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 year ended December 31, 2015. The Funds’ and the Partnership’s trading of futures, forward, swap, and option contracts, if applicable, on commodities is done primarily on U.S. commodity exchanges and foreign commodity exchanges. The Funds and the Partnership engage in such trading through commodity brokerage accounts maintained with MS&Co. During certain periods included in this report, the Funds engaged in such trading through commodity brokerage accounts maintained with CGM. Generally, a limited partner in the Funds withdraws all or part of its capital contribution and undistributed profits, if any, from the Funds as of the end of any month (the “Redemption Date”) after a request has been made to the General Partner at least three days in advance of the Redemption Date. Such withdrawals are classified as a liability when the limited partner elects to redeem and informs the Funds. However, for all Funds other than Winton Master, a limited partner may request a withdrawal as of the end of any day if such request is received by the General Partner at least three days in advance of the proposed withdrawal day. Management fees, ongoing selling agent fees, the General Partner fees and incentive fees are charged at the Partnership level, except for management and incentive fees payable to Transtrend which are charged at the Transtrend Master level. Clearing fees are borne by the Funds and allocated to the Funds’ limited partners/non-managing members, including the Partnership. Clearing fees are also borne by the Partnership directly. All other fees are charged at the Partnership level. At December 31, 2015, the Partnership owned approximately 58.4% of Winton Master, 96.1% of Transtrend Master, and 82.0% 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/members’ capital of the Funds is shown in the following tables: December 31, 2015 Total Assets Total Liabilities Total Capital Winton Master $ 603,348,671 $ 307,301 $ 603,041,370 Transtrend Master 375,412,557 351,832 375,060,725 Willowbridge Master 366,002,932 17,302,983 348,699,949 December 31, 2014 Total Assets Total Liabilities Total Capital 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 is shown in the following tables: For the year ended December 31, 2015 Net Investment Total Trading Net Income Income (Loss) Results (Loss) Winton Master $ (760,444) $ 29,837,693 $ 29,077,249 Transtrend Master (13,473,391) 6,076,525 (7,396,866) Willowbridge Master (783,256) 6,652,400 5,869,144 For the year ended December 31, 2014 Net Investment Total Trading Net Income Income (Loss) Results (Loss) AAA Master $ (1,144,734) $ (8,052,899) $ (9,197,633) Winton Master (865,821) 164,934,053 164,068,232 Transtrend Master (20,950,267) 103,483,861 82,533,594 Willowbridge Master (688,357) 46,239,150 45,550,793 Summarized information reflecting the Partnership’s investments in and the Partnership’s pro rata share of the results of operations of the Funds are shown in the following tables: December 31, 2015 For the year ended December 31, 2015 % of Expenses Net Partnership’s Income Clearing Management Incentive Income Investment Redemptions Funds Net Assets Fair Value (Loss) Fees Other Fees Fee (Loss) Objective Permitted Winton Master 32.27 % $ 351,974,066 $ 20,263,106 $ 503,443 $ 66,529 $ - $ - $ 19,693,134 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Transtrend Master 33.04 % 360,373,336 5,414,054 1,699,581 - 4,759,995 6,569,923 (7,615,445 ) Commodity Portfolio Monthly Willowbridge Master 26.22 % 285,955,662 5,424,540 642,393 72,779 - - 4,709,368 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Total $ 998,303,064 $ 31,101,700 $ 2,845,417 $ 139,308 $ 4,759,995 $ 6,569,923 $ 16,787,057 December 31, 2014 For the year ended December 31, 2014 % of Expenses Net Partnership’s Income Clearing Management Incentive Income Investment Redemptions Funds Net Assets Fair Value (Loss) Fees Other Fees Fee (Loss) Objective Permitted AAA Master - % $ - $ (5,922,676) $ 500,740 $ 136,221 $ - $ - $ (6,559,637) Energy Markets Monthly Winton Master 42.23 % 469,326,073 112,351,530 580,880 85,313 - - 111,685,337 Commodity Monthly Transtrend Master 39.88 % 443,311,916 100,012,368 1,971,333 - 5,355,066 12,864,672 79,821,297 Commodity Monthly Willowbridge Master 21.69 % 241,070,897 28,453,758 199,944 23,721 - - 28,230,093 Commodity Monthly Total $ 1,153,708,886 $ 234,894,980 $ 3,252,897 $ 245,255 $ 5,355,066 $ 12,864,672 $ 213,177,090 |