Investment in Funds | 6. Investment in Funds: On September 1, 2001, the assets allocated to AAA for trading were invested in AAA Master, a limited liability company formed under the New York Limited Liability Company Law. The Partnership purchased 5,173.4381 units of AAA Master with cash equal to $5,173,438. AAA Master permitted accounts managed by AAA using the Energy Program-Futures and Swaps, a proprietary, discretionary trading system, to invest together in one trading vehicle. The Partnership fully redeemed its investment in AAA Master on November 30, 2014 for cash equal to $105,808,956. The General Partner was also the managing member of AAA Master. On November 1, 2004, the assets allocated to Winton for trading were invested in Winton Master, a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of New York. The Partnership purchased 35,389.8399 units of Winton Master with cash equal to $33,594,083 and a contribution of open commodity futures and forwards contracts with a fair value of $1,795,757. Winton Master permits accounts managed by Winton using the Winton Futures Program (formerly, the Winton Diversified Program as applied without equities), a proprietary, systematic trading system, to invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner is also the general partner of Winton Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by Winton, including the Partnership, are permitted to be limited partners of Winton Master. The General Partner and Winton believe that trading through this structure promotes efficiency and economy in the trading process. The General Partner and Winton have agreed that Winton will trade the Partnership’s assets allocated to Winton at a level that is up to 1.5 times the amount of assets allocated. On June 1, 2011, the Partnership allocated a portion of its assets with cash equal to $384,370,435 to Transtrend Master, a limited liability company organized under the limited liability company laws of the State of Delaware. Transtrend Master permits accounts managed by Transtrend using the Diversified Trend Program-Enhanced Risk Profile (US Dollar), a proprietary, systematic trading system, to invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner is also the trading manager of Transtrend Master. Individual and pooled accounts managed by Transtrend, including the Partnership, are permitted to be non-managing members of Transtrend Master. The General Partner and Transtrend believe that trading through this structure promotes efficiency and economy in the trading process. On August 1, 2014, the assets allocated to Willowbridge for trading were invested in Willowbridge Master, a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of New York. The Partnership purchased 9,633.9313 units of Willowbridge Master with cash equal to $21,000,000. Willowbridge Master permits accounts managed by Willowbridge using its wPraxis Futures Trading Approach, a proprietary, discretionary trading system, to invest together using one trading vehicle. The General Partner is also the general partner of Willowbridge Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by Willowbridge, including the Partnership, are permitted to be limited partners of Willowbridge Master. The General Partner and Willowbridge believe that trading through this structure promotes efficiency and economy in the trading process. The General Partner and Willowbridge have agreed that Willowbridge will trade the Partnership’s assets at a level that is up to three times the amount of the assets allocated. The General Partner is not aware of any material changes to any of the trading programs discussed above during the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2015. The Funds’ trading of U.S. Treasury bills, futures, forward, swap, and option contracts, if applicable, on commodities is done primarily on U.S. commodity exchanges and foreign commodity exchanges. The Funds engage in such trading through commodity brokerage accounts maintained with MS&Co. A limited partner/non-managing member of the Funds may withdraw all or part of its capital contribution and undistributed profits, if any, from the Funds as of the end of any month after a request for redemption has been made to the General Partner/managing member at least three days in advance of that date. Such withdrawals are classified as a liability when the limited partner/non-managing member elects to redeem and informs the Funds. Management fees, the General Partner fees and incentive fees are charged at the Partnership level, except for fees payable to Transtrend which are charged at the Transtrend Master level. The clearing fees are borne by the Funds and allocated to the Funds’ limited partners, including the Partnership. All other fees are charged at the Partnership level. At June 30, 2015, the Partnership owned approximately 62.6% of Winton Master, 97.4% of Transtrend Master, and 82.9% of Willowbridge Master. At December 31, 2014, the Partnership owned approximately 67.3% of Winton Master, 96.5% of Transtrend Master and 76.4% of Willowbridge Master. It is the Partnership’s intention to continue to invest in the Funds. The performance of the Partnership is directly affected by the performance of the Funds. Expenses to investors as a result of investment in the Funds are approximately the same as they would be if the Partnership traded directly and redemption rights are not affected. Summarized information reflecting the total assets, liabilities and partners’ capital of the Funds are shown in the following tables. June 30, 2015 Total Assets Total Liabilities Total Partners’ Winton Master $ 628,952,587 $ 2,137,695 $ 626,814,892 Transtrend Master 370,084,182 417,712 369,666,470 Willowbridge Master 388,787,448 3,898,584 384,888,864 December 31, 2014 Total Assets Total Liabilities Total Partners’ Winton Master $ 703,147,623 $ 5,345,811 $ 697,801,812 Transtrend Master 466,880,771 7,664,876 459,215,895 Willowbridge Master 332,179,217 16,638,854 315,540,363 Summarized information reflecting the net investment income (loss), total trading results and net income (loss) of the Funds are shown in the following tables. For the three months ended June 30, 2015 Net Investment Total Trading Net income Winton Master $ (234,782 ) $ (63,902,539 ) $ (64,137,321 ) Transtrend Master (1,710,837 ) (63,033,724 ) (64,744,561 ) Willowbridge Master (213,266 ) (24,855,443 ) (25,068,709 ) For the six months ended June 30, 2015 Net Investment Total Trading Net income Winton Master $ (451,479 ) $ (658,745 ) $ (1,110,224 ) Transtrend Master (10,293,850 ) (27,413,537 ) (37,707,387 ) Willowbridge Master (490,804 ) (13,622,175 ) (14,112,979 ) For the three months ended June 30, 2014 Net Investment Total Trading Net income AAA Master $ (242,208 ) $ (4,155,963 ) $ (4,398,171 ) Winton Master (202,990 ) 47,088,566 46,885,576 Transtrend Master (1,975,544 ) 31,366,269 29,390,725 For the six months ended June 30, 2014 Net Investment Total Trading Net income AAA Master $ (450,340 ) $ (5,256,312 ) $ (5,706,652 ) Winton Master (403,378 ) 45,683,069 45,279,691 Transtrend Master (3,949,405 ) 27,119,914 23,170,509 Summarized information reflecting the Partnership’s investments in, and the Partnership’s pro rata share of the results of operations of, the Funds are as shown in the following tables. June 30, 2015 For the three months ended June 30, 2015 Net Income Investment Objective Redemptions Permitted % of Partnership’s Net Assets Fair Value Income Expenses Management Funds Clearing Other Winton Master 37.08 % $ 392,441,867 $ (40,127,273 ) $ 137,830 $ 16,996 $ — $ (40,282,099 ) Commodity Portfolio Monthly Transtrend Master 34.03 % 360,140,513 (61,438,364 ) 386,039 — 1,272,576 (63,096,979 ) Commodity Portfolio Monthly Willowbridge Master 30.15 % 319,172,202 (20,163,247 ) 161,249 18,717 — (20,343,213 ) Commodity Portfolio Monthly Total $ 1,071,754,582 $ (121,728,884 ) $ 685,118 $ 35,713 $ 1,272,576 $ (123,722,291 ) June 30, 2015 For the six months ended June 30, 2015 Incentive Net Income Investment Objective Redemptions Permitted % of Partnership’s Net Assets Fair Value Income Expenses Management Funds Clearing Other Winton Master 37.08 % $ 392,441,867 $ 1,008,087 $ 262,945 $ 41,816 $ — $ — $ 703,326 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Transtrend Master 34.03 % 360,140,513 (26,827,035 ) 805,566 — 2,614,762 6,569,923 (36,817,286 ) Commodity Portfolio Monthly Willowbridge Master 30.15 % 319,172,202 (11,433,667 ) 358,353 44,359 — — (11,836,379 ) Commodity Portfolio Monthly Total $ 1,071,754,582 $ (37,252,615 ) $ 1,426,864 $ 86,175 $ 2,614,762 $ 6,569,923 $ (47,950,339 ) December 31, 2014 For the three months ended June 30, 2014 Net Income Investment Objective Redemptions Permitted % of Partnership’s Net Assets Fair Value Income Expenses Management Funds Clearing Other AAA Master 0.00 % $ — $ (2,176,562 ) $ 66,843 $ 58,325 $ — $ (2,301,730 ) Energy Markets Monthly Winton Master 42.23 % 469,326,073 32,422,465 137,384 19,133 — 32,265,948 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Transtrend Master 39.88 % 443,311,916 30,276,769 520,866 — 1,342,190 28,413,713 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Willowbridge Master 21.69 % 241,070,897 — — — — — Commodity Portfolio Monthly Total $ 1,153,708,886 $ 60,522,672 $ 725,093 $ 77,458 $ 1,342,190 $ 58,377,931 December 31, 2014 For the six months ended June 30, 2014 Net Income Investment Objective Redemptions Permitted % of Partnership’s Net Assets Fair Value Income Expenses Management Funds Clearing Other AAA Master 0.00 % $ — $ (2,715,084 ) $ 126,017 $ 110,798 $ — $ (2,951,899 ) Energy Markets Monthly Winton Master 42.23 % 469,326,073 31,569,972 290,839 34,893 — 31,244,240 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Transtrend Master 39.88 % 443,311,916 26,271,325 984,997 — 2,747,606 22,538,722 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Willowbridge Master 21.69 % 241,070,897 — — — — — Commodity Portfolio Monthly Total $ 1,153,708,886 $ 55,126,213 $ 1,401,853 $ 145,691 $ 2,747,606 $ 50,831,063 |