0001193125-11-153147.txt : 20110527 0001193125-11-153147.hdr.sgml : 20110527 20110527140238 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-11-153147 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110527 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110527 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20110527 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund STS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001343668 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-21831 FILM NUMBER: 11877569 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE TOWER BRIDGE, 100 FRONT STREET STREET 2: SUITE 1100 CITY: WEST CONSHOHOCKEN STATE: PA ZIP: 19428-2881 BUSINESS PHONE: 610-260-7600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE TOWER BRIDGE, 100 FRONT STREET STREET 2: SUITE 1100 CITY: WEST CONSHOHOCKEN STATE: PA ZIP: 19428-2881 N-Q 1 dnq.htm ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT PARTNERS ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND STS Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund STS

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number: 811-21831

 

 

Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund STS

(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in Charter)

 

 

100 Front Street, Suite 400

West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428-2881

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Stefanie V. Chang Yu, Esq.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.

522 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10036

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (212) 296-6970

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2011

 

 

 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

The Registrant invests substantially all of its assets in AIP Absolute Return Fund LDC, which in turn invests substantially all of its assets in Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund (CIK 0001327228, Investment Company Act file number 811-21767, the “Master Fund”). As of March 31, 2011, the Registrant invested $489,854,110 in the Master Fund, representing 100.02% of the Registrant’s net assets (offset by approximately -0.02% of net liabilities and other assets), and representing 58.03% of the Master Fund’s net assets. The Master Fund has included a schedule of investments as of March 31, 2011, in its filing on Form N-Q made with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 27, 2011.

Notes to Schedule of Investments

Portfolio Valuation

Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund STS (the “Fund”) is a “Feeder” fund in a “Master-Feeder” structure whereby the Fund invests substantially all of its assets in AIP Absolute Return Fund LDC, which in turn invests substantially all of its assets in the Master Fund. The Fund records its investment in the Master Fund as fair value which is represented by the Fund’s proportionate indirect interest in the net assets of the Master Fund. The Fund records its pro rata share of the Master Fund’s income, expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses.

Item 2. Controls and Procedures

 

(a) The Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, based upon such officers’ evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report.

 

(b) There were no changes or corrective actions during the Registrant’s first fiscal quarter with regard to significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the Registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting or in other factors that could materially affect the Registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits

 

(a)    Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer attached to the report as part of EX-99. CERT.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused his report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(Registrant) Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund STS

By:   /s/    JACQUES CHAPPUIS        
Name:   Jacques Chappuis
Title:   Principal Executive Officer
Date: May 27, 2011

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:   /s/    JACQUES CHAPPUIS        
Name:   Jacques Chappuis
Title:   Principal Executive Officer
Date: May 27, 2011
By:   /s/    NOEL LANGLOIS        
Name:   Noel Langlois
Title:   Principal Financial Officer
Date: May 27, 2011
 EX-99.CERT 2 dex99cert.htm CERTIFICATIONS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer

Exhibit (a)(1)

CERTIFICATIONS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Jacques Chappuis, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund STS;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

  (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, 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;

 

  (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

 

  (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

  (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: May 27, 2011     /s/ Jacques Chappuis
    Jacques Chappuis
    Principal Executive Officer

CERTIFICATIONS OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Noel Langlois, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund STS;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

  (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, 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;

 

  (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

 

  (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

  (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: May 27, 2011     /s/ Noel Langlois
    Noel Langlois
    Principal Financial Officer