Investment in the Funds | 6. Investment in the Funds: On September 1, 2012, the assets allocated to Cambridge for trading were invested in Cambridge Master, a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of Delaware. Cambridge Master permits accounts managed by Cambridge using the Asian Markets Alpha Programme and the Emerging Markets Alpha Programme, each a proprietary, systematic trading program, to invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner is also the general partner of Cambridge Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by Cambridge, including the Partnership, are permitted to be limited partners of Cambridge Master. The General Partner and Cambridge believe that trading through this master/feeder structure promotes efficiency and economy in the trading process. The General Partner and Cambridge have agreed that Cambridge will trade the Partnership’s assets allocated to Cambridge utilizing up to 1.5 times the leverage normally applied to the programs. The amount of leverage may be increased or decreased in the future. However, in no event will the amount of leverage be greater than 2.0 times the amount of assets allocated. On August 1, 2013, the assets allocated to SECOR for trading were invested in SECOR Master, a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of Delaware. SECOR Master permits accounts managed by SECOR using a variation of the program traded by SECOR Alpha Master Fund L.P., a proprietary, systematic trading program, to invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner is also the general partner of SECOR Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by SECOR are permitted to be limited partners of SECOR Master. The General Partner and SECOR believe that trading through this master/feeder structure promotes efficiency and economy in the trading process. The General Partner and SECOR have agreed that SECOR will trade the Partnership’s assets allocated to SECOR at a level that is up to 1.5 times the leverage applied to the assets of SECOR Alpha Master Fund L.P. On August 1, 2016, the Partnership allocated a portion of its assets to Harbour Square, which until December 31, 2017 were managed and traded directly by Harbour Square pursuant to Harbour Square’s Discretionary Energy Program through a trading account in the Partnership’s name. Effective on January 1, 2018, the assets allocated to Harbour Square were transferred into Harbour Square Master, a limited liability company organized under the limited liability company laws of the State of Delaware, through which they are managed and traded by Harbour Square pursuant to the same strategy. Harbour Square Master permits accounts managed by Harbour Square using Harbour Square’s Discretionary Energy Program, a proprietary, discretionary trading system, to invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner is the trading manager to Harbour Square Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by Harbour Square, including the Partnership, are permitted to be members of Harbour Square Master. The Trading Manager and Harbour Square believe that trading through this structure promotes efficiency and economy in the trading process. The Trading Manager and Harbour Square have agreed that Harbour Square will trade the Partnership’s assets allocated to Harbour Square Master at a level that is up to 1.5 times the amount of the assets allocated. The amount of leverage may be changed in the future. On February 1, 2017, the Partnership allocated a portion of its assets to AE Capital which were managed and traded directly by AE Capital pursuant to AE Capital’s AE Systematic FX Fund Program through a trading account in the Partnership’s name from March 1, 2017 until January 31, 2018. Effective on February 1, 2018, the assets allocated to AE Capital were transferred into AE Capital Master, a limited liability company organized under the limited liability company laws of the State of Delaware, through which they are managed and traded by AE Capital pursuant to the same strategy. AE Capital Master permits accounts managed by AE Capital using AE Capital’s AE Systematic FX Fund Program, a proprietary systematic strategy, to invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner is also the trading manager to AE Capital Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by AE Capital, including the Partnership, are permitted to be members of AE Capital Master. The Trading Manager and AE Capital believe that trading through this master/feeder structure promotes efficiency and economy in the trading process. Effective January 1, 2013, the assets traded directly by Willowbridge using its wPraxis Futures Trading Approach were invested in Willowbridge Master, a limited partnership organized under the partnership laws of the State of New York. Effective February 28, 2017, the Partnership fully redeemed its investment in Willowbridge Master. The General Partner is not aware of any other material changes to any of the trading programs discussed above or in Note 1, “Organization” during the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2018. The Funds’ and the Partnership’s trading of futures, forward and option contracts, as applicable, on commodities is done primarily on U.S. and foreign commodity exchanges. The Funds and the Partnership engage in such trading through commodity brokerage accounts maintained with MS&Co. Generally, a limited partner/member 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/Trading Manager at least three days in advance of the Redemption Date. Such withdrawals are classified as a liability when the limited partner/member elects to redeem and informs the Funds. However, a limited partner/member may request a withdrawal as of the end of any day if such request is received by the General Partner/Trading Manager 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. Professional fees are borne by the Funds and allocated to the Partnership, and also charged directly at the Partnership level. Clearing fees are borne by the Funds and allocated to the Funds’ limited partners/members, including the Partnership. Clearing fees are also borne by the Partnership directly. At June 30, 2018, the Partnership owned approximately 22.8% of SECOR Master, 4.8% of Cambridge Master, 42.1% of Harbour Square Master and 21.3% of AE Capital Master. Prior to the close of business on December 31, 2017, the Partnership owned approximately 27.2% of SECOR Master and 4.9% of Cambridge 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 the redemption rights are not affected. Summarized information reflecting the total assets, liabilities and partners’/members’ capital of the Funds is shown in the following tables: June 30, 2018 Total Assets Total Liabilities Total Capital SECOR Master $ 39,771,962 $ 186,684 $ 39,585,278 Cambridge Master 33,813,915 1,536,570 32,277,345 Harbour Square Master 26,812,602 218,340 26,594,262 AE Capital Master 24,711,030 213,820 24,497,210 December 31, 2017 Total Assets Total Liabilities Total Capital SECOR Master $ 22,831,484 $ 18,066,303 $ 4,765,181 Cambridge Master 31,063,463 4,384,639 26,678,824 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 three months ended June 30, 2018 Net Investment Income (Loss) Total Trading Net Income SECOR Master $ (47,605) $ 1,685,965 $ 1,638,360 Cambridge Master 99,367 (517,681) (418,314) Harbour Square Master 76,151 9,930 86,081 AE Capital Master 50,825 (658,284) (607,459) For the six months ended June 30, 2018 Net Investment Total Trading Net Income (Loss) SECOR Master $ (97,706) $ 5,252,493 $ 5,154,787 Cambridge Master 184,655 1,492,646 1,677,301 Harbour Square Master 141,423 876,061 1,017,484 AE Capital Master (a) 89,539 (813,757) (724,218) For the three months ended June 30, 2017 Net Investment Total Trading Net Income SECOR Master $ (3,651) $ 1,708,773 $ 1,705,122 Cambridge Master 44,132 937,924 982,056 For the six months ended June 30, 2017 Net Investment Total Trading Net Income SECOR Master $ (14,054 ) $ 1,379,449 $ 1,365,395 Cambridge Master 63,518 5,659,416 5,722,934 Willowbridge Master (b) 155,028 (5,302,674 ) (5,147,646 ) (a) From February 1, 2018, the date the Partnership invested into AE Capital Master, through June 30, 2018. (b) From January 1, 2017 through February 28, 2017, the date the Partnership fully redeemed its interest in Willowbridge Master. Summarized information reflecting the Partnership’s investments in and the Partnership’s pro-rata June 30, 2018 For the three months ended June 30, 2018 % of Partners’ Capital Expenses Net Income (Loss) Funds Fair Value Income (Loss) Clearing Fees Professional Fees Investment Objective Redemptions Permitted SECOR Master 23.66 % $ 9,044,050 $ 437,947 $ 31,355 $ 3,540 $ 403,052 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Cambridge Master 4.08 % 1,559,672 92,892 1,043 737 91,112 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Harbour Square Master 29.32 % 11,209,626 71,464 8,115 6,930 56,419 Commodity Portfolio Monthly AE Capital Master 13.69 % 5,235,536 (115,930) 5,147 3,340 (124,417) Commodity Portfolio Monthly Total $ 27,048,884 $ 486,373 $ 45,660 $ 14,547 $ 426,166 June 30, 2018 For the six months ended June 30, 2018 % of Partners’ Capital Expenses Net Income (Loss) Funds Fair Value Income (Loss) Clearing Fees Professional Fees Investment Objective Redemptions Permitted SECOR Master 23.66 % $ 9,044,050 $ 984,948 $ 52,376 $ 6,081 $ 926,491 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Cambridge Master 4.08 % 1,559,672 110,127 1,401 959 107,767 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Harbour Square Master 29.32 % 11,209,626 437,910 13,151 13,234 411,525 Commodity Portfolio Monthly AE Capital Master (a) 13.69 % 5,235,536 (131,307) 5,658 5,160 (142,125) Commodity Portfolio Monthly Total $ 27,048,884 $ 1,401,678 $ 72,586 $ 25,434 $ 1,303,658 December 31, 2017 For the three months ended June 30, 2017 % of Expenses Net Income Funds Fair Value Income Clearing Professional Investment Redemptions SECOR Master 11.43 % $ 4,770,275 $ 796,932 $ 50,711 $ 6,726 $ 739,495 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Cambridge Master 0.87 % 362,125 182,613 3,012 2,645 176,956 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Total $ 5,132,400 $ 979,545 $ 53,723 $ 9,371 $ 916,451 December 31, 2017 For the six months ended June 30, 2017 % of Partners’ Capital Expenses Net Income (Loss) Funds Fair Value Income (Loss) Clearing Fees Professional Fees Investment Objective Redemptions Permitted SECOR Master 11.43 % $ 4,770,275 $ 688,490 $ 93,163 $ 13,909 $ 581,418 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Cambridge Master 0.87 % 362,125 1,208,774 9,945 5,945 1,192,884 Commodity Portfolio Monthly Willowbridge Master (b) - % - (11,539) 612 62 (12,213) Commodity Portfolio Monthly Total $ 5,132,400 $ 1,885,725 $ 103,720 $ 19,916 $ 1,762,089 (a) From February 1, 2018, the date the Partnership invested into AE Capital Master, through June 30, 2018. (b) From January 1, 2017 through February 28, 2017, the date the Partnership fully redeemed its interest in Willowbridge Master. |