies.
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Credit Risk.
In addition to market risk, in entering into futures, forward and options contracts, there is a credit risk to the Partnership that the counterparty on a contract will not be able to meet its obligations to the Partnership. The ultimate counterparty or guarantor of the Partnership for futures, forward and options contracts traded in the United States and most foreign exchanges on which the Partnership trades is the clearinghouse associated with such exchange. In general, a clearinghouse is backed by the membership of the exchange and will act in the event of non-performance by one of its members or one of its member’s customers, which should significantly reduce this credit risk. There is no assurance that a clearinghouse, exchange, or other exchange member will meet its obligations to the Partnership, and Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010) and the commodity brokers will not indemnify the Partnership against a default by such parties. Further, the law is unclear as to whether a commodity broker has any obligation to protect its customers from loss in the event of an exchange or clearinghouse defaulting on trades effected for the broker’s customers. In cases where the Partnership trades off-exchange forward contracts with a counterparty, the sole recourse of the Partnership will be the forward contract’s counterparty.
Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010) deals with these credit risks of the Partnership in several ways. First, Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010) monitors the Partnership’s credit exposure to each exchange on a daily basis. The commodity brokers inform the Partnership, as with all of their customers, of the Partnership’s net margin requirements for all of its existing open positions, and Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010) has installed a system which permits it to monitor the Partnership’s potential net credit exposure, exchange by exchange, by adding the unrealized trading gains on each exchange, if any, to the Partnership’s margin liability thereon.
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Second, the Partnership’s trading policies limit the amount of its net assets that can be committed at any given time to futures contracts and require a minimum amount of diversification in the Partnership’s trading, usually over several different products and exchanges. Historically, the Partnership’s exposure to any one exchange has typically amounted to only a small percentage of its total net assets and on those relatively few occasions where the Partnership’s credit exposure climbs above such level, Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010) deals with the situation on a case by case basis, carefully weighing whether the increased level of credit exposure remains appropriate. Material changes to the trading policies may be made only with the prior written approval of the limited partners owning more than 50% of Units then outstanding.
Third, with respect to forward and options on forward contract trading, the Partnership trades with only those counterparties which Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010), together with MS&Co., has determined to be creditworthy. The Partnership presently deals with MS&Co. as the sole counterparty on all trading of foreign currency forward contracts and MSCG as the sole counterparty on all trading of options on foreign currency forward contracts.
For additional information, see the “Financial Instruments” section under “Notes to Financial Statements” in the Partnership’s Annual Report to Limited Partners for the year ended December 31, 2010, which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 13.01 of this Form 10-K.
Inflation has not been a major factor in the Partnership’s operations.
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Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.
Financial instruments are carried at fair value, which is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. Assets and liabilities carried at fair value are classified and disclosed in the following three levels: Level 1 - unadjusted quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities; Level 2 - inputs other than unadjusted quoted market prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, and credit risk); and Level 3 - unobservable inputs for the asset or liability (including the Partnership’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments).
In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, an investment’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The Partnership’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the investment.
The Partnership’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized in the following tables by the type of inputs applicable to the fair value measurements.
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December 31, 2010
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
Significant Other Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
Total
$
$
$
$
Assets
Futures
74,100
-
n/a
74,100
Forwards
-
1,227,677
n/a
1,227,677
Options Purchased
-
4,459
n/a
4,459
Total Assets
74,100
1,232,136
n/a
1,306,236
Liabilities
Futures
-
-
n/a
-
Forwards
-
291,624
n/a
291,624
Total Liabilities
-
291,624
n/a
291,624
Unrealized currency gain
108,283
*Net fair value
74,100
940,512
n/a
1,122,895
December 31, 2009 **
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
Significant Other Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
Total
$
$
$
$
Assets
Futures
-
-
n/a
-
Forwards
-
500,091
n/a
500,091
Options Purchased
-
n/a
Total Assets
-
500,212
n/a
500,212
Liabilities
Futures
-
-
n/a
-
Forwards
-
1,041,034
n/a
1,041,034
Total Liabilities
-
1,041,034
n/a
1,041,034
Unrealized currency gain
78,317
*Net fair value
-
(540,822)
n/a
(462,505)
* This amount comprises of the net unrealized gain/(loss) on open contracts and options purchased and options written on the Statements of Financial Condition.
** The amounts have been reclassified from the December 31, 2009 prior year financial statements to conform to the current year presentation based on new fair value guidance.
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Derivatives and Hedging
The Partnership’s objective is to profit from speculative trading in Futures Interests. Therefore, the Trading Advisors for the Partnership will take speculative positions in Futures Interests where they feel the best profit opportunities exist for their trading strategy. As such, the average number of contracts outstanding in absolute quantities (the total of the open long and open short positions) has been presented as a part of the volume disclosure, as position direction is not an indicative factor in such volume disclosures. In regards to foreign currency forward trades, each notional quantity amount has been converted to an equivalent contract based upon an industry convention.
The following tables summarize the valuation of the Partnership’s investments as required by the disclosures about Derivatives and Hedging as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
The Effect of Trading Activities on the Statements of Financial Condition as of December 31, 2010:
Fair
Average number of
contracts outstanding
for the year
Value
(absolute quantities)
Option Contracts at Fair Value
$
Options purchased
4,459
Options written
-
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The Effect of Trading Activities on the Statements of Financial Condition as of December 31, 2009:
Fair
*Average number of
contracts outstanding
for the year
Value
(absolute quantities)
Option Contracts at Fair Value
$
Options purchased
Options written
-
* The amounts have been reclassified from December 31, 2009 prior year financial statements to conform to the current year presentation.
The following tables summarize the net trading results of the Partnership for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 as required by the disclosures about Derivatives and Hedging.
The Effect of Trading Activities on the Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2010 included in Total Trading Results:
Type of Instrument
$
Foreign currency
808,671
Unrealized currency gain
29,966
Total
838,637
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Line Items on the Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2010:
Trading Results
$
Realized
(745,965)
Net change in unrealized
1,584,602
Total Trading Results
838,637
The Effect of Trading Activities on the Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2009 included in Total Trading Results:
Type of Instrument
$
Foreign currency
(2,979,122)
Unrealized currency loss
(52,641)
Total
(3,031,763)
Line Items on the Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2009:
Trading Results
$
Realized
(2,992,672)
Net change in unrealized
(39,091)
Total Trading Results
(3,031,763)
Statement of Cash Flows
The Partnership is not required to provide a Statement of Cash Flows.
Other Pronouncements
Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements
In January 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued accounting guidance under the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC” or the “Codification”), which, among other things, amends fair value measurements and disclosures to require entities to separately present purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in their reconciliation of Level 3 fair value measurements (i.e., to present such
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items on a gross basis rather than on a net basis), and which clarifies existing disclosure requirements regarding the level of disaggregation and the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value for measurements that fall within either Level 2 or Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements which are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Partnership’s financial statements.
Subsequent Events
Management of Ceres (“Management”) performed its evaluation of subsequent events and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.
Item 7A.
Item 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Introduction
The Partnership is a commodity pool engaged primarily in the speculative trading of futures, forwards and options. The market-sensitive instruments held by the Partnership are acquired for speculative trading purposes only and, as a result, all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets are at risk of trading loss. Unlike an operating company, the risk of market-sensitive instruments is inherent to the primary business activity of the Partnership.
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The futures, forwards and options on such contracts traded by the Partnership involve varying degrees of related market risk. Market risk is often dependent upon changes in the level or volatility of interest rates, exchange rates, and prices of financial instruments and commodities, factors that result in frequent changes in the fair value of the Partnership’s open positions, and consequently in its earnings, whether realized or unrealized, and cash flow. Gains and losses on open positions of exchange-traded futures, exchange-traded forward, and exchange-traded futures-styled options contracts and forward currency options contracts are settled daily through variation margin. Gains and losses on off-exchange-traded forward currency contracts are settled upon termination of the contract. Gains and losses on off-exchange-traded forward currency options contracts are settled upon an agreed upon settlement date. However, the Partnership is required to meet margin requirements equal to the net unrealized loss on open forward currency contracts in the Partnership accounts with the counterparty, which is accomplished by daily maintenance of the cash balance in a custody account held at MSSB for the benefit of MS&Co.
The Partnership’s total market risk may increase or decrease as it is influenced by a wide variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the diversification among the Partnership’s open positions, the volatility present within the markets, and the liquidity of the markets.
The face value of the market sector instruments held by the Partnership is typically many times the applicable margin requirements. Margin requirements generally range between 2% and 15% of contract face value. Additionally, the use of leverage causes the face value of the market sector instruments held by the Partnership typically to be many times the total capitalization of the Partnership.
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The Partnership’s past performance is no guarantee of its future results. Any attempt to numerically quantify the Partnership’s market risk is limited by the uncertainty of its speculative trading. The Partnership’s speculative trading and use of leverage may cause future losses and volatility (i.e., “risk of ruin”) that far exceed the Partnership’s experience to date under the “Partnership’s Value at Risk in Different Market Sectors” section and significantly exceed the Value at Risk (“VaR”) tables disclosed.
Limited partners will not be liable for losses exceeding the current net asset value of their investment.
Quantifying the Partnership’s Trading Value at Risk
The following quantitative disclosures regarding the Partnership’s market risk exposures contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor from civil liability provided for such statements by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (set forth in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). All quantitative disclosures in this section are deemed to be forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor, except for statements of historical fact.
The Partnership accounts for open positions on the basis of mark to market accounting principles. Any loss in the market value of the Partnership’s open positions is directly reflected in the Partnership’s earnings and cash flow.
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The Partnership’s risk exposure in the market sectors traded by the Trading Advisors is estimated below in terms of VaR. The Partnership estimates VaR using a model based upon historical simulation (with a confidence level of 99%) which involves constructing a distribution of hypothetical daily changes in the value of a trading portfolio. The VaR model takes into account linear exposures to risks including equity and commodity prices, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and correlation among these variables. The hypothetical changes in portfolio value are based on daily percentage changes observed in key market indices or other market factors (“market risk factors”) to which the portfolio is sensitive. The one-day 99% confidence level of the Partnership’s VaR corresponds to the negative change in portfolio value that, based on observed market risk factors, would have been exceeded once in 100 trading days, or one day in 100. VaR typically does not represent the worst case outcome. Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010) uses approximately four years of daily market data (1,000 observations) and re-values its portfolio (using delta-gamma approximations) for each of the historical market moves that occurred over this time period. This generates a probability distribution of daily “simulated profit and loss” outcomes. The VaR is the appropriate percentile of this distribution. For example, the 99% one-day VaR would represent the 10th worst outcome from Ceres’ (Demeter’s, prior to December 1, 2010) simulated profit and loss series.
The Partnership’s VaR computations are based on the risk representation of the underlying benchmark for each instrument or contract and do not distinguish between exchange and non-exchange dealer-based instruments. They are also not based on exchange and/or dealer-based maintenance margin requirements. VaR models, including the Partnership’s, are continually evolving as trading portfolios become more
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diverse and modeling techniques and systems capabilities improve. Please note that the VaR model is used to numerically quantify market risk for historic reporting purposes only and is not utilized by either Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010) or the Trading Advisors in their daily risk management activities. Please further note that VaR as described above may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures used by other entities.
The Partnership’s Value at Risk in Different Market Sectors
The following table indicates the VaR associated with the Partnership’s open positions as a percentage of total net assets by primary market risk category at December 31, 2010 and 2009. At December 31, 2010 and 2009, the Partnership’s total capitalization was approximately $48 million and $60 million, respectively.
Primary Market
December 31, 2010
December 31, 2009
Risk Category
Value at Risk
Value at Risk
Currency
(1.13)%
(1.01)%
The VaR for a market category represents the one-day downside risk for the aggregate exposures associated with this market category.
Because the business of the Partnership is the speculative trading of futures, forwards and options on such contracts, the composition of its trading portfolio can change significantly over any given time period, or even within a single trading day. Such changes could positively or negatively materially impact market risk as measured by VaR.
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The tables below supplement the December 31, 2010 and 2009 VaR set forth above by presenting the Partnership’s high, low, and average VaR, as a percentage of total net assets for the four quarter-end reporting periods from January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010 and January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009, respectively.
December 31, 2010
Primary Market Risk Category
High
Low
Average
Currency
(1.59)%
(1.11)%
(1.27)%
December 31, 2009
Primary Market Risk Category
High
Low
Average
Currency
(1.03)%
(0.42)%
(0.80)%
Limitations on Value at Risk as an Assessment of Market Risk
VaR models permit estimation of a portfolio’s aggregate market risk exposure, incorporating a range of varied market risks, reflect risk reduction due to portfolio diversification or hedging activities, and can cover a wide range of portfolio assets. However, VaR risk measures should be viewed in light of the methodology’s limitations, which include, but may not be limited to the following:
·
past changes in market risk factors will not always result in accurate predictions of the distributions and correlations of future market movements;
·
changes in portfolio value caused by market movements may differ from those of the VaR model;
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·
VaR results reflect past market fluctuations applied to current trading positions while future risk depends on future positions;
·
VaR using a one-day time horizon does not fully capture the market risk of positions that cannot be liquidated or hedged within one day; and
·
the historical market risk factor data used for VaR estimation may provide only limited insight into losses that could be incurred under certain unusual market movements.
In addition, the VaR tables above, as well as the past performance of the Partnership, give no indication of the Partnership’s potential “risk of ruin”.
The VaR tables provided present the results of the Partnership’s VaR for each of the Partnership’s market risk exposures and on an aggregate basis at December 31, 2010 and 2009, and for the four quarter-end reporting periods during calendar years 2010 and 2009. VaR is not necessarily representative of the Partnership’s historic risk, nor should it be used to predict the Partnership’s future financial performance or its ability to manage or monitor risk. There can be no assurance that the Partnership’s actual losses on a particular day will not exceed the VaR amounts indicated above or that such losses will not occur more than once in 100 trading days.
Non-Trading Risk
The Partnership has non-trading market risk on its foreign cash balances not needed for margin. These balances and any market risk they may represent are immaterial.
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The Partnership also maintains a substantial portion of its available assets in cash at MSSB as of December 31, 2010, such amount is equal to approximately 98% of the Partnership‘s net asset value. A decline in short-term interest rates would result in a decline in the Partnership’s cash management income. This cash flow risk is not considered to be material.
Materiality, as used throughout this section, is based on an assessment of reasonably possible market movements and any associated potential losses, taking into account the leverage, optionality, and multiplier features of the Partnership’s market-sensitive instruments, in relation to the Partnership’s net assets.
Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Primary Trading Risk Exposures
The following qualitative disclosures regarding the Partnership’s market risk exposures - except for (A) those disclosures that are statements of historical fact and (B) the descriptions of how the Partnership manages its primary market risk exposures - constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act. The Partnership’s primary market risk exposures, as well as the strategies used and to be used by Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010) and 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 Partnership’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
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management strategies of the Partnership. Investors must be prepared to lose all or substantially all of their investment in the Partnership.
The Trading Advisors, in general tend to utilize trading system(s) to take positions when market opportunities develop, and Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010) anticipates that the Trading Advisors will continue to do so.
The following were the primary trading risk exposures of the Partnership at December 31, 2010 by market sector. It may be anticipated, however, that these market exposures will vary materially over time.
Currencies. The Partnership’s currency exposure is to exchange rate fluctuations, primarily fluctuations which disrupt the historical pricing relationships between different currencies and currency pairs. These fluctuations are influenced by interest rate changes as well as political and general economic conditions. Ceres does not anticipate that the risk profile of the Partnership’s currency sector will change significantly in the future.
Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Means of Managing Risk Exposure
The Partnership and the Trading Advisors, separately, attempt to manage the risk of the Partnership’s open positions in essentially the same manner in all market categories traded. Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010) attempts to manage market exposure by diversifying the Partnership’s assets among different market sectors and trading approaches through the selection of Commodity Trading Advisors and
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by daily monitoring their performance. In addition, the Trading Advisors establish diversification guidelines, often set in terms of the maximum margin to be committed to positions in any one market sector or market-sensitive instrument.
Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010) monitors and controls the risk of the Partnership’s non-trading instrument, cash. Cash is the only Partnership investment directed by Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010), rather than the Trading Advisors.
Item 8.
Item 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The Financial Statements are incorporated by reference to the Partnership's Annual Report, which is filed as Exhibit 13.01 hereto.
Supplementary data specified by Item 302 of Regulation S-K:
Summary of Quarterly Results (Unaudited)
Total Trading Results
Net
Net Income/
Quarter Ended
including interest income
Income/(Loss)
(Loss) Per Unit
March 31
$291,588
$(686,707)
$(0.12)
June 30
(1,025,181)
(1,948,505)
(0.34)
September 30
498,200
(349,914)
(0.06)
December 31
1,122,160
306,291
0.06
Total
$886,767
$(2,678,835)
$(0.46)
March 31
$(1,901,306)
$(3,287,178)
$(0.44)
June 30
1,185,103
(7,064)
-
September 30
(1,389,496)
(2,489,283)
(0.39)
December 31
(866,426)
(1,907,299)
(0.30)
Total
$(2,972,125)
$(7,690,824)
$(1.13)
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Item 9.
Item 9.
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
Item 9A.
Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
As of the end of the period covered by this annual report, the President and Chief Financial Officer of Ceres have evaluated the effectiveness of the Partnership’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act), and have judged such controls and procedures to be effective.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010) is responsible for the management of the Partnership.
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. The internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
The Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:
·
Pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Partnership;
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·
Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and that the Partnership’s transactions are being made only in accordance with authorizations of Management and directors of Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010); and
·
Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection and correction of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Partnership’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Management assessed the effectiveness of the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010. In making this assessment, Management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in Internal Control-Integrated Framework. Based on our assessment and those criteria, Management believes that the Partnership maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010.
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Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There have been no material changes during the period covered by this annual report in the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to affect the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting.
Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls
Any control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide 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.
Item 9B.
Item 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
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PART III
Item 10.
Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The Partnership has no officers or directors and its affairs are managed by its General Partner. Investment decisions are made by the Advisors.
The officers and directors of the General Partner are Walter Davis (President and Chairman of the Board of Directors), Jennifer Magro (Chief Financial Officer and Director), Michael McGrath (Director), Douglas J. Ketterer (Director), Ian Bernstein (Director), Harry Handler (Director), Patrick T. Egan (Director) and Alper Daglioglu (Director). Each director holds office until the earlier of his or her death, resignation or removal. Vacancies on the board of directors may be filled by either (i) the majority vote of the remaining directors or (ii) MSSBH, as the sole member of the General Partner. The officers of the General Partner are designated by the General Partner’s board of directors. Each officer will hold office until his or her successor is designated and qualified or until his or her death, resignation or removal.
Walter Davis, age 46, is President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Partner (since June 2010). Mr. Davis was registered as an associated person of the General Partner and listed as a principal in June 2010. Mr. Davis is responsible for the oversight of the General Partner’s funds and accounts. Prior to the combination of Demeter and Ceres effective December 1, 2010, Mr. Davis served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of Demeter, a registered commodity pool operator. Mr. Davis was a principal and associated person of Demeter from May 2006 to December 2010 and July 2006 to December 2010, respectively. Mr. Davis was an associated person of Morgan
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Stanley DW Inc., a financial services firm, from August 2006 to April 2007, when, because of the merger of Morgan Stanley DW Inc. into MS&Co., a global financial services firm, he became an associated person of MS&Co. (due to the transfer of his original registration as an associated person of Morgan Stanley DW Inc.). Prior to becoming an associated person in August 2006, Mr. Davis was responsible for overseeing the sales and marketing of MS&Co.’s managed futures funds to high net worth and institutional investors on a global basis. Mr. Davis withdrew as an associated person of MS&Co. in June 2009. Mr. Davis has been an associated person of MSSB since June 2009. MSSB is registered as a broker-dealer with FINRA, an investment adviser with the SEC and a futures commission merchant with the CFTC. Mr. Davis is a Managing Director of MSSB and the Director of MSSB’s managed futures department. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in September 1999, Mr. Davis worked for Chase Manhattan Bank’s Alternative Investment Group from January 1992 until September 1999, where his principal duties included marketing managed futures funds to high net worth investors, as well as developing and structuring managed futures funds. Throughout his career, Mr. Davis has been involved with the development, management and marketing of a diverse array of commodity pools, hedge funds and other alternative investment vehicles. Mr. Davis received an MBA in Finance and International Business from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business in 1992 and a BA in Economics from the University of the South in 1987.
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Jennifer Magro, age 39, is Chief Financial Officer and Director of the General Partner (since October 2006 and May 2005, respectively). Ms. Magro was listed as a principal in June 2005. Ms. Magro served as Vice President and Secretary of the General Partner from August 2001 to December 2010 and June 2010 to December 2010, respectively. She was also a Managing Director of Citi Alternative Investments (“CAI”), a division of Citigroup that administered its hedge fund and fund of funds business, and was Chief Operating Officer of CAI’s Hedge Fund Management Group from October 2006 to July 2009. Ms. Magro is responsible for the financial, administrative and operational functions of the General Partner. She is also responsible for the accounting and financial and regulatory reporting of the General Partner’s managed futures funds. From March 1999 to July 2009, Ms. Magro was responsible for the accounting and financial and regulatory reporting of Citigroup’s managed futures funds. She had similar responsibilities with CAI’s Hedge Fund Management Group (from October 2006 to July 2009). Prior to joining the General Partner in January 1996, Ms. Magro was employed by Prudential Securities Inc., a securities brokerage services company (from July 1994), as a staff accountant whose duties included the calculation of net asset values for commodity pools and real estate investment products. Ms. Magro received a BS in Accounting from the State University of New York, Oswego in 1993.
Michael McGrath, age 41, has been a Director of the General Partner since June 2010. Mr. McGrath was listed as a principal in June 2010. Mr. McGrath was a principal and Director of Demeter from May 2006 until Demeter’s combination with the General Partner in December 2010. Mr. McGrath is a Managing Director of MSSB and currently serves as the Head of Alternative Investments for the Global Wealth Management Group of MSSB. He also serves on the Management Committee
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of the Global Wealth Management Group. Prior to his current role, Mr. McGrath served as the Director of Product Management for the Consulting Services Group in Morgan Stanley as well as the Chief Operating Officer for Private Wealth Management North America and Private Wealth Management Latin America (the Americas) and the Director of Product Development for Morgan Stanley’s Global Wealth Management Group. Mr. McGrath served as a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley from May 2004 until May 2009, when Mr. McGrath became a Managing Director of MSSB. Mr. McGrath joined Morgan Stanley from Nuveen Investments, a publicly traded investment management company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, where he worked from July 2001 to May 2004. At Nuveen Investments, Mr. McGrath served as a Managing Director and oversaw the development of alternative investment products catering to high net worth investors. Mr. McGrath received his BA degree from Saint Peters College in 1990, and currently serves on the school’s Board of Regents. He received his MBA in Finance from New York University in 1996.
Douglas J. Ketterer, age 45, has been a Director of the General Partner since December 2010. Mr. Ketterer was listed as a principal in December 2010. Mr. Ketterer was a principal of Demeter from October 2003 until Demeter’s combination with the General Partner in December 2010. Mr. Ketterer is a Managing Director and Head of the U.S. Private Wealth Management Group within MSSB. Mr. Ketterer joined MS&Co. in March 1990 and has served in many roles in the corporate finance/investment banking, asset management, and wealth management divisions of the firm; most recently as Chief Operating Officer, Wealth Management Group and Head of the Products Group with responsibility for a number of departments (including, among others, the Alternative Investments
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Group, Consulting Services Group, Annuities & Insurance Department and Retirement & Equity Solutions Group) which offered products and services through MS & Co.’s Global Wealth Management Group. Mr. Ketterer received his MBA from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business and his BS in Finance from the University at Albany’s School of Business.
Ian Bernstein, age 48, is a Director of the General Partner. Mr. Bernstein has been a Director, and listed as a principal of the General Partner since December 2010. Mr. Bernstein held various positions, including Managing Director, within the Capital Markets group at Morgan Stanley DW Inc. from October 1984 to April 2007, when Morgan Stanley DW Inc. was merged into, its institutional affiliate, MS&Co. and became the Global Wealth Management Division of MS&Co. Mr. Bernstein first served as a Managing Director with MS&Co. in March 2004, prior to its merger with Morgan Stanley DW Inc. Since June 1, 2009, Mr. Bernstein has served as a Managing Director of Capital Markets at MSSB, a new broker-dealer formed as a result of a joint venture between Citigroup and Morgan Stanley. The respective retail business of MS&Co. and Citigroup (formerly known as Smith Barney) was contributed to MSSB. Mr. Bernstein has continued as Managing Director of both MSSB, the retail broker-dealer, and MS&Co., the institutional broker-dealer, up to the present. Mr. Bernstein received his MBA from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business in 1988, and his BA from the University of Buckingham in 1980.
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Harry Handler, age 51, has been a Director of the General Partner since December 2010. Mr. Handler became registered as an associated person of the General Partner and listed as a principal in December 2010. Mr. Handler was a principal and associated person of Demeter from May 2005 until Demeter’s combination with the General Partner in December 2010, and from April 2006 until December 2010, respectively. He has been an associate member of the NFA since August 1985. Mr. Handler was an associated person of Morgan Stanley DW Inc., a financial services firm, from February 1984 to April 2007, when, because of the merger of Morgan Stanley DW Inc. into MS&Co., he became an associated person of MS&Co. due to the transfer of his original registration as an associated person of Morgan Stanley DW Inc. Mr. Handler withdrew as an associated person of MS&Co. in June 2009. Mr. Handler has been an associated person of MSSB since June 2009. Mr. Handler serves as an Executive Director at MSSB in the Global Wealth Management Group. Mr. Handler works in the Capital Markets Division and is responsible for Electronic Equity and Securities Lending. Additionally, Mr. Handler serves as Chairman of the Global Wealth Management Group’s Best Execution Committee. In his prior position, Mr. Handler was a Systems Director in Information Technology, in charge of Equity and Fixed Income Trading Systems along with the Special Products, such as Unit Trusts, Managed Futures, and Annuities. Prior to his transfer to the Information Technology Area, Mr. Handler managed the Foreign Currency and Precious Metals Trading Desk of Dean Witter, a financial services firm and predecessor company to Morgan Stanley, from July 1982 until January 1984. He also held various positions in the Futures Division where he helped to build the Precious Metals Trading Operation at Dean Witter. Before joining Dean Witter, Mr. Handler worked at Mocatta Metals, a precious metals trading firm and futures broker that was sold to Standard Charted Bank in the 1980’s, as an Assistant to the Chairman from March 1980 until June 1982. His roles at
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Mocatta Metals included positions on the Futures Order Entry Desk and the Commodities Exchange Trading Floor. Additional work included building a computerized Futures Trading System and writing a history of the company. Mr. Handler graduated on the Dean’s List from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a BA degree and a double major in History and Political Science.
Patrick T. Egan, age 41, has been a Director of the General Partner since December 2010. Mr. Egan became registered as an associated person of the General Partner and listed as a principal in December 2010. Mr. Egan has been an associate member of the NFA since December 1997. He has been an associated person of MSSB since November 2010. Mr. Egan was an associated person of Morgan Stanley DW Inc., a financial services firm, from February 1998 to April 2007, when, because of the merger of Morgan Stanley DW Inc. into MS&Co., he became an associated person of MS&Co. due to the transfer of his original registration as an associated person of Morgan Stanley DW Inc. Mr. Egan withdrew as an associated person of MS&Co. in November 2010. Mr. Egan is an Executive Director at MSSB and currently serves as the Co-Chief Investment Officer for MSSB managed futures department. Prior to his current role, Mr. Egan served as the Head of Due Diligence & Manager Research for Morgan Stanley’s managed futures department from October 2003 until the formation of MSSB in June 2009. From March 1993 through September 2003, Mr. Egan was an analyst and manager within the managed futures department for Morgan Stanley DW Inc., and its predecessor firm, Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., a financial services firm, with his primary responsibilities being dedicated to the product development, due diligence, investment analysis and risk management of the firm’s commodity pools. Mr. Egan began his career in August 1991, joining Dean Witter Intercapital, the asset management arm of Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., until March 1993 when he joined the firm’s
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managed futures department. Mr. Egan received a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from the University of Notre Dame in May 1991. Mr. Egan is a former Director to the Managed Funds Association’s Board of Directors, a position he was elected to by industry peers for two consecutive two-year terms, from November 2004 to October 2006 and November 2006 to October 2008.
Alper Daglioglu, age 33, has been a Director, and listed as a principal of the General Partner since December 2010. Mr. Daglioglu is an Executive Director at MSSB and the Co-Chief Investment Officer for MSSB’s managed futures department. Mr. Daglioglu also serves on the Alternative Investments Product Review Committee of MSSB’s Alternative Investments Group. Prior to his current role, Mr. Daglioglu was a Senior Analyst at the Product Origination Group within Morgan Stanley managed futures department from December 2003 until the formation of MSSB in June 2009. In addition to his responsibilities within managed futures department, Mr. Daglioglu was also the lead investment analyst for Global Macro and Managed Futures strategies within Morgan Stanley Graystone Research Group from February 2007 to June 2009. Mr. Daglioglu served as a consultant at the Product Origination Group within Morgan Stanley managed futures department from June 2003 to November 2003. Mr. Daglioglu received a BS degree in Industrial Engineering from Galatasaray University in June 2000 and a MBA degree in Finance from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst’s Isenberg School of Management in May 2003. Mr. Daglioglu was awarded a full merit scholarship and research assistantship at the Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets during his graduate studies. In this capacity, he worked with various major financial
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institutions in performance monitoring, asset allocation and statistical analysis projects and specialized on alternative approaches to risk assessment for hedge funds and managed futures. Mr. Daglioglu wrote and published numerous research papers on alternative investments. Mr. Daglioglu is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst charterholder.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
To the Partnership’s knowledge, all required Section 16(a) filings during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, were timely and correctly made.
Code of Ethics
The Partnership has not adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Partnership’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. The Partnership is operated by its general partner, Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010). The President, Chief Financial Officer, and each member of the Board of Directors of Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010) are employees of Morgan Stanley or Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and are subject to the code of ethics adopted by Morgan Stanley, the text of which can be viewed on Morgan Stanley’s website at http://www.morganstanley.com/individual/ourcommitment/codeofconduct.html.
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The Audit Committee
The Partnership is operated by its general partner, Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010), and has no audit committee. However, Demeter had a Disclosure Committee that met quarterly to review periodic filings made by the Partnership for which Demeter acted as the general partner. Demeter’s Disclosure Committee reported directly to the Board of Directors of Demeter which served as its audit committee.
Item 11.
Item 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The Partnership has no directors and executive officers. As a limited partnership, the business of the Partnership is managed by Ceres (Demeter, prior to December 1, 2010), which is responsible for the administration of the business affairs of the Partnership but receives no compensation for such services.
Item 12.
Item 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND
MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
(a) Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners - At December 31, 2010, there were no persons known to be beneficial owners of more than 5 percent of the Units.
(b) Security Ownership of Management - At December 31, 2010, Ceres owned 54,096.343 Units of general partnership interest, representing a 1.08 percent interest in the Partnership.
(c) Changes in Control - None.
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Item 13.
Item 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND
DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
Refer to Note 2 - “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies”, Note 4 - “Related Party Transactions”, and Note 5 - “Trading Advisors” of “Notes to Financial Statements”, in the accompanying Annual Report to Limited Partners for the year ended December 31, 2010 which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 13.01 of this Form 10-K. In its capacity as the Partnership’s retail commodity broker, MS&Co. received commodity brokerage fees (paid and accrued by the Partnership) of $2,485,116 for the year ended December 31, 2010.
Item 14.
Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
MS&Co. on behalf of the Partnership, pays all accounting fees. The Partnership reimburses MS&Co. through the brokerage fees it pays, as discussed in the Notes to Financial Statements in the Annual Report to the Limited Partners for the year ended December 31, 2010.
(1) Audit Fees. The aggregate fees for professional services rendered by Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”) in connection with their audit of the Partnership’s financial statements and review of the financial statements included in the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and in connection with statutory and regulatory filings were approximately $39,933 for the year ended December 31, 2010, and $54,009 for the year ended December 31, 2009.
(2) Audit-Related Fees. None.
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(3) Tax Fees. The Partnership did not pay D&T any amounts in 2010 and 2009 for professional services in connection with tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning. The Partnership engaged another unaffiliated professional firm to provide services in connection with tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning.
(4) All Other Fees. None.
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PART IV
Item 15.
Item 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
1. Listing of Financial Statements
The following financial statements and report of independent registered public accounting firm, all appearing in the accompanying Annual Report to Limited Partners for the year ended December 31, 2010, are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 13.01 of this Form 10-K:
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Report of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
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Statements of Financial Condition, including the Condensed Schedules of Investments, as of December 31, 2010 and 2009.
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Statements of Operations and Changes in Partners' Capital for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008.
- Notes to Financial Statements.
With the exception of the aforementioned information and the information incorporated in Items 7, 8, and 13, the Annual Report to Limited Partners for the year ended December 31, 2010, is not deemed to be filed with this report.
2. Listing of Financial Statement Schedules
No Financial Statement schedules are required to be filed with this report.
3. Exhibits
For the exhibits incorporated by reference or filed herewith to this report, refer to Exhibit Index on Pages E-1 to E-4.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Ceres Managed Futures LLC
BY:
/s/
Walter Davis
March 28, 2011
Walter Davis, President
/s/
Jennifer Magro
March 28, 2011
Jennifer Magro, Chief Financial Office, Director
/s/
Ian Bernstein
March 28, 2011
Ian Bernstein, Director
/s/
Alper Daglioglu
March 28, 2011
Alper Daglioglu, Director
/s/
Patrick T. Egan
March 28, 2011
Patrick T. Egan, Director
/s/
Harry Handler
March 28, 2011
Harry Handler, Director
/s/
Douglas J. Ketterer
March 28, 2011
Douglas J. Ketterer, Director
/s/
Michael P. McGrath
March 28, 2011
Michael P. McGrath, Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
ITEM
3.01
Form of Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership is incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of the Partnership’s Prospectus, dated May 1, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act of 1933 on May 1, 2008.
3.01(a)
Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership, dated May 31, 2009, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01(a) of the Partnership’s Form 8-K (File No. 0-31563) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 4, 2009.
3.02
Certificate of Limited Partnership, dated October 20, 1999, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.02 of the Partnership’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-90485) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 1999.
3.03
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Limited Partnership, dated November 1, 2001 (changing its name from Dean Witter Spectrum Currency L.P.) is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01 of the Partnership's Form 8-K (File No. 0-31563) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 1, 2001.
3.04
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Limited Partnership, dated June 1, 2009, (changing the name and mailing address of the general partner of the Partnership), is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.04 of the Partnership’s Form 8-K (File No. 0-31563) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 4, 2009.
3.06
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Limited Partnership, dated September 29, 2009 (changing its name from Morgan Stanley Spectrum Currency L.P., to Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Spectrum Currency L.P.), is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.06 of the Partnership’s Form 8-K (File No. 0-31563) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 5, 2009.
10.01
Management Agreement among the Partnership, the General Partner, and John W. Henry & Company, Inc., dated as of March 6, 2000, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 of the Partnership’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 0-31563) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2000.
10.01(a)
Amendment to Management Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2000, among the Partnership, John W. Henry, Inc., and the General Partner is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 of the Partnership's Form 8-K (File No. 0-31563) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 3, 2001.
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10.02
Management Agreement among the Partnership, the General Partner, and Sunrise Capital Partners, LLC, dated as of March 6, 2000, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.02 of the Partnership's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 0-31563) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2000.
10.02(a)
Amendment to Management Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2000, among the Partnership, Sunrise Capital Partners, LLC, and the General Partner is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.02 of the Partnership's Form 8-K (File No. 0-31563) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 3, 2001.
10.05
Escrow Agreement, dated as of July 25, 2007, among The Bank of New York, the General Partner, and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.05 of the Partnership’s Form 8-K (File No. 0-31563) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2007.
10.06
Form of Subscription and Exchange Agreement and Power of Attorney to be executed by each purchaser of Units is incorporated by reference to Exhibit B of the Partnership’s Prospectus, dated May 1, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act of 1933 on May 8, 2008.
10.08
Form of Subscription Agreement Update Form to be executed by purchasers of Units is incorporated by reference to Exhibit C of the Partnership’s Prospectus, dated May 1, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act of 1933 on May 8, 2008.
10.09
Customer Agreement between the Partnership and Morgan Stanley DW, dated as of June 30, 2000, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.01 of the Partnership’s Form 8-K (File No. 0-31563) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 1, 2001.
10.09 (a)
Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Customer Agreement between the Partnership and Morgan Stanley DW Inc., dated July 1, 2005, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.09(a) of the Partnership’s Form 10-Q (File No. 0-31563) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2005.
10.10
Commodity Futures Customer Agreement between MS&Co. and the Partnership, and acknowledged and agreed to by Morgan Stanley DW, dated as of June 6, 2000, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.02 of the Partnership’s Form 8-K (File No. 0-31563) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 1, 2001.
10.12
Securities Account Control Agreement between the Partnership and MS&Co., dated as of June 6, 2000, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.03 of the Partnership’s Form 8-K (File No. 0-31563) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 1, 2001.
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10.13
Management Agreement, dated as of October 9, 2007, among the Partnership, Demeter, and C-View International Limited, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 of the Partnership’s Form 8-K (File No. 0-31563) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 15, 2007.
10.14
Management Agreement, dated as of October 9, 2007, among the Partnership, Demeter, and DKR Fusion Management L.P., is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 of the Partnership’s Form 8-K (File No. 0-31563) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 15, 2007.
10.16
Foreign Exchange and Options Master Agreement, dated as of November 28, 2007, between Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Demeter, in its capacity as general partner of the Partnership, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 of the Partnership’s Form 8-K (File No. 0-31563) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 4, 2007.
10.17
Foreign Exchange and Options Master Agreement, dated as of November 28, 2007, between Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. and Demeter, in its capacity as general partner of the Partnership, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 of the Partnership’s Form 8-K (File No. 0-31563) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 4, 2007.
10.18
Customer FX Prime Brokerage Agreement, dated as of November 27, 2007, between Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Demeter, in its capacity as general partner of the Partnership, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 of the Partnership’s Form 8-K (File No. 0-31563) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 4, 2007.
10.19
Customer FX Prime Brokerage Agreement, dated as of November 27, 2007, between Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. and Demeter, in its capacity as general partner of the Partnership, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 of the Partnership’s Form 8-K (File No. 0-31563) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 4, 2007.
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