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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

 

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Period Ended March 31, 2012

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number 000-51274

 

 

THE FRONTIER FUND

FRONTIER DIVERSIFIED SERIES; FRONTIER MASTERS SERIES;

FRONTIER LONG/SHORT COMMODITY SERIES;

BALANCED SERIES; TIVERTON/GRAHAM/TRANSTREND SERIES;

CURRENCY SERIES; WINTON SERIES; WINTON/GRAHAM SERIES;

FRONTIER DYNAMIC SERIES; LONG ONLY COMMODITY SERIES;

MANAGED FUTURES INDEX SERIES

(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   36-6815533
(State of Organization)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

c/o Equinox Fund Management, LLC

1775 Sherman Street, Suite 2500

Denver, Colorado 80203

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(303) 837-0600

(Registrant’s Telephone Number)

 

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Frontier Diversified Series Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 Units;

Frontier Masters Series Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 Units;

Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Class 1a, Class 2a and Class 3a Units;

Balanced Series Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Class 1a, Class 2a and Class 3a Units;

Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 Units;

Currency Series Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 Units;

Winton Series Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 Units;

Winton/Graham Series Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 Units

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files)    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large Accelerated Filer   ¨    Accelerated Filer   ¨
Non-Accelerated Filer   x  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 1 2b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

 

 

 


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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  

Item 1.

   Series Financial Statements   
   Statements of Financial Condition as of March 31, 2012 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2011      4   
   Condensed Schedules of Investments as of March 31, 2012 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2011      7   
   Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 (Unaudited)      13   
   Statements of Changes in Capital for the three months ended March 31, 2012 (Unaudited)      16   
   Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 (Unaudited)      21   
   Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)      24   
   Trust Financial Statements (1)   
   Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition as of March 31, 2012 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2011      56   
   Consolidated Condensed Schedules of Investments as of March 31, 2012 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2011      57   
   Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 (Unaudited)      59   
   Consolidated Statements of Changes in Capital for the three months ended March 31, 2012 (Unaudited)      60   
   Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 (Unaudited)      61   
   Consolidated Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)      62   

Item 2.

   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations      75   

Item 3.

   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk      96   

Item 4.

   Controls and Procedures      104   

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

  

Item 1.

   Legal Proceedings      104   

Item 1A.

   Risk Factors      104   

Item 2.

   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds      104   

Item 3.

   Defaults Upon Senior Securities      104   

Item 4.

   Mine Safety Disclosures      104   

Item 5.

   Other Information      105   

Item 6.

   Exhibits      105   

SIGNATURES

        106   

 

(1) These financial statements represent the consolidated financial statements of the Series of the Trust.

 

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Special Note About Forward-Looking Statements

THIS REPORT CONTAINS STATEMENTS WHICH CONSTITUTE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 AND OTHER FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS. THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS REFLECT THE MANAGING OWNER’S CURRENT EXPECTATIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE RESULTS, PERFORMANCE, PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE TRUST. THE MANAGING OWNER HAS TRIED TO IDENTIFY THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS BY USING WORDS SUCH AS “MAY,” “WILL,” “EXPECT,” “ANTICIPATE,” “BELIEVE,” “INTEND,” “SHOULD,” “ESTIMATE” OR THE NEGATIVE OF THOSE TERMS OR SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS. THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED ON INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO THE MANAGING OWNER AND ARE SUBJECT TO A NUMBER OF RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES AND OTHER FACTORS, BOTH KNOWN, SUCH AS THOSE DESCRIBED IN THE “RISK FACTORS” SECTION UNDER ITEM 1A AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS REPORT, AND UNKNOWN, THAT COULD CAUSE THE TRUST’S ACTUAL RESULTS, PERFORMANCE, PROSPECTS OR OPPORTUNITIES TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE EXPRESSED IN, OR IMPLIED BY, THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS.

YOU SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE ON ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS, THE MANAGING OWNER UNDERTAKES NO OBLIGATION TO PUBLICLY UPDATE OR REVISE ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS OR THE RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES OR OTHER FACTORS DESCRIBED HEREIN, AS A RESULT OF NEW INFORMATION, FUTURE EVENTS OR CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON AFTER THE DATE OF THIS REPORT.

UNLESS EXPRESSLY STATED OTHERWISE, ALL INFORMATION IN THIS REPORT IS AS OF MARCH 31, 2012, AND THE MANAGING OWNER UNDERTAKES NO OBLIGATION TO UPDATE THIS INFORMATION.

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. Financial Statements

 

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The Series of the Frontier Fund

Statements of Financial Condition

March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011

 

     Frontier Diversified      Frontier Masters      Frontier Long/Short  
     Series      Series      Commodity Series  
     3/31/2012      12/31/2011      3/31/2012      12/31/2011      3/31/2012      12/31/2011  
     (Unaudited)     

 

     (Unaudited)     

 

     (Unaudited)     

 

 
ASSETS                  

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 208,430       $ 4,976,749       $ 713,343       $ 2,234,716       $ 217,575       $ 3,045,849   

U.S. Treasury securities, at fair value

     12,887,155         16,557,304         6,259,593         7,232,546         8,082,038         9,466,240   

Custom time deposits

     69,275,684         75,318,509         33,648,820         32,900,559         43,445,484         43,061,546   

Receivable from futures commission merchants

     —           —           5,928,797         5,107,749         21,873,657         47,822,021   

Open trade equity, at fair value

     —           —           466,891         792,372         2,286,023         —     

Swap contracts, at fair value

     —           131,004         —           57,225         —           74,898   

Investments in unconsolidated trading companies, at fair value

     43,932,450         38,240,171         9,177,952         4,717,914         5,231,394         4,081,988   

Prepaid service fees - Class 1

     106,444         162,977         48,707         50,950         80,515         96,503   

Interest receivable

     60,361         228,877         29,319         99,978         37,855         130,855   

Receivable from related parties

     216,264         16,362         —           —           154,793         4,071   

Other assets

     11,167         10,129         6,436         6,162         9,637         9,592   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $ 126,697,955       $ 135,642,082       $ 56,279,858       $ 53,200,171       $ 81,418,971       $ 107,793,563   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
LIABILITIES & CAPITAL                  

LIABILITIES

                 

Open trade deficit, at fair value

   $ —         $ —         $ —         $ —         $ —         $ 25,934,678   

Options written, at fair value

     —           —           —           —           231,913         —     

Pending owner additions

     55,989         243,088         296,766         22,716         94,093         40,966   

Owner redemptions payable

     240,212         321,138         3,350         4,996         79,969         84,705   

Incentive fees payable to Managing Owner

     30,736         522,033         5,203         —           56,419         127,052   

Management fees payable to Managing Owner

     171,578         180,232         120,761         117,541         305,232         284,677   

Interest payable to Managing Owner

     49,750         53,915         23,216         23,408         30,669         30,614   

Trading fees payable to Managing Owner

     258,638         269,021         109,061         105,278         88,043         83,646   

Trailing service fees payable to Managing Owner

     82,113         76,877         45,100         41,911         15,594         22,920   

Payables to related parties

     50,000         —           108,265         56         —           —     

Other liabilities

     8,493         2,174         3,486         856         4,914         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     947,509         1,668,478         715,208         316,762         906,846         26,609,258   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

CAPITAL

                 

Managing Owner Units - Class 1

     26,187         27,334         27,761         27,569         —           —     

Managing Owner Units - Class 1a

     —           —           —           —           14,135         14,271   

Managing Owner Units - Class 2

     1,430,606         1,486,740         596,591         589,893         495,978         499,336   

Managing Owner Units - Class 2a

     —           —           —           —           281,260         282,740   

Limited Owner Units - Class 1

     68,045,766         72,397,572         34,995,171         34,062,567         1,449,541         4,159,047   

Limited Owner Units - Class 1a

     —           —           —           —           20,078,353         18,877,124   

Limited Owner Units - Class 2

     56,247,887         60,061,958         17,713,561         18,144,968         8,462,170         8,689,426   

Limited Owner Units - Class 2a

     —           —           —           —           11,220,111         10,628,724   

Limited Owner Units - Class 3

     —           —           —           —           27,652,652         27,810,058   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Owners’ Capital

     125,750,446         133,973,604         53,333,084         52,824,997         69,654,200         70,960,726   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-Controlling Interests

     —           —           2,231,566         58,412         10,857,925         10,223,579   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Capital

     125,750,446         133,973,604         55,564,650         52,883,409         80,512,125         81,184,305   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities and Capital

   $ 126,697,955       $ 135,642,082       $ 56,279,858       $ 53,200,171       $ 81,418,971       $ 107,793,563   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Units Outstanding

                 

Class 1

     714,839         728,645         346,942         340,052         10,801         30,551   

Class 1a

     N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A         166,679         155,216   

Class 2

     576,579         592,037         172,698         178,710         55,682         56,731   

Class 2a

     N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A         90,872         85,760   

Class 3

     N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A         171,893         171,708   

Net Asset Value per Unit

                 

Class 1

   $ 95.23       $ 99.40       $ 100.95       $ 100.25       $ 134.21       $ 136.13   

Class 1a

     N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A       $ 120.55       $ 121.71   

Class 2

   $ 100.04       $ 103.96       $ 106.02       $ 104.83       $ 160.88       $ 161.97   

Class 2a

     N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A       $ 126.57       $ 127.23   

Class 3

     N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A       $ 160.87       $ 161.96   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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The Series of the Frontier Fund

Statements of Financial Condition

March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011

 

     Balanced Series      Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend
Series (1)
     Currency Series  
     3/31/2012      12/31/2011      3/31/2012      12/31/2011      3/31/2012      12/31/2011  
     (Unaudited)     

 

     (Unaudited)     

 

     (Unaudited)     

 

 
ASSETS                  

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 852,821       $ 9,758,138       $ 194,842       $ 1,352,378       $ 17,513       $ 182,875   

U.S. Treasury securities, at fair value

     21,090,149         29,168,216         4,279,651         4,347,398         236,656         326,517   

Custom time deposits

     113,371,372         132,685,042         23,005,524         19,776,137         1,272,156         1,485,313   

Receivable from futures commission merchants

     93,698,529         74,736,294         —           —           —           —     

Open trade equity, at fair value

     12,254,991         13,104,541         —           —           —           —     

Swap contracts, at fair value

     24,282,681         23,819,312         —           34,397         —           2,583   

Investments in unconsolidated trading companies, at fair value

     20,977,069         18,255,809         9,129,543         8,234,047         2,219,131         2,352,121   

Investment in Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC, at fair value

     —           —           —           6,270,844         —           —     

Interest receivable

     98,783         403,201         20,045         60,095         1,108         4,514   

Receivable from related parties

     500,436         —           —           —           —           —     

Other assets

     57,570         48,273         8,710         7,914         549         497   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $ 287,184,401       $ 301,978,826       $ 36,638,315       $ 40,083,210       $ 3,747,113       $ 4,354,420   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
LIABILITIES & CAPITAL                  

LIABILITIES

                 

Options written, at fair value

   $ 2,212,417       $ 3,326,453       $ —         $ —         $ —         $ —     

Pending owner additions

     40,709         45,208         3,113         3,396         4,241         4,509   

Owner redemptions payable

     362,838         84,710         51,371         182,552         1,672         15,694   

Incentive fees payable to Managing Owner

     —           1,195,031         —           —           —           —     

Management fees payable to Managing Owner

     228,444         241,525         87,029         101,400         —           —     

Interest payable to Managing Owner

     367,519         397,864         63,302         68,021         4,442         5,681   

Trading fees payable to Managing Owner

     157,680         176,398         23,514         25,212         2,429         2,727   

Trailing service fees payable to Managing Owner

     400,112         435,380         80,660         87,016         5,365         6,285   

Payables to related parties

     2,900         2,408         47,558         268         135         52   

Other liabilities

     26,343         8,437         1,943         1,373         136         115   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     3,798,962         5,913,414         358,490         469,238         18,420         35,063   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

CAPITAL

                 

Managing Owner Units - Class 2

     3,230,815         3,351,608         7,813         7,878         2,468         2,563   

Managing Owner Units - Class 2a

     153,241         158,814         —           —           —           —     

Limited Owner Units - Class 1

     167,728,802         183,785,318         32,122,523         35,180,631         3,654,394         4,228,350   

Limited Owner Units - Class 1a

     480,341         2,536,559         —           —           —           —     

Limited Owner Units - Class 2

     55,237,206         60,020,959         4,149,489         4,425,463         71,831         88,444   

Limited Owner Units - Class 2a

     1,373,108         2,626,016         —           —           —           —     

Limited Owner Units - Class 3a

     4,136,098         2,952,802         —           —           —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Owners’ Capital

     232,339,611         255,432,076         36,279,825         39,613,972         3,728,693         4,319,357   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-Controlling Interests

     51,045,828         40,633,336         —           —           —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Capital

     283,385,439         296,065,412         36,279,825         39,613,972         3,728,693         4,319,357   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities and Capital

   $ 287,184,401       $ 301,978,826       $ 36,638,315       $ 40,083,210       $ 3,747,113       $ 4,354,420   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Units Outstanding

                 

Class 1

     1,408,020         1,476,131         358,404         386,533         54,247         59,997   

Class 1a

     4,625         23,388         N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A   

Class 2

     391,256         408,793         37,482         39,641         881         1,039   

Class 2a

     12,325         21,697         N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A   

Class 3a

     33,395         23,005         N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A   

Net Asset Value per Unit

                 

Class 1

   $ 119.12       $ 124.50       $ 89.63       $ 91.02       $ 67.37       $ 70.48   

Class 1a

   $ 103.87       $ 108.45         N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A   

Class 2

   $ 149.44       $ 155.02       $ 110.92       $ 111.84       $ 84.37       $ 87.61   

Class 2a

   $ 123.84       $ 128.35         N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A   

Class 3a

   $ 123.85       $ 128.36         N/A         N/A         N/A         N/A   

 

(1) Formerly the Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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The Series of the Frontier Fund

Statements of Financial Condition

March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011

 

     Winton Series      Winton/Graham Series  
     3/31/2012
(Unaudited)
     12/31/2011      3/31/2012
(Unaudited)
     12/31/2011  
ASSETS            

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 161,765       $ 2,051,272       $ 113,819       $ 1,156,042   

U.S. Treasury securities, at fair value

     6,711,143         7,821,927         2,958,197         3,839,855   

Custom time deposits

     36,076,155         35,581,630         15,901,969         17,467,347   

Swap Contracts, at fair value

     —           61,888         —           30,381   

Investments in unconsolidated trading companies, at fair value

     5,458,137         4,731,916         9,152,173         8,473,424   

Interest receivable

     31,434         108,125         13,856         53,079   

Other assets

     9,285         6,890         7,981         6,520   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $ 48,447,919       $ 50,363,648       $ 28,147,995       $ 31,026,648   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
LIABILITIES & CAPITAL            

LIABILITIES

           

Pending owner additions

   $ 18,463       $ 18,811       $ 5,605       $ 5,763   

Owner redemptions payable

     10,299         10,618         180,576         15,451   

Management fees payable to Managing Owner

     90,713         90,559         102,358         100,311   

Interest payable to Managing Owner

     82,785         84,494         48,855         52,268   

Trading fees payable to Managing Owner

     30,741         31,302         18,203         19,427   

Trailing service fees payable

     75,542         78,044         53,365         57,141   

Payables to related parties

     627         319         340         356   

Other liabilities

     2,542         1,377         1,501         2,244   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     311,712         315,524         410,803         252,961   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

CAPITAL

           

Managing Owner Units - Class 2

     33,766         34,276         55,776         55,553   

Limited Owner Units - Class 1

     36,610,938         38,345,799         22,496,784         24,783,519   

Limited Owner Units - Class 2

     11,491,503         11,668,049         5,184,632         5,934,615   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Owners’ Capital

     48,136,207         50,048,124         27,737,192         30,773,687   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-Controlling Interests

     —           —           —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Capital

     48,136,207         50,048,124         27,737,192         30,773,687   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities and Capital

   $ 48,447,919       $ 50,363,648       $ 28,147,995       $ 31,026,648   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Units Outstanding

           

Class 1

     265,304         271,704         215,549         236,649   

Class 2

     70,555         70,575         40,241         46,183   

Net Asset Value per Unit

           

Class 1

   $ 138.00       $ 141.13       $ 104.37       $ 104.73   

Class 2

   $ 163.35       $ 165.82       $ 130.23       $ 129.70   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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The Series of the Frontier Fund

Condensed Schedules of Investments (Unaudited)

March 31, 2012

 

    Frontier
Diversified Series
    Frontier Masters Series     Frontier
Long/Short Commodity
Series
 

Description

  Value     % of
Total Capital
(Net Asset
Value)
    Value     % of
Total Capital
(Net Asset
Value)
    Value     % of
Total Capital
(Net Asset
Value)
 

LONG FUTURES CONTRACTS *

           

Various base metals futures contracts (U.S.)

  $ —          0.00   $ (40,589     -0.07   $ (308,917     -0.38

Various base metals futures contracts (Europe)

    —          0.00     (13,540     -0.02     (1,244,983     -1.55

Various currency futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     (18,926     -0.03     (72,705     -0.09

Various currency futures contracts (Europe)

    —          0.00     3,450        0.01     (42,656     -0.05

Various currency futures contracts (Far East)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various energy futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     (43,941     -0.08     1,614,105        2.00

Light Crude Oil Settling 9/1/13 (Number of Contracts: 1,002)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     3,444,480        4.28

Heating Oil Settling 9/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 383)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     4,098,091        5.09

Heating Oil Settling 12/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 386)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     2,055,949        2.55

NYM RBOB Gas Settling 7/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 370)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (1,857,719     -2.31

NYM RBOB Gas Settling 10/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 243)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     1,980,426        2.46

NYM RBOB Gas Settling 12/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 689)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     4,767,845        5.92

Various energy futures contracts (Europe)

    —          0.00     41,990        0.08     673,810        0.84

ICE Brent Crude Oil Settling 5/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 421)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (890,730     -1.11

ICE Brent Crude Oil Settling 6/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 89)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     1,377,720        1.71

ICE Brent Crude Oil Settling 9/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 476)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     3,059,200        3.80

ICE Brent Crude Oil Settling 6/1/13 (Number of Contracts: 152)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     1,244,040        1.55

ICE Brent Crude Oil Settling 12/1/13 (Number of Contracts: 541)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     5,004,860        6.22

Various energy futures contracts (Far East)

    —          0.00     (3,289     -0.01       0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     (5,816     -0.01     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Canada)

    —          0.00     (2,115     0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Europe)

    —          0.00     192,460        0.35     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Far East)

    —          0.00     (17,865     -0.03     —          0.00

Various precious metals futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     (9,910     -0.02     (122,088     -0.15

Various precious metals futures contracts (Far East)

    —          0.00     (19,530     -0.04     —          0.00

Various soft futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     137,637        0.25     743,449        0.92

Coffee @ CSCE Settling 5/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 254)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (2,211,844     -2.75

Corn Setttling 12/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 1,350)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (7,040,541     -8.74

Various soft futures contracts (Far East)

      0.00     2,773        0.00     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     23,055        0.04     339,895        0.42

Various stock index futures contracts (Canada)

    —          0.00     (2,149     0.00     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Europe)

    —          0.00     (29,279     -0.05     21,015        0.03

Various stock index futures contracts (Far East)

    —          0.00     46,069        0.08     —          0.00
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Long Futures Contracts

    —          0.00     240,485        0.45     16,632,702        20.66
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OPTIONS PURCHASED *

    —          0.00     —          0.00     749,205        0.93
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

SHORT FUTURES CONTRACTS *

           

Various base metals futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     (3,345     -0.01     151,994        0.19

Various base metals futures contracts (Europe)

    —          0.00     26,254        0.05     1,067,098        1.33

Various currency futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     (36,153     -0.07     (31,638     -0.04

Various currency futures contracts (Europe)

    —          0.00     (76,808     -0.14     (175,509     -0.22

Various currency futures contracts (Far East)

    —          0.00     (2,756     0.00     —          0.00

Various energy futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     353,920        0.64     1,002,655        1.25

Light Crude Oil Settling 12/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 524)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     2,117,596        2.63

Light Crude Oil Settling 12/1/13 (Number of Contracts: 2,553)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (1,180,682     -1.47

Heating Oil Settling 6/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 730)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (5,762,636     -7.16

NYM RBOB Gas Settling 6/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 1,253)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     2,159,304        2.68

NYM RBOB Gas Settling 8/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 169)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     880,085        1.09

Various energy futures contracts (Europe)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (728,748     -0.91

ICE Brent Crude Oil Settling 7/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 291)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (1,123,260     -1.40

ICE Brent Crude Oil Settling 8/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 185)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (2,261,960     -2.81

ICE Brent Crude Oil Settling 12/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 1,245)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (15,272,920     -18.97

Various energy futures contracts (Far East)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (US)

    —          0.00     (58,652     -0.11     (7,016     -0.01

Various interest rates futures contracts (Canada)

    —          0.00     2,030        0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Europe)

    —          0.00     (12,357     -0.02     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Far East)

    —          0.00     (14,872     -0.03     (7,582     -0.01

Various precious metals futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (36,370     -0.05

Various soft futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     5,388        0.01     617,023        0.77

Cattle Live Settling 6/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 208)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     852,075        1.06

Coffee @ CSCE Settling 7/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 250)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     2,185,290        2.71

Corn Settling 7/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 1,064)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     1,383,838        1.72

Corn Settling 9/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 1,097)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     1,439,559        1.79

Soybeans Settling 11/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 965)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (2,364,080     -2.94

Various soft futures contracts (Far East)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     55,128        0.10     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Canada)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Europe)

    —          0.00     6,513        0.01     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Far East)

    —          0.00     (18,134     -0.03     —          0.00
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Short Futures Contracts

    —          0.00     226,156        0.40     (15,095,884     -18.77
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CURRENCY FORWARDS *

    —          0.00     250        0.00     —          0.00
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Open Trade Equity (Deficit)

  $ —          0.00   $ 466,891        0.84   $ 2,286,023        2.82
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OPTIONS WRITTEN *

  $ —          0.00   $ —          0.00   $ (231,913     -0.29
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES            

FACE VALUE

       Fair Value           Fair Value           Fair Value        

$21,500,000.00

 

US Treasury Note 3.875% due 02/15/2013 (Cost $21,675,697) (1)

  $ 4,572,603        3.64   $ 2,221,020        4.00   $ 2,867,658        3.56

$36,700,000.00

 

US Treasury Note 4.000% due 02/15/2015 (Cost $37,247,315) (1)

    8,314,552        6.61     4,038,573        7.27     5,214,380        6.48
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      $12,887,155        10.25   $ 6,259,593        11.27   $ 8,082,038        10.04
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Additional Disclosure on U.S. Treasury Securities

  Face Value           Face Value           Face Value        

U.S. Treasury Note 3.875% due 02/15/2013 (1)

  $ 4,432,856        $ 2,153,142        $ 2,780,017     

U.S. Treasury Note 4.000% due 02/15/2015 (1)

    7,566,783          3,675,364          4,745,425     
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   
    $ 11,999,639        $ 5,828,506        $ 7,525,442     
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   
        Cost           Cost           Cost        

U.S. Treasury Note 3.875% due 02/15/2013 (1)

  $ 4,630,257        $ 2,249,024        $ 2,903,815     

U.S. Treasury Note 4.000% due 02/15/2015 (1)

    7,838,123          3,807,160          4,915,593     
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   
    $ 12,468,380        $ 6,056,184        $ 7,819,408     
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

* Except for those items disclosed, no individual futures, forwards and option on futures contract position constituted greater than 1 percent of Net Asset Value. Accordingly, the number of contracts and expiration dates are not presented.
(1) Assets have been allocated to each Series based upon ownership in the cash management pool. See Note 2.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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The Series of the Frontier Fund

Condensed Schedules of Investments (Unaudited)

March 31, 2012

 

    Balanced Series     Tiverton/Graham/
Transtrend Series (2)
    Currency Series  

Description

  Value     % of
Total Capital
(Net Asset
Value)
    Value     % of
Total Capital
(Net Asset
Value)
    Value     % of
Total Capital
(Net Asset
Value)
 

LONG FUTURES CONTRACTS *

           

Various base metals futures contracts (U.S.)

  $ (1,728,732     -0.61   $ —          0.00   $ —          0.00

Various base metals futures contracts (Europe)

    (1,410,896     -0.50     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various currency futures contracts (U.S.)

    (253,722     -0.09     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Europe)

    121,534        0.04     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Far East)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various energy futures contracts (U.S.)

    (1,643,979     -0.58     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various energy futures contracts (Europe)

    (1,076,865     -0.38     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (U.S.)

    127,168        0.04     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Canada)

    (40,667     -0.01     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Europe)

    947,112        0.33     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Far East)

    207,196        0.07     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various precious metals futures contracts (U.S.)

    (36,147     -0.01     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various soft futures contracts (U.S.)

    693,736        0.24     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various soft futures contracts (Europe)

    51,521        0.02     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various soft futures contracts (Far East)

    41,864        0.01     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (U.S.)

    1,184,669        0.42     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Canada)

    (11,488     0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Europe)

    (1,307,065     -0.46     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Far East)

    145,166        0.05     —          0.00     —          0.00
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Long Futures Contracts

    (3,989,595     -1.42     —          0.00     —          0.00
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OPTIONS PURCHASED *

    7,334,590        2.59     —          0.00     —          0.00

Copper @ LME Settling 12/1/12, Put @ 8,500 (Number of Contracts: 230)

    4,608,108        1.63     —          0.00     —          0.00
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Options Purchased

    11,942,698        4.22     —          0.00     —          0.00
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

SHORT FUTURES CONTRACTS *

           

Various base metals futures contracts (U.S.)

    1,967,989        0.69     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various base metals futures contracts (Europe)

    2,772,487        0.97     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various currency futures contracts (US)

    (9,941     0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Europe)

    (18,141     -0.01     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various energy futures contracts (U.S.)

    2,089,475        0.74     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various energy futures contracts (Europe)

    484,420        0.17     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (U.S.)

    (940,761     -0.33     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Canada)

    (44,859     -0.02     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Europe)

    (55,241     -0.02     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Far East)

    (409,963     -0.14     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various precious metals futures contracts (U.S.)

    8,815        0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various soft futures contracts (U.S.)

    520,130        0.18     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various soft futures contracts (Europe)

    37,059        0.01     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various soft futures contracts (Far East)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various soft futures contracts (Canada)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (U.S.)

    (22,809     -0.01     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Canada)

    (6,033     0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Europe)

    106,785        0.04     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Far East)

    (20,771     -0.01     —          0.00     —          0.00
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Short Futures Contracts

    6,458,641        2.26     —          0.00     —          0.00
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CURRENCY FORWARDS *

    (2,156,753     -0.76     —          0.00     —          0.00
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Open Trade Equity

  $ 12,254,991        4.30   $ —          0.00   $ —          0.00
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OPTIONS WRITTEN *

  $ (2,212,417     -0.78   $ —          0.00   $ —          0.00
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

SWAPS (3)

           

Total Return Option Basket Swap (Termination date 11/6/12)

  $ 24,282,681        8.57   $ —          0.00   $ —          0.00
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Swaps

  $ 24,282,681        8.57   $ —          0.00   $ —          0.00
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES            

FACE VALUE

  Fair Value           Fair Value           Fair Value        

$21,500,000.00       US Treasury Note 3.875% due 02/15/2013

                              (Cost $21,675,697) (1)

  $ 7,483,178        2.64   $ 1,518,500        4.19   $ 83,970        2.25

$36,700,000.00       US Treasury Note 4.000% due 02/15/2015

                              (Cost $37,247,315) (1)

    13,606,971        4.80     2,761,151        7.61     152,686        4.09
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    $21,090,149        7.44   $ 4,279,651        11.80   $ 236,656        6.34
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Additional Disclosure on U.S. Treasury Securities

  Face Value           Face Value           Face Value        

US Treasury Note 3.875% due 02/15/2013 (1)

  $ 7,254,479        $ 1,472,092        $ 81,404     

US Treasury Note 4.000% due 02/15/2015 (1)

    12,383,228          2,512,827          138,954     
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   
  $ 19,637,707        $ 3,984,919        $ 220,358     
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   
    Cost           Cost           Cost        

US Treasury Note 3.875% due 02/15/2013 (1)

  $ 7,577,531        $ 1,537,646        $ 85,029     

US Treasury Note 4.000% due 02/15/2015 (1)

    12,827,283          2,602,935          143,937     
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   
  $ 20,404,814        $ 4,140,581        $ 228,966     
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

* Except for those items disclosed, no individual futures, forwards and option on futures contract position constituted greater than 1 percent of Net Asset Value. Accordingly, the number of contracts and expiration dates are not presented.
(1) Assets have been allocated to each Series based upon ownership in the cash management pool. See Note 2.
(2) Formerly the Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series.
(3) See Note 4 to the Financial Statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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March 31, 2012

 

     Winton Series     Winton/Graham Series  

Description

   Value      % of Total Capital
(Net Asset Value)
    Value      % of Total Capital
(Net Asset Value)
 

LONG FUTURES CONTRACTS *

          

Various base metals futures contracts (U.S.)

   $ —           0.00   $ —           0.00

Various base metals futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various currency futures contracts (U.S.)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Canada)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Far East)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various energy futures contracts (U.S.)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various energy futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (U.S.)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Canada)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Far East)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various precious metals futures contracts (U.S.)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various precious metals futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various soft futures contracts (U.S.)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various soft futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various soft futures contracts (Canada)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (U.S.)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Canada)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Far East)

     —           0.00     —           0.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Long Futures Contracts

     —           0.00     —           0.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

SHORT FUTURES CONTRACTS *

          

Various base metals futures contracts (US)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various base metals futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various currency futures contracts (US)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Canada)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Far East)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various energy futures contracts (US)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various energy futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (US)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Canada)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Far East)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various precious metals futures contracts (US)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various soft futures contracts (US)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various soft futures contracts (Canada)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various soft futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (US)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Canada)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Far East)

     —           0.00     —           0.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Short Futures Contracts

     —           0.00     —           0.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

CURRENCY FORWARDS *

     —           0.00     —           0.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Open Trade Equity

   $ —           0.00   $ —           0.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES

          

FACE VALUE

   Fair Value            Fair Value         

$21,500,000.00    US Treasury Note 3.875% due 02/15/2013 (Cost $21,675,697) (1)

   $ 2,381,239         4.95   $ 1,049,623         3.78

$36,700,000.00        US Treasury Note 4.000% due 02/15/2015 (Cost $37,247,315) (1)

     4,329,904         9.00     1,908,574         6.88
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 6,711,143         13.95   $ 2,958,197         10.66
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Additional Disclosure on U.S. Treasury Securities

   Face Value            Face Value         

US Treasury Note 3.875% due 02/15/2013 (1)

   $ 2,308,464         $ 1,017,545      

US Treasury Note 4.000% due 02/15/2015 (1)

     3,940,494           1,736,926      
  

 

 

      

 

 

    
   $ 6,248,958         $ 2,754,471      
  

 

 

      

 

 

    
      Cost            Cost         

US Treasury Note 3.875% due 02/15/2013 (1)

   $ 2,411,262         $ 1,062,858      

US Treasury Note 4.000% due 02/15/2015 (1)

     4,081,798           1,799,211      
  

 

 

      

 

 

    
   $ 6,493,060         $ 2,862,069      
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

* Except for those items disclosed, no individual futures, forwards and option on futures contract position constituted greater than 1 percent of Net Asset Value. Accordingly, the number of contracts and expiration dates are not presented.
(1) Assets have been allocated to each Series based upon ownership in the cash management pool. See Note 2.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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December 31, 2011

 

    Frontier
Diversified Series
    Frontier Masters Series     Frontier
Long/Short Commodity
Series
 

Description

  Value     % of
Total Capital
(Net Asset
Value)
    Value     % of
Total Capital
(Net Asset
Value)
    Value     % of
Total Capital
(Net Asset
Value)
 

LONG FUTURES CONTRACTS *

           

Various base metals futures contracts (U.S.)

  $ —          0.00   $ (40,664     -0.08   $ (49,183     -0.06

Various base metals futures contracts (Europe)

    —          0.00     (37,959     -0.07     (206,400     -0.25

Various currency futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     22,523        0.04     179,573        0.22

Various currency futures contracts (Europe)

    —          0.00     4,733        0.01     416,924        0.51

Various currency futures contracts (Far East)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various energy futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     13,625        0.03     (272,223     -0.34

Light Crude Oil Settling 11/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 841)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (3,555,016     -4.38

Light Crude Oil Settling 1/1/13 (Number of Contracts: 841)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (3,802,753     -4.68

Light Crude Oil Settling 9/1/13 (Number of Contracts: 1,002)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (4,371,122     -5.38

Heating Oil Settling 9/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 393)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (1,647,299     -2.03

NYM RBOB Gas Settling 5/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 238)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     892,954        1.10

NYM RBOB Gas Settling 6/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 330)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (836,209     -1.03

Various energy futures contracts (Europe)

    —          0.00     1,520        0.00     (26,290     -0.03

ICE Brent Crude Oil Settling 12/1/13 (Number of Contracts: 1,357

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (3,069,350     -3.78

Various interest rates futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     20,708        0.04     19,602        0.02

Various interest rates futures contracts (Canada)

    —          0.00     (2,284     0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Europe)

    —          0.00     229,378        0.43     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Far East)

    —          0.00     2,876        0.01     —          0.00

Various precious metals futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (194,462     -0.24

Silver @ COMEX Settling 12/1/13 (Number of Contracts: 152)

    —          0.00       0.00     (11,121,080     -13.70

Various precious metals futures contracts (Far East)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various soft futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     31,011        0.06     (1,017,374     -1.25

Coffee @ CSCE Settling 12/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 151)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (2,559,548     -3.15

Corn Setttling 12/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 1,525)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (4,790,794     -5.90

Various stock index futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     6,731        0.01     111,130        0.14

Various stock index futures contracts (Europe)

    —          0.00     31,302        0.06     (4,720     -0.01

Various stock index futures contracts (Far East)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Long Futures Contracts

    —          0.00     283,500        0.54     (35,903,640     -44.22
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OPTIONS PURCHASED *

    —          0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

SHORT FUTURES CONTRACTS *

           

Various base metals futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     18,428        0.03     13,843        0.02

Various base metals futures contracts (Europe)

    —          0.00     57,511        0.11     290,936        0.36

Various currency futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     19,290        0.04     (3,375     0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Europe)

    —          0.00     76,986        0.15     (918,634     -1.13

Various currency futures contracts (Far East)

    —          0.00     3,727        0.01     —          0.00

Various energy futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     1,070,542        1.32

Light Crude Oil Settling 12/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 218)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (1,842,322     -2.27

Light Crude Oil Settling 12/1/13 (Number of Contracts: 842)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     (1,910,259     -2.35

Heating Oil Settling 6/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 373)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     1,591,665        1.96

NYM RBOB Gas Settling 4/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 2,123)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     869,669        1.07

Various energy futures contracts (Europe)

    —          0.00     (100     0.00     573,850        0.71

ICE Brent Crude Oil Settling 12/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 78)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     2,835,790        3.49

Various energy futures contracts (Far East)

    —          0.00     (1,195     0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (US)

    —          0.00     (24,881     -0.05     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Canada)

    —          0.00     2,100        0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Europe)

    —          0.00     (31     0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Far East)

    —          0.00     (173     0.00     (75,712     -0.09

Various precious metals futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     20,200        0.04     82,675        0.10

Silver @ COMEX Settling 12/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 152)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     2,879,260        3.55

Various soft futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     314,855        0.60     273,765        0.34

Corn Settling 7/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 1,123)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     2,867,576        3.53

Corn Settling 9/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 288)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     1,370,557        1.69

Various soft futures contracts (Far East)

    —          0.00     1,074        0.00     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (U.S.)

    —          0.00     (3,693     -0.01     (864     0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Canada)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Europe)

    —          0.00     18,129        0.03     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Far East)

    —          0.00     6,645        0.01     —          0.00
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Short Futures Contracts

    —          0.00     508,872        0.96     9,968,962        12.30
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CURRENCY FORWARDS *

    —          0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Open Trade Equity (Deficit)

  $ —          0.00   $ 792,372        1.50   $ (25,934,678     -31.92
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

SWAPS (1)

  $ 131,004        0.10   $ 57,225        0.11   $ 74,898        0.09
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES            

FACE VALUE

  Fair Value           Fair Value           Fair Value        

$36,500,000.00       U.S. Treasury Note 3.875% due 02/15/2013

                              (Cost $38,125,391) (2)

  $ 7,976,700        5.95   $ 3,484,374        6.59   $ 4,560,486        5.66

$36,700,000.00       U.S. Treasury Note 4.000% due 02/15/2015

                              (Cost $38,016,039) (2)

    8,580,604        6.40     3,748,172        7.09     4,905,754        6.09
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   
  $ 16,557,304        12.35   $ 7,232,546        13.68   $ 9,466,240        11.76
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Additional Disclosure on U.S. Treasury Securities

  Face Value           Face Value           Face Value        

U.S. Treasury Note 3.875% due 02/15/2013 (2)

  $ 7,673,204        $ 3,351,802        $ 4,386,970     

U.S. Treasury Note 4.000% due 02/15/2015 (2)

    7,715,249          3,370,168          4,411,008     
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   
  $ 15,388,453        $ 6,721,970        $ 8,797,978     
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   
    Cost           Cost           Cost        

U.S. Treasury Note 3.875% due 02/15/2013 (2)

  $ 8,014,902        $ 3,501,062        $ 4,582,327     

U.S. Treasury Note 4.000% due 02/15/2015 (2)

    7,991,913          3,491,020          4,569,184     
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   
  $ 16,006,815        $ 6,992,082        $ 9,151,511     
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

* Except for those items disclosed, no individual futures, forwards and option on futures contract position constituted greater than 1 percent of Net Asset Value. Accordingly, the number of contracts and expiration dates are not presented.
(1) See Notes to Financial Statements, Note 4.
(2) Assets have been allocated to each Series based upon ownership in the cash management pool. See Note 2.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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December 31, 2011

 

        Balanced Series     Tiverton/Graham/
Transtrend Series (3)
    Currency Series  

Description

  Value     % of
Total Capital
(Net Asset
Value)
    Value     % of
Total Capital
(Net Asset
Value)
    Value     % of
Total Capital
(Net Asset
Value)
 

LONG FUTURES CONTRACTS *

           

Various base metals futures contracts (U.S.)

  $ (1,930,354     -0.65   $ —          0.00   $ —          0.00

Various base metals futures contracts (Europe)

    (3,533,012     -1.19     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various currency futures contracts (U.S.)

    122,059        0.04     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Europe)

    11,380        0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Far East)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various energy futures contracts (U.S.)

    (23,315     -0.01     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various energy futures contracts (Europe)

    (300,490     -0.10     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (U.S.)

    407,889        0.14     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Canada)

    56,394        0.02     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Europe)

    1,984,386        0.67     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Far East)

    57,916        0.02     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various precious metals futures contracts (U.S.)

    (152,208     -0.05     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various soft futures contracts (U.S.)

    230,760        0.08     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various soft futures contracts (Europe)

    1,440        0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (U.S.)

    185,788        0.06     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Canada)

    5,579        0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Europe)

    67,663        0.02     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Far East)

    (171,692     -0.06     —          0.00     —          0.00
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Long Futures Contracts

    (2,979,817     -1.01     —          0.00     —          0.00
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OPTIONS PURCHASED *

    11,928,779        4.02     —          0.00     —          0.00

SHORT FUTURES CONTRACTS *

           

Various base metals futures contracts (U.S.)

    1,630,955        0.55     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various base metals futures contracts (Europe)

    4,181,645        1.41     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various currency futures contracts (US)

    (56,702     -0.02     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Europe)

    442,669        0.15     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various energy futures contracts (U.S.)

    (95,263     -0.03     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various energy futures contracts (Europe)

    22,315        0.01     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (U.S.)

    (1,508,797     -0.51     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Canada)

    896        0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Europe)

    (134,897     -0.05     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Far East)

    (22,100     -0.01     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various precious metals futures contracts (U.S.)

    293,052        0.10     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various soft futures contracts (U.S.)

    (451,002     -0.15     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various soft futures contracts (Europe)

    471,246        0.16     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various soft futures contracts (Far East)

    (30,196     -0.01     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various soft futures contracts (Canada)

    —          0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (U.S.)

    3,585        0.00     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Canada)

    (22,258     -0.01     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Europe)

    (396,702     -0.13     —          0.00     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Far East)

    110,866        0.04     —          0.00     —          0.00
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Short Futures Contracts

    4,439,312        1.50     —          0.00     —          0.00
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CURRENCY FORWARDS *

    (283,733     -0.27     —          0.00     —          0.00
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Open Trade Equity

  $ 13,104,541        4.24   $ —          0.00   $ —          0.00
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OPTIONS WRITTEN *

  $ (3,326,453     -1.12   $ —          0.00   $ —          0.00
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

SWAPS (1)

  $ 230,783        0.08   $ 34,397        0.09   $ 2,583        0.06

Total Return Option Basket Swap (Termination date 11/6/12)

    17,706,757        5.97     —          0.00     —          0.00

Total Return Option Basket Swap (Termination date 6/30/16)

    5,881,772        1.98     —          0.00     —          0.00
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Swaps

  $ 23,819,312        8.03   $ 34,397        0.09   $ 2,583        0.06
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investment in Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund, LLC (Cost of $8,487,603)

  $ —          0.00   $ 6,270,844        15.83   $ —          0.00
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES            

FACE VALUE

       Fair Value           Fair Value           Fair Value        

$36,500,000.00

 

US Treasury Note 3.875% due 02/15/2013 (Cost $38,125,391) (2)

  $ 14,052,173        4.74   $ 2,094,416        5.29   $ 157,304        3.64

$36,700,000.00

 

US Treasury Note 4.000% due 02/15/2015 (Cost $38,016,039) (2)

    15,116,043        5.10     2,252,982        5.69     169,213        3.92
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    $ 29,168,216        9.84   $ 4,347,398        10.98   $ 326,517        7.56
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Additional Disclosure on U.S. Treasury Securities

  Face Value           Face Value           Face Value        

US Treasury Note 3.875% due 02/15/2013 (2)

  $ 13,517,520        $ 2,014,729        $ 151,319     

US Treasury Note 4.000% due 02/15/2015 (2)

    13,591,588          2,025,768          152,148     
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   
    $ 27,109,108        $ 4,040,497        $ 303,467     
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   
    Cost           Cost           Cost        

US Treasury Note 3.875% due 02/15/2013 (2)

  $ 14,119,472        $ 2,104,447        $ 158,057     

US Treasury Note 4.000% due 02/15/2015 (2)

    14,078,974          2,098,411          157,604     
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   
    $ 28,198,446        $ 4,202,858        $ 315,661     
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

* Except for those items disclosed, no individual futures, forwards and option on futures contract position constituted greater than 1 percent of Net Asset Value. Accordingly, the number of contracts and expiration dates are not presented.
(1) See Notes to Financial Statements, Note 4.
(2) Assets have been allocated to each Series based upon ownership in the cash management pool. See Note 2.
(3) Formerly the Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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The Series of the Frontier Fund

Condensed Schedules of Investments

December 31, 2011

 

     Winton Series     Winton/Graham Series  

Description

   Value      % of Total Capital
(Net Asset Value)
    Value      % of Total Capital
(Net Asset Value)
 

LONG FUTURES CONTRACTS *

          

Various base metals futures contracts (U.S.)

   $ —           0.00   $ —           0.00

Various base metals futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various currency futures contracts (U.S.)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Canada)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Far East)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various energy futures contracts (U.S.)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various energy futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (U.S.)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Canada)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Far East)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various precious metals futures contracts (U.S.)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various precious metals futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various soft futures contracts (U.S.)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various soft futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various soft futures contracts (Canada)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (U.S.)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Canada)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Far East)

     —           0.00     —           0.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Long Futures Contracts

     —           0.00     —           0.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

SHORT FUTURES CONTRACTS *

          

Various base metals futures contracts (US)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various base metals futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various currency futures contracts (US)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Canada)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Far East)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various energy futures contracts (US)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various energy futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (US)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Canada)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Far East)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various precious metals futures contracts (US)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various soft futures contracts (US)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various soft futures contracts (Canada)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various soft futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (US)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Canada)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Europe)

     —           0.00     —           0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Far East)

     —           0.00     —           0.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Short Futures Contracts

     —           0.00     —           0.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

CURRENCY FORWARDS *

     —           0.00     —           0.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Open Trade Equity

   $ —           0.00   $ —           0.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

SWAPS (1)

   $ 61,888         0.12   $ 30,381         0.10
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES           

FACE VALUE

   Fair Value            Fair Value         

$36,500,000.00    US Treasury Note 3.875% due 02/15/2013 (Cost $38,125,391) (2)

   $ 3,768,316         7.53   $ 1,849,901         6.01

$36,700,000.00        US Treasury Note 4.000% due 02/15/2015 (Cost $38,016,039) (2)

     4,053,611         8.10     1,989,954         6.47
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 7,821,927         15.63   $ 3,839,855         12.48
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Additional Disclosure on U.S. Treasury Securities

   Face Value            Face Value         

US Treasury Note 3.875% due 02/15/2013 (2)

   $ 3,624,941         $ 1,779,516      

US Treasury Note 4.000% due 02/15/2015 (2)

     3,644,803           1,789,267      
  

 

 

      

 

 

    
   $ 7,269,744         $ 3,568,783      
  

 

 

      

 

 

    
      Cost            Cost         

US Treasury Note 3.875% due 02/15/2013 (2)

   $ 3,786,364         $ 1,858,760      

US Treasury Note 4.000% due 02/15/2015 (2)

     3,775,504           1,853,429      
  

 

 

      

 

 

    
   $ 7,561,868         $ 3,712,189      
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

* Except for those items disclosed, no individual futures, forwards and option on futures contract position constituted greater than 1 percent of Net Asset Value.

Accordingly, the number of contracts and expiration dates are not presented.

(1) See Notes to Financial Statements, Note 4.
(2) Assets have been allocated to each Series based upon ownership in the cash management pool. See Note 2.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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The Frontier Fund

Statements of Operations

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and 2011

 

     Frontier Diversified
Series
    Frontier Masters
Series
    Frontier Long/Short
Commodity Series
 
     (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)  
     3/31/2012     3/31/2011     3/31/2012     3/31/2011     3/31/2012     3/31/2011  

Investment Income:

            

Interest - net

   $ 597,279      $ 590,028      $ 267,859      $ 170,966      $ 363,576      $ 316,290   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Income

     597,279        590,028        267,859        170,966        363,576        316,290   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses:

            

Incentive Fees

     5,758        1,719,673        —          266,535        77,070        1,629,861   

Management Fees

     516,204        481,720        352,610        907,921        864,191        945,859   

Service Fees - Class 1

     391,766        516,049        187,327        225,527        124,836        273,551   

Trading Fees

     773,697        978,666        317,570        400,110        254,373        153,893   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Expenses

     1,687,425        3,696,108        857,507        1,800,093        1,320,470        3,003,164   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investment income/(loss) - net

     (1,090,146     (3,106,080     (589,648     (1,629,127     (956,894     (2,686,874
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments:

            

Net realized gain/(loss) on futures, forwards and options

     —          —          1,291,194        (1,391,560     (33,714,900     —     

Net change in open trade equity/(deficit)

     —          —          (325,481     630,311        29,602,183        —     

Net realized gain/(loss) on swap contracts

     (106,862     —          (55,669     2,629,262        (58,693     —     

Net unrealized gain/(loss) on swap contracts

     (23,719     (132,267     (2,775     (1,600,211     (20,529     12,237   

Net realized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities

     74,756        —          34,851        —          46,967        —     

Net unrealized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities

     (210,923     (109,445     (96,719     (50,690     (128,175     (72,459

Trading commissions

     —          —          (30,664     (14,738     (423,733     —     

Change in fair value of investments in unconsolidated trading companies

     (3,978,434     8,240,407        190,278        1,597,339        (1,035,255     12,140,566   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net gain/(loss) on investments

     (4,245,182     7,998,695        1,005,015        1,799,713        (5,732,135     12,080,344   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

     (5,335,328     4,892,615        415,367        170,586        (6,689,029     9,393,470   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less: Operations attributable to non-controlling interests

     —          —          (29,479     (7,648     (6,156,086     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS

   $ (5,335,328   $ 4,892,615      $ 444,846      $ 178,234      $ (532,943   $ 9,393,470   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS PER UNIT

            

Class 1

   $ (4.17   $ 2.98      $ 0.70      $ 0.15      $ (1.92   $ 15.59   

Class 1a

     N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A      $ (1.16   $ 13.56   

Class 2

   $ (3.92   $ 3.54      $ 1.19      $ 0.61      $ (1.09   $ 19.28   

Class 2a

     N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A      $ (0.66   $ 14.51   

Class 3

     N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A      $ (1.09   $ 19.27   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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The Frontier Fund

Statements of Operations

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and 2011

 

     Balanced Series     Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend
Series (1)
    Currency Series  
     (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)  
     3/31/2012     3/31/2011     3/31/2012     3/31/2011     3/31/2012     3/31/2011  

Investment Income:

            

Interest - net

   $ 151,548      $ 35,973      $ 18,444      $ 5,309      $ —        $ 29,652   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Income/(loss)

     151,548        35,973        18,444        5,309        —          29,652   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses:

            

Incentive Fees

     178,125        4,270,189        —          —          —          —     

Management Fees

     689,478        642,865        272,986        377,970        —          39,855   

Service Fees - Class 1

     1,340,888        2,219,967        254,314        455,038        29,910        45,170   

Trading Fees

     477,527        486,163        70,889        85,253        7,497        23,565   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Expenses

     2,686,018        7,619,184        598,189        918,261        37,407        108,590   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investment income/(loss) - net

     (2,534,470     (7,583,211     (579,745     (912,952     (37,407     (78,938
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments:

            

Net realized gain/(loss) on futures, forwards and options

     (3,425,652     16,774,640        —          —          —          (153,538

Net change in open trade equity/(deficit)

     (2,358,281     (14,766,839     —          —          —          (5,778

Net realized gain/(loss) on swap contracts

     (175,294     —          (34,232     —          (6,104     —     

Net unrealized gain/(loss) on swap contracts

     648,445        (1,012,456     (2,448     9,684        3,603        (526,568

Net realized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities

     124,168        —          25,726        —          1,336        —     

Net unrealized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities

     (354,777     (208,005     (62,790     (52,133     (3,833     (14,711

Trading commissions

     (1,207,366     (1,289,786     —          —          —          —     

Net change in inter-series receivables

     —          (1,040,637     —          —          —          —     

Net change in inter-series payables

     —          —          —          —          —          476,691   

Change in fair value of investments in unconsolidated trading companies

     (3,988,952     22,430,253        191,503        (489,915     (132,912     —     

Net realized gain/(loss) on the Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC

     —          —          (2,172,987     —          —          —     

Net unrealized gain/(loss) on the Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC

     —          —          2,084,880        397,671        —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net gain/(loss) on investments

     (10,737,709     20,887,170        29,652        (134,693     (137,910     (223,904
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

     (13,272,179     13,303,959        (550,093     (1,047,645     (175,317     (302,842
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less: Operations attributable to non-controlling interests

     (3,042,910     7,748        —          —          —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS

   $ (10,229,269   $ 13,296,211      $ (550,093   $ (1,047,645   $ (175,317   $ (302,842
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS PER UNIT

            

Class 1

   $ (5.38   $ 4.42      $ (1.39   $ (1.83   $ (3.11   $ (3.50

Class 1a

   $ (4.58   $ 3.63        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A   

Class 2

   $ (5.58   $ 6.56      $ (0.92   $ (1.23   $ (3.24   $ (3.55

Class 2a

   $ (4.51   $ 5.18        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A   

Class 3a

   $ (4.51   $ 5.19        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A   

 

(1) Formerly known as the Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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The Frontier Fund

Statements of Operations

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and 2011

 

     Winton Series     Winton/Graham Series  
     (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)  
     3/31/2012     3/31/2011     3/31/2012     3/31/2011  

Investment Income:

        

Interest - net

   $ 126,136      $ 103,733      $ 21,969      $ 57,929   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Income

     126,136        103,733        21,969        57,929   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses:

        

Incentive Fees

     —          248,590        —          70,874   

Management Fees

     267,609        332,638        298,313        445,869   

Service Fees - Class 1

     282,428        364,021        179,072        335,672   

Trading Fees

     91,423        73,838        55,058        69,313   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Expenses

     641,460        1,019,087        532,443        921,728   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investment (loss) - net

     (515,324     (915,354     (510,474     (863,799
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments:

        

Net realized gain/(loss) on futures, forwards and options

     —          —          —          210,826   

Net change in open trade equity/(deficit)

     —          —          —          (841,207

Net realized gain/(loss) on swap contracts

     (57,781     —          (30,602     —     

Net unrealized gain/(loss) on swap contracts

     (7,291     11,718        943        9,432   

Net realized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities

     38,080          16,888     

Net unrealized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities

     (104,872     (62,094     (46,888     (50,460

Trading commissions

     —          —          —          (177,430

Change in fair value of investments in unconsolidated trading companies

     (365,754     1,658,168        544,182        896,801   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net gain/(loss) on investments

     (497,618     1,607,792        484,523        47,962   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

     (1,012,942     692,438        (25,951     (815,837
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less: Operations attributable to non-controlling interests

     —          —          —          (368,433
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS

   $ (1,012,942   $ 692,438      $ (25,951   $ (447,404
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS PER UNIT

        

Class 1

   $ (3.13   $ 1.36      $ (0.36   $ (1.16

Class 2

   $ (2.47   $ 2.71      $ 0.53      $ (0.34

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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The Frontier Fund

Statements of Changes in Capital

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012

 

    Frontier Diversified Series     Frontier Masters Series  
                (Unaudited)                             (Unaudited)              
    Class 1     Class 1     Class 2     Class 2           Class 1     Class 1     Class 2     Class 2              
    Managing
Owner
    Limited
Owners
    Managing
Owner
    Limited
Owners
    Total     Managing
Owner
    Limited
Owners
    Managing
Owner
    Limited
Owners
    Non-
Controlling
Interests
    Total  

Capital (Net Asset Value), December 31, 2011

  $ 27,334      $ 72,397,572      $ 1,486,740      $ 60,061,958      $ 133,973,604      $ 27,569      $ 34,062,567      $ 589,893      $ 18,144,968      $ 58,412      $ 52,883,409   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Sale of Units

    —          1,875,533        —          2,116,760        3,992,293        —          1,805,536        —          214,000        —          2,019,536   

Redemption of Units

    —          (3,220,386     —          (3,659,737     (6,880,123     —          (1,105,134     —          (851,161     —          (1,956,295

Change in control of ownership - Trading Companies

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —     

Contributions

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          2,399,103        2,399,103   

Distributions

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          (196,470     (196,470

Operations attributable to non-controlling interests

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          (29,479     (29,479

Net increase/(decrease) in Owners’ Capital resulting from operations

    (1,147     (3,006,953     (56,134     (2,271,094     (5,335,328     192        232,202        6,698        205,754        —          444,846   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital (Net Asset Value), March 31, 2012

  $ 26,187      $ 68,045,766      $ 1,430,606      $ 56,247,887      $ 125,750,446      $ 27,761      $ 34,995,171      $ 596,591      $ 17,713,561      $ 2,231,566      $ 55,564,650   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital - Units, December 31, 2011

    275        728,370        14,301        577,736        1,320,682        275        339,777        5,627        173,083        —          518,762   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Sale of Units

    —          19,211        —          20,407        39,618        —          17,670        —          1,977        —          19,647   

Redemption of Units

    —          (33,017     —          (35,865     (68,882     —          (10,780     —          (7,989     —          (18,769
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital - Units, March 31, 2012

    275        714,564        14,301        562,278        1,291,418        275        346,667        5,627        167,071        —          519,640   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      (1       (1         (1       (1    

Net asset value per unit at December 31, 2011

    $ 99.40        $ 103.96          $ 100.25        $ 104.83       

Change in net asset value per unit for three months ended March 31, 2012

      (4.17       (3.92         0.70          1.19       
   

 

 

     

 

 

       

 

 

     

 

 

     

Net asset value per unit at March 31, 2012

    $ 95.23        $ 100.04          $ 100.95        $ 106.02       
   

 

 

     

 

 

       

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

(1) Values are for both Managing Owners and Limited Owners.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

 

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The Frontier Fund

Statements of Changes in Capital

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012

 

    Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series  
                            (Unaudited)                          
    Class 1     Class 2     Class 3     Class 1a     Class 1a     Class 2a     Class 2a              
    Limited
Owners
    Managing
Owner
    Limited
Owners
    Limited
Owners
    Managing
Owner
    Limited
Owners
    Managing
Owner
    Limited
Owners
    Non-Controlling
Interests
    Total  

Capital (Net Asset Value), December 31, 2011

  $ 4,159,047      $ 499,336      $ 8,689,426      $ 27,810,058      $ 14,271      $ 18,877,124      $ 282,740      $ 10,628,724      $ 10,223,579      $ 81,184,305   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Sale of Units

    5,473        —          —          2,628,674        —          1,854,807        —          868,153        —          5,357,107   

Redemption of Units

    (2,690,064     —          (170,040     (2,590,599     —          (462,534     —          (217,453     —          (6,130,690

Change in control of ownership - Trading Companies

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —     

Contributions

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          11,701,255        11,701,255   

Distributions

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          (4,910,823     (4,910,823

Operations attributable to non-controlling interests

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          (6,156,086     (6,156,086

Net increase/(decrease) in Owners’ Capital resulting from operations

    (24,915     (3,358     (57,216     (195,481     (136     (191,044     (1,480     (59,313     —          (532,943
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital (Net Asset Value), March 31, 2012

  $ 1,449,541      $ 495,978      $ 8,462,170      $ 27,652,652      $ 14,135      $ 20,078,353      $ 281,260      $ 11,220,111      $ 10,857,925      $ 80,512,125   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital - Units, December 31, 2011

    30,551        3,083        53,648        171,708        117        155,099        2,222        83,538        —          499,966   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Sale of Units

    40        —          —          16,198        —          15,245        —          6,823          38,306   

Redemption of Units

    (19,790     —          (1,049     (16,013     —          (3,782     —          (1,711       (42,345
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital - Units, March 31, 2012

    10,801        3,083        52,599        171,893        117        166,562        2,222        88,650        —          495,927   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
        (1         (1       (1    

Net asset value per unit at December 31, 2011

  $ 136.13        $ 161.97      $ 161.96        $ 121.71        $ 127.23       

Change in net asset value per unit for three months ended March 31, 2012

    (1.92       (1.09     (1.09       (1.16       (0.66    
 

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

Net asset value per unit at March 31, 2012

  $ 134.21        $ 160.88      $ 160.87        $ 120.55        $ 126.57       
 

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

(1) Values are for both Managing Owner and Limited Owners.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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The Frontier Fund

Statements of Changes in Capital

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012

 

    Balanced Series  
    (Unaudited)  
    Class 1     Class 1a     Class 2     Class 2a     Class 3a              
    Limited
Owners
    Limited
Owners
    Managing
Owner
    Limited
Owners
    Managing
Owner
    Limited
Owners
    Limited
Owners
    Non-Controlling
Interests
    Total  

Capital (Net Asset Value), December 31, 2011

  $ 183,785,318      $ 2,536,559      $ 3,351,608      $ 60,020,959      $ 158,814      $ 2,626,016      $ 2,952,802      $ 40,633,336      $ 296,065,412   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Sale of Units

    124,903        271        —          3,990        —          —          1,757,420        —          1,886,584   

Redemption of Units

    (8,447,051     (2,011,673     —          (2,678,547     —          (1,184,974     (427,535     —          (14,749,780

Change in control of ownership - Trading Companies

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —     

Contributions

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          47,191,603        47,191,603   

Distributions

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          (33,736,201     (33,736,201

Operations attributable to non-controlling interests

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          (3,042,910     (3,042,910

Net increase/(decrease) in Owners’ Capital resulting from operations attributable to controlling interests

    (7,734,368     (44,816     (120,793     (2,109,196     (5,573     (67,934     (146,589     —          (10,229,269
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital (Net Asset Value), March 31, 2012

  $ 167,728,802      $ 480,341      $ 3,230,815      $ 55,237,206      $ 153,241      $ 1,373,108      $ 4,136,098      $ 51,045,828      $ 283,385,439   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital - Units, December 31, 2011

    1,476,131        23,388        21,620        387,173        1,237        20,460        23,005        —          1,953,014   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Sale of Units

    1,010        3        —          25        —          —          13,761          14,799   

Redemption of Units

    (69,121     (18,766     —          (17,562     —          (9,372     (3,371       (118,192
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital - Units, March 31, 2012

    1,408,020        4,625        21,620        369,636        1,237        11,088        33,395        —          1,849,621   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          (1       (1      

Net asset value per unit at December 31, 2011

  $ 124.50      $ 108.45        $ 155.02        $ 128.35      $ 128.36       

Change in net asset value per unit for three months ended March 31, 2012

    (5.38     (4.58       (5.58       (4.51     (4.51    
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

Net asset value per unit at March 31, 2012

  $ 119.12      $ 103.87        $ 149.44        $ 123.84      $ 123.85       
 

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

(1) Values are for both Managing Owner and Limited Owners.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

 

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The Frontier Fund

Statements of Changes in Capital

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012

 

    Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series (2)     Currency Series  
          (Unaudited)                 (Unaudited)        
    Class 1     Class 2           Class 1     Class 2        
    Limited     Managing     Limited           Limited     Managing     Limited        
    Owners     Owner     Owners     Total     Owners     Owner     Owners     Total  

Capital (Net Asset Value), December 31, 2011

  $ 35,180,631      $ 7,878      $ 4,425,463      $ 39,613,972      $ 4,228,350      $ 2,563      $ 88,444      $ 4,319,357   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Sale of Units

    9,489        —          —          9,489        12,662        —          —          12,662   

Redemption of Units

    (2,550,838     —          (242,705     (2,793,543     (414,172     —          (13,837     (428,009

Net increase/(decrease) in Owners’ Capital resulting from operations

    (516,759     (65     (33,269     (550,093     (172,446     (95     (2,776     (175,317
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital (Net Asset Value), March 31, 2012

  $ 32,122,523      $ 7,813      $ 4,149,489      $ 36,279,825      $ 3,654,394      $ 2,468      $ 71,831      $ 3,728,693   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital - Units, December 31, 2011

    386,533        70        39,571        426,174        59,997        29        1,010        61,036   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Sale of Units

    104        —          —          104        180        —          —          180   

Redemption of Units

    (28,233     —          (2,159     (30,392     (5,930     —          (158     (6,088
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital - Units, March 31, 2012

    358,404        70        37,412        395,886        54,247        29        852        55,128   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
        (1           (1  

Net asset value per unit at December 31, 2011

  $ 91.02        $ 111.84        $ 70.48        $ 87.61     

Change in net asset value per unit for three months ended March 31, 2012

    (1.39       (0.92       (3.11       (3.24  
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Net asset value per unit at March 31, 2012

  $ 89.63        $ 110.92        $ 67.37        $ 84.37     
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

(1) Values are for both Managing Owner and Limited Owners.
(2) Formerly the Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

 

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The Frontier Fund

Statements of Changes in Capital

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012

 

    Winton Series     Winton/Graham Series  
    (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)  
    Class 1     Class 2           Class 1     Class 2        
    Limited     Managing     Limited           Limited     Managing     Limited        
    Owners     Owner     Owners     Total     Owners     Owner     Owners     Total  

Capital (Net Asset Value), December 31, 2011

  $ 38,345,799      $ 34,276      $ 11,668,049      $ 50,048,124      $ 24,783,519      $ 55,553      $ 5,934,615      $ 30,773,687   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Sale of Units

    54,670        —          —          54,670        16,185        —          —          16,185   

Redemption of Units

    (950,434     —          (3,211     (953,645     (2,238,081     —          (788,648     (3,026,729

Net increase/(decrease) in Owners’ Capital resulting from operations attributable to controlling interests

    (839,097     (510     (173,335     (1,012,942     (64,839     223        38,665        (25,951
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital (Net Asset Value), March 31, 2012

  $ 36,610,938      $ 33,766      $ 11,491,503      $ 48,136,207      $ 22,496,784      $ 55,776      $ 5,184,632      $ 27,737,192   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital - Units, December 31, 2011

    271,704        207        70,368        342,279        236,649        428        45,755        282,832   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Sale of Units

    388        —          —          388        153        —          —          153   

Redemption of Units

    (6,788     —          (20     (6,808     (21,253     —          (5,942     (27,195
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital - Units, March 31, 2012

    265,304        207        70,348        335,859        215,549        428        39,813        255,790   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
        (1           (1  

Net asset value per unit at December 31, 2011

  $ 141.13        $ 165.82        $ 104.73        $ 129.70     

Change in net asset value per unit for three months ended March 31, 2012

    (3.13       (2.47       (0.36       0.53     
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Net asset value per unit at March 31, 2012

  $ 138.00        $ 163.35        $ 104.37        $ 130.23     
 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

(1) Values are for both Managing Owner and Limited Owners

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

 

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The Series of the Frontier Fund

Statements of Cash Flows

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and 2011

 

    Frontier Diversified Series     Frontier Masters Series     Frontier Long/Short
Commodity Series
 
    (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)  
    3/31/2012     3/31/2011     3/31/2012     3/31/2011     3/31/2012     3/31/2011  

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

           

Net increase/(decrease) in capital resulting from operations

  $ (5,335,328   $ 4,892,615      $ 415,367      $ 170,586      $ (6,689,029   $ 9,393,470   

Adjustments to reconcile net increase/(decrease) in capital resulting from operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

           

Change in:

           

Net change in open trade equity/(deficit), at fair value

    —          —          325,481        (630,309     (28,220,701     —     

Net change in options written, at fair value

    —          —          —          —          231,913        —     

Net change in ownership allocation of U.S. Treasury Securities

    337,697        (220,841     (571,973     (3,170,902     (734,629     (745,176

Net change in custom time deposits

    1,661,906        (2,024,071     (3,166,402     (18,290,868     (2,506,283     (4,567,034

Net change in ownership allocation of credit default swaps

    423        —          (1,219     —          (4,324     —     

Net change in ownership allocation of certificates of deposit

    —          —          —          —          —          —     

Net realized (gain) on swap contracts

    106,862        —          55,669        (2,629,262     58,693        —     

Net unrealized (gain)/loss on swap contracts

    23,719        132,267        2,775        1,600,211        20,529        (12,237

Net unrealized (gain)/loss on U.S. Treasury securities

    210,923        109,445        96,719        50,690        128,175        72,459   

Net realized (gain)/loss on U.S. Treasury securities

    (74,756     —          (34,851     —          (46,967     —     

(Purchases) sales of:

           

Sales of swap contracts

    —          —          —          27,385,221        —          —     

(Purchases) of swap contracts

    —          (110,125     —          (177,811     —          (59,415

Sales of custom time deposits

    4,380,919        —          2,418,141        —          2,122,345        —     

(Purchases) of custom time deposits

    —          —          —          —          —          —     

Sales of U.S. Treasury securities

    3,196,285        —          1,483,058        —          2,037,623        —     

Increase and/or decrease in:

           

Receivable from futures commission merchants

    —          —          (821,048     (5,593,702     25,948,364        —     

Change in control of ownership - trading companies

    —          —          —          —          —          —     

Contributions to trading companies

    —          —          2,399,103        70,000        11,701,255        —     

Distributions from trading companies

    —          —          (196,470     —          (4,910,823     —     

Investments in unconsolidated trading companies, at fair value

    (5,692,279     (5,849,408     (4,460,038     (1,496,340     (1,149,406     (2,206,977

Prepaid service fees - Class 1

    56,533        47,131        2,243        —          15,988        (32,161

Interest receivable

    168,516        124,545        70,659        15        93,000        59,430   

Receivable from related parties

    (199,902     (110,000     —          —          (150,722     (23,916

Other assets

    (1,038     60        (274     32,012        (45     212   

Inter-series payables/receivables, at fair value

    —          —          —          18,592        —          —     

Incentive fees payable to Managing Owner

    (491,297     233,313        5,203        38,286        (70,633     (124,484

Management fees payable to Managing Owner

    (8,654     24,740        3,220        5,943        20,555        31,856   

Interest payable to Managing Owner

    (4,165     (2,380     (192     7,725        55        6,640   

Trading fees payable to Managing Owner

    (10,383     32,351        3,783        11,721        4,397        10,422   

Trailing service fees payable to Managing Owner

    5,236        33,053        3,189        (77,684     (7,326     2,446   

Payables to related parties

    50,000        51,209        108,209        (4,136     —          37,578   

Other liabilities

    6,319        (14,157     2,630        —          4,914        (10,308
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

    (1,612,464     (2,650,253     (1,857,018     (2,680,012     (2,103,082     1,832,805   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

           

Proceeds from sale of units

    3,992,293        15,395,598        2,019,536        4,836,235        5,357,107        8,606,874   

Payment for redemption of units

    (6,880,123     (6,142,851     (1,956,295     (1,254,520     (6,130,690     (8,783,401

Pending owner additions

    (187,099     203,200        274,050        (5,200     53,127        183,033   

Owner redemptions payable

    (80,926     (63,160     (1,646     (183,222     (4,736     (86,895
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

    (3,155,855     9,392,787        335,645        3,393,293        (725,192     (80,389
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

    (4,768,319     6,742,534        (1,521,373     713,281        (2,828,274     1,752,416   

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year or period

    4,976,749        4,647,422        2,234,716        1,207,290        3,045,849        1,114,912   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of year or period

  $ 208,430      $ 11,389,956      $ 713,343      $ 1,920,571      $ 217,575      $ 2,867,328   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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The Series of the Frontier Fund

Statements of Cash Flows

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and 2011

 

     Balanced Series     Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series (1)     Currency Series  
     (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)  
     3/31/2012     3/31/2011     3/31/2012     3/31/2011     3/31/2012     3/31/2011  

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

            

Net increase/(decrease) in capital resulting from operations

   $ (13,272,179   $ 13,303,959      $ (550,093   $ (1,047,645   $ (175,317   $ (302,842

Adjustments to reconcile net increase/(decrease) in capital resulting from operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

            

Change in:

            

Net change in open trade equity, at fair value

     849,550        6,278,634        —          —          —          7,002   

Net change in options written, at fair value

     (1,114,036     2,285,155        —          —          —          (1,292

Net change in ownership allocation of U.S. Treasury Securities

     2,560,311        1,873,065        (1,076,814     4,654,901        29,392        216,352   

Net change in custom time deposits

     10,435,694        9,228,062        (5,243,876     —          (401,191     1,127,723   

Net change in ownership allocation of credit default swaps

     9,782        —          (2,283     —          82        —     

Net change in ownership allocation of certificates of deposit

     —          —          —          —          —          —     

Net change in ownership allocation of total return swaps

     —          —          —          —          —          —     

Net unrealized (gain)/loss on swap contracts

     (648,445     1,012,456        2,448        (9,684     (3,603     526,568   

Net realized (gain)/loss on swap contracts

     175,294        —          34,232        —          6,104        —     

Net unrealized (gain)/loss on U.S. Treasury securities

     354,777        208,005        (25,726     52,133        (1,336     14,711   

Net realized (gain)/loss on U.S. Treasury securities

     (124,168       62,790          3,833     

Net realized (gain)/loss on investment in Berkeley Quantitative

            

Colorado Fund LLC

     —          —          2,172,987        —          —          —     

Net unrealized (gain)/loss on investment in Berkeley

            

Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC

     —          —          (2,084,880     (397,671     —          —     

(Purchases) sales of:

            

Sales of swap contracts

     —          —          —          —          —          —     

(Purchases) of swap contracts

     —          (202,931     —          (49,981     —          (14,286

Sales of custom time deposits

     8,877,976        —          2,014,489        —          614,348        —     

(Purchases) of custom time deposits

     —          —          —          —          —          —     

Sales of U.S. Treasury securities

     5,287,147        —          1,107,497        —          57,972        —     

Sale of Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC

     —          —          6,182,737        —          —          —     

Increase and/or decrease in:

            

Receivable from futures commission merchants

     (18,962,235     (20,076,017     —          —          —          (566,722

Change in control of ownership - trading companies

     —          —          —          —          —          —     

Investments in unconsolidated trading companies, at fair value

     (2,721,260     (4,940,391     (895,496     (276,090     132,990        —     

Contributions to trading companies

     47,191,603        12,034,000        —          —          —          —     

Distributions from trading companies

     (33,736,201     (7,954,365     —          —          —          —     

Inter-series payables/receivables, at fair value

     —          259,493        —          16        —          (476,691

Prepaid service fees - Class 1

     —          —          —          68,070        —          —     

Interest receivable

     304,418        (3,616     40,050        —          3,406        19,482   

Receivable from related parties

     (500,436     1,040,636        —          (874     —          —     

Other assets

     (9,297     766,215        (796     —          (52     (194

Incentive fees payable to Managing Owner

     (1,195,031     144,641        —          (270,557     —          —     

Management fees payable to Managing Owner

     (13,081     (130,721     (14,371     (27,774     —          (300

Interest payable to Managing Owner

     (30,345     94,190        (4,719     (5,415     (1,239     (973

Trading fees payable to Managing Owner

     (18,718     (73,838     (1,698     (973     (298     (458

Trailing service fees payable to Managing Owner

     (35,268     31,321        (6,356     (3,954     (920     (1,354

Payables to related parties

     492        2,071        47,290        (785     83        (144

Other liabilities

     17,906        —          570        340        21        141   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     3,684,250        15,180,024        1,757,982        2,684,057        264,275        546,723   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

            

Proceeds from sale of units

     1,886,584        248,569        9,489        27,253        12,662        15,176   

Payment for redemption of units

     (14,749,780     (11,932,046     (2,793,543     (2,093,749     (428,009     (281,902

Pending owner additions

     (4,499     —          (283     —          (268     —     

Owner redemptions payable

     278,128        (27,314     (131,181     (15,006     (14,022     (41,598
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (12,589,567     (11,710,791     (2,915,518     (2,081,502     (429,637     (308,324
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     (8,905,317     3,469,233        (1,157,536     602,555        (165,362     238,399   

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year or period

     9,758,138        5,375,950        1,352,378        1,341,151        182,875        275,485   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of year or period

   $ 852,821      $ 8,845,183      $ 194,842      $ 1,943,706      $ 17,513      $ 513,884   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Formerly the Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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The Series of the Frontier Fund

Statements of Cash Flows

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and 2011

 

     Winton Series     Winton/Graham Series  
     (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)  
     3/31/2012     3/31/2011     3/31/2012     3/31/2011  

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

        

Net increase/(decrease) in capital resulting from operations

   $ (1,012,942   $ 692,438      $ (25,951   $ (815,837

Adjustments to reconcile net increase/(decrease) in capital resulting from operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

        

Change in:

        

Net change in open trade equity, at fair value

     —          —          —          841,206   

Net change in ownership allocation of U.S. Treasury Securities

     (608,100     427,084        126,646        930,293   

Net change in custom time deposits

     (2,589,559     2,005,353        (911,369     4,937,308   

Net change in ownership allocation of credit default swaps

     (3,184     —          722        —     

Net unrealized (gain)/loss on swap contracts

     7,291        (11,718     (943     —     

Net realized (gain)/loss on swap contracts

     57,781        —          30,602        (9,432

Net unrealized (gain) loss on U.S. Treasury Securities, at fair value

     104,872        62,094        46,888        50,460   

Net realized (gain) loss on U.S. Treasury Securities, at fair value

     (38,080     —          (16,888     —     

(Purchases) sale of:

        

(Purchases) of swap contracts

     —          (60,486     —          (48,710

Sales of custom time deposits

     2,095,034        —          2,476,747        —     

(Purchases) of custom time deposits

     —          —          —          —     

Sales of U.S. Treasury Securities, at fair value

     1,652,092        —          725,012        —     

Increase and/or decrease in:

        

Receivable from futures commission merchants

     —          —          —          (4,035,283

Change in control of ownership of trading companies

     —          —          —          —     

Contributions to trading companies

     —          —          —          1,825,000   

Distributions from trading companies

     —          —          —          (4,000

Investments in unconsolidated trading companies, at fair value

     (726,221     (1,669,249     (678,749     (890,801

Prepaid service fees - Class 1

     —          —          —          —     

Interest receivable

     76,691        75,816        39,223        69,060   

Receivable from related parties

     —          —          —          —     

Other assets

     (2,395     (874     (1,461     (809

Incentive fees payable to Managing Owner

     —          (184,413     —          (553,337

Management fees payable to Managing Owner

     154        (7,943     2,047        (15,669

Interest payable to Managing Owner

     (1,709     337        (3,413     (3,278

Trading fees payable to Managing Owner

     (561     99        (1,224     (814

Trailing service fees payable to Managing Owner

     (2,502     (527     (3,776     (2,427

Payables to related parties

     308        976        (16     302   

Other liabilities

     1,165        505        (743     65   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     (989,865     1,329,492        1,803,354        2,273,297   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

        

Proceeds from sale of units

     54,670        74,523        16,185        36,256   

Payment for redemption of units

     (953,645     (939,447     (3,026,729     (1,863,868

Pending owner additions

     (348     —          (158     —     

Owner redemptions payable

     (319     (1,973     165,125        (33,096
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (899,642     (866,897     (2,845,577     (1,860,708
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     (1,889,507     462,595        (1,042,223     412,589   

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year or period

     2,051,272        1,808,624        1,156,042        1,352,481   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of year or period

   $ 161,765      $ 2,271,219      $ 113,819      $ 1,765,070   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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The Series of the Frontier Fund

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

1. Organization and Purpose

The Frontier Fund, which is referred to in this report as “the Trust”, was formed on August 8, 2003, as a Delaware statutory trust. Please refer to the consolidated financial statements of the Trust included within this annual report. The Trust is a multi-advisor commodity pool, as described in Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) Regulation § 4.10(d)(2). The Trust has authority to issue separate series, or each, a Series, of units of beneficial interest (the “Units”) pursuant to the requirements of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, as amended (the “Trust Act”). The assets of each Series are valued and accounted for separately from the assets of other Series. The Trust is not registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). It is managed by its Managing Owner, Equinox Fund Management, LLC.

Purchasers of Units are limited owners of the Trust (“Limited Owners”) with respect to beneficial interests of the Series’ Units purchased. The Trust Act provides that, except as otherwise provided in the amended and restated declaration of trust and trust agreement of the Trust dated as of August 8, 2003, by and among the Managing Owner, Wilmington Trust Company as trustee and the unitholders from time to time (the “Trust Agreement”), unitholders in a Delaware statutory trust will have the same limitation of liability as do stockholders of private corporations organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The Trust Agreement confers substantially the same limited liability, and contains the same limited exceptions thereto, as would a limited partnership agreement for a Delaware limited partnership engaged in like transactions as the Trust. In addition, pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the Managing Owner of the Trust is liable for obligations of a Series in excess of that Series’ assets. Limited Owners do not have any such liability. The Managing Owner will make contributions to the Series of the Trust necessary to maintain at least a 1% interest in the aggregate capital, profits and losses of all Series.

The Trust, in relation to the Series, has been organized to pool assets of investor funds for the purpose of trading in the United States (“U.S.”) and international markets for currencies, interest rates, stock indices, agricultural and energy products, precious and base metals and other commodities. The Trust, in relation to the Series, may also engage in futures contracts, forwards, option contracts and other interest in derivative instruments, including swap contracts (“Swaps”).

The Trust has eight (8) separate and distinct Series of Units issued and outstanding: Frontier Diversified Series, Frontier Masters Series, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series, Balanced Series, Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series (formerly Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series), Currency Series, Winton Series and Winton/Graham Series (each a “Series” and collectively, the “Series”). The Trust financial statements are comprised of unitized Series which are consolidated into the Trust financial statements. However, the consolidated Trust does not issue units.

In addition to the above eight (8) Series of the Trust, a separate and distinct TBG Institutional Series (“TBGI”) is a private offering under the Trust made only pursuant to exemptions provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, Rule 506 promulgated there under, and applicable state securities laws. As part of the Trust, TBGI’s financial position and results of operations are included in the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Trust and it participates pari passu in the trading results and other activities of the Trust through investments in the Trading Companies. TBGI commenced operations on January 20, 2012. As a private offering the Managing Owner has determined that TBGI’s position and results of operations are not required to be presented separately within the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Trust.

The Trust, with respect to each Series:

 

   

engages in the speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of futures, forward (including interbank foreign currencies), options contracts and other derivative instruments (including swap contracts), and may, from time to time, engage in cash and spot transactions;

 

   

allocates funds to a limited liability trading company or companies (“Trading Company”). Except as otherwise described in these notes, each Trading Company has one-year renewable contracts with its own independent commodity trading advisor(s), or each, a Trading Advisor, that will manage all or a portion of such Trading Company’s assets and make the trading decisions for the assets of each Series vested in such Trading Company. Each Trading Company will segregate its assets from any other Trading Company;

 

   

maintains separate, distinct records for each Series, and accounts for the assets of each Series separately from the other Series;

 

   

calculates the Net Asset Value (“NAV”) of its Units for each Series separately from the other Series;

 

   

has an investment objective of increasing the value of each Series’ Units over the long term (capital appreciation), while controlling risk and volatility; further, to offer exposure to the investment programs of individual Trading Advisors and to specific instruments (currencies);

 

   

maintains each Series of Units in three or six sub-classes—Class 1, Class 1a, Class 2, Class 2a, Class 3, and Class 3a. Investors who have purchased Class 1 or Class 1a Units of any Series are charged a service fee of up to three percent (3.0%) annually of the NAV of each Unit purchased, for the benefit of Selling Agents selling such Class 1 or Class 1a Units. The initial service fee, which is amortized monthly at an annual rate of up to three percent (3.0%) of the average daily NAV of Class 1 or Class 1 a of such Series, is prepaid to Equinox Fund Management, LLC (the “Managing Owner”) by each Series, and paid to the selling agents by the Managing Owner in the month following sale; provided, however, that investors who redeem all or a portion of their Class 1 or Class 1 a Units of any Series during the first twelve (12) months

 

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following the effective date of their purchase are subject to a redemption fee of up to three percent (3.0%) of the NAV at which such investor redeemed to reimburse the Managing Owner for the then-unamortized balance of the prepaid initial service fee. With respect to Class 2 and Class 2a Units of any Series, the Managing Owner pays an ongoing service fee to Selling Agents of up to one half percent (0.5%) annually of the NAV of each Class 2 or Class 2a Unit (of which 0.25% will be charged to Limited Owners holding Class 2 Units of the Frontier Diversified Series, Frontier Dynamic Series and Frontier Masters Series or Class 2a Units of the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series) sold until such Class 2 or Class 2a Units which are subject to the fee limitation are reclassified as Class 3 or Class 3a Units of the applicable Series. The Managing Owner may also pay Selling Agents certain additional fees and expenses for administrative and other services rendered and expenses incurred by such Selling Agents; and

 

   

all payments made to Selling Agents who are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) and their associated persons that constitute underwriting compensation will be subject to the limitations set forth in Rule 2310(b)(4)(B)(ii) (formerly Rule 281 0(b)(4)(B)(ii)) of the Conduct Rules of FINRA (“Rule 2310”). An investor’s Class 1 Units or Class 2 Units of any Series, or Class 1a Units or Class 2a Units of the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series or Balanced Series will be classified as Class 3 or Class 3a Units of such Series, as applicable, when the Managing Owner determines that the fee limitation set forth in Rule 2310 with respect to such Units has been reached or will be reached. No service fees are paid with respect to Class 3 or Class 3a Units. Units of any Class in a Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, on a daily basis, at the then current NAV per Unit for such Series on the day of the week after the date the Managing Owner is in receipt of a redemption request for at least one (1) Business Day to be received by the Managing Owner prior to 4:00 PM in New York.

The assets of any particular Series include only those funds and other assets that are paid to, held by or distributed to the Trust, with respect to the Series, on account of and for the benefit of that Series. Under the “Inter-Series Limitation on Liability” expressly provided for under Section 3804(a) of the Trust Act, separate and distinct records of the cash and equivalents, although pooled for maximizing returns, is maintained in the books and records of each Series.

As of March 31, 2012, the Trust, with respect to the Frontier Diversified Series, Frontier Masters Series, Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series, Currency Series, Winton Series and Winton/Graham Series separates Units into three separate Classes—Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3. The Trust, with respect to the Balanced Series, and Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series separates Units into six separate Classes – Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Class 1a, Class 2a and Class 3a. It is expected that between 10% and 30% of each Series’ assets normally will be invested in one or more Trading Companies to be committed as margin for trading positions, but from time to time these percentages may be substantially more or less. The remainders of each Series’ assets are maintained at the Trust level for cash management. Each of the respective Series has invested monies into pooled cash management assets which have included purchases of certificates of deposit, custom time deposits and U.S. Treasury securities. Each Series’ ownership in these investments is based on its percentage ownership in the pooled cash management assets on the reporting date.

As of March 31, 2012, Winton Series has invested a portion of its assets in a single Trading Company, and a single Trading Advisor manages 100% of the assets invested in such Trading Company. The Currency Series invests a portion of its assets in a single Trading Company, which allocates assets to one Swap. Each of the Frontier Diversified Series, Frontier Masters Series, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series, Balanced Series, Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series, and Winton/Graham Series has invested a portion of its assets in several different Trading Companies and one or more Trading Advisors may manage the assets invested in such Trading Companies.

In November 2010, the Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series invested a portion of its assets in Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC, an unaffiliated company, managed by an affiliate of Berkeley Quantitative L.P. Through this investment, Berkeley Quantitative L.P. became a commodity trading advisor to the Series. This investment was liquidated March 20, 2012.

During July, 2011, Currency Series liquidated its interest in an option basket and realized a decrease in fair value greater than had previously been recorded as unrealized loss. The Managing Owner determined to make a onetime administrative adjustment by payment to the Currency Series of $390,589 to reimburse the effect of the loss on the investors in the series, exclusive of the inter-series payables’ interests, recorded in the Statements of Operations as Net increase from payments by managing owner.

During July, 2011, Frontier Dynamic Series ceased trading operations and liquidated all positions and investor accounts. The Series is closed as of March 31, 2012.

During December, 2011, Long Only Commodity Series and Managed Futures Index Series ceased trading operations and liquidated all positions and investor accounts. The Series are closed as of March 31, 2012.

 

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2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following are the significant accounting policies of the Series of the Trust.

Basis of Presentation—The Series of the Trust follow Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), as established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”), to ensure consistent reporting of financial condition, condensed schedules of investments, results of operations, changes in capital and cash flows.

These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in our 2011 Annual report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC.

Consolidation—The Series, through investing in the Trading Companies, authorize certain Trading Advisors to place trades and manage assets at pre-determined investment levels. The Trading Companies were organized by the Managing Owner for the purpose of investing in commodities interests and derivative instruments, and have no operating income or expenses, except for trading income and expenses, all of which is allocated to the Series. Trading Companies in which a Series has a controlling and majority equity interest are consolidated by such Series. Investments in Trading Companies in which a Series does not have a controlling and majority interest are accounted for under the equity method, which approximates fair value. Fair value represents the proportionate share of the Series interest in the NAV in a Trading Company. The equity interest held by Series of the Trust is shown as investments in unconsolidated trading companies in the statements of financial condition. The income or loss attributable thereto in proportion of investment level is shown in the statements of operations as equity in earnings/(loss) from unconsolidated trading companies.

The consolidated financial statements of the Balanced Series include the assets, liabilities and earnings of its majority-owned Trading Companies; Frontier Trading Company I LLC, Frontier Trading Company IX, LLC, Frontier Trading Company XIV, LLC, Frontier Trading Company XV, LLC, Frontier Trading Company XVII, LLC and Frontier Trading Company XVIII, LLC. Also included in the consolidated financial statements were the earnings of its majority owned trading company, Frontier Trading Company VI, LLC, from January 1, 2011 through March 18, 2011.

The consolidated financial statements of the Currency Series include the earnings of its wholly owned trading company, Frontier Trading Company III, LLC through July 15, 2011.

The consolidated financial statements of the Winton/Graham Series include the earnings of its majority-owned trading company, Frontier Trading Company V, LLC through June 17, 2011.

The consolidated financial statements of the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series include the assets, liabilities and earnings of its majority owned trading company, Frontier Trading Company VII, LLC, from September 28, 2011 through March 31, 2012.

The consolidated financial statements of the Frontier Diversified Series include the earnings of its wholly owned trading company, Frontier Trading Company X, LLC from January 1, 2011 through October 11, 2011.

The consolidated financial statements of the Frontier Masters Series include the assets, liabilities and earnings of its majority owned trading company, Frontier Trading Company XXI, LLC (earnings from March 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011). Also included in the consolidated financial statements were the earnings of its wholly owned trading company, Frontier Trading Company XI, LLC from January 1, 2011 through March 11, 2011.

Investment in Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC - The Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series had an investment in the Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC. The Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC began operations on November 1, 2010 and was liquidated on March 20, 2012. The Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC was not consolidated into the financial statements of the Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series because the Trust has no control or transparency over the operations of the trading company. This investment was shown on the statements of financial condition with the change in fair value shown in net unrealized gain/(loss) on the Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC.

Use of Estimates—The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP may require the Managing Owner to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. The valuation of swap contracts requires significant estimates as well as the valuation of certain other investments. Please refer to Note 3 for discussion of valuation methodology.

Cash and Cash Equivalents—Cash and cash equivalents include cash and overnight investments in interest-bearing demand deposits held at banks with maturities of three months or less.

Interest Income—Aggregate interest income from all sources, including assets held at Futures Commission Merchants (“FCM”), up to two percentage points of the aggregate percentage yield (annualized) is paid to the Managing Owner by the Balanced Series (Class 1 and Class 2 only), Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series, Currency Series, Winton Series and Winton/Graham Series. For the Frontier Diversified Series, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series, Frontier Masters Series and Balanced Series (Class 1a, Class 2a and Class 3a only), 20% of the total interest allocated to each Series is paid to the Managing Owner. All interest not paid to the Managing Owner is interest income to the Series.

 

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U.S. Treasury Securities, custom time deposits and certain demand deposits are pooled for purposes of maximizing returns on these assets to investors of all Series. Interest income from pooled cash management assets is recognized on the accrual basis and allocated daily to each Series based upon its daily proportion of ownership of the pool. Interest income from demand deposits of the Series is allocated to the respective Series in proportion to their daily NAV.

U.S. Treasury Securities—U.S. Treasury Securities are allocated to all Series of the Trust based on each Series’ percentage ownership in the pooled cash management assets as of the reporting date. They are reported at fair value as Level 1 inputs under ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”). The Series of the Trust values U.S. Treasury Securities at fair value and records the daily change in value in the statements of operations as net unrealized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities. Accrued interest is reported on the statements of financial condition as interest receivable.

Custom Time Deposits—Custom time deposits are structured deposit agreements with U.S. Bank National Association that earn a guaranteed fixed interest rate between 2.17% and 3.75% , mature nine months from the deposit date and are subject to automatic six-month rollovers through October 2015. Custom time deposits were purchased on September 15, 2009, October 21, 2008 and October 30, 2008. Interest is paid monthly or at least every nine months. Unscheduled withdrawals will be subject to certain penalties and other costs of up to 1.0% of the amount deposited if withdrawn within the first nine months from the deposit date. The withdrawal fee is set at 0.225% for the period from nine months to one year subsequent to the deposit date and decreases by .05% increments for each year thereafter through the maturity date. In May 2011, July 2011, August 2011 and January 2012, the Trust, with respect to the Series, redeemed approximately $25 million, $25 million, $50 million and $25 million, respectively, in custom time deposits held with U.S. Bank N.A which represented a full liquidation of the 2.17% investment tranche and an additional $25 million of the 3.17% tranche. Custom time deposits are allocated to each Series based on their percentage ownership in the pooled cash management assets as of the reporting date. The Series of the Trust values the custom time deposits at face value plus accrued interest as it is considered a deposit account under paragraph 7.50 of the Investment Company Audit Guide, and accordingly, this deposit is not subject to ASC 820.

Credit Default Swaps—The Series of the Trust invested in credit default swaps for the purpose of mitigating part of the risk of concentration of deposits with U.S. Bank National Association to other major financial institutions. See Note 4. Credit Default Swaps are allocated to each Series based on their percentage ownership in the pooled cash management assets as of the reporting date. Credit Default Swaps were reported at fair value based upon counterparty value per the valuation policy. The Series of the Trust recorded the daily change in fair value in the statements of operations as net unrealized gain/(loss) on swap contracts. All Credit Default Swaps had expired as of March 31, 2012.

Receivable From Futures Commission Merchants—The Series of the Trust deposits assets with a FCM subject to CFTC regulations and various exchange and broker requirements. Margin requirements are satisfied by the deposit of cash with such FCM. The Trust, with respect to the Series, earns interest income on its assets deposited with the FCM.

Investment Transactions—Futures, options on futures, forward and swap contracts are recorded on a trade date basis and realized gains or losses are recognized when contracts are settled. Unrealized gains or losses on open contracts (the difference between contract trade price and market price) are reported in the statements of financial condition as a net unrealized gain or loss, as there exists a right of offset of unrealized gains or losses in accordance with ASC 210, Balance Sheet (“ASC 210”).

Any change in net unrealized gain or loss from the preceding period is reported in the statements of operations. Fair value of exchange-traded contracts is based upon exchange settlement prices. Fair value of non-exchange-traded contracts is based on third party quoted dealer values on the interbank market. For U.S. Treasury securities, interest is recognized in the period earned and the instruments are marked-to-market daily based on third party information. Custom time deposits are valued at face value plus accrued interest and the interest income is recognized in the period earned. Transaction costs are recognized as incurred and reflected separately in the statements of operations.

Foreign currency transactions—The Series’ functional currency is the U.S. dollar, however, they transact business in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars at the rates in effect at the date of the statements of financial condition. Income and expense items denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars at the rates in effect during the period. Gains and losses resulting from the translation to U.S. dollars are reported in income. The Series do not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized or unrealized gain or loss from investments.

Allocation of Earnings—Each Series of the Trust maintains three or six classes of Units—Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Class 1a, Class 2a and Class 3a). All classes have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except that fees charged to a Class or Series differ as described below. Revenues, expenses (other than expenses attributable to a specific class), and realized and unrealized trading gains and losses of each Series are allocated daily to Class 1, Class 1a, Class 2, Class 2a, Class 3 and Class 3a Units based on each Class’ respective owners’ capital balances.

 

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Each Series allocates funds to an affiliated Trading Company, or Companies, of the Trust. Each Trading Company allocates all of its daily trading gains or losses to the Series in proportion to each Series’ ownership interest in the Trading Company, adjusted on a daily basis. As of March 31, 2012, the value of all open contracts and cash held at clearing brokers is similarly allocated to the Series in proportion to each Series’ funds allocated to the Trading Company, or Companies.

Inter-Series Receivables/Payables—The Balanced Series, for the purposes of diversification of investments and trading advisors through the other Series’ access to trading companies in which the Balanced Series did not have a direct interest, advanced funds to the Currency Series and the Frontier Dynamic Series. The amount of the funds advanced by the Balanced Series to each of the Currency Series and the Frontier Dynamic Series participated on a pari passu basis with Class 2 Units of such investee Series. The Balanced Series and investee Series reflected the changes in values of these investments as “net change in inter-series receivables/payables” in the statements of operations. The Balanced Series was subject to the same allocations of income and fees as the Limited Owners of such Series. As a result of fees charged by the investee Series, fees were not charged by the Balanced Series on the capital allocated to advances in affiliated Series. The Managing Owner monitored such allocations so that aggregate fees of the investee Series on the Balanced Series advances did not exceed the allowable fees of the Balanced Series as provided in the Trust’s Prospectus. Interest was not credited to the Balanced Series on the capital allocated to its inter-series advances to avoid the duplication of interest charged or received. These investments were liquidated during the third quarter of 2011.

Payments by the Managing Owner — The Managing Owner may make discretionary payments to a Series related to a variety of factors, including investment losses to reimburse the effect of a loss on a portfolio investment which has been caused by a situation outside the Trust’s, or it’s affiliates’, direct control. Such payments will be made on a discretionary basis and will be disclosed in the statement of operations as a net increase from payments by managing owner. These payments are in accordance with the Trust agreement on a discretionary basis as determined by the Managing Owner.

Investments and Swaps—The Trust, with respect to the Series, records investment transactions on a trade date basis and all investments are recorded at fair value in its financial statements, with changes in fair value reported as a component of realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments in the statements of operations. Certain Series of the Trust strategically invest a portion or all of their assets in total return Swaps, selected at the discretion of the Managing Owner. Swaps are privately negotiated contracts designed to provide investment returns linked to those produced by one or more underlying investment products or indices. In a typical Swap, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on one or more particular predetermined investments or instruments. The gross returns to be exchanged or “swapped” between the parties are calculated with respect to a “notional amount” (i.e., the amount of value of the underlying asset used in computing the particular interest rate, return, or other amount to be exchanged) in a particular investment, or in a “basket” of securities. The valuation of swap contracts requires significant estimates. Swap contracts are reported utilizing Level 3 Inputs. The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Trust, with respect to the Series’ Swap contracts are asset liquidity, debt valuation, credit risk, volatility, market risk, distributions, dividends, risk premiums, and other risk management tools. Significant increases (decreases) in any of those inputs in isolation would result in a significantly lower (higher) fair value measurement. Swap Contracts are reported at fair value based upon a weekly indicative value that is calculated by management using bid/ask prices from the counterparty. This fair value is corroborated by a daily range of valuations provided by a third party pricing service. The third party pricing service utilizes a Black Scholes pricing model with input adjustments factoring in volatility and liquidity of the instruments. All valuation processes are monitored by the valuation committee of the Managing Owner.

Income Taxes—The Trust, with respect to the Series, applies the provisions of ASC 740 Income Taxes (“ASC 740”), which provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented and disclosed in the financial statements. This interpretation also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods and disclosure. ASC 740 requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Trust, with respect to the Series’, financial statements to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions with respect to tax at the Trust’s level not deemed to meet the “more-likely-than-not” threshold would be recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. The Managing Owner has concluded there is no tax expense, interest or penalties to be recorded by the Trust, with respect to the Series, for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010. The 2008 through 2011 tax years generally remain subject to examination by U.S. federal and most state tax authorities.

In the opinion of the Managing Owner, (i) the Trust, with respect to the Series, are treated as a partnership for Federal income tax purposes and, assuming that at least 90% of the gross income of the Trust constitutes “qualifying income” within the meaning of Section 7704(d) of the Code, the Trust is not a publicly traded partnership treated as a corporation, and (ii) the discussion set forth in the Prospectus under the heading “Federal Income Tax Consequences” correctly summarizes the material Federal income tax consequences as of the date of the Prospectus to potential U.S. Limited Owners of the purchase, ownership and disposition of Units of the Trust.

Fees and Expenses—All management fees, incentive fees, service fees and trading fees of the Trust, with respect to the Series, are paid to the Managing Owner. It is the responsibility of the Managing Owner to pay all Trading Advisor management and incentive fees, Selling Agent Service fees and all other operating expenses and continuing offering costs of the Trust, with respect to the Series.

 

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Service Fees—The Trust maintains each Series of Units in three or six sub-classes—Class 1, Class 1a, Class 2, Class 2a, Class 3, and Class 3a. Investors who have purchased Class 1 or Class 1a Units of any Series are charged a service fee of up to three percent (3.0%) annually of the NAV of each Unit purchased, for the benefit of selling agents selling such Class 1 or Class 1a Units. The initial service fee, which is amortized monthly at an annual rate of up to three percent (3.0%) of the average daily NAV of Class 1 or Class 1a of such Series, is prepaid to the Managing Owner by each Series, and paid to the selling agents by the Managing Owner in the month following sale; provided, however, that investors who redeem all or a portion of their Class 1 or Class 1a Units of any Series during the first twelve (12) months following the effective date of their purchase are subject to a redemption fee of up to three percent (3.0%) of the NAV at which such investor redeemed to reimburse the Managing Owner for the then-unamortized balance of the prepaid initial service fee. With respect to Class 2 and Class 2a Units of any Series, the Managing Owner pays an ongoing service fee to Selling Agents of up to one half percent (0.5%) annually of the NAV of each Class 2 or Class 2a Unit (of which 0.25% will be charged to Limited Owners holding Class 2 Units of the Frontier Diversified Series and Frontier Masters Series or Class 2a Units of the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series) sold until such Class 2 or Class 2a Units which are subject to the fee limitation are reclassified as Class 3 or Class 3a Units of the applicable Series for administrative purposes. The Managing Owner may also pay Selling Agents certain additional fees and expenses for administrative and other services rendered and expenses incurred by such Selling Agents.

These service fees are part of the offering costs of the Trust, with respect to the Series,, which include registration and filing fees, legal and blue sky expenses, accounting and audit, printing, marketing support and other offering costs which are born by the Managing Owner. With respect to the service fees, the initial service fee (for the first 12 months) relating to a purchase of Class 1 and Class 1a Units by an investor is prepaid by the Managing Owner to the relevant selling agent in the month following such purchase and is reimbursed for such payment by the Series monthly in arrears in an amount based upon a corresponding percentage of NAV, calculated daily. Consequently, the Managing Owner bears the risk of the downside and enjoys the benefit of the upside potential of any difference between the amount of the initial service fee prepaid by it and the amount of the reimbursement thereof, which may result from variations in NAV over the following 12 months.

Pending Owner Additions—Funds received for new subscriptions and for additions to existing owner interests are recorded as capital additions at the NAV per unit of the second business day following receipt.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements—In January 2010, FASB issued Accounting Standards update No. 2010-06 (“ASU 2010-06”) for improving disclosure about fair value measurements. ASU 2010-06 adds new disclosure requirements about transfers into and out of Levels 1 and 2 and separate disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the reconciliation for fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). It also clarifies existing disclosure requirements relating to the levels of disaggregation for fair value measurement and inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The amended guidance is effective for financial statements for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2009 except for 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. Adoption of ASU 2010-06 on January 1, 2011 did not have a material impact on the Series’ statements of financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04 which provides guidance pertaining to fair value measurement that included a common definition of fair value and information to assist reporting entities to measure and disclose fair value with regards to U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) convergence issues. This guidance became effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011, with early adoption prohibited. Adoption of ASU 2011-04 on January 1, 2012 did not have a material impact on the Series’ statements of financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements—In November of 2011, FASB issued new guidance that requires an entity to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of its financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position. This guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning on or after January, 1, 2013. An entity should provide the disclosures required by those amendments retrospectively for all comparative periods presented. Our effective date is January 1, 2013. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the financial positions or results of operations.

Reclassification—Certain amounts in the 2011 financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the 2012 presentation. None of the reclassifications had an impact on the NAV or performance of any of the Series.

Subsequent Events—The Trust, with respect to the Series, follows the provisions of ASC 855, Subsequent Events, which establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date and up through the date the financial statements are issued. Refer to Note 11.

 

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3. Fair Value Measurements

In connection with the valuation of investments the Series apply ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement (“ASC 820”). ASC 820 provides clarification that when a quoted price in an active market for the identical asset or liability is not available, a reporting entity is required to measure fair value using certain techniques. ASC 820 also clarifies that when estimating the fair value of an asset or liability, a reporting entity is not required to include a separate input or adjustment to other inputs relating to the existence of a restriction that prevents the transfer of an asset or liability. ASC 820 also clarifies that both a quoted price in an active market for the identical asset or liability at the measurement date and the quoted price for the identical asset or liability when traded as an asset in an active market when no adjustments to the quoted price of the asset are required are Level 1 fair value measurements.

Level 1 Inputs

Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical financial assets that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2 Inputs

Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the financial asset or liabilities, either directly or indirectly. These might include quoted prices for similar financial assets in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar financial assets in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the financial asset or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by market data by correlation or other means.

Level 3 Inputs

Unobservable inputs for determining the fair value of financial assets that reflect an entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the financial asset.

The Trust, with respect to the Series, uses the following methodologies to value instruments within its financial asset portfolio at fair value:

Trading Securities. These instruments include U.S. Treasury securities and open trade equity positions (futures contracts) that are actively traded on public markets with quoted pricing for corroboration. U.S. Treasury securities and futures contracts, are reported at fair value using Level 1 inputs. Trading securities instruments further include open trade equity positions (trading options and currency forwards) that are quoted prices for identical or similar assets that are not traded on active markets. Trading options and currency forwards are reported at fair value using Level 2 inputs.

Swap Contracts. Certain Series of the Trust strategically invest a portion or all of their assets in total return Swaps, selected at the direction of the Managing Owner. Each Series also owned a portion of the Credit Default Swaps (“CDS”) based upon ownership percentages of the cash management pool. Swaps are privately negotiated contracts designed to provide investment returns linked to those produced by one or more investment products or indices. In a typical Swap, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on one or more particular predetermined investments or instruments. The gross returns to be exchanged or “swapped” between the parties are calculated with respect to a “notional amount” (i.e., the amount of value of the underlying asset used in computing the particular interest rate, return, or other amount to be exchanged) in a particular investment, or in a “basket” of securities. Swap contracts are reported at fair value basis upon daily reports from the counterparty. The valuation requires significant estimates utilizing Level 3 inputs, corroborated by management through the use of a third party pricing service. The third party pricing service utilizes a Black Scholes pricing model with significant unobservable input adjustment. The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement include measurements of asset liquidity, debt valuation, credit risk, volatility, market risk, distributions, dividends, risk premiums, and other risk management tools. Significant increases (decreases) in any of those inputs in isolation could result in a significantly lower (higher) fair value measurement. All valuation processes are monitored by the valuation committee of the Managing Owner.

Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies. This investment represents the fair value of the allocation of cash, futures, forwards, options and swaps to each respective Series relative to its trading allocations from unconsolidated Trading Companies. The Series may redeem their investment in the trading companies on a daily basis at the stated net asset value and therefore the inputs qualify for Level 2. However, as the Series, under the same management as the Trading Companies, have access to the underlying positions of the Trading Companies, the level determination is reflected on that basis. As such, the Series report investments in unconsolidated Trading Companies at fair value using the corresponding inputs of the underlying securities of the Trading Companies which results in the Series reporting the corresponding Level determination from the inputs of the Trading Company.

 

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Investment in the Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC. Investment in Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC was valued based on the daily net asset value as reported by the managing member of the Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund, LLC. The reported net asset value represented fair value based on observable data such as ongoing redemption and/or subscription activity, which was reported as a Level 2 input. The Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC began operations on November 1, 2010 and was liquidated on March 20, 2012.

The following table summarizes the instruments that comprise the Trust, with respect to the Series, financial asset portfolio, by Series, measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, segregated by the level of valuation inputs within the fair value hierarchy utilized to measure fair value:

 

March 31, 2012

   Level 1 Inputs      Level 2 Inputs     Level 3 Inputs      Total
Fair Value
 

Frontier Diversified Series

          

Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies

   $ 36,905,964       $ 1,859,796      $ 5,166,690       $ 43,932,450   

U.S. Treasury Securities

     12,887,155         —          —           12,887,155   

Frontier Masters Series

          

Open Trade Equity

     466,641         250        —           466,891   

Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies

     8,712,230         465,722        —           9,177,952   

U.S. Treasury Securities

     6,259,593         —          —           6,259,593   

Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series

          

Open Trade Equity

     1,536,818         749,205        —           2,286,023   

Options Written

     —           (231,913     —           (231,913

Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies

     4,170,858         5,842        1,054,694         5,231,394   

U.S. Treasury Securities

     8,082,038         —          —           8,082,038   

Balanced Series

          

Open Trade Equity

     2,469,046         9,785,945        —           12,254,991   

Options Written

     —           (2,212,417     —           (2,212,417

Swap Contracts

     —           —          24,282,681         24,282,681   

Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies

     21,054,686         (77,617     —           20,977,069   

U.S. Treasury Securities

     21,090,149         —          —           21,090,149   

Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series

          

Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies

     8,172,095         957,448        —           9,129,543   

U.S. Treasury Securities

     4,279,651         —          —           4,279,651   

Currency Series

          

U.S. Treasury Securities

     236,656         —          —           236,656   

Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies

     —           —          2,219,131         2,219,131   

Winton Series

          

Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies

     5,495,985         (37,848     —           5,458,137   

U.S. Treasury Securities

     6,711,143         —          —           6,711,143   

Winton/Graham Series

          

Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies

     9,398,151         (245,978     —           9,152,173   

U.S. Treasury Securities

     2,958,197         —          —           2,958,197   

 

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                        Total  

December 31, 2011

   Level 1 Inputs     Level 2 Inputs     Level 3 Inputs      Fair Value  

Frontier Diversified Series

         

Swap Contracts

   $ —        $ —        $ 131,004       $ 131,004   

Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies

     30,885,365        2,212,764        5,142,042         38,240,171   

U.S. Treasury Securities

     16,557,304        —          —           16,557,304   

Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series

         

Open Trade Deficit

     (25,934,678     —          —           (25,934,678

Swap Contracts

     —          —          74,898         74,898   

Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies

     3,221,324        5,428        855,236         4,081,988   

U.S. Treasury Securities

     9,466,240        —          —           9,466,240   

Frontier Masters Series

         

Open Trade Equity

     792,372        —          —           792,372   

Swap Contracts

     —          —          57,225         57,225   

Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies

     4,009,449        708,465        —           4,717,914   

U.S. Treasury Securities

     7,232,546        —          —           7,232,546   

Balanced Series

         

Open Trade Equity

     1,175,762        11,928,779        —           13,104,541   

Options Written

     —          (3,326,453     —           (3,326,453

Swap Contracts

     —          —          23,819,312         23,819,312   

Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies

     18,257,754        (1,945     —           18,255,809   

U.S. Treasury Securities

     29,168,216        —          —           29,168,216   

Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series

         

Swap Contracts

     —          —          34,397         34,397   

Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies

     7,219,498        1,014,549        —           8,234,047   

Investment in Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC

     —          6,270,844        —           6,270,844   

U.S. Treasury Securities

     4,347,398        —          —           4,347,398   

Currency Series

         

Swap Contracts

     —          —          2,583         2,583   

U.S. Treasury Securities

     326,517        —          —           326,517   

Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies

     —          —          2,352,121         2,352,121   

Winton Series

         

Swap Contracts

     —          —          61,888         61,888   

Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies

     4,733,423        (1,507     —           4,731,916   

U.S. Treasury Securities

     7,821,927        —          —           7,821,927   

Winton/Graham Series

         

Swap Contracts

     —          —          30,381         30,381   

Investment in Unconsolidated Trading Companies

     8,474,102        (678     —           8,473,424   

U.S. Treasury Securities

     3,839,855        —          —           3,839,855   

The changes in Level 3 assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized in the following tables. Swap contract asset gains and losses (realized/unrealized) included in earnings are classified in “realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments – net unrealized gain/(loss) on swap contracts” on the statements of operations. Investment in unconsolidated trading company asset gains and losses (realized/unrealized) included in earnings are classified in “Change in fair value of investments in unconsolidated trading companies.” During the three months ended March 31, 2012 and year ended December 31, 2011, all identified Level 3 assets are components of the Frontier Diversified Series, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series, Frontier Masters Series, Balanced Series, Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series, Currency Series, Winton Series and Winton/Graham Series.

 

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For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012

Swaps:

 

      Frontier Diversified Series     Frontier Masters Series     Frontier Long/Short
Commodity Series
 

Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of January 1, 2012

   $ 131,004      $ 57,225      $ 74,898   

Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized):

      

Included in earnings-realized

     (106,862     (55,669     (58,693

Included in earnings-unrealized

     (23,719     (2,775     (20,529

Purchases of investments

     —          —          —     

Sales of investments

     —          —          —     

Change in ownership allocation of credit default swaps

     (423     1,219        4,324   

Transfers in and/or out of Level 3

     —          —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of March 31, 2012

   $ —        $ —        $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Balanced Series     Tiverton/Graham/
Transtrend Series
    Currency Series  

Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of January 1, 2012

   $ 23,819,312      $ 34,397      $ 2,583   

Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized):

      

Included in earnings-realized

     (175,294     (34,232     (6,104

Included in earnings-unrealized

     648,445        (2,448     3,603   

Purchases of investments

     —          —          —     

Sales of investments

     —          —          —     

Change in ownership allocation of credit default swaps

     (9,782     2,283        (82

Change in ownership allocation of total return swaps

     —          —          —     

Transfers in and/or out of Level 3

     —          —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of March 31, 2012

   $ 24,282,681      $ —        $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     Winton Series     Winton/Graham Series  

Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of January 1, 2012

   $ 61,888      $ 30,381   

Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized):

    

Included in earnings-realized

     (57,781     (30,602

Included in earnings-unrealized

     (7,291     943   

Purchases of investments

     —          —     

Sales of investments

     —          —     

Change in ownership allocation of credit default swaps

     3,184        (722

Transfers in and/or out of Level 3

     —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of March 31, 2012

   $ —        $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Investments in Unconsolidated Trading Companies:

 

      Frontier Diversified Series     Frontier Long/Short
Commodity Series
    Currency Series  

Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of January 1, 2012

   $ 5,142,042      $ 855,236      $ 2,352,121   

Change in fair value of investments in unconsolidated trading companies

     (1,097,252     (58,285     (132,912

Proceeds from sales of investments of unconsolidated trading companies

     (4,478,768     (770,847     (78

Purchases of investments of unconsolidated trading companies

     4,547,856        1,263,498        —     

Change in ownership allocation

     1,052,812        (234,908     —     

Transfers in and/or out of Level 3

     —          —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of March 31, 2012

   $ 5,166,690      $ 1,054,694      $ 2,219,131   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2011

Swaps:

 

     Frontier Diversified Series     Frontier Long/Short
Commodity Series
    Frontier Masters Series  

Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of January 1, 2011

   $ 11,407,905      $ —        $ 26,242,246   

Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized):

      

Included in earnings-realized

     (5,621,987     (11,411     2,061,339   

Included in earnings-unrealized

     1,315,339        20,529        (1,607,804

Purchases of investments

     45,929        78,248        142,819   

Sales of investments

     (7,096,699     —          (26,826,316

Change in ownership allocation of credit default swaps

     80,517        (12,468     44,941   

Transfers in and/or out of Level 3

     —          —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of December 31, 2011

   $ 131,004      $ 74,898      $ 57,225   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Balanced Series     Tiverton/Graham/
Transtrend Series
    Currency Series  

Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of January 1, 2011

   $ 49,811,462      $ —        $ 5,668,768   

Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized):

      

Included in earnings-realized

     (19,161,366     (6,252     (6,958,362

Included in earnings-unrealized

     4,529,039        2,447        6,327,609   

Purchases of investments

     19,527,925        71,712        23,489   

Sales of investments

     (27,897,084     —          (5,043,086

Change in ownership allocation of credit default swaps

     (34,673     (33,510     (15,835

Change in ownership allocation of total return swaps

     (2,955,991     —          —     

Transfers in and/or out of Level 3

     —          —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of December 31, 2011

   $ 23,819,312      $ 34,397      $ 2,583   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     Winton Series     Winton/Graham Series  

Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of January 1, 2011

   $ —        $ —     

Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized):

    

Included in earnings-realized

     (9,969     (5,791

Included in earnings-unrealized

     7,291        (944

Purchases of investments

     83,357        64,011   

Sales of investments

     —          —     

Change in ownership allocation of credit default swaps

     (18,791     (26,895

Transfers in and/or out of Level 3

     —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of December 31, 2011

   $ 61,888      $ 30,381   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Investments in Unconsolidated Trading Companies:

 

     Frontier Diversified Series     Frontier Long/Short
Commodity Series
    Currency Series  

Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of January 1, 2011

   $ 12,398,412      $ 562,705      $ —     

Change in unrealized in investment of unconsolidated trading companies

     (5,086,488     (753,554     (162,659

Realized gain/(loss) in investment of unconsolidated trading companies

     1,806,063        267,565        (2,334

Proceeds from sales of investments of unconsolidated trading companies

     (5,387,844     (798,199     —     

Purchases of investments of unconsolidated trading companies

     —          —          2,500,000   

Change in ownership allocation

     1,411,899        1,576,719        17,114   

Transfers in and/or out of Level 3

     —          —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of December 31, 2011

   $ 5,142,042      $ 855,236      $ 2,352,121   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Series of the Trust assess the levels of the investments at each measurement date, and transfers between levels are recognized on the actual date of the event or change in circumstances that caused the transfer in accordance with the Series’ accounting policy regarding the recognition of transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy. During the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Series transferred currency forwards from Level 1 to Level 2. During the three months ended March 31, 2012 and year ended December 31, 2011, all identified Level 3 assets are components of the Frontier Diversified Series, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series, Frontier Masters Series, Balanced Series and Currency Series.

 

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Investment in Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC

On November 1, 2010, the Tiverton /Graham/Transtrend Series made an investment in a non-registered fund, the Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC. As of December 31, 2011, the fair value of the investment in Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC exceeded five percent of the Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series owners’ capital balance. The investment was liquidated on March 20, 2012.

The following table summarizes the Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series investment in Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC as of and for the year ended December 31, 2011. The management agreement of the investee fund provided for compensation to the investment manager in the form of fees in the monthly amount equal to one-twelfth of 3.0% of the notional account net asset value and 20% of the new high net trading profits earned.

 

Investment

   % of Owners’
Capital
    Fair value      Income (loss)     Mgmt Fee      Incentive
Fees
     Investment
Objective
     Redemptions
Permitted
 

Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC

     15.83   $ 6,270,844       $ (2,373,858   $ 791,365       $ —          
 
Leveraged
Speculation
  
  
     Monthly 
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

       

Information about the investee fund’s portfolio is not available to the Series.

 

* The interest of a member in Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC may be wholly or partially withdrawn on the last trading day of any calendar month provided the managing member has been provided written notice within five business days of such withdrawal.

 

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4. Swaps

In addition to authorizing Trading Advisors to manage pre-determined investment levels of futures and forward contracts, certain Series of the Trust will strategically invest a portion or all of their assets in total return Swaps, selected at the direction of the Managing Owner. Total return Swaps are privately negotiated contracts designed to provide investment returns linked to those produced by one or more investment products or indices. In a typical total return Swap, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on one or more particular predetermined investments or instruments. The gross returns to be exchanged or “swapped” between the parties are calculated with respect to a “notional amount” (i.e., the amount or value of the underlying asset used in computing the particular interest rate, return, or other amount to be exchanged) in a particular investment, or in a “basket” of securities.

Each Series invested in Credit Default Swaps (“CDS”) with highly-rated counterparties as part of its portfolio. CDS’s are over-the-counter investment instruments designed to mitigate counterparty risk and generally pay upon the happening of a credit default of a counterparty. The CDS were allocated to each Series based on their percentage ownership in the pooled cash management assets at U.S. Bank National Association as of the reporting date. All Credit Default Swaps have expired as of March 31, 2012.

Each Series’ investment in Swaps will likely differ substantially over time due to cash flows, portfolio management decisions and market movements. For the Balanced Series, Currency Series, and Frontier Diversified Series, the Swaps serve to diversify the investment holdings of each Series and to provide access to programs and advisors that would not be otherwise available to the Series, and are not used for hedging purposes.

The Managing Owner follows a procedure in selecting well-established financial institutions which the Managing Owner, in its sole discretion, considers to be reputable, reliable, financially responsible and well established to act as swap counterparties. The procedure includes due diligence review of documentation on all new and existing financial institution counterparties prior to initiation of the relationship, and quarterly ongoing review during the relationship, to ensure that counterparties meet the Managing Owner’s minimum credit requirements, the counterparty average rating being no less than an investment grade rating as defined by the rating agencies. As of March 31, 2012, approximately 5.0% of the Trust’s assets were deposited with over-the-counter counterparties in order to initiate and maintain Swaps.

The Series may strategically invest assets in one or more swaps linked to certain underlying investments or indices at the direction of the Managing Owner. The Trading Company in which the assets of these Series will be invested will not own any of the investments or indices referenced by any Swap entered into by these Series. In addition, neither the swap counterparty to the Trading Company of these Series nor any advisor referenced by any such Swap is a Trading Advisor to these Series.

 

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The Trust, with respect to the Series, has invested in the following Swaps as of March 31, 2012:

 

     Frontier Diversified Series  
     Credit Default Swap     Credit Default Swap  

Counterparty

     BNP Paribas        Societe Generale   

Notional Amount

   $ 0      $ 0   

Termination Date

     3/20/2012        3/20/2012   

Investee Returns

     On Default        On Default   

Realized Gain/(Loss)

   $ (83,850   $ (23,012
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unrealized Gain/(Loss)

   $ (46,731   $ 23,012   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair Value as of 3/31/2012

   $ —        $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series  
     Credit Default Swap     Credit Default Swap  

Counterparty

     BNP Paribas        Societe Generale   

Notional Amount

   $ 0      $ 0   

Termination Date

     3/20/2012        3/20/2012   

Investee Returns

     On Default        On Default   

Realized Gain/(Loss)

   $ (45,848   $ (12,845
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unrealized Gain/(Loss)

   $ (33,374   $ 12,845   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair Value as of 3/31/2012

   $ —        $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Frontier Masters Series  
     Credit Default Swap     Credit Default Swap  

Counterparty

     BNP Paribas        Societe Generale   

Notional Amount

   $ 0      $ 0   

Termination Date

     3/20/2012        3/20/2012   

Investee Returns

     On Default        On Default   

Realized Gain/(Loss)

   $ (44,412   $ (11,257
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unrealized Gain/(Loss)

   $ (14,032   $ 11,257   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair Value as of 3/31/2012

   $ —        $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     Balanced Series  
     Credit Default Swap     Credit Default Swap     Option Basket      Option Basket  

Counterparty

     BNP Paribas        Societe Generale        Company A         Deutsche Bank   

Notional Amount

   $ 0      $ 0      $ 14,973,637       $ 23,551,287   

Termination Date

     3/20/2012        3/20/2012        11/6/2012         6/30/2016   

Investee Returns

     On Default        On Default        Total Returns         Total Returns   

Realized Gain/(Loss)

   $ (133,362   $ (41,932   $ —         $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unrealized Gain/(Loss)

   $ (87,639   $ 41,932      $ 1,026,708       $ (332,556
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fair Value as of 3/31/2012

   $ —        $ —        $ 18,733,465       $ 5,549,216   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series (1)  
     Credit Default Swap     Credit Default Swap  

Counterparty

     BNP Paribas        Societe Generale   

Notional Amount

   $ 34,397      $ 0   

Termination Date

     3/20/2012        3/20/2012   

Investee Returns

     On Default        On Default   

Realized Gain/(Loss)

   $ (26,333   $ (7,899
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unrealized Gain/(Loss)

   $ (10,347   $ 7,899   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair Value as of 3/31/2012

   $ —        $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Formerly known as the Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series

 

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     Currency Series  
     Credit Default Swap     Credit Default Swap  

Counterparty

     BNP Paribas        Societe Generale   

Notional Amount

   $ 0      $ 0   

Termination Date

     3/20/2012        3/20/2012   

Investee Returns

     On Default        On Default   

Realized Gain/(Loss)

   $ (4,730   $ (1,374
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unrealized Gain/(Loss)

   $ 2,229      $ 1,374   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair Value as of 3/31/2012

   $ —        $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     Winton Series  
     Credit Default Swap     Credit Default Swap  

Counterparty

     BNP Paribas        Societe Generale   

Notional Amount

   $ 0      $ 0   

Termination Date

     3/20/2012        3/20/2012   

Investee Returns

     On Default        On Default   

Realized Gain/(Loss)

   $ (45,616   $ (12,165
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unrealized Gain/(Loss)

   $ (19,456   $ 12,165   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair Value as of 3/31/2012

   $ —        $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     Winton/Graham Series  
     Credit Default Swap     Credit Default Swap  

Counterparty

     BNP Paribas        Societe Generale   

Notional Amount

   $ 0      $ 0   

Termination Date

     3/20/2012        3/20/2012   

Investee Returns

     On Default        On Default   

Realized Gain/(Loss)

   $ (23,131   $ (7,471
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unrealized Gain/(Loss)

   $ (6,528   $ 7,471   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair Value as of 3/31/2012

   $ —        $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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The Trust, with respect to the Series, has invested in the following Swaps as of December 31, 2011:

 

     Frontier Diversified Series  
     Credit Default Swap     Credit Default Swap  

Counterparty

     BNP Paribas        Societe Generale   

Notional Amount

   $ 131,004      $ 0   

Termination Date

     3/20/2012        3/20/2012   

Investee Returns

     On Default        On Default   

Realized Gain/(Loss)

   $ —        $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unrealized Gain/(Loss)

   $ 46,730      $ (23,012
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair Value as of 12/31/2011

   $ 131,004      $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series  
     Credit Default Swap     Credit Default Swap  

Counterparty

     BNP Paribas        Societe Generale   

Notional Amount

   $ 74,898      $ 0   

Termination Date

     3/20/2012        3/20/2012   

Investee Returns

     On Default        On Default   

Realized Gain/(Loss)

   $ —        $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unrealized Gain/(Loss)

   $ 33,374      $ (12,845
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair Value as of 12/31/2011

   $ 74,898      $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     Frontier Masters Series  
     Credit Default Swap     Credit Default Swap  

Counterparty

     BNP Paribas        Societe Generale   

Notional Amount

   $ 57,225      $ 0   

Termination Date

     3/20/2012        3/20/2012   

Investee Returns

     On Default        On Default   

Realized Gain/(Loss)

   $ —        $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unrealized Gain/(Loss)

   $ 14,031      $ (11,257
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair Value as of 12/31/2011

   $ 57,225      $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     Balanced Series  
     Credit Default Swap      Credit Default Swap     Option Basket     Option Basket  

Counterparty

     BNP Paribas         Societe Generale        Company A        Deutsche Bank   

Notional Amount

   $ 230,783       $ 0      $ 14,129,540      $ 23,551,287   

Termination Date

     3/20/2012         3/20/2012        11/6/2012        6/30/2016   

Investee Returns

     On Default         On Default        Total Returns        Total Returns   

Realized Gain/(Loss)

   $ —         $ —        $ 6,689,123      $ —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unrealized Gain/(Loss)

   $ 87,639       $ (41,932   $ (18,838,844   $ (368,228
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair Value as of 12/31/2011

   $ 230,783       $ —        $ 17,706,757      $ 5,881,772   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series (1)  
     Credit Default Swap     Credit Default Swap  

Counterparty

     BNP Paribas        Societe Generale   

Notional Amount

   $ 34,397      $ 0   

Termination Date

     3/20/2012        3/20/2012   

Investee Returns

     On Default        On Default   

Realized Gain/(Loss)

   $ —        $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unrealized Gain/(Loss)

   $ 10,346      $ (7,899
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair Value as of 12/31/2011

   $ 34,397      $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Formerly known as the Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series

 

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     Currency Series  
     Credit Default Swap     Credit Default Swap  

Counterparty

     BNP Paribas        Societe Generale   

Notional Amount

   $ 2,583      $ 0   

Termination Date

     3/20/2012        3/20/2012   

Investee Returns

     On Default        On Default   

Realized Gain/(Loss)

   $ —        $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unrealized Gain/(Loss)

   $ (2,228   $ (1,374
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair Value as of 12/31/2011

   $ 2,583      $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     Winton Series  
     Credit Default Swap     Credit Default Swap  

Counterparty

     BNP Paribas        Societe Generale   

Notional Amount

   $ 61,888      $ 0   

Termination Date

     3/20/2012        3/20/2012   

Investee Returns

     On Default        On Default   

Realized Gain/(Loss)

   $ —        $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unrealized Gain/(Loss)

   $ 19,456      $ (12,165
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair Value as of 12/31/2011

   $ 61,888      $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     Winton/Graham Series  
     Credit Default Swap     Credit Default Swap  

Counterparty

     BNP Paribas        Societe Generale   

Notional Amount

   $ 30,381      $ 0   

Termination Date

     3/20/2012        3/20/2012   

Investee Returns

     On Default        On Default   

Realized Gain/(Loss)

   $ —        $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unrealized Gain/(Loss)

   $ 6,528      $ (7,471
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair Value as of 12/31/2011

   $ 30,381      $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Investments in Unconsolidated Trading Companies

Investments in unconsolidated trading companies represent cash and open trade equity invested in the Trading Companies by each Series and cumulative trading profits or losses allocated to each Series by the Trading Companies. Trading Companies allocate trading profits or losses on the basis of the proportion of each Series’ capital allocated for trading to each respective Trading Company, which bears no relationship to the amount of cash invested by a Series in the Trading Company. The Trading Companies are valued using the equity method of accounting, which approximates fair value.

The following table summarizes the Balanced Series, Winton Series, Currency Series, Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series, Winton/Graham Series, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series, Frontier Diversified Series, and Frontier Masters Series investments in unconsolidated Trading Companies as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

 

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    As of March 31, 2012     As of December 31, 2011  
    Percentage of           Percentage of        
    Series Net           Series Net        
    Assets Invested           Assets Invested        
    in Unconsolidated           in Unconsolidated        
    Trading Companies     Fair Value     Trading Companies     Fair Value  

Series

                       

Frontier Diversified Series —

       

Frontier Trading Companies I, II, V, VII, IX, XIV, XV, XVIII, XXI and XXIII

    34.94   $ 43,932,450        28.54   $ 38,240,171   

Frontier Masters Series —

       

Frontier Trading Companies II, XIV and XV

    16.52   $ 9,177,952        8.92   $ 4,717,914   

Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series —

       

Frontier Trading Company I, XVIII and XXIII

    6.50   $ 5,231,394        5.03   $ 4,081,988   

Balanced Series —

       

Frontier Trading Companies II, V, VII and XXIII

    7.40   $ 20,977,069        6.17   $ 18,255,809   

Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series (1) —

       

Frontier Trading Companies V, XV and XXI

    25.16   $ 9,129,543        20.79   $ 8,234,047   

Currency Series —

       

Frontier Trading Company XVII

    59.51   $ 2,219,131        54.46   $ 2,352,121   

Winton Series —

       

Frontier Trading Company II

    11.34   $ 5,458,137        9.45   $ 4,731,916   

Winton/Graham Series —

       

Frontier Trading Companies II and V

    33.00   $ 9,152,173        27.53   $ 8,473,424   

 

(1) Formerly known as the Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series.

 

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The following tables summarize the Balanced Series, Winton Series, Currency Series, Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series, Winton/Graham Series, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series, Frontier Diversified Series and Frontier Masters Series equity in earnings from unconsolidated Trading Companies for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011.

 

    Three Months Ended March 31, 2012     Three Months Ended March 31, 2011  
                Change in                       Change in        
    Trading     Realized     Unrealized     Net Income     Trading     Realized     Unrealized     Net Income  
    Commissions     Gain/(Loss)     Gain/(Loss)     (Loss)     Commissions     Gain/(Loss)     Gain/(Loss)     (Loss)  

Trading Company

               

Balanced Series —

               

Frontier Trading Company II LLC

  $ (17,480   $ 1,130,303      $ (1,604,191   $ (491,368   $ (11,377   $ 2,371,909      $ (832,415   $ 1,528,117   

Frontier Trading Company V LLC

    (51,183     559,558        42,753        551,128        —          —          —          —     

Frontier Trading Company VII, LLC

    (186,655     (18,053,930     14,305,300        (3,935,285     (410,313     (31,670,535     51,792,175        19,711,327   

Frontier Trading Company XIV, LLC

    —          —          —          —          (30,271     935,337        285,743        1,190,809   

Frontier Trading Company XXIII, LLC

    (8,530     (229,496     124,599        (113,427     —          —          —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ (263,848   $ (16,593,565   $ 12,868,461      $ (3,988,952   $ (451,961   $ (28,363,289   $ 51,245,503      $ 22,430,253   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Winton Series —

               

Frontier Trading Company II LLC

  $ (12,882   $ 833,391      $ (1,186,263   $ (365,754   $ (12,369   $ 2,578,557      $ (908,020   $ 1,658,168   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Currency Series —

               

Frontier Trading Company XVII LLC

  $ —        $ —        $ (132,912   $ (132,912   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series (1) —

               

Frontier Trading Company V LLC

  $ (49,745   $ 2,040,212      $ (1,446,023   $ 544,444      $ (72,210   $ 86,416      $ (344,056   $ (329,850

Frontier Trading Company VI LLC

    —          —          —          —          (1,331     259,550        (127,648     130,571   

Frontier Trading Company XV, LLC

    (12,897     (209,247     (76,048     (298,192     (15,872     1,330,183        (1,604,947     (290,636

Frontier Trading Company XXI, LLC

    (3,598     399,495        (450,646     (54,749     —          —          —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ (66,240   $ 2,230,460      $ (1,972,717   $ 191,503      $ (89,413   $ 1,676,149      $ (2,076,651   $ (489,915
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Winton/Graham Series —

               

Frontier Trading Company II LLC

  $ (4,747   $ 306,322      $ (434,737   $ (133,162   $ (6,703   $ 1,397,178      $ (493,674   $ 896,801   

Frontier Trading Company V LLC

    (67,329     692,142        52,531        677,344        —          —          —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ (72,076   $ 998,464      $ (382,206   $ 544,182      $ (6,703   $ 1,397,178      $ (493,674   $ 896,801   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series —

               

Frontier Trading Company I LLC

  $ (14,204   $ (1,039,964   $ (305,434   $ (1,359,602   $ (6,983   $ 505,526      $ (241,372   $ 257,171   

Frontier Trading Companies VII, LLC

    —          —          —          —          (160,486     (4,708,661     16,752,542        11,883,395   

Frontier Trading Companies XVIII, LLC

    (7,614     472,507        (72,707     392,186        —          —          —          —     

Frontier Trading Companies XXIII, LLC

    (5,118     (137,444     74,723        (67,839     —          —          —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ (26,936   $ (704,901   $ (303,418   $ (1,035,255   $ (167,469   $ (4,203,135   $ 16,511,170      $ 12,140,566   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Frontier Diversified Series —

               

Frontier Trading Company I LLC

  $ (194,760   $ (2,331,404   $ 1,077      $ (2,525,087   $ (337,157   $ 1,508,585      $ (323,778   $ 847,650   

Frontier Trading Company II LLC

    (8,216     530,724        (753,385     (230,877     (4,828     1,005,677        (357,374     643,475   

Frontier Trading Company V LLC

    (27,108     269,249        21,957        264,098        (8,340     9,575        (39,818     (38,583

Frontier Trading Company VI LLC

    —          —          —          —          (985     192,259        (95,556     95,718   

Frontier Trading Company VII, LLC

    (96,249     (9,316,926     7,381,068        (2,032,107     (145,703     (10,971,719     17,972,558        6,855,136   

Frontier Trading Company IX, LLC

    (11,687     (159,693     (161,676     (333,056     (4,146     79,224        (264,110     (189,032

Frontier Trading Company XIV, LLC

    (95,707     1,137,455        (226,492     815,256        (12,526     386,957        121,710        496,141   

Frontier Trading Company XV, LLC

    (30,257     (569,163     (48,533     (647,953     (25,078     2,108,998        (2,546,370     (462,450

Frontier Trading Company XVIII, LLC

    (14,682     911,355        (138,281     758,392        —          —          —          —     

Frontier Trading Company XXI, LLC

    (254     8,435        1,468        9,649        (146     (13,779     6,277        (7,648

Frontier Trading Company XXIII, LLC

    (4,266     (114,732     62,249        (56,749     —          —          —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ (483,186   $ (9,634,700   $ 6,139,452      $ (3,978,434   $ (538,909   $ (5,694,223   $ 14,473,539      $ 8,240,407   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Frontier Masters Series —

               

Frontier Trading Company II LLC

  $ (3,813   $ 246,545      $ (351,200   $ (108,468   $ (3,774   $ 786,194      $ (279,545   $ 502,875   

Frontier Trading Company XIV, LLC

    (60,305     718,517        (148,563   $ 509,649        (32,438     1,000,632        314,362      $ 1,282,556   

Frontier Trading Company XV, LLC

    (9,832     (185,032     (16,039   $ (210,903     (10,198     857,776        (1,035,670   $ (188,092
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ (73,950   $ 780,030      $ (515,802   $ 190,278      $ (46,410   $ 2,644,602      $ (1,000,853   $ 1,597,339   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Formerly known as the Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series.

 

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The statements of financial condition as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 and the Condensed Statement of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 for the unconsolidated Trading Companies are as follows:

 

Statements of Financial Condition - March 31, 2012    Frontier Trading
Company II LLC
    Frontier Trading
Company V LLC
    Frontier Trading
Company XXIII LLC
 

Cash held at futures commission merchants

   $ 20,325,758      $ 20,787,077      $ 2,246,305   

Open trade equity/(deficit)

     (332,332     109,484        273,995   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 19,993,426      $ 20,896,561      $ 2,520,300   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Members’ equity

   $ 19,993,426      $ 20,896,561      $ 2,520,300   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Condensed Statement of Income - For the Three Months

Ended March 31, 2012

   Frontier Trading
Company II LLC
    Frontier Trading
Company V LLC
    Frontier Trading
Company XXIII LLC
 

Interest income

   $ 8,807      $ 735      $ —     

Net realized gain/(loss) on investments, less commissions

     3,000,146        3,365,796        (511,507

Change in open trade equity

     (4,329,777     (1,328,782     267,807   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income/(loss)

   $ (1,320,824   $ 2,037,749      $ (243,700
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Statements of Financial Condition - December 31, 2011    Frontier Trading
Company II LLC
     Frontier Trading
Company V LLC
 

Cash held at futures commission merchants

   $ 13,281,317       $ 19,419,555   

Open trade equity/(deficit)

     4,032,935         1,438,257   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 17,314,252       $ 20,857,812   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Members’ equity

   $ 17,314,252       $ 20,857,812   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Condensed Statement of Income - For the Three Months

Ended March 31, 2011

   Frontier Trading
Company II LLC
    Frontier Trading
Company VII LLC
    Frontier Trading
Company XIV, LLC
 

Interest income

   $ 1,081      $ 2,411      $ (7,862

Net realized gain/(loss) on investments, less commissions

     8,100,464        (48,067,417     2,249,050   

Change in open trade equity

     (2,871,029     86,517,275        722,262   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

   $ 5,230,516      $ 38,452,269      $ 2,963,450   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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6. Transactions with Affiliates

The Managing Owner contributes funds to the Trust, with respect to the Series, in order to have a 1% interest in the aggregate capital, profits and losses of all Series and in return will receive units designated as general units in the Series in which the Managing Owner invests such funds. The general units may only be purchased by the Managing Owner and may be subject to no advisory fees or advisory fees at reduced rates. Otherwise, the general units hold the same rights as the limited units. The Managing Owner is required to maintain at least a 1% interest (“Minimum Purchase Commitment”) in the aggregate capital, profits and losses of all Series so long as it is acting as the Managing Owner of the Trust. Such contribution was made by the Managing Owner before trading commenced for the Trust and will be maintained throughout the existence of the Trust, and the Managing Owner will make such purchases as are necessary to effect this requirement. Additionally, the Managing Owner agreed with certain regulatory bodies to maintain a 1% interest specifically in the Balanced Series Class 1 a Units and Balanced Series Class 2a Units, aggregated, and each of the Long Only Commodity Series, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series, Frontier Diversified Series and Frontier Masters Series. The 1% interest in these specific Series is included in computing the Minimum Purchase Commitment in aggregate capital. In addition to the General Units the Managing Owner receives in respect of its Minimum Purchase Commitment, the Managing Owner may purchase Limited Units in any Series as a Limited Owner. Principals of the Managing Owner or affiliates are allowed to own beneficial interests in the Trust, with respect to the Series, as well. All Units purchased by the Managing Owner are held for investment purposes only and not for resale. The Managing Owner may make purchases or redemptions at any time on the same terms as any Limited Owner. The Trust has and will continue to have certain relationships with the Managing Owner and its affiliates.

The Balanced Series had advanced funds to the Currency Series, Frontier Diversified Series and Frontier Masters Series for the purpose of investing in the respective Trading Company for such Series on behalf of the Balanced Series.

The following table summarizes the Balanced Series advances to and reductions from the Currency Series, Frontier Diversified Series and Frontier Masters Series of the Trust for the year ended December 31, 2011. All such advances were liquidated in 2011.

 

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Balanced Series

Summary by Quarter

For the Year Ended December 31, 2011

 

     Currency Series     Total  

Inter-series receivables January 1, 2011

   $ 12,816,775      $ 12,816,775   

Additions during period

     —          —     

Reduction during period

     —          —     

Net change in inter-series receivables

     (476,691     (476,691
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Inter-series receivables March 31, 2011

   $ 12,340,084      $ 12,340,084   

Additions during period

     —          —     

Reduction during period

     —          —     

Net change in inter-series receivables

     (46,549     (46,549
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Inter-series receivables June 30, 2011

   $ 12,293,535      $ 12,293,535   

Additions during period

     —          —     

Reduction during period

     (11,281,861     (11,281,861

Net change in inter-series receivables

     (1,011,674     (1,011,674
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Inter-series receivables September 30, 2011

   $ —        $ —     

Additions during period

     —          —     

Reduction during period

     —          —     

Net change in inter-series receivables

     —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Inter-series receivables December 31, 2011

   $ —        $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Balanced Series Inter-series receivables are corresponding Inter-series payables on the Statements of Financial Condition for the investee Series.

Expenses

Management Fees - Each Series of Units pays to the Managing Owner a monthly management fee equal to a certain percentage of such Series’ assets attributable to such Series (including notional assets), calculated on a daily basis. The annual rate of the management fee is 0.5% for the Balanced Series, 2.0% for the Winton Series, Currency Series, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series Class 1 a and Class 2a, Frontier Diversified Series and Frontier Masters Series, 2.5% for the Winton/Graham Series and Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series, and 3.5% for the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series Class 1 and Class 2. The Managing Owner may pay all or a portion of such management fees to the Trading Advisor(s) for such Series.

Trading Fees - In connection with each Series’ trading activities, the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series (Classes 1, 2 and 3), Balanced Series, Currency Series, Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series, Winton Series and Winton/Graham Series pays to the Managing Owner a trading fee, or FCM Fee, up to 0.75% of such Series’ NAV, calculated daily. The Frontier Diversified Series, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series (Classes 1a and 2a) and Frontier Masters Series pays to the Managing Owner a trading fee, or FCM Fee, up to 2.25% and a custodial/due diligence fee of 0.12% of such Series’ NAV, calculated daily.

 

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Incentive Fees - Some Series pay to the Managing Owner an incentive fee of a certain percentage of new net trading profits generated by such Series, monthly or quarterly. Because the Balanced Series, Winton/Graham Series, Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series, Currency Series and Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series may each employ multiple Trading Advisors, these Series will pay the Managing Owner a monthly incentive fee calculated on a Trading Advisor by Trading Advisor basis. It is therefore possible that in any given period the Balanced Series or the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series may pay incentive fees to the Managing Owner for one or more Trading Advisors while each of these Series as a whole experiences losses. The incentive fee is 25% for the Balanced Series and the Frontier Diversified Series and 20% for the Winton Series, Currency Series, Winton/Graham Series, Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series and Frontier Masters Series. The Managing Owner may pay all or a portion of such incentive fees to the Trading Advisor(s) for such Series.

Service Fees - In addition, with respect to Class 1 and Class 1a Units of each Series, as applicable, the Series pays monthly or quarterly to the Managing Owner a service fee at an annualized rate, as described in more detail above, which the Managing Owner pays to selling agents of the Trust, with respect to the Series.

The following table summarizes fees earned by the Managing Owner for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011.

 

Series: Three Months Ended March 31, 2012    Management Fee      Trading Fee      Incentive Fee      Service Fee  

Frontier Diversified Series

   $ 516,204       $ 773,697       $ 5,758       $ 391,766   

Frontier Masters Series

     352,610         317,570         —           187,327   

Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series

     864,191         254,373         77,070         124,836   

Balanced Series

     689,478         477,527         178,125         1,340,888   

Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series

     272,986         70,889         —           254,314   

Currency Series

     —           7,497         —           29,910   

Winton Series

     267,609         91,423         —           282,428   

Winton/Graham Series

     298,313         55,058         —           179,072   
Series: Three Months Ended March 31, 2011    Management Fee      Trading Fee      Incentive Fee      Service Fee  

Frontier Diversified Series

   $ 481,720       $ 978,666       $ 1,719,673       $ 516,049   

Frontier Masters Series

     907,921         400,110         266,535         225,527   

Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series

     945,859         153,893         1,629,861         273,551   

Balanced Series

     642,865         486,163         4,270,189         2,219,967   

Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series

     377,970         85,253         —           455,038   

Currency Series

     39,855         23,565         —           45,170   

Winton Series

     332,638         73,838         248,590         364,021   

Winton/Graham Series

     445,869         69,313         70,874         335,672   

 

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The following table summarizes fees payable to the Managing Owner as of March 31, 2012.

 

Series:

   Management Fee      Trading Fee      Incentive Fee      Service Fee  

Frontier Diversified Series

   $ 171,578       $ 258,638       $ 30,736       $ 82,113   

Frontier Masters Series

     120,761         109,061         5,203         45,100   

Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series

     305,232         88,043         56,419         15,594   

Balanced Series

     228,444         157,680         —           400,112   

Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series

     87,029         23,514         —           80,660   

Currency Series

     —           2,429         —           5,365   

Winton Series

     90,713         30,741         —           75,542   

Winton/Graham Series

     102,358         18,203         —           53,365   

The following table summarizes fees payable to the Managing Owner as of December 31, 2011.

 

Series:

   Management Fee      Trading Fee      Incentive Fee      Service Fee  

Frontier Diversified Series

   $ 180,232       $ 269,021       $ 522,033       $ 76,877   

Frontier Masters Series

     117,541         105,278         —           41,911   

Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series

     284,677         83,646         127,052         22,920   

Balanced Series

     241,525         176,398         1,195,031         435,380   

Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series

     101,400         25,212         —           87,016   

Currency Series

     —           2,727         —           6,285   

Winton Series

     90,559         31,302         —           78,044   

Winton/Graham Series

     100,311         19,427         —           57,141   

With respect to the service fees, the initial service fee (for the first 12 months) relating to a purchase of Units by an investor is prepaid by the Managing Owner to the relevant selling agent in the month following such purchase and is reimbursed therefore by the Series monthly in arrears in an amount based upon a corresponding percentage of NAV, calculated daily. Consequently, the Managing Owner bears the risk and enjoys the benefit of the upside potential of any difference between the amount of the initial service fee prepaid by it and the amount of the reimbursement thereof, which may result from variations in NAV over the following 12 months. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, amounts received or receivable from the Managing Owner for the difference in monthly service fees from the prepaid initial service fees were $3,393 for the Frontier Diversified Series, $2,199 for the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series and $1,115 for the Frontier Masters Series. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, amounts paid or owing the Managing Owner for the difference in monthly service fees from prepaid initial service fees were $10,810 for the Balanced Series, $608 for the Currency Series, $1,470 for the Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series, $1,616 for the Winton/Graham Series and $2,389 for the Winton Series.

For the year ended December 31, 2011, amounts received or receivable from the Managing Owner for the difference in monthly service fees from the prepaid initial service fees were $2,752 for the Frontier Dynamic Series, $77 for the Long/Only Commodity Series and $81 for the Managed Futures Index Series. For the year ended December 31, 2011, amounts paid or owed to the Managing Owner for the difference in monthly service fees from prepaid initial service fees were $34,141 for the Balanced Series, $16,508 for the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series, $23,473 for the Frontier Diversified Series, $755 for the Currency Series, $6,607 for the Tiverton Series, $5,102 for the Winton/Graham Series, $9,011 for the Winton Series and $12,444 for the Frontier Masters Series.

Aggregate interest income from all sources, including assets held at clearing brokers, up to 2% (annualized) is paid to the Managing Owner by the Balanced Series (Class 1 and Class 2 only), Winton Series, Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series, Currency Series and Winton/Graham Series. For the Frontier Diversified Series, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series, Frontier Masters Series and Balanced Series (Class 1a and Class 2a only) 20% of the total interest allocated to each Series is paid to the Managing Owner. During the three months ended March 31, 2012, and 2011 the Trust, with respect to the Series, paid $2,014,194 and $2,663,321, respectively, of such interest income to the Managing Owner. Such expenses are not included in the statements of operations of the Series.

The Managing Owner pays to The Bornhoft Group Corporation, an affiliate of the Trust, a monthly fee of 0.25% (annualized) of the NAV of the Trust, for services in connection with the daily valuation of each Series and Class. The amount paid under this agreement was $388,634 and $561,139, respectively for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011.

Solon Capital, LLC, an affiliate of the Trust, provides product development and marketing services. For these services, the Managing Owner paid Solon Capital, LLC, $699,541 and $1,010,051, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011.

 

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Bornhoft Group Securities Corporation, a subsidiary of the Managing Owner, serves as wholesaler of the Trust by marketing to broker/dealer organizations. Its results are consolidated with the Managing Owner.

 

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7. Financial Highlights

The following information presents the financial highlights of the Trust, with respect to the Series, for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011.

 

    Frontier
Diversified Series
    Frontier Masters
Series
    Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series  
    Class 1     Class 2     Class 1     Class 2     Class 1     Class 2     Class 3     Class 1a     Class 2a  

Per unit operating performance (1)

                 

Net asset value, December 31, 2011

  $ 99.40      $ 103.96      $ 100.25      $ 104.83      $ 136.13      $ 161.97      $ 161.96      $ 121.71      $ 127.23   

Net operating results:

                 

Interest income

    0.44        0.47        0.51        0.53        0.70        0.83        0.83        0.62        0.65   

Expenses

    (1.50     (1.01     (1.81     (1.33     (3.05     (2.74     (2.74     (2.74     (2.15

Net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests

    (3.11     (3.38     2.00        1.99        0.43        0.82        0.82        0.96        0.84   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income/(loss)

    (4.17     (3.92     0.70        1.19        (1.92     (1.09     (1.09     (1.16     (0.66
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, March 31, 2012

  $ 95.23      $ 100.04      $ 100.95      $ 106.02      $ 134.21      $ 160.88      $ 160.87      $ 120.55      $ 126.57   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to average net assets (3)

                 

Net investment income/(loss)

    -4.26     -2.08     -5.22     -3.06     -6.50     4.28     -4.28     -6.52     -4.28

Expenses before incentive fees

    6.05     3.88     7.25     5.09     8.55     6.34     6.34     8.58     6.34

Expenses after incentive fees

    6.07     3.90     7.25     5.09     8.99     6.77     6.77     9.01     6.78

Total return before incentive fees (2)

    -4.19     -3.77     0.70     4.55     -1.30     -0.56     -0.56     -0.84     -0.41

Total return after incentive fees (2)

    -4.20     -3.77     0.70     1.14     -1.41     -0.67     -0.67     -0.95     -0.52

 

    Balanced Series     Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend
Series (1)
    Currency Series  
    Class 1     Class 1a     Class 2     Class 2a     Class 3a     Class 1     Class 2     Class 1     Class 2  

Per unit operating performance (1)

                 

Net asset value, December 31, 2011

  $ 124.50      $ 108.45      $ 155.02      $ 128.35      $ 128.36      $ 91.02      $ 111.84      $ 70.48      $ 87.61   

Net operating results:

                 

Interest income

    0.08        0.07        0.09        0.08        0.08        0.04        0.05        0.00        0.00   

Expenses

    (1.58     (1.37     (0.84     (0.69     (0.69     (1.49     (1.00     (0.65     (0.16

Net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests

    (3.88     (3.28     (4.85     (3.90     (3.90     0.06        0.03        (2.46     (3.08
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income/(loss)

    (5.38     (4.58     (5.58     (4.51     (4.51     (1.39     (0.92     (3.11     (3.24
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, March 31, 2012

  $ 119.12      $ 103.87      $ 149.44      $ 123.84      $ 123.85      $ 89.63      $ 110.92      $ 67.37      $ 84.37   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to average net assets (3)

                 

Net investment income/(loss)

    -4.58     -4.59     -1.63     -1.63     -1.63     -6.37     -3.40     -3.71     -0.731

Expenses before incentive fees

    4.82     4.82     1.87     1.88     1.87     6.56     3.59     3.71     0.73

Expenses after incentive fees

    5.11     5.12     2.16     2.17     2.16     6.56     3.59     3.71     0.73

Total return before incentive fees (2)

    -4.25     -4.15     -3.53     -3.44     -3.44     -1.53     -0.82     -4.41     -3.70

Total return after incentive fees (2)

    -4.32     -4.22     -3.60     -3.51     -3.51     -1.53     -0.82     -4.41     -3.70

 

     Winton Series     Winton/Graham
Series
 
     Class 1     Class 2     Class 1     Class 2  

Per unit operating performance (1)

        

Net asset value, December 31, 2011

   $ 141.13      $ 165.82      $ 104.73      $ 129.70   

Net operating results:

        

Interest income

     0.36        0.42        0.08        0.10   

Expenses

     (2.07     (1.20     (2.05     (1.56

Net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests

     (1.42     (1.69     1.61        1.99   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income/(loss)

     (3.13     (2.47     (0.36     0.53   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, March 31, 2012

   $ 138.00      $ 163.35      $ 104.37      $ 130.23   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to average net assets (3)

        

Net investment income/(loss)

     -4.86     -1.89     -7.55     -4.54

Expenses before incentive fees

     5.88     2.91     7.85     4.84

Expenses after incentive fees

     5.88     2.91     7.85     4.84

Total return before incentive fees (2)

     -2.22     -1.49     -0.34     0.41

Total return after incentive fees (2)

     -2.22     -1.49     -0.34     0.41

 

(1) Interest income and expenses per unit are calculated by dividing these amounts by the average number of units outstanding during the period. The net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests is a balancing amount necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per unit with the other per unit information.
(2) Computed using average net assets outstanding during the period. An owner’s total returns may vary from the above returns based on the timing of contributions and withdrawals. Total returns are not annualized.
(3) Annualized
(5) Formerly the Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series.

 

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     Frontier Diversified
Series
    Frontier Masters
Series
    Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series  
     Class 1     Class 2     Class 1     Class 2     Class 1     Class 2     Class 3     Class 1a     Class 2a  

Per unit operating performance (1)

                  

Net asset value, December 31, 2010

   $ 103.58      $ 106.46      $ 102.96      $ 105.81      $ 132.73      $ 153.26      $ 153.26      $ 117.96      $ 121.18   

Net operating results:

                  

Interest income

     0.37        0.39        0.26        0.27        0.55        0.63        0.63        0.49        0.50   

Expenses

     (2.59     (2.08     (2.93     (2.45     (5.71     (5.46     (5.46     (5.09     (4.31

Net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests

     5.20        5.23        2.82        2.79        20.75        24.11        24.10        18.16        18.32   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income/(loss)

     2.98        3.54        0.15        0.61        15.59        19.28        19.27        13.56        14.51   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, March 31, 2011

   $ 106.56      $ 110.00      $ 103.11      $ 106.42      $ 148.32      $ 172.54      $ 172.53      $ 131.52      $ 135.69   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to average net assets (3)

                  

Net investment gain/(loss)

     -8.44     -6.25     -10.43     -8.28     -14.66     -11.82     -11.82     -14.66     -11.82

Expenses before incentive fees

     5.71     3.52     9.87     7.71     8.23     5.38     5.38     8.23     5.38

Expenses after incentive fees

     9.86     7.67     11.44     9.29     16.21     13.36     13.36     16.21     13.36

Total return before incentive fees (2)

     3.71     4.22     0.49     0.91     13.04     13.62     13.82     12.37     12.96

Total return after incentive fees (2)

     2.69     3.20     0.10     0.52     11.07     11.66     11.85     10.40     10.99

 

     Balanced Series     Tiverton/Graham/
Transtrend Series (4)
    Currency Series  
     Class 1     Class 1a     Class 2     Class 2a     Class 3a     Class 1     Class 2     Class 1     Class 2  

Per unit operating performance (1)

                  

Net asset value, December 31, 2010

   $ 131.95      $ 116.36      $ 159.46      $ 133.66      $ 133.66      $ 110.46      $ 131.73      $ 79.09      $ 95.43   

Net operating results:

                  

Interest income

     0.01        0.01        0.02        0.01        0.01        0.01        0.01        0.34        0.41   

Expenses

     (2.92     (2.57     (2.32     (1.94     (1.94     (1.56     (0.88     (1.29     (0.87

Net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests

     7.33        6.19        8.86        7.11        7.12        (0.28     (0.36     (2.55     (3.09
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income/(loss)

     4.42        3.63        6.56        5.18        5.19        (1.83     (1.23     (3.50     (3.55
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, March 31, 2011

   $ 136.37      $ 119.99      $ 166.02      $ 138.84      $ 138.85      $ 108.63      $ 130.50      $ 75.59      $ 91.88   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to average net assets (3)

                  

Net investment gain/(loss)

     -8.64     -8.64     -5.64     -5.64     -5.64     -5.66     -2.66     -5.00     -2.00

Expenses before incentive fees

     4.19     4.19     1.19     1.19     1.19     5.69     2.69     6.76     3.76

Expenses after incentive fees

     8.68     8.68     5.68     5.68     5.68     5.69     2.69     6.76     3.76

Total return before incentive fees (2)

     4.39     4.32     5.14     4.84     4.92     -1.59     -0.86     -4.50     -3.78

Total return after incentive fees (2)

     3.29     3.21     4.03     3.74     3.81     -1.59     -0.86     -4.50     -3.78

 

     Winton Series     Winton/Graham Series  
     Class 1     Class 2     Class 1     Class 2  

Per unit operating performance (1)

        

Net asset value, December 31, 2010

   $ 135.04      $ 153.99      $ 119.83      $ 144.04   

Net operating results:

        

Interest income

     0.23        0.27        0.12        0.15   

Expenses

     (2.47     (1.68     (2.12     (1.49

Net gain/(loss) on investments, net of non-controlling interests

     3.59        4.12        0.84        1.00   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income/(loss)

     1.36        2.71        (1.16     (0.34
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, March 31, 2011

   $ 136.40      $ 156.70      $ 118.67      $ 143.70   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to average net assets (3)

        

Net investment gain/(loss)

     -6.69     -3.69     -6.78     -3.78

Expenses before incentive fees

     5.72     2.72     6.68     3.69

Expenses after incentive fees

     7.38     4.38     7.19     4.19

Total return before incentive fees (2)

     1.42     2.14     -0.83     0.02

Total return after incentive fees (2)

     1.01     1.73     -0.96     -0.11

 

(1) Interest income and expenses per unit are calculated by dividing these amounts by the average number of units outstanding during the period. The net gain/(loss) on investments, net of minority interests is a balancing amount necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per unit with the other per unit information.
(2) Computed using average net assets outstanding during the period. An owner’s total returns may vary from the above returns based on the timing of contributions and withdrawals. Total returns are not annualized.
(3) Annualized
(4) Formerly the Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series.

 

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8. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

The Series’ primary business is to engage in speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of futures, forwards (including interbank foreign currencies), options contracts and other derivative instruments (including swap contracts). The Series do not enter into or hold positions for hedging purposes as defined under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The detail of the fair value of the Series’ derivatives by instrument types as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 is included in the Condensed Schedules of Investments. See Note 4 for further disclosure related to each Series’ position in swap contracts. This activity was performed by affiliated Trading Companies and does not include activity of unaffiliated trading Company investments.

The following tables summarize the monthly averages of futures contracts bought and sold for each respective Series of the Trust:

For The Three Months Ended March 31, 2012

Monthly average contracts:

 

     Bought      Sold  

Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series

     26,250         23,275   

Balanced Series

     6,325         8,575   

Frontier Masters Series

     1,375         700   

For The Three Months Ended March 31, 2011

Monthly average contracts:

 

     Bought      Sold  

Frontier Diversified Series

     1,000         250   

Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series

     23,750         16,250   

Balanced Series

     5,750         6,050   

Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series

     1,250         500   

Currency Series

     375         3,750   

Winton/Graham

     3,750         625   

The following tables summarize the trading revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 by sector:

Realized Trading Revenue from Futures, Forwards and Options

for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 (1)

 

Type of contract

   Frontier Long/Short
Commodity Series
    Frontier
Masters Series
    Balanced Series  

Metals

   $ (18,715,970   $ 716,722      $ (1,901,528

Currencies

     (8,498,267     325,491        (863,556

Energies

     (4,350,150     166,614        (442,043

Agriculturals

     (6,871,127     263,170        (698,213

Interest rates

     (12,430,721     476,107        (1,263,154

Stock indices

     17,151,335        (656,911     1,742,842   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized trading income/(loss)(2)

   $ (33,714,900   $ 1,291,193      $ (3,425,652
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Net Change in Open Trade Equity from Futures, Forwards and Options

for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 (1)

 

Type of contract

   Frontier Long/Short
Commodity Series
    Frontier
Masters Series
    Balanced Series  

Metals

   $ 3,766,803      $ (41,417   $ (300,085

Currencies

     18,113,239        (199,158     (1,443,005

Energies

     6,482,818        (71,280     (516,459

Agriculturals

     2,012,905        (22,132     (160,360

Interest rates

     (1,257,357     13,825        100,168   

Stock indices

     483,775        (5,319     (38,540
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in unrealized trading income/(loss)(3)

   $ 29,602,183      $ (325,481   $ (2,358,281
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) The Frontier Diversified Series, Frontier Masters Series, and Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series participate in trading activities through equity in earnings/(loss) from trading companies. The Balanced Series consolidated Frontier Trading Company XIV, LLC since June 20, 2011, Frontier Trading Company XVII, LLC since September 9, 2011, and Frontier Trading Company XVIII, LLC since October 24, 2011 . The Frontier Long/Short Series consolidated Frontier Trading Company VII, LLC since September 28, 2011. The Frontier Masters Series consolidated Frontier Trading Company XXI, LLC since March 1, 2011.
(2) Amounts recorded in the Statements of Operations under Net realized gain(loss) on futures, forwards and options.
(3) Amounts recorded in the Statements of Operations under Net change in open trade equity (deficit), at fair value.

 

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Realized Trading Revenue from Futures, Forwards and Options

for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 (1)

 

Type of contract

   Frontier Masters
Series
    Balanced Series     Currency Series  

Metals

   $ (5,630   $ 1,608,035      $ —     

Currencies

     (316,989     13,164,312        (153,538

Energies

     (317,873     636,692        —     

Agriculturals

     (432,091     2,637,992        —     

Interest rates

     15,631        (2,502,489     —     

Stock indices

     (334,608     1,230,098        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized trading income/(loss)(2)

   $ (1,391,560   $ 16,774,640      $ (153,538
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Type of contract

   Winton/Graham
Series
 

Metals

   $ 696,848   

Currencies

     (436,956

Energies

     521,500   

Agriculturals

     693,321   

Interest rates

     (812,372

Stock indices

     (451,515
  

 

 

 

Realized trading income/(loss)(2)

   $ 210,826   
  

 

 

 

Net Change in Open Trade Equity from Futures, Forwards and Options

for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 (1)

 

Type of contract

   Frontier Masters
Series
    Balanced Series     Currency Series  

Metals

   $ 71,235      $ (2,273,274   $ —     

Currencies

     384        (9,266,331     (5,778

Energies

     23,360        591,534        —     

Agriculturals

     43,275        (2,103,406     —     

Interest rates

     (212,850     (562,730     —     

Stock indices

     704,907        (1,152,632     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in unrealized trading income/(loss)(3)

   $ 630,311      $ (14,766,839   $ (5,778
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Type of contract

   Winton/Graham
Series
 

Metals

   $ (294,519

Currencies

     (945,878

Energies

     104,003   

Agriculturals

     (237,561

Interest rates

     317,143   

Stock indices

     215,605   
  

 

 

 

Change in unrealized trading income/(loss)(3)

   $ (841,207
  

 

 

 

 

(1) The Frontier Diversified Series, and Winton Series participate in trading activities through equity in earnings/(loss) from trading companies. The Frontier Diversified Series, Balanced Series and Long/Short Series participate in trading activities through equity in earnings(loss) from the aforementioned deconsolidated trading companies.
(2) In the Statements of Operations under Net realized gain(loss) on futures and forwards.
(3) In the Statements of Operations under Net change in open trade equity (deficit), at fair value.

9. Trading Activities and Related Risks

The purchase and sale of futures and options on futures contracts require margin deposits with Futures Commission Merchants (each, an “FCM”). Additional deposits may be necessary for any loss on contract value. The Commodity Exchange Act requires an FCM to segregate all customer transactions and assets from the FCM’s proprietary activities. A customer’s cash and other property (for example, U.S. Treasury bills) deposited with an FCM are considered commingled with all other customer funds subject to the FCM’s segregation requirements. In the event of an FCM’s insolvency, recovery may be limited to a pro rata share of segregated funds available. It is possible that the recovered amount could be less than the total of cash and other property deposited.

 

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The term “off-balance sheet risk” refers to an unrecorded potential liability that, even though it does not appear on the statements of financial condition, may result in future obligation or loss in excess of the amount paid by the Series for a particular investment. Each Trading Company expects to trade in futures, options, forward and swap contracts and will therefore be a party to financial instruments with elements of off-balance sheet market and credit risk. In entering into these contracts, there exists a 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 futures positions held by a Trading Company in respect of any Series at the same time, and if the Trading Advisor(s) of such Trading Company are unable to offset such futures interests positions, such Trading Company could lose all of its assets and the holders of Units of such Series would realize a 100% loss. The Managing Owner will seek to minimize market risk through real-time monitoring of open positions and the level of diversification of each Trading Advisor’s portfolio. It is anticipated that any Trading Advisor’s margin-to-equity ratio will typically not exceed approximately 35% although the actual ratio could be higher or lower from time to time.

In addition to market risk, trading futures, forward and swap contracts entails credit risk in that a counterparty will not be able to meet its obligations to a Trading Company. The counterparty for futures contracts traded in the United States and on most foreign exchanges is the clearinghouse associated with such exchange. In general, clearinghouses are backed by the corporate members of the clearinghouse who are required to share any financial burden resulting from the non-performance by one of their members and, as such, should significantly reduce this credit risk. In cases where the clearinghouse is not backed by the clearing members, like some foreign exchanges, it is normally backed by a consortium of banks or other financial institutions. Some non-U.S. exchanges, in contrast to U.S. exchanges, are principals’ markets in which performance is the responsibility only of the individual counterparty with whom the Trading Company has entered into the transaction, and not of the exchange or clearing corporation. In these kinds of markets, there is risk of bankruptcy or other failure or refusal to perform by the counterparty.

In the case of forward contracts traded on the interbank market and swaps, neither is traded on exchanges. The counterparty is generally a single bank or other financial institution, rather than a group of financial institutions; thus there may be a greater counterparty credit risk. The Managing Owner expects the Trading Advisors to trade only with those counterparties which it believes to be creditworthy. All positions of each Trading Company will be valued each day on a mark-to-market basis. There can be no assurance that any clearing member, clearinghouse or other counterparty will be able to meet its obligations to any Trading Company.

The Managing Owner has established procedures to actively monitor and minimize market and credit risks. The Limited Owners bear the risk of loss only to the extent of the market value of their respective investments and, in certain specific circumstances, distributions and redemptions received.

10. Indemnifications

The Trust has entered into agreements, which provide for the indemnification of futures clearing brokers, and commodity trading advisers, among others, against losses, costs, claims and liabilities arising from the performance of their individual obligations under such agreements, except for gross negligence or bad faith. The Trust has had no prior claims or payments pursuant to these agreements. The Trust’s individual maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience the Trust expects the risk of loss to be remote.

11. Subsequent Events

None.

 

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The Frontier Fund

Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition

March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011

 

     3/31/2012      12/31/2011  
     (Unaudited)         
ASSETS      

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 7,672,040       $ 27,452,803   

U.S. Treasury securities, at fair value

     62,504,582         78,760,003   

Custom time deposits

     335,997,164         358,276,083   

Receivable from futures commission merchants

     164,860,123         160,366,935   

Open trade equity, at fair value

     15,070,714         —     

Swap contracts, at fair value

     24,282,681         24,211,688   

Investments in Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund, LLC at fair value

     —           6,270,844   

Prepaid service fees

     235,666         310,430   

Interest receivable

     292,761         1,088,724   

Receivable from related parties

     432,458         —     

Other assets

     111,335         96,247   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $ 611,459,524       $ 656,833,757   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
LIABILITIES & CAPITAL      

LIABILITIES

     

Open trade deficit, at fair value

   $ —         $ 6,556,700   

Options written, at fair value

     2,455,992         3,336,326   

Pending owner additions

     518,979         384,457   

Owner redemptions payable

     930,287         3,387,126   

Incentive fees payable to Managing Owner

     115,105         1,844,116   

Management fees payable to Managing Owner

     1,115,148         1,120,495   

Interest payable to Managing Owner

     670,538         717,850   

Trading fees payable to Managing Owner

     705,955         715,113   

Trailing service fees payable to Managing Owner

     757,851         806,690   

Payables to related parties

     —           1,733   

Other liabilities

     49,358         16,608   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     7,319,213         18,887,214   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

CAPITAL

     

Managing Owner Units

     6,356,397         6,538,575   

Limited Owner Units

     597,783,914         631,407,968   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Owners’ Capital

     604,140,311         637,946,543   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities and Capital

   $ 611,459,524       $ 656,833,757   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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The Frontier Fund

Consolidated Condensed Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2012

(Unaudited)

 

Description

   Value     % of Total Capital
(Net Asset Value)
 

LONG FUTURES CONTRACTS *

    

Various base metals futures contracts (U.S.)

   $ (2,164,369     -0.36

Various base metals futures contracts (Europe)

     (3,211,328     -0.53

Various currency futures contracts (U.S.)

     (501,038     -0.08

Various currency futures contracts (Canada)

     —          0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Europe)

     103,523        0.02

Various currency futures contracts (Far East)

     —          0.00

Various energy futures contracts (U.S.)

     13,472,918        2.23

Various energy futures contracts (Europe)

     8,980,240        1.49

Various energy futures contracts (Far East)

     (3,289     0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (U.S.)

     (57,171     -0.01

Various interest rates futures contracts (Canada)

     (145,188     -0.02

Various interest rates futures contracts (Europe)

     2,083,541        0.34

Various interest rates futures contracts (Far East)

     188,908        0.03

Various precious metals futures contracts (U.S.)

     (193,840     -0.03

Various precious metals futures contracts (Far East)

     (19,530     0.00

Various soft futures contracts (U.S.)

     81,654        0.01

Corn Settling 12/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 1,350)

     (7,040,541     -1.17

Various soft futures contracts (Europe)

     49,161        0.01

Various soft futures contracts (Far East)

     44,936        0.01

Various stock index futures contracts (U.S.)

     2,961,538        0.49

Various stock index futures contracts (Canada)

     (11,194     0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Europe)

     (2,157,066     -0.36

Various stock index futures contracts (Far East)

     771,240        0.13
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Long Futures Contracts

     13,233,105        2.19
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

OPTIONS PURCHASED *

     12,696,704        2.10
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

SHORT FUTURES CONTRACTS *

    

Various base metals futures contracts (US)

     2,214,212        0.34

Various base metals futures contracts (Europe)

     4,193,374        0.69

Various currency futures contracts (US)

     (85,842     -0.01

Various currency futures contracts (Canada)

     —          0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Europe)

     (729,938     0.12

Various currency futures contracts (Far East)

     (2,756     0.00

Various energy futures contracts (US)

     2,331,706        0.39

Various energy futures contracts (Europe)

     (3,613,583     -0.60

ICE Brent Crude Oil Settling 12/1/12 (Number of Contracts: 1,245)

     (15,272,920     -2.53

Various energy futures contracts (Far East)

     —          0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (US)

     (995,085     -0.16

Various interest rates futures contracts (Canada)

     (39,952     -0.01

Various interest rates futures contracts (Europe)

     (67,997     -0.01

Various interest rates futures contracts (Far East)

     (468,114     -0.08

Various precious metals futures contracts (US)

     (67,911     -0.01

Various soft futures contracts (US)

     4,497,630        0.74

Various soft futures contracts (Europe)

     120,382        0.02

Various soft futures contracts (Far East)

     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (US)

     36,989        0.01

Various stock index futures contracts (Canada)

     (1,430     0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Europe)

     113,298        0.02

Various stock index futures contracts (Far East)

     (54,030     -0.01
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Short Futures Contracts

     (7,891,967     -1.31
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CURRENCY FORWARDS *

     (2,967,128     -0.49
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Open Trade Deficit

   $ 15,070,714        2.49
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

OPTIONS WRITTEN *

   $ (2,455,992     -0.41
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

SWAPS (1)

    

Total Return Option Basket Swap (Termination date 11/6/12)

     24,282,681        4.02
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Swaps

   $ 24,282,681        4.02
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES     

FACE VALUE

   Fair Value        

$21,500,000.00 US Treasury Note 3.875% due 02/15/2013 (Cost $22,457,422)

   $ 22,177,790        3.67

$36,700,000.00 US Treasury Note 4.000% due 02/15/2015 (Cost $38,016,039)

     40,326,792        6.68
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 62,504,582        10.35
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Except for those items disclosed, no individual futures, forwards and option on futures contract position constituted greater than 1 percent of Net Asset Value. Accordingly, the number of contracts and expiration dates are not presented.
(1) See Notes to Financial Statements, Note 4.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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Consolidated Condensed Schedules of Investments

December 31, 2011

 

Description

   Value     % of Total Capital
(Net Asset Value)
 

LONG FUTURES CONTRACTS *

    

Various base metals futures contracts (U.S.)

   $ (1,511,157     -0.24

Various base metals futures contracts (Europe)

     (4,401,353     -0.69

Various currency futures contracts (U.S.)

     891,115        0.14

Various currency futures contracts (Canada)

     —          0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Europe)

     353,570        0.06

Various currency futures contracts (Far East)

     —          0.00

Various energy futures contracts (U.S.)

     (13,430,017     -2.11

Various energy futures contracts (Europe)

     (3,481,430     -0.55

Various interest rates futures contracts (U.S.)

     1,352,108        0.21

Various interest rates futures contracts (Canada)

     78,923        0.01

Various interest rates futures contracts (Europe)

     4,207,802        0.66

Various interest rates futures contracts (Far East)

     666,559        0.10

Various precious metals futures contracts (U.S.)

     (1,105,701     -0.17

Silver @ COMEX Settling 12/1/13 (Number of Contracts: 152)

     (11,121,080     -1.74

Various precious metals futures contracts (Europe)

     —          0.00

Various soft futures contracts (U.S.)

     (8,190,181     -1.28

Various soft futures contracts (Europe)

     (3,750     0.00

Various soft futures contracts (Canada)

     —          0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (U.S.)

     483,160        0.08

Various stock index futures contracts (Canada)

     5,579        0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Europe)

     252,897        0.04

Various stock index futures contracts (Far East)

     (187,635     -0.03
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Long Futures Contracts

     (35,140,591     -5.51
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

OPTIONS PURCHASED *

     11,933,138        1.87
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

SHORT FUTURES CONTRACTS *

    

Various base metals futures contracts (US)

     1,266,138        0.20

Various base metals futures contracts (Europe)

     5,601,385        0.88

Various currency futures contracts (US)

     70,134        0.01

Various currency futures contracts (Canada)

     —          0.00

Various currency futures contracts (Europe)

     851,771        0.13

Various currency futures contracts (Far East)

     3,727        0.00

Various energy futures contracts (US)

     (423,746     -0.07

Various energy futures contracts (Europe)

     3,495,760        0.55

Various energy futures contracts (Far East)

     (1,195     0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (US)

     (1,533,678     -0.24

Various interest rates futures contracts (Canada)

     4,052        0.00

Various interest rates futures contracts (Europe)

     (134,928     -0.02

Various interest rates futures contracts (Far East)

     (94,959     -0.01

Various precious metals futures contracts (US)

     3,257,794        0.51

Various soft futures contracts (US)

     3,561,139        0.56

Various soft futures contracts (Europe)

     575,766        0.09

Various soft futures contracts (Far East)

     (29,121     0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (US)

     (2,153     0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Canada)

     (27,463     0.00

Various stock index futures contracts (Europe)

     (398,770     -0.06

Various stock index futures contracts (Far East)

     137,100        0.02
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Short Futures Contracts

     16,178,751        2.52
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CURRENCY FORWARDS *

     472,001        0.07
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Open Trade Equity

   $ (6,556,700     -1.05
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

OPTIONS WRITTEN*

     (3,336,326     -0.52
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

SWAPS (1)

   $ 6,504,931        1.02

Total Return Option Basket Swap (Termination date 11/6/12)

     17,706,757        2.78
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Swaps

   $ 24,211,688        3.80
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investment in Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC (Cost of $8,487,603)

   $ 6,270,844        0.98
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES     

FACE VALUE

   Fair Value        

$36,500,000.00   US Treasury Note 3.875% due 02/15/2013 (Cost $38,125,391) (2)

   $ 37,943,670        5.95

$36,700,000.00   US Treasury Note 4.000% due 02/15/2015 (Cost $38,016,039) (2)

     40,816,333        6.40
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 78,760,003        12.35
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Except for those items disclosed, no individual futures, forwards and option on futures contract position constituted greater than 1 percent of Net Asset Value. Accordingly, the number of contracts and expiration dates are not presented.
(1) See Notes to Financial Statements, Note 4.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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The Frontier Fund

Consolidated Statements of Operations

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 (Unaudited)

 

      3/31/2012     3/31/2011  

Investment income:

    

Interest - net

   $ 1,550,705      $ 1,468,919   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Income

     1,550,705        1,468,919   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses:

    

Incentive Fees

     283,700        8,205,722   

Management Fees

     3,276,488        4,214,002   

Service Fees - Class 1

     2,808,189        4,480,450   

Trading Fees

     2,048,034        2,457,379   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Expenses

     8,416,411        19,357,553   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investment income/(loss) - net

     (6,865,706     (17,888,634
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments:

    

Net realized gain/(loss) on futures, forwards and options

     (29,734,078     (21,446,702

Net change in open trade equity/(deficit)

     21,527,670        69,384,996   

Net realized gain/(loss) on swap contracts

     (525,237     2,887,137   

Net unrealized gain/(loss) on swap contracts

     596,229        (3,720,399

Net realized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities

     362,772        —     

Net unrealized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities

     (1,008,977     (650,680

Trading commissions

     (1,922,612     (2,312,788

Net increase from payments by managing owner

     —          —     

Change in fair value of investments in unconsolidated trading companies

     —          —     

Net realized gain/(loss) on investment in Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC

     (2,172,987     —     

Net unrealized gain/(loss) on investment in Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC

     2,080,986        397,671   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net gain/(loss) on investments

     (10,796,234     44,539,235   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

     (17,661,940     26,650,601   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less: Operations attributable to non-controlling interests

     —          4,926   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CAPITAL RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTERESTS

   $ (17,661,940   $ 26,645,675   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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The Frontier Fund

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Owners’ Capital

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

     Managing
Owner
    Limited
Owners
    Total  

Owners’ Capital, December 31, 2011

   $ 6,538,575      $ 631,407,968      $ 637,946,543   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Sale of Units

     —          20,774,522        20,774,522   

Redemption of Units

     —          (36,918,814     (36,918,814

Net increase/(decrease) in Owners’ Capital resulting from operations

     (182,178     (17,479,762     (17,661,940
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Owners’ Capital, March 31, 2012

   $ 6,356,397      $ 597,783,914      $ 604,140,311   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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The Frontier Fund

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 (Unaudited)

 

     2012     2011  

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

    

Net increase/(decrease) in capital resulting from operations

   $ (17,661,940   $ 26,650,601   

Adjustments to reconcile net increase/(decrease) in capital resulting from operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities :

    

Change in:

    

Net change in open trade equity

     (21,627,414     (61,849,946

Net change in options written, at fair value

     (880,333     (12,537,554

Net unrealized gain/(loss) on swap contracts

     (596,229     (3,720,399

Net realized gain/(loss) on swap contracts

     525,237        2,887,137   

Net unrealized gain/(loss) on U.S . Treasury securities

     1,008,977        650,680   

Net realized gain/(loss) on U.S . Treasuries securities

     (362,772     —     

Net realized gain/(loss) on investment in Berkeley Colorado Quantitative Fund LLC

     2,172,987        —     

Net unrealized gain/loss on investment in Berkeley Colorado Quantitative Fund LLC

     (2,080,986     (397,671

(Purchases ) sales of:

    

Sales of swap contracts

     —          28,832,144   

(Purchases) of swap contracts

     —          —     

Sales of U.S . Treasury securities

     15,609,216        4,310,774   

(Purchases ) of U.S . Treasury securities

     —          (4,183,575

Sales of custom time deposits

     22,278,919        —     

(Purchases ) of custom time deposits

     —          (3,553,217

Sales of certificates of deposit

     —          —     

Sales of Berkeley Colorado Quantitative Fund LLC

     6,178,843        —     

(Purchases ) of Berkeley Colorado Quantitative Fund LLC

     —          —     

Increase and/or decrease in:

    

Receivable from futures commission merchants

     (4,493,188     41,250,935   

Control of ownership of trading companies

     —          —     

Contributions to trading companies

     —          —     

Distributions from trading companies

     —          (1,344

Prepaid service fees

     74,764        67,034   

Interest receivable

     795,963        730,547   

Receivable from related parties

     (432,458     —     

Other assets

     (15,089     (6,056

Incentive fees payable to Managing Owner

     (1,729,011     (101,251

Management fees payable to Managing Owner

     (5,347     185,749   

Interest payable to Managing Owner

     (47,312     (130,237

Trading fees payable to Managing Owner

     (9,158     142,580   

Trailing service fees payable to Managing Owner

     (48,839     (35,606

Payables to related parties

     (1,733     110,254   

Other liabilities

     32,749        (25,347
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

     (1,314,154     19,276,232   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

    

Proceeds from sale of capital

     20,774,522        29,791,843   

Payment for redemption of capital

     (36,918,814     (34,413,602

Pending owner additions

     134,522        319,593   

Redemptions payable

     (2,456,839     (444,855
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (18,466,609     (4,747,021
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     (19,780,763     14,529,211   

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     27,452,803        17,992,550   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 7,672,040      $ 32,521,761   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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The Frontier Fund

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

1. Organization and Purpose

The Frontier Fund, which is referred to in this report as “the Trust,” was formed on August 8, 2003, as a Delaware statutory trust. The Trust is a multi-advisor commodity pool, as described in Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) Regulation § 4.10(d)(2). The Trust has authority to issue separate series, or each, a Series, of units of beneficial interest (the “Units”) pursuant to the requirements of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, as amended (the “Trust Act”). The assets of each Series are valued and accounted for separately from the assets of other Series. The Trust is not registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). It is managed by its Managing Owner, Equinox Fund Management, LLC.

Purchasers of Units are limited owners of the Trust (“Limited Owners”) with respect to beneficial interests of the Series’ Units purchased. The Trust Act provides that, except as otherwise provided in the amended and restated declaration of trust and trust agreement of the Trust dated as of August 8, 2003, by and among the Managing Owner, Wilmington Trust Company as trustee and the unitholders from time to time (the “Trust Agreement”), unitholders in a Delaware statutory trust will have the same limitation of liability as do stockholders of private corporations organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The Trust Agreement confers substantially the same limited liability, and contains the same limited exceptions thereto, as would a limited partnership agreement for a Delaware limited partnership engaged in like transactions as the Trust. In addition, pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the Managing Owner of the Trust is liable for obligations of a Series in excess of that Series’ assets. Limited Owners do not have any such liability. The Managing Owner will make contributions to Series of the Trust necessary to maintain at least a 1% interest in the aggregate capital, profits and losses of all Series.

The Trust has been organized to pool assets of investor funds for the purpose of trading in the United States (“U.S.”) and international markets for currencies, interest rates, stock indices, agricultural and energy products, precious and base metals and other commodities. The Trust may also engage in futures contracts, forwards, option contracts and other interest in derivative instruments, including swap contracts (“Swaps”).

The Trust has eight (8) separate and distinct Series of Units issued and outstanding: Frontier Diversified Series, Frontier Masters Series, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series, Balanced Series, Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series (formerly Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series), Currency Series, Winton Series and Winton/Graham Series (each a “Series” and collectively, the “Series”). The Trust financial statements are comprised of unitized Series which are consolidated into the Trust financial statements. However, the consolidated Trust does not issue units.

In addition to the above eight (8) Series of the Trust, a separate and distinct TBG Institutional Series (“TBGI”) is a private offering under the Trust made only pursuant to exemptions provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, Rule 506 promulgated there under, and applicable state securities laws. As part of the Trust, TBGI’s financial position and results of operations are included in the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Trust and it participates pari passu in the trading results and other activities of the Trust through investments in the Trading Companies. TBGI commenced operations on January 20, 2012. As a private offering the Managing Owner has determined that TBGI’s position and results of operations are not required to be presented separately within the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Trust.

The Trust, with respect to each Series:

 

   

engages in the speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of futures, forward (including interbank foreign currencies), options contracts and other derivative instruments (including swap contracts), and may, from time to time, engage in cash and spot transactions;

 

   

allocates funds to a limited liability trading company or companies (“Trading Company”). Except as otherwise described in these notes, each Trading Company has one-year renewable contracts with its own independent commodity trading advisor(s), or each, a Trading Advisor, that will manage all or a portion of such Trading Company’s assets and make the trading decisions for the assets of each Series vested in such Trading Company. Each Trading Company will segregate its assets from any other Trading Company;

 

   

maintains separate, distinct records for each Series, and accounts for the assets of each Series separately from the other Series;

 

   

calculates the Net Asset Value (“NAV”) of its Units for each Series separately from the other Series;

 

   

has an investment objective of increasing the value of each Series’ Units over the long term (capital appreciation), while controlling risk and volatility; further, to offer exposure to the investment programs of individual Trading Advisors and to specific instruments (currencies);

 

   

maintains each Series of Units in three or six sub-classes—Class 1, Class 1a, Class 2, Class 2a, Class 3, and Class 3a. Investors who have purchased Class 1 or Class 1a Units of any Series are charged a service fee of up to three percent (3.0%) annually of the NAV of each Unit purchased, for the benefit of Selling Agents selling such Class 1 or Class 1a Units. The initial service fee, which is amortized monthly at an annual rate of up to three percent (3.0%) of the average daily NAV of Class 1 or Class 1 a of such Series, is prepaid to Equinox Fund Management, LLC (the “Managing Owner”) by each Series, and paid to the selling agents by the Managing Owner in the month following sale; provided, however, that investors who redeem all or a portion of their Class 1 or Class 1 a Units of any Series during the first twelve (12) months following the effective date of their purchase are subject to a redemption fee of up to three percent (3.0%) of the NAV at

 

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which such investor redeemed to reimburse the Managing Owner for the then-unamortized balance of the prepaid initial service fee. With respect to Class 2 and Class 2a Units of any Series, the Managing Owner pays an ongoing service fee to Selling Agents of up to one half percent (0.5%) annually of the NAV of each Class 2 or Class 2a Unit (of which 0.25% will be charged to Limited Owners holding Class 2 Units of the Frontier Diversified Series, Frontier Dynamic Series and Frontier Masters Series or Class 2a Units of the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series) sold until such Class 2 or Class 2a Units which are subject to the fee limitation are reclassified as Class 3 or Class 3a Units of the applicable Series. The Managing Owner may also pay Selling Agents certain additional fees and expenses for administrative and other services rendered and expenses incurred by such Selling Agents; and

 

   

all payments made to Selling Agents who are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) and their associated persons that constitute underwriting compensation will be subject to the limitations set forth in Rule 2310(b)(4)(B)(ii) (formerly Rule 281 0(b)(4)(B)(ii)) of the Conduct Rules of FINRA (“Rule 2310”). An investor’s Class 1 Units or Class 2 Units of any Series, or Class 1a Units or Class 2a Units of the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series or Balanced Series will be classified as Class 3 or Class 3a Units of such Series, as applicable, when the Managing Owner determines that the fee limitation set forth in Rule 2310 with respect to such Units has been reached or will be reached. No service fees are paid with respect to Class 3 or Class 3a Units. Units of any Class in a Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, on a daily basis, at the then current NAV per Unit for such Series on the day of the week after the date the Managing Owner is in receipt of a redemption request for at least one (1) Business Day to be received by the Managing Owner prior to 4:00 PM in New York.

The assets of any particular Series include only those funds and other assets that are paid to, held by or distributed to the Trust on account of and for the benefit of that Series. Under the “Inter-Series Limitation on Liability” expressly provided for under Section 3804(a) of the Trust Act, separate and distinct records of the cash and equivalents, although pooled for maximizing returns, is maintained in the books and records of each Series.

As of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Trust, with respect to the Frontier Diversified Series, Frontier Dynamic Series, Frontier Masters Series, Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series, Currency Series, Long Only Commodity Series, Managed Futures Index Series, Winton Series and Winton/Graham Series, separates Units into three separate Classes—Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3. The Trust, with respect to the Balanced Series, and Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series separates Units into six separate Classes – Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Class 1a, Class 2a and Class 3a. It is expected that between 10% and 30% of each Series’ assets normally will be invested in one or more Trading Companies to be committed as margin for trading positions, but from time to time these percentages may be substantially more or less. The remainders of each Series’ assets are maintained at the Trust level for cash management. Each of the respective Series has invested monies into pooled cash management assets which have included purchases of certificates of deposit, custom time deposits and U.S. Treasury securities. Each Series’ ownership in these investments is based on its percentage ownership in the pooled cash management assets on the reporting date.

Each Series of the Trust may invest a portion of its assets in a single Trading Company or in several different Trading Companies and may have multiple Trading Advisors that manage the assets invested in such Trading Companies.

In November 2010, the Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series of the Trust invested a portion of its assets in Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC, an unaffiliated company, managed by an affiliate of Berkeley Quantitative L.P. Through this investment, Berkeley Quantitative L.P. became a commodity trading advisor to the Trust. The investment was liquidated March 20, 2012

During July, 2011, Currency Series of the Trust liquidated its interest in an option basket and realized a decrease in fair value greater than had previously been recorded as unrealized loss. The Managing Owner determined to make a onetime administrative adjustment by payment to the Currency Series of $390,589 to reimburse the effect of the loss on the investors in the series, exclusive of the inter-series payables’ interests, recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations as Net increase from payments by managing owner.

During July, 2011, Frontier Dynamic Series ceased trading operations and liquidated all positions and investor accounts. The Series is closed as of March 31, 2012.

During December, 2011, Long Only Commodity Series and Managed Futures Index Series ceased trading operations and liquidated all positions and investor accounts. The Series are closed as of March 31, 2012.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following are the significant accounting policies of the Trust.

Basis of Presentation—The Trust follows Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), as established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”), to ensure consistent reporting of financial condition, schedules of investments, results of operations, changes in capital and cash flows.

 

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These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in our 2011 Annual report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC.

Consolidation— Each Series of the Trust invests in Trading Companies who authorize certain Trading Advisors to place trades and manage assets at pre-determined investment levels. The Trading Companies were organized by the Managing Owner for the purpose of investing in commodities interests and derivative instruments, and have no operating income or expenses, except for trading income and expenses, all of which is allocated to the Series. The Trading Companies and Series of the Trust which have a controlling interest are consolidated by the Trust.

Investment in Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC - The Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series of the Trust had an investment in the Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC. The Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC began operations on November 1, 2010. The Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC was not consolidated into the financial statements of the Trust because the Trust has no control or transparency over the operations of the fund. This investment was shown on the consolidated statements of financial condition with the change in fair value shown in net unrealized gain/(loss) on the Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC. This investment was liquidated on March 20, 2012.

Use of Estimates—The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP may require the Managing Owner to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. The valuation of swap contracts requires significant estimates as well as the valuation of certain other investments. Please refer to Note 3 for discussion of valuation methodology.

Cash and Cash Equivalents—Cash and cash equivalents include cash and overnight investments in interest-bearing demand deposits held at banks with maturities of three months or less.

Interest Income—Aggregate interest income from all sources, including assets held at Futures Commission Merchants (“FCM”), up to two percentage points of the aggregate percentage yield (annualized) is paid to the Managing Owner. All interest not paid to the Managing Owner is interest income to the Trust.

U.S. Treasury Securities—U.S. Treasury Securities are reported at fair value as Level 1 inputs under ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”). The Trust values U.S. Treasury Securities at fair value and records the daily change in value in the statements of operations as net unrealized gain/(loss) on U.S. Treasury securities. Accrued interest is reported on the consolidated statements of financial condition as interest receivable.

Custom Time Deposits— Custom time deposits are structured deposit agreements with U.S. Bank National Association that earn a guaranteed fixed interest rate between 2.17% and 3.75% , mature nine months from the deposit date and are subject to automatic six-month rollovers through October 2015. Custom time deposits were purchased on September 15, 2009, October 21, 2008 and October 30, 2008. Interest is paid monthly or at least every nine months. Unscheduled withdrawals will be subject to certain penalties and other costs of up to 1.0% of the amount deposited if withdrawn within the first nine months from the deposit date. The withdrawal fee is set at 0.225% for the period from nine months to one year subsequent to the deposit date and decreases by .05% increments for each year thereafter through the maturity date. In May 2011, July 2011, August 2011 and January 2012, the Trust redeemed approximately $25 million, $25 million, $50 million and $25 million, respectively, in custom time deposits held with U.S. Bank N.A which represented a full liquidation of the 2.17% investment tranche and an additional $25 million of the 3.17% tranche. Custom time deposits are allocated to each Series based on their percentage ownership in the pooled cash management assets as of the reporting date. The Trust values the custom time deposits at face value plus accrued interest as it is considered a deposit account under paragraph 7.50 of the Investment Company Audit Guide, and accordingly, this deposit is not subject to ASC 820.

Credit Default Swaps—The Trust invested in credit default swaps for the purpose of mitigating part of the risk of concentration of deposits with U.S. Bank National Association to other major financial institutions. See Note 4. Credit Default Swaps were reported at fair value based upon daily valuations provided by a third party pricing service. The Trust recorded the daily change in fair value in the consolidated statements of operations as net unrealized gain/(loss) on swap contracts. All Credit Default Swaps had expired as of March 31, 2012.

Receivable From Futures Commission Merchants—The Trust deposits assets with a FCM subject to CFTC regulations and various exchange and broker requirements. Margin requirements are satisfied by the deposit of cash with such FCM. The Trust earns interest income on its assets deposited with the FCM.

Investment Transactions—Futures, options on futures, forward and swap contracts are recorded on a trade date basis and realized gains or losses are recognized when contracts are settled. Unrealized gains or losses on open contracts (the difference between contract trade price and market price) are reported in the consolidated statements of financial condition as a net unrealized gain or loss, as there exists a right of offset of unrealized gains or losses in accordance with FASB ASC 210, Balance Sheet (“ASC 210”).

 

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Any change in net unrealized gain or loss from the preceding period is reported in the consolidated statements of operations. Fair value of exchange-traded contracts is based upon exchange settlement prices. Fair value of non-exchange-traded contracts is based on third party quoted dealer values on the interbank market. For U.S. Treasury securities, interest is recognized in the period earned and the instruments are marked-to-market daily based on third party information. Custom time deposits are valued at face value plus accrued interest and the interest income is recognized in the period earned. Transaction costs are recognized as incurred and reflected separately in the consolidated statements of operations.

Foreign currency transactions—The Series of the Trust’s functional currency is the U.S. dollar, however, they transact business in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars at the rates in effect at the date of the statements of financial condition. Income and expense items denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars at the rates in effect during the period. Gains and losses resulting from the translation to U.S. dollars are reported in income. The Series of the Trust do not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized or unrealized gain or loss from investments.

Allocation of Earnings—Each Series of the Trust maintains three or six classes of Units—Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Class 1a, Class 2a and Class 3a). All classes have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except that fees charged to a Class or Series differ as described below. Revenues, expenses (other than expenses attributable to a specific class), and realized and unrealized trading gains and losses of each Series are allocated daily to Class 1, Class 1a, Class 2, Class 2a, Class 3 and Class 3a Units based on each Class’ respective owners’ capital balances.

Payments by the Managing Owner—The Managing Owner may make discretionary payments to the Trust related to a variety of factors, including investment losses to reimburse the effect of a loss on a portfolio investment which has been caused by a situation outside the Trust’s, or it’s affiliates’, direct control. Such payments will be made on a discretionary basis and will be disclosed in the consolidated statement of operations as a net increase from payments by managing owner. These payments are in accordance with the Trust agreement on a discretionary basis as determined by the Managing Owner.

Investments and Swaps—The Trust records investment transactions on a trade date basis and all investments are recorded at fair value in its financial statements, with changes in fair value reported as a component of realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments in the consolidated statements of operations. Certain Series of the Trust strategically invest a portion or all of their assets in total return Swaps, selected at the discretion of the Managing Owner. Swaps are privately negotiated contracts designed to provide investment returns linked to those produced by one or more underlying investment products or indices. In a typical Swap, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on one or more particular predetermined investments or instruments. The gross returns to be exchanged or “swapped” between the parties are calculated with respect to a “notional amount” (i.e., the amount of value of the underlying asset used in computing the particular interest rate, return, or other amount to be exchanged) in a particular investment, or in a “basket” of securities. The valuation of swap contracts requires significant estimates corroborated by management and a third party pricing service. The third party pricing service utilizes a Black Scholes pricing model with input adjustments factoring in volatility and liquidity of the instruments. Swap contracts are reported utilizing Level 3 Inputs. The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Trust, with respect to the Series, Swap contracts are asset liquidity, debt valuation, credit risk, volatility, market risk, distributions, dividends, risk premiums, and other risk management tools. Significant increases (decreases) in any of those inputs in isolation would result in a significantly lower (higher) fair value measurement. All valuation processes are monitored by the valuation committee of the Managing Owner.

Income Taxes—The Trust applies the provisions of ASC 740 Income Taxes (“ASC 740”), which provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented and disclosed in the financial statements. This interpretation also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods and disclosure. ASC 740 requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Trust’s financial statements to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions with respect to tax at the Trust’s level not deemed to meet the “more-likely-than-not” threshold would be recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. The Managing Owner has concluded there is no tax expense, interest or penalties to be recorded by the Trust for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010. The 2008 through 2011 tax years generally remain subject to examination by U.S. federal and most state tax authorities.

In the opinion of the Managing Owner, (i) the Trust is treated as a partnership for Federal income tax purposes and, assuming that at least 90% of the gross income of the Trust constitutes “qualifying income” within the meaning of Section 7704(d) of the Code, the Trust is not a publicly traded partnership treated as a corporation, and (ii) the discussion set forth in the Prospectus under the heading “Federal Income Tax Consequences” correctly summarizes the material Federal income tax consequences as of the date of the Prospectus to potential U.S. Limited Owners of the purchase, ownership and disposition of Units of the Trust.

 

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Fees and Expenses—All management fees, incentive fees, service fees and trading fees of the Trust are paid to the Managing Owner. It is the responsibility of the Managing Owner to pay all Trading Advisor management and incentive fees, Selling Agent Service fees and all other operating expenses and continuing offering costs of the Trust.

Service Fees—The Trust maintains each Series of Units in three or six sub-classes—Class 1, Class 1a, Class 2, Class 2a, Class 3, and Class 3a. Investors who have purchased Class 1 or Class 1a Units of any Series are charged a service fee of up to three percent (3.0%) annually of the NAV of each Unit purchased, for the benefit of selling agents selling such Class 1 or Class 1a Units. The initial service fee, which is amortized monthly at an annual rate of up to three percent (3.0%) of the average daily NAV of Class 1 or Class 1a of such Series, is prepaid to the Managing Owner by each Series, and paid to the selling agents by the Managing Owner in the month following sale; provided, however, that investors who redeem all or a portion of their Class 1 or Class 1a Units of any Series during the first twelve (12) months following the effective date of their purchase are subject to a redemption fee of up to three percent (3.0%) of the NAV at which such investor redeemed to reimburse the Managing Owner for the then-unamortized balance of the prepaid initial service fee. With respect to Class 2 and Class 2a Units of any Series, the Managing Owner pays an ongoing service fee to Selling Agents of up to one half percent (0.5%) annually of the NAV of each Class 2 or Class 2a Unit (of which 0.25% will be charged to Limited Owners holding Class 2 Units of the Frontier Diversified Series, Frontier Dynamic Series and Frontier Masters Series or Class 2a Units of the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series) sold until such Class 2 or Class 2a Units which are subject to the fee limitation are reclassified as Class 3 or Class 3a Units of the applicable Series for administrative purposes. The Managing Owner may also pay Selling Agents certain additional fees and expenses for administrative and other services rendered and expenses incurred by such Selling Agents.

These service fees are part of the offering costs of the Trust, which include registration and filing fees, legal and blue sky expenses, accounting and audit, printing, marketing support and other offering costs which are born by the Managing Owner. With respect to the service fees, the initial service fee (for the first 12 months) relating to a purchase of Class 1 and Class 1a Units by an investor is prepaid by the Managing Owner to the relevant selling agent in the month following such purchase and is reimbursed for such payment by the Series monthly in arrears in an amount based upon a corresponding percentage of NAV, calculated daily. Consequently, the Managing Owner bears the risk of the downside and enjoys the benefit of the upside potential of any difference between the amount of the initial service fee prepaid by it and the amount of the reimbursement thereof, which may result from variations in NAV over the following 12 months.

Pending Owner Additions—Funds received for new subscriptions and for additions to existing owner interests are recorded as capital additions at the NAV per unit of the second business day following receipt.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements—In January 2010, FASB issued Accounting Standards update No. 2010-06 (“ASU 2010-06”) for improving disclosure about fair value measurements. ASU 2010-06 adds new disclosure requirements about transfers into and out of Levels 1 and 2 and separate disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the reconciliation for fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). It also clarifies existing disclosure requirements relating to the levels of disaggregation for fair value measurement and inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The amended guidance is effective for financial statements for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2009 except for 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. As this update is disclosure related, adoption of ASU 2010-06 on January 1, 2011 did not have a material impact on the Trust’s consolidated statements of financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04 which provides guidance pertaining to fair value measurement that included a common definition of fair value and information to assist reporting entities to measure and disclose fair value with regards to U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) convergence issues. This guidance became effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011, with early adoption prohibited. Adoption of ASU 2011-04 on January 1, 2012 did not have a material impact on the Series’ statements of financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements—In November of 2011, FASB issued new guidance that requires an entity to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of its financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position. This guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning on or after January, 1, 2013. An entity should provide the disclosures required by those amendments retrospectively for all comparative periods presented. Our effective date is January 1, 2013. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the financial positions or results of operations.

Subsequent Events—The Trust follows the provisions of ASC 855, Subsequent Events, which establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date and up through the date the financial statements are issued. Refer to Note 10.

 

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3. Fair Value Measurements

In connection with the valuation of investments the Trust applies ASC 820. ASC 820 provides clarification that when a quoted price in an active market for the identical asset or liability is not available, a reporting entity is required to measure fair value using certain techniques. ASC 820 also clarifies that when estimating the fair value of an asset or liability, a reporting entity is not required to include a separate input or adjustment to other inputs relating to the existence of a restriction that prevents the transfer of an asset or liability. ASC 820 also clarifies that both a quoted price in an active market for the identical asset or liability at the measurement date and the quoted price for the identical asset or liability when traded as an asset in an active market when no adjustments to the quoted price of the asset are required are Level 1 fair value measurements.

Level 1 Inputs

Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical financial assets that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2 Inputs

Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the financial asset or liabilities, either directly or indirectly. These might include quoted prices for similar financial assets in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar financial assets in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the financial asset or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by market data by correlation or other means.

Level 3 Inputs

Unobservable inputs for determining the fair value of financial assets that reflect an entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the financial asset.

The Trust uses the following methodologies to value instruments within its financial asset portfolio at fair value:

Trading Securities. These instruments include U.S. Treasury securities and open trade equity positions (futures contracts) that are actively traded on public markets with quoted pricing for corroboration. U.S. Treasury securities, futures contracts, and currency forwards are reported at fair value using Level 1 inputs. Trading securities instruments further include open trade equity positions (trading options) that are quoted prices for identical or similar assets that are not traded on active markets. Trading options are reported at fair value using Level 2 inputs.

Swap Contracts. Certain Series of the Trust strategically invest a portion or all of their assets in total return Swaps, selected at the direction of the Managing Owner. Each Series also owned a portion of the Credit Default Swaps (“CDS”) based upon ownership percentages of the cash management pool. Swaps are privately negotiated contracts designed to provide investment returns linked to those produced by one or more investment products or indices. In a typical Swap, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on one or more particular predetermined investments or instruments. The gross returns to be exchanged or “swapped” between the parties are calculated with respect to a “notional amount” (i.e., the amount of value of the underlying asset used in computing the particular interest rate, return, or other amount to be exchanged) in a particular investment, or in a “basket” of securities. The valuation of swap contracts requires significant estimates utilizing Level 3 Inputs corroborated by management through the use of a third party pricing service. The third party pricing service utilizes a Black Scholes pricing model with significant unobservable input adjustments. The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement include measurements of asset liquidity, debt valuation, credit risk, volatility, market risk, distributions, dividends, risk premiums, and other risk management tools. Significant increases (decreases) in any of those inputs in isolation could result in a significantly lower (higher) fair value measurement. All valuation processes are monitored by the valuation committee of the Managing Owner.

Investment in the Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC. Investment in Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC was valued based on the daily net asset value as reported by the managing member of the Berkeley Quantitative Colorado Fund LLC. The reported net asset value represented fair value based on observable data such as ongoing redemption and/or subscription activity, which was reported as a Level 2 input. This investment was liquidated on March 20, 2012.

 

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The following table summarizes the instruments that comprise the Trust’s financial asset portfolio, by Series, measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, segregated by the level of valuation inputs within the fair value hierarchy utilized to measure fair value:

 

March 31, 2012

   Level 1 Inputs     Level 2 Inputs     Level 3 Inputs      Total
Fair Value
 

Open Trade Equity (Deficit)

   $ 5,341,138      $ 9,729,576      $ —         $ 15,070,714   

Swap Contracts

     —          —          24,282,681         24,282,681   

U.S. Treasury Securities

     62,504,582        —          —           62,504,582   

Written Options

     —          (2,455,992     —           (2,455,992

December 31, 2011

   Level 1 Inputs     Level 2 Inputs     Level 3 Inputs      Total
Fair Value
 

Open Trade Equity (Deficit)

   $ (18,489,839   $ 11,933,138      $ —         $ (6,556,701

Swap Contracts

     —          —          24,211,688         24,211,688   

U.S. Treasury Securities

     78,760,003        —          —           78,760,003   

Written Options

     —          (3,336,325     —           (3,336,325

The changes in Level 3 assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized in the following tables. Swap contract asset gains and losses (realized/unrealized) included in earnings are classified in “realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments – net unrealized gain/(loss) on swap contracts” on the statements of operations.

 

     For The Three Months  
     Ended March 31, 2012  

Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of January 1, 2012

   $ 24,211,688   

Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized):

  

Included in earnings-realized

     (525,237

Included in earnings-unrealized

     596,230   

Purchases of investments

     —     

Sales of investments

     —     

Transfers in and/or out of Level 3

     —     
  

 

 

 

Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of March 31, 2012

   $ 24,282,681   
  

 

 

 

 

     For The Year Ended  
     December 31, 2011  

Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of January 1, 2011

   $ 104,877,949   

Total gains or losses (realized/unrealized):

  

Included in earnings-realized

     (9,630,838

Included in earnings-unrealized

     (11,724,468

Purchases of investments

     7,004,112   

Sales of investments

     (66,705,656

Transfers in and/or out of Level 3

     —     

Net increase in payments from Managing Owner

     390,589   
  

 

 

 

Balance of recurring Level 3 assets as of December 31, 2011

   $ 24,211,688   
  

 

 

 

The Trust assess the levels of the investments at each measurement date, and transfers between levels are recognized on the actual date of the event or change in circumstances that caused the transfer in accordance with the Trust’s accounting policy regarding the recognition of transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy. During the three month period ended March 31, 2012, the Trust transferred currency forwards from Level 1 assets to Level 2 assets.

 

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4. Swaps

In addition to authorizing Trading Advisors to manage pre-determined investment levels of futures and forward contracts, certain Series of the Trust will strategically invest a portion or all of their assets in total return swaps, selected at the direction of the Managing Owner. Total return Swaps are privately negotiated contracts designed to provide investment returns linked to those produced by one or more investment products or indices. In a typical total return Swap, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on one or more particular predetermined investments or instruments. The gross returns to be exchanged or “swapped” between the parties are calculated with respect to a “notional amount” (i.e., the amount or value of the underlying asset used in computing the particular interest rate, return, or other amount to be exchanged) in a particular investment, or in a “basket” of securities.

The Trust invests in Credit Default Swaps (“CDS”) with highly-rated counterparties as part of its portfolio. CDSs are over-the-counter investment instruments designed to mitigate counterparty risk and generally pay upon the happening of a credit default of a counterparty. The CDS were allocated to each Series based on their percentage ownership in the pooled cash management assets at U.S. Bank National Association as of the reporting date. All Credit Default Swaps had expired as of March 31, 2012.

The Trust’s investment in Swaps will likely differ substantially over time due to cash flows, portfolio management decisions and market movements. The Swaps serve to diversify the investment holdings of the Trust and to provide access to programs and advisors that would not be otherwise available to the Trust, and are not used for hedging purposes.

The Managing Owner follows a procedure in selecting well-established financial institutions which the Managing Owner, in its sole discretion, considers to be reputable, reliable, financially responsible and well established to act as swap counterparties. The procedure includes due diligence review of documentation on all new and existing financial institution counterparties prior to initiation of the relationship, and quarterly ongoing review during the relationship, to ensure that counterparties meet the Managing Owner’s minimum credit requirements, the counterparty average rating being no less than an investment grade rating as defined by the rating agencies. As of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, approximately 5.0% of the Trust’s assets were deposited with over-the-counter counterparties in order to initiate and maintain Swaps.

The Trust strategically invests assets in one or more swaps linked to certain underlying investments or indices at the direction of the Managing Owner. The Trading Company in which the assets of the Trust will be invested will not own any of the investments or indices referenced by any swap entered into by the Trust. In addition, neither the swap counterparty nor any advisor referenced by any such swap is a Trading Advisor to the Trust.

 

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The Trust has invested in the following Swaps as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2012:

 

     Credit Default Swap     Credit Default Swap     Option Basket      Option Basket  

Counterparty

     BNP Paribas        Societe Generale        Company A         Deutsche Bank   

Notional Amount

   $ 0      $ 0      $ 14,973,637       $ 23,551,287   

Termination Date

     3/20/2012        3/20/2012        11/6/2012         6/30/2016   

Investee Returns

     On Default        On Default        Total Returns         Total Returns   

Realized Gain/(Loss)

   $ (407,283   $ (117,954   $ —         $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unrealized Gain/(Loss)

   $ (215,874   $ 117,954      $ 1,026,705       $ (332,556
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fair Value as of 3/31/2012

   $ —        $ —        $ 18,733,465       $ 5,549,216   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Trust has invested in the following Swaps as of and for the year ended December 31, 2011:

 

     Credit Default Swap      Credit Default Swap     Option Basket     Option Basket  

Counterparty

     BNP Paribas         Societe Generale        Company A        Deutsche Bank   

Notional Amount

   $ 623,160       $ 0      $ 14,129,540      $ 23,551,287   

Termination Date

     3/20/2012         3/20/2012        11/6/2012        6/30/2016   

Investee Returns

     On Default         On Default        Total Returns        Total Returns   

Realized Gain/(Loss)

   $ —         $ —        $ 6,689,123      $ —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unrealized Gain/(Loss)

   $ 213,160       $ (120,458   $ (18,838,844   $ (368,228
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair Value as of 12/31/2011

   $ 623,159       $ —        $ 17,706,757      $ 5,881,772   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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5. Transactions with Affiliates

The Managing Owner contributes funds to the Trust in order to have a 1% interest in the aggregate capital, profits and losses and in return will receive units designated as general units in the Series of the Trust in which the Managing Owner invests such funds. The general units may only be purchased by the Managing Owner and may be subject to no advisory fees or management advisory fees at reduced rates. Otherwise, the general units hold the same rights as the limited units. The Managing Owner is required to maintain at least a 1% interest (“Minimum Purchase Commitment”) in the aggregate capital, profits and losses of the Trust so long as it is acting as the Managing Owner of the Trust. Such contribution was made by the Managing Owner before trading commenced for the Trust and will be maintained throughout the existence of the Trust, and the Managing Owner will make such purchases as are necessary to effect this requirement. Additionally, the Managing Owner agreed with certain regulatory bodies to maintain a 1% interest specifically in the Balanced Series Class 1 a Units and Balanced Series Class 2a Units, aggregated, and each of the Long Only Commodity Series, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series, Managed Futures Index Series, Frontier Diversified Series, Frontier Dynamic Series and Frontier Masters Series. The 1% interest in these specific Series of the Trust is included in computing the Minimum Purchase Commitment in aggregate capital. In addition to the general units the Managing Owner receives in respect of its Minimum Purchase Commitment, the Managing Owner may purchase limited units in any Series as a Limited Owner. Principals of the Managing Owner or affiliates are allowed to own beneficial interests in the Trust, as well. All units purchased by the Managing Owner are held for investment purposes only and not for resale. The Managing Owner may make purchases or redemptions at any time on the same terms as any Limited Owner. The Trust has and will continue to have certain relationships with the Managing Owner and its affiliates.

Expenses

Management Fees—Each Series of the Trust pays to the Managing Owner a monthly management fee equal to a certain percentage of such Series’ assets attributable to such Series (including notional assets), calculated on a daily basis. The annual rate of the management fee is 0.5% for the Balanced Series, 2.0% for the Winton Series, Currency Series, Long Only Commodity Series, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series Class 1 a and Class 2a, Managed Futures Index Series, Frontier Diversified Series, Frontier Dynamic Series and Frontier Masters Series, 2.5% for the Winton/Graham Series and Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series, and 3.5% for the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series Class 1 and Class 2. The Managing Owner may pay all or a portion of such management fees to the Trading Advisor(s) for such Series.

Trading Fees—In connection with each Series’ trading activities of the Trust, the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series (Classes 1, 2 and 3), Balanced Series, Currency Series, Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series, Long/Only Commodity Series, Managed Futures Index Series, Winton Series and Winton/Graham Series pays to the Managing Owner a trading fee, or FCM Fee, up to 0.75% of such Series’ NAV, calculated daily. The Frontier Diversified Series, Frontier Dynamic Series, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series (Classes 1a and 2a) and Frontier Masters Series pays to the Managing Owner a trading fee, or FCM Fee, up to 2.25% and a custodial/due diligence fee of 0.12% of such Series’ NAV, calculated daily.

Incentive Fees—Some Series of the Trust pay to the Managing Owner an incentive fee of a certain percentage of new net trading profits generated by such Series, monthly or quarterly. Because the Balanced Series, Winton/Graham Series, Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series, Currency Series and Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series may each employ multiple Trading Advisors, these Series will pay the Managing Owner a monthly incentive fee calculated on a Trading Advisor by Trading Advisor basis. It is therefore possible that in any given period the Balanced Series or the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series may pay incentive fees to the Managing Owner for one or more Trading Advisors while each of these Series as a whole experiences losses. The incentive fee is 25% for the Balanced Series and the Frontier Diversified Series and 20% for the Winton Series, Currency Series, Winton/Graham Series, Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series, Frontier Dynamic Series and Frontier Masters Series. There is no incentive fee for the Long Only Commodity Series or the Managed Futures Index Series. The Managing Owner may pay all or a portion of such incentive fees to the Trading Advisor(s) for such Series.

Service Fees—In addition, with respect to Class 1 and Class 1a Units of each Series of the Trust, as applicable, the Series pays monthly or quarterly to the Managing Owner a service fee at an annualized rate, as described in more detail above, which the Managing Owner pays to selling agents of the Trust.

With respect to the service fees, the initial service fee (for the first 12 months) relating to a purchase of Units by an investor is prepaid by the Managing Owner to the relevant selling agent in the month following such purchase and is reimbursed therefore by the Series monthly in arrears in an amount based upon a corresponding percentage of NAV, calculated daily. Consequently, the Managing Owner bears the risk and enjoys the benefit of the upside potential of any difference between the amount of the initial service fee prepaid by it and the amount of the reimbursement thereof, which may result from variations in NAV over the following 12 months. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, amounts received or receivable from the Managing Owner for the difference in monthly service fees from the prepaid initial service fees were $6,707. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, amounts paid or owing the Managing Owner for the difference in monthly service fees from prepaid initial service fees were $16,893.

 

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For the year ended December 31, 2011, amounts received or receivable from the Managing Owner for the difference in monthly service fees from the prepaid initial service fees were $2,910. For the year ended December 31, 2011, amounts paid or owed to the Managing Owner for the difference in monthly service fees from prepaid initial service fees were $108,041.

Aggregate interest income from all sources, including assets held at clearing brokers, up to 2% (annualized) is paid to the Managing Owner by the Balanced Series (Class 1 and Class 2 only), Winton Series, Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series, Currency Series and Winton/Graham Series. For the Frontier Diversified Series, Frontier Dynamic Series, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series, Frontier Masters Series, Balanced Series (Class 1a and Class 2a only), Long Only Commodity Series and Managed Futures Index Series 20% of the total interest allocated to each Series is paid to the Managing Owner. During the three months ended March 31, 2012, and 2011 the Trust paid $2,014,194 and $2,663,321, respectively, of such interest income to the Managing Owner. Such expenses are not included in the statements of operations of the Series.

The Managing Owner pays to The Bornhoft Group Corporation, an affiliate of the Trust, a monthly fee of 0.25% (annualized) of the NAV of the Trust, for services in connection with the daily valuation of each Series and Class. The amount paid under this agreement was $388,634 and $561,139, respectively for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011.

Solon Capital, LLC, an affiliate of the Trust, provides product development and marketing services. For these services, the Managing Owner paid Solon Capital, LLC, $699,541 and $1,010,051, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011.

Bornhoft Group Securities Corporation, a subsidiary of the Managing Owner, serves as wholesaler of the Trust by marketing to broker/dealer organizations. Its results are consolidated with the Managing Owner.

6. Financial Highlights

The following information presents the financial highlights of the Trust for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011. This data has been derived from the information presented in the financial statements.

 

     2012     2011  

Ratios to average net assets

    

Net investment income (loss) (1)

     -4.43     -1.99

Expenses before incentive fees (1)

     -5.25     -5.00

Expenses after incentive fees (1)

     -5.44     -8.68

Total return before incentive fees

     -2.80     3.88

Total return after incentive fees

     -2.84     2.97

 

(1) Annualized

The Trust financial highlights are calculated based upon the Trust’s financial statements. The consolidated Trust does not issue units and therefore the financial highlights do not disclose any unitized data.

 

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7. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

The Trust’s primary business is to engage in speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of futures, forwards (including interbank foreign currencies), options contracts and other derivative instruments (including swap contracts). The Trust does not enter into or hold positions for hedging purposes as defined under ASC 815. The detail of the fair value of the Trust’s derivatives by instrument types as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 is included in the Consolidated Condensed Schedules of Investments. See Note 4 for further disclosure related to the Trust’s positions in swap contracts.

For the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, the monthly average of futures contracts bought was approximately 33,950 and 35,875, respectively and sold was approximately 32,250 and 27,425, respectively. The following tables summarize the trading revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 by contract:

Realized Trading Revenue from Futures, Forwards and Options

for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 (1)

 

Type of contract

  

Metals

   $ (16,504,940

Currencies

     (7,495,517

Energies

     (3,836,856

Agriculturals

     (6,060,371

Interest rates

     (10,963,963

Stock indices

     15,127,571   
  

 

 

 

Realized trading income/(loss)(1)

   $ (29,734,078
  

 

 

 

Net Change in Open Trade Equity from Futures, Forwards and Options

for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 (2)

 

Type of contract

  

Metals

   $ 2,739,341   

Currencies

     13,172,537   

Energies

     4,714,516   

Agriculturals

     1,463,850   

Interest rates

     (914,391

Stock indices

     351,817   
  

 

 

 

Change in unrealized trading income/(loss)(2)

   $ 21,527,670   
  

 

 

 

 

(1) In the Consolidated Statement of Operations under net realized gain/(loss) on futures, forwards and options
(2) In the Consolidated Statement of Operations under net change in open trade equity (deficit), at fair value.

 

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Realized Trading Revenue from Futures, Forwards and Options

for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 (1)

 

Type of contract

  

Metals

   $ (4,598,506

Currencies

     (15,079,624

Energies

     (1,680,638

Agriculturals

     (5,798,444

Interest rates

     6,598,460   

Stock indices

     (887,950
  

 

 

 

Realized trading income/(loss)(1)

   $ (21,446,702
  

 

 

 

Net Change in Open Trade Equity from Futures, Forwards and Options

for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 (2)

 

Type of contract

  

Metals

   $ 4,953,760   

Currencies

     61,292,532   

Energies

     (1,437,794

Agriculturals

     3,195,384   

Interest rates

     916,874   

Stock indices

     464,240   
  

 

 

 

Change in unrealized trading income/(loss)(2)

   $ 69,384,996   
  

 

 

 

 

(1) In the Consolidate Statement of Operations under net realized gain/(loss) on futures, forwards and options
(2) In the Consolidate Statement of Operations under net change in open trade equity (deficit), at fair value.

8. Trading Activities and Related Risks

The purchase and sale of futures and options on futures contracts require margin deposits with Futures Commission Merchants (each, an “FCM”). Additional deposits may be necessary for any loss on contract value. The Commodity Exchange Act requires an FCM to segregate all customer transactions and assets from the FCM’s proprietary activities. A customer’s cash and other property (for example, U.S. Treasury bills) deposited with an FCM are considered commingled with all other customer funds subject to the FCM’s segregation requirements. In the event of an FCM’s insolvency, recovery may be limited to a pro rata share of segregated funds available. It is possible that the recovered amount could be less than the total of cash and other property deposited.

The term “off-balance sheet risk” refers to an unrecorded potential liability that, even though it does not appear on the statements of financial condition, may result in future obligation or loss in excess of the amount paid by the Series for a particular investment. Each Trading Company expects to trade in futures, options, forward and swap contracts and will therefore be a party to financial instruments with elements of off-balance sheet market and credit risk. In entering into these contracts, there exists a 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 futures positions held by a Trading Company in respect of any Series at the same time, and if the Trading Advisor(s) of such Trading Company are unable to offset such futures interests positions, such Trading

 

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Company could lose all of its assets and the holders of Units of such Series would realize a 100% loss. The Managing Owner will seek to minimize market risk through real-time monitoring of open positions and the level of diversification of each Trading Advisor’s portfolio. It is anticipated that any Trading Advisor’s margin-to-equity ratio will typically not exceed approximately 35% although the actual ratio could be higher or lower from time to time.

In addition to market risk, trading futures, forward and swap contracts entails credit risk in that a counterparty will not be able to meet its obligations to a Trading Company. The counterparty for futures contracts traded in the United States and on most foreign exchanges is the clearinghouse associated with such exchange. In general, clearinghouses are backed by the corporate members of the clearinghouse who are required to share any financial burden resulting from the non-performance by one of their members and, as such, should significantly reduce this credit risk. In cases where the clearinghouse is not backed by the clearing members, like some foreign exchanges, it is normally backed by a consortium of banks or other financial institutions. Some non-U.S. exchanges, in contrast to U.S. exchanges, are principals’ markets in which performance is the responsibility only of the individual counterparty with whom the Trading Company has entered into the transaction, and not of the exchange or clearing corporation. In these kinds of markets, there is risk of bankruptcy or other failure or refusal to perform by the counterparty.

In the case of forward contracts traded on the interbank market and swaps, neither is traded on exchanges. The counterparty is generally a single bank or other financial institution, rather than a group of financial institutions; thus there may be a greater counterparty credit risk. The Managing Owner expects the Trading Advisors to trade only with those counterparties which it believes to be creditworthy. All positions of each Trading Company will be valued each day on a mark-to-market basis. There can be no assurance that any clearing member, clearinghouse or other counterparty will be able to meet its obligations to any Trading Company.

The Managing Owner has established procedures to actively monitor and minimize market and credit risks. The Limited Owners bear the risk of loss only to the extent of the market value of their respective investments and, in certain specific circumstances, distributions and redemptions received.

9. Indemnifications

The Trust has entered into agreements which provide for the indemnification of futures clearing brokers and commodity trading advisers, among others, against losses, costs, claims and liabilities arising from the performance of their individual obligations under such agreements, except for gross negligence or bad faith. The Trust has had no prior claims or payments pursuant to these agreements. The Trust’s individual maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience the Trust expects the risk of loss to be remote.

10. Subsequent Events

None.

 

Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Introduction

The following discussion and tables should be read in conjunction with our unaudited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in this quarterly report and our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Overview

The Frontier Fund (the “Trust”), is a Delaware statutory trust formed on August 8, 2003. The Trust is a multi-advisor commodity pool, as described in CFTC Regulation § 4.10(d)(2). The Trust is authorized to issue multiple series (“Series”) of Units (the “Units”), pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Act. The assets of each Series are held and accounted for in separate and distinct records separately from the assets of other Series. The Trust is managed by Equinox Fund Management LLC (the “Managing Owner”), and its term will expire on December 31, 2053 (unless terminated earlier in certain circumstances).

The Trust, with respect to each Series of Units, engages in the speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of futures, forward (including interbank foreign currencies) and options contracts and other derivative instruments (including Swaps) and may, from time to time, engage in cash and spot transactions and allocates funds to an affiliated limited liability trading company (each a “Trading Company”). Each Trading Company has one-year renewable contracts with its own independent Trading Advisor(s) that will manage all or a portion of the applicable Trading Company’s assets, and make the trading decisions for the assets of each Series vested in such Trading Company (other than the Frontier Dynamic Series and the Long Only Commodity Series which allocate assets only to

 

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Swaps). The assets of each Trading Company will be segregated from the assets of each other Trading Company. The Trust has an investment objective of increasing the value of the Units over the long term (capital appreciation), while controlling risk and volatility; further, to offer exposure to the investment programs of individual Trading Advisors and to specific instruments (currencies).

As of March 31, 2012, the Trust had eight separate Series of Units issued and outstanding: the Frontier Diversified Series, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series, Frontier Masters Series, Balanced Series, Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series, Currency Series, Winton Series and Winton/Graham Series. Each Series of Units has between three and six separate classes issued and/or outstanding—Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Class 1a, Class 2a, and Class 3a.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The financial statements of the Trust in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have not been audited by an independent registered public accounting firm, but in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the Trust’s financial position and results of operations. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). These interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X and serve to update the Trust’s 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K (“Form 10-K”). These financial statements do not include all of the information and notes necessary to constitute a complete set of financial statements under GAAP applicable to annual periods. Accordingly, they should be read in conjunction with the financial information contained in the Form 10-K. In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The results of operations for the interim periods disclosed herein are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the full year or any future period.

The Trust’s other significant accounting policies are described in detail in Note 2 of the financial statements.

Investment Transactions and Valuation

The Managing Owner has evaluated the nature and type of transactions processed and estimates that it makes in preparing the Trust’s financial statements and related disclosures and has adopted Accounting Standard Codification ( “ASC”) 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure, and implemented the framework for measuring fair value for assets and liabilities.

The Trust utilizes valuation techniques that are consistent with the market approach per the requirement of ASC 820 for the valuation of futures (exchange traded) contracts, forward (non-exchange traded) contracts, option contracts, swap contracts and other non-cash assets. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities. The Trust applies the valuation techniques in a consistent manner for each asset or liability. The Trust records all investments at fair value in its Statements of Financial Condition, with changes in fair value reported as a component of net gain/(loss) on investments in the Statements of Operations.

Inputs to valuation techniques refer to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the assets or liabilities. Inputs may be observable, meaning those that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the financial asset or liability based on market data obtained from independent sources, or unobservable, meaning those that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the financial asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances.

In addition, the Trust monitors counterparty credit risk and incorporates any identified risk factors when assigning input levels to underlying financial assets or liabilities. In that regard ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy for valuation inputs that gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical financial assets and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. A full disclosure of the fair value hierarchy is presented in Note 3 of the financial statements—Fair Value Measurements.

Selection and Replacement of Trading Advisors

The managing owner is responsible for the selection, retention and termination of the trading advisors and swap reference trading programs on behalf of each series. The actual allocation among trading advisors for each series will vary based upon the relative trading performance of the trading advisors and/or reference programs, and the managing owner may otherwise vary such percentages from time to time in its sole discretion. The managing owner will adjust its allocations and rebalance the portfolio of any series among trading advisors to maintain weightings that it believes will most likely achieve capital growth within the investment guidelines of the relevant series.

The managing owner utilizes certain quantitative and qualitative analysis in connection with the identification, evaluation and selection of the trading advisors. The managing owner’s proprietary and commercial analytical software programs and comprehensive trading advisor database provide the quantitative basis for the trading advisor selection, portfolio implementation process, and ongoing risk management, monitoring, and review.

In 1983, Richard Bornhoft, the Chief Investment Officer of the managing owner, began compiling its proprietary database of the leading United States and internationally based alternative investment programs. Trading advisors are monitored and performance data is entered on a daily, monthly, quarterly or bi-annual basis according to internal ranking systems.

The managing owner’s research department is continually refining ways to assimilate vast amounts of trading advisor performance data and due-diligence information. The proprietary and commercial database of alternative investment programs is always increasing. Research team members regularly interact with trading advisors throughout the due diligence and monitoring process. Only those programs that have met strict quantitative and qualitative review are considered as potential managers of client assets. Following is a summary of the quantitative and qualitative analysis:

Quantitative Analysis

The managing owner’s analytical software system applies a variety of statistical measures towards the evaluation of current and historical advisor performance data. Statistical measures include but are not limited to: (1) risk/reward analysis, (2) time window analysis, (3) risk analysis, (4) correlation analysis, (5) statistical overlays and (6) performance cycle analysis.

Qualitative Analysis

Although quantitative analysis statistically identifies the top performing trading advisors, qualitative analysis plays a major role in the trading advisor evaluation and final selection process. Each trading advisor in the managing owner’s top decile universe initially undergoes extensive qualitative review by the managing owner’s research department, as well as continual monitoring. This analysis generally includes, but is not limited to: (1) preliminary information and due diligence, (2) background review, (3) onsite due diligence, (4) extensive due diligence questionnaires and (5) written review and periodic updates. This information allows a thorough review of each trading advisor’s trading philosophy, trading systems and corporate structure.

Multi-Manager Approach

A multi-manager approach to portfolio management provides diversification of trading advisors and access to broader global markets. Multiple trading advisors can provide diversification across trading methodologies, trading time horizons, and markets traded. Additionally, multi-manager portfolios tend to provide a greater level of professional management with ongoing risk management and review. The result can be more consistent returns with lower volatility.

The trading system of each of the major commodity trading advisors used by the Trading Companies is as follows:

 

Major Commodity Trading Advisor

  

Trading System Style

Beach Horizon LLP

   Discretionary/Systematic

Cantab Capital Partners LLP

   Discretionary/Systematic

Global Advisors (Jersey) Limited

   Discretionary/Systematic

Graham Capital Management, L.P.

   Discretionary/Systematic

Mesirow Financial Commodities Management, LLC

   Discretionary/Systematic

Quantitative Investment Management, LLC

   Discretionary/Systematic

QuantMetrics Capital Management LLP

   Discretionary/Systematic

Red Oak Commodity Advisors, Inc.

   Discretionary/Systematic

Rosetta Capital Management, LLC

   Discretionary/Systematic

Skyline Management, Inc.

   Discretionary/Systematic

Tiverton Trading

   Discretionary/Systematic

Transtrend B.V.

   Discretionary/Systematic

Winton Capital Management Ltd.

   Discretionary/Systematic

As of March 31, 2012, the allocation of the assets of each applicable Series of the Trust between the Trading Advisors was as follows:

 

    Allocation as of March 31, 2012
(expressed as a percentage of aggregate notional exposure to commodity trading programs)
 

Advisor

  Frontier
Diversified
Series
    Frontier
Long/Short
Commodity
Series
    Frontier
Masters
Series
    Balanced
Series
    Tiverton/
Graham/
Transtrend
Series*
    Winton
Series
    Winton/
Graham
Series
 

Beach Horizon LLP

    5     14            4                     

Cantab Capital Partners LLP

    11 %            24     10                     

Global Advisors (Jersey) Limited

           15                                   

Graham Capital Management, L.P.

    4 %                          41            59 %

Mesirow Financial Commodities Management, LLC

           13                                   

Quantitative Investment Management, LLC

    14 %                   17                     

QuantMetrics Capital Management LLP

    5 %                                          

Red Oak Commodity Advisors, Inc.

           14                                   

Rosetta Capital Management, LLC

           9                                   

Skyline Management, Inc.

           9                                   

Tiverton Trading

    18 %            21     17     40              

Transtrend B.V.

                  32            18              

Winton Capital Management Ltd.

    13 %            22     13            100     41 %

 

* As of February 29, 2012, Berkeley Quantitative L.P. no longer provides trading advisory services to The Frontier Fund or any trading company managed by the Managing Owner of The Frontier Fund, and as of March 1, 2012 the Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series of The Frontier Fund was renamed Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Trust will raise additional capital only through the sale of Units offered pursuant to the continuing offering, and does not intend to raise any capital through borrowing. Due to the nature of the Trust’s business, it makes no capital expenditures and has no capital assets that are not operating capital or assets.

The Managing Owner is responsible for the payment of all of the ordinary expenses associated with the organization of the Trust and the offering of each Series of Units, except for the initial and ongoing service fee, if any, and no Series will be required to reimburse these expenses. As a result, 100% of each Series’ offering proceeds are initially available for that Series’ trading activities.

A portion of each Trading Company’s assets is used as margin to maintain that Trading Company’s forward currency contract positions, and another portion is deposited in cash in segregated accounts in the name of each Trading Company maintained for each Trading Company at the clearing brokers in accordance with CFTC segregation requirements. At March 31, 2012, cash deposited at the clearing brokers was $93,698,529 for the Balanced Series, $21,873,657 for the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series and $5,928,797 for the Frontier Masters Series. At December 31, 2011, cash deposited at the clearing brokers was $74,736,294 for the

 

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Balanced Series, $47,822,021 for the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series and $5,107,749 for the Frontier Masters Series. The clearing brokers are expected to credit each Trading Company with approximately 80%-100% of the interest earned on its average net assets on deposit with the clearing brokers each month. Currently, with the Federal Funds target rate at 0.00% to 0.25%, this amount is estimated to be 0.00%. In an attempt to increase interest income earned, the Managing Owner also may invest the non-margin assets in U.S. government securities which include any security issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the U.S., or by a person controlled by or supervised by and acting as an instrumentality of the government of the U.S. pursuant to authority granted by Congress or any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing, including U.S. treasury bonds, U.S. treasury bills and issues of agencies of the U.S. government, and certain cash items such as money market funds, certificates of deposit (under nine months) and time deposits. Aggregate interest income from all sources, including assets held at clearing brokers, up to 2% (annualized) is paid to the Managing Owner by the Balanced Series (Class 1 and Class 2 only), Winton Series, Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series, Currency Series, and Winton/Graham Series. For the Balanced Series (Class 1a and Class 2a only), Long Only Commodity Series, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series and Managed Futures Index Series, 20% of the total interest allocated to each Series is paid to the Managing Owner.

Approximately 10% to 30% of the Trust’s assets are expected to be committed as required margin for futures contracts and forwards and options trading and held by the respective broker, although the amount committed may vary significantly. Such assets are maintained in the form of cash or U.S. treasury bills in segregated accounts with the futures broker pursuant to the Commodity Exchange Act and regulations there under. Approximately 2% to 6% of the Trust’s assets are expected to be deposited with over-the-counter counterparties in order to initiate and maintain forward and swap contracts. Such assets are not held in segregation or otherwise regulated under the Commodity Exchange Act, unless such over-the-counter counterparty is registered as a futures commission merchant. These assets are held in either U.S. government securities or short-term time deposits with U.S.-regulated bank affiliates of the over-the-counter counterparties. The remaining approximately 74% to 88% of the Trust’s assets will normally be invested in cash equivalents and short-term investments, such as money market funds and time deposits and held by the clearing broker, the over-the-counter counterparties and by U.S. federally chartered banks. As of March 31, 2012, total cash and cash equivalents and custom time deposits held at banking institutions were $69,484,114 for the Frontier Diversified Series, $34,362,163 for the Frontier Masters Series, $43,663,059 for the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series, $114,224,193 for the Balanced Series, $23,200,366 for the Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series, $1,289,669 for the Currency Series, $36,237,920, for the Winton Series, and $16,015,788 for the Winton/Graham Series. As of December 31, 2011, total cash and cash equivalents and custom time deposits held at banking institutions were $80,295,258 for the Frontier Diversified Series, $35,135,275 for the Frontier Masters Series, $46,107,395 for the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series, $142,443,180 for the Balanced Series, $21,128,515 for the Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series, $1,668,188 for the Currency Series, $37,632,902, for the Winton Series, and $18,623,389 for the Winton/Graham Series.

During the first quarter of 2012 and 2011, the Trust experienced redemptions in excess of subscriptions due primarily to seven of the eleven Series being closed to new investments and to the termination of a selling agent relationship. The Managing Owner does not expect any impact on the investment mix of any Series due to the high level of liquidity maintained in the Trust.

As a commodity pool, the Trust has large cash positions. Such cash positions are used to pay margin for the trading of futures, forwards and options, and also to pay redemptions. Generally, the Trust has not been forced to liquidate positions to fund redemptions. During the period ending March 31, 2012, the Trust was able to pay all redemptions.

There are no other known trends or demands, commitments, events or uncertainties that will result in or that are reasonably likely to result in the Trust’s liquidity increasing or decreasing in any material way. There are no known material trends, favorable or unfavorable in the Trust’s capital resources.

Off-Balance Sheet Risk

The term “off-balance sheet risk” refers to an unrecorded potential liability that, even though it does not appear on the balance sheet, may result in future obligation or loss. Each Trading Company trades in futures, forward and swap contracts and is therefore a party to financial instruments with elements of off-balance sheet market and credit risk. In entering into these contracts there exists a 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 futures interests positions held by a Trading Company in respect of any Series at the same time, and if the Trading Advisor(s) of such Trading Company are unable to offset such futures interests positions, such Trading Company could lose all of its assets and the holders of Units of such Series would realize a 100% loss. The Managing Owner seeks to minimize market risk through real-time monitoring of open positions and the level of diversification of each Trading Advisor’s portfolio. It is anticipated that any Trading Advisor’s margin-to-equity ratio will typically not exceed approximately 35% although the actual ratio could be higher or lower from time to time.

In addition to market risk, trading futures, forward and swap contracts entails credit risk which is the risk that a counterparty will not be able to meet its obligations to a Trading Company. The counterparty for futures contracts traded in the U.S. and on most foreign exchanges is the clearinghouse associated with such exchange. In general, clearinghouses are backed by the corporate members of the clearinghouse who are required to share any financial burden resulting from the non-performance by one of their members and, as such, should significantly reduce this credit risk. In cases where the clearinghouse is not backed by the clearing members, like some foreign exchanges, it is normally backed by a consortium of banks or other financial institutions. Some non-U.S. exchanges, in contrast to U.S. exchanges are principals’ markets in which performance is the responsibility only of the individual counterparty with whom the Trading Company has entered into the transaction with and not of the exchange or clearing corporation. In these kinds of markets, there is risk of bankruptcy or other failure or refusal to perform by the counterparty.

 

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In the case of forward contracts traded on the interbank market and swaps, neither is traded on an exchange. The counterparty is generally a single bank or other financial institution, rather than a group of financial institutions; thus, there may be a greater counterparty credit risk. The Managing Owner expects the Trading Advisors to trade only with those counterparties which it believes to be creditworthy. All positions of each Trading Company are valued each day on a mark-to-market basis. There can be no assurance that any clearing member, clearinghouse or other counterparty will be able to meet its obligations to any Trading Company.

The Trust has entered into agreements, which provide for the indemnification of futures clearing brokers, currency trading companies, and commodity trading advisers, among others, against losses, costs, claims and liabilities arising from the performance of their individual obligations under such agreements, except for gross negligence or bad faith. The Trust has had no prior claims or payments pursuant to these agreements. The Trust’s individual maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience the Trust expects the risk of loss to be remote.

Disclosure of Contractual Obligations

The business of the Trust is the speculative trading of commodity interests. The majority of the Trust’s futures and forward positions, which may be categorized as “purchase obligations” under Item 303 of Regulation S-K, are short-term. That is, they are held for less than one year. Because the Trust does not enter into other long-term debt obligations, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or other long-term liabilities that would otherwise be reflected on the Trust’s Statement of Financial Condition, a table of contractual obligations has not been presented.

Results of Operations

Series Returns and Other Information

The returns for each Series and Class of Units for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2011, and related information, are discussed below. The activities of the Trust on a consolidated basis are explained through the activity of the underlying Series. Please refer to the discussion of the Series activities in relation to the Trust on a consolidated basis.

Each Series had exposure to commodity interest positions within one or more sectors during fiscal 2012 and 2011. The performance of each Series was impacted over the course of the periods by, among other things, the relative performance of the relevant sector or sectors and the commodities within those sectors, the changing allocations among, and the specific positions taken by the Series’ Trading Advisors in, the relevant sector(s) and commodities, and the timing of entries and exits. For certain of the Series, a sector attribution chart has been included at the end of the relevant discussion. Each chart depicts the performance of the relevant Series’ positions within each of the relevant sectors (determined by the Managing Owner using monthly gross return and NAV figures, with various adjustments to net out a proportional allocation of the fees and expenses chargeable to the Series) during the periods presented.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2011.

Frontier Diversified Series

2012

The Frontier Diversified Series – Class 1 NAV lost 4.20% for the three months ended March 31, 2012, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Diversified Series – Class 2 NAV lost 3.77% for the three months ended March 31, 2012, net of fees and expenses.

For the three months ended March 31, 2012 the Frontier Diversified Series recorded a net loss on investments of $4,245,182, net investment income of $597,279, and total expenses of $1,687,425, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $5,335,328. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, decreased from $99.40 at December 31, 2011, to $95.23 as of March 31, 2012. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $103.96 at December 31, 2011, to $100.04 as of March 31, 2012. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $1,875,533 and $3,220,386, respectively. Total Class 2 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $2,116,760 and $3,659,737, respectively. Ending capital at March 31, 2012, was $68,071,953 for Class 1 and $57,678,493 for Class 2. Ending capital at December 31, 2011, was $72,424,906 for Class 1 and $61,548,698 for Class 2.

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Two of the six sectors traded in the Frontier Diversified Series were profitable in 1Q 2012. Energies and Stock Indices were profitable while Metals, Currencies, Agriculturals and Interest Rates finished negative for the quarter.

In terms of major CTA performance, three of the seven major CTAs in the Frontier Diversified Series were profitable in 1Q 2012. Cantab, Graham and Transtrend were profitable while QIM, Quantmetrics, Tiverton and Winton finished negative for the quarter.

2011

The Frontier Diversified Series – Class 1 NAV gained 2.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Diversified Series – Class 2 NAV gained 3.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses.

For the three months ended March 31, 2011 the Frontier Diversified Series recorded a net gain on investments of $7,998,695, net investment income of $590,028, and total expenses of $3,696,108, resulting in a net increase in Owners’ capital from operations of $4,892,615. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, increased from $103.58 at December 31, 2010, to $106.56 as of March 31, 2011. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, increased from $106.46 at December 31, 2010, to $110.00 as of March 31, 2011. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $9,103,565 and $2,006,558, respectively. Total Class 2 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $6,292,033 and $4,136,293, respectively. Ending capital at March 31, 2011, was $99,690,762 for Class 1 and $73,950,572 for Class 2. Ending capital at December 31, 2010, was $90,022,131 for Class 1 and $69,473,841 for Class 2.

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Four of the six sectors traded in the Frontier Diversified Series were profitable in the first quarter, with Agriculturals and Energies being the most profitable sectors. Metals and Stock Indices were also profitable. Currencies and Interest Rates were the least profitable sectors during the quarter, contributing negative performance to the fund.

In terms of major CTA performance, three of the seven major CTAs in the Frontier Diversified Series were profitable during the first quarter. Cantab, QIM and Winton provided positive performance. Graham, Quantmetrics, Tiverton and Transtrend provided negative performance during the quarter.

Frontier Masters Series

2012

The Frontier Masters Series – Class 1 NAV gained 0.70% for the three months ended March 31, 2012, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Masters Series – Class 2 NAV gained 1.14% for the three months ended March 31, 2012, net of fees and expenses.

For the three months ended March 31, 2012 the Frontier Masters Series recorded a net gain on investments of $1,005,015, net investment income of $267,859, and total expenses of $857,507, resulting in a net increase in Owners’ capital from operations of $444,846 after non-controlling interests of $29,479. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, increased from $100.25 at December 31, 2011, to $100.95 as of March 31, 2012. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, increased from $104.83 at December 31, 2011, to $106.02 as of March 31, 2012. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $1,805,536 and $1,105,134, respectively. Total Class 2 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $214,000 and $851,161, respectively. Ending capital at March 31, 2012, was $35,022,932 for Class 1 and $18,310,152 for Class 2. Ending capital at December 31, 2011, was $34,090,136 for Class 1 and $18,734,861 for Class 2.

The Frontier Masters Series may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors.

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Two of the six sectors traded in the Frontier Masters Series were profitable in 1Q 2012. Energies and Stock Indices were positive while Metals, Currencies, Agriculturals and Interest Rates were negative for the quarter.

In terms of major CTA performance, two of the four major CTAs in the Frontier Masters Series were profitable during the quarter. Cantab and Transtrend were positive while Winton and Tiverton finished negative for the quarter.

2011

The Frontier Masters Series – Class 1 NAV gained 0.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Masters Series – Class 2 NAV gained 0.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses.

For the three months ended March 31, 2011 the Frontier Masters Series recorded a net gain on investments of $1,799,713, net investment income of $170,966, and total expenses of $1,800,093, resulting in a net increase in Owners’ capital from operations of $178,234 after non-controlling interests of $7,648. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, increased from $102.96 at December 31, 2010, to $103.11 as of March 31, 2011. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, increased from $105.81 at December 31, 2010, to $106.42 as of March 31, 2011. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $2,959,249 and $734,268, respectively. Total Class 2 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $1,876,986 and $520,252, respectively. Ending capital at March 31, 2011, was $43,480,307 for Class 1 and $26,555,372 for Class 2. Ending capital at December 31, 2010, was $41,213,675 for Class 1 and $25,062,055 for Class 2.

The Frontier Masters Series may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors.

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Three of the six sectors traded in the Frontier Masters Series were profitable in the first quarter, with Energies being the most profitable sector. Currencies and Stock Indices were also positive for the quarter. Metals, Agriculturals and Interest Rates were the least profitable sectors during the quarter, with all three sectors contributing negative performance to the fund.

In terms of major CTA performance, two of the four major CTAs in the Frontier Masters Series were profitable during the first quarter, with Cantab and Winton providing positive performance. Tiverton and Transtrend provided negative performance during the quarter.

Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series

2012

The Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series – Class 1 NAV lost 1.41% for the three months ended March 31, 2012, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series – Class 2 NAV lost 0.67% for the three months ended March 31, 2012, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series – Class 3 NAV lost 0.67% for the three months ended March 31, 2012, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series – Class 1a NAV lost 0.95% for the three months ended March 31, 2012, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series – Class 2a NAV lost 0.52% for the three months ended March 31, 2012, net of fees and expenses.

For the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series recorded net loss on investments of $5,732,135, net investment income of $363,576, and total expenses of $1,320,470, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $532,943, after non-controlling interests of $6,156,086. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, decreased from $136.13 at December 31, 2011, to $134.21 as of March 31, 2012. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $161.97 at December 31, 2011, to $160.88 as of March 31, 2012. The NAV per Unit, Class 3, decreased from $161.96 at December 31, 2011, to $160.87 as of March 31, 2012. The NAV per Unit, Class 1a, decreased from $121.71 at December 31, 2011, to $120.55 as of March 31, 2012. The NAV per Unit, Class 2a, decreased from $127.23 at December 31, 2011, to $126.57 as of March 31, 2012. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $5,473 and $2,690,064, respectively. Total Class 2 redemptions for the period were $170,040. There were no subscriptions. Total Class 3 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $2,628,674 and $2,590,599, respectively. Total Class 1a subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $1,854,807 and $462,534, respectively. Total Class 2a subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $868,153 and $217,453, respectively. Ending capital at March 31, 2012, was $1,449,541 for Class 1, $8,958,148 for Class 2, $27,652,652 for Class 3, $20,092,488 for Class 1a and $11,501,371 for Class 2a. Ending capital at December 31, 2011, was $4,159,047 for Class 1, $9,188,762 for Class 2, $27,810,058 for Class 3, $18,891,395 for Class 1a and $10,911,464 for Class 2a.

The Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors, although the majority of the exposure will typically be in the Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors.

 

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Four of the seven sectors traded in the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series were profitable in 1Q 2012. Energies, Grains, Meats and Financials were positive while Base Metals, Precious Metals and Softs were negative for the quarter.

In terms of major CTA performance, three of the six major CTAs in the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series were profitable in 1Q 2012. Red Oak, Rosetta and Strategic Ag were positive while Beach Horizon, Global Advisors and Mesirow were negative for the quarter.

Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series

2011

The Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series – Class 1 NAV gained 11.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series – Class 2 NAV gained 12.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series – Class 3 NAV gained 12.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series – Class 1a NAV gained 11.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses; the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series – Class 2a NAV gained 12.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses.

For the three months ended March 31, 2011, the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series recorded net gain on investments of $12,080,344, net investment income of $316,290, and total expenses of $3,003,164, resulting in a net increase in Owners’ capital from operations of $9,393,470. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, increased from $132.73 at December 31, 2010, to $148.32 as of March 31, 2011. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, increased from $153.26 at December 31, 2010, to $172.54 as of March 31, 2011. The NAV per Unit, Class 3, increased from $153.26 at December 31, 2010, to $172.53 as of March 31, 2011. The NAV per Unit, Class 1a, increased from $117.96 at December 31, 2010, to $131.52 as of March 31, 2011. The NAV per Unit, Class 2a, increased from $121.18 at December 31, 2010, to $135.69 as of March 31, 2011. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $27,450 and $6,324,314, respectively. Total Class 2 redemptions for the period were $523,277. There were no subscriptions. Total Class 3 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $4,410,545 and $1,575,416, respectively. Total Class 1a subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $2,913,140 and $66,909, respectively. Total Class 2a subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $1,255,739 and $293,485, respectively. Ending capital at March 31, 2011, was $28,419,023 for Class 1, $17,010,860 for Class 2, $26,521,709 for Class 3, $9,238,000 for Class 1a and $5,210,791 for Class 2a. Ending capital at December 31, 2010, was $31,185,756 for Class 1, $15,584,978 for Class 2, $20,998,571 for Class 3, $5,652,309 for Class 1a and $3,761,826 for Class 2a.

 

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The Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors, although the majority of the exposure will typically be in the Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors.

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Four of the seven sectors traded in the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series were profitable in the first quarter, with Energies and Softs being the most profitable. Base Metals and Precious Metals were also profitable. Grains, Meats and Financials were the least profitable sectors during the quarter, with all three sectors contributing negative performance to the fund.

In terms of major CTA performance, five of the six major CTAs in the Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series were profitable during the first quarter, with Global Advisors providing the most positive performance. Beach Horizon, Red Oak, Rosetta and Strategic Ag were also positive for the quarter. Mesirow provided negative performance during the quarter.

Balanced Series

2012

The Balanced Series – Class 1 NAV lost 4.32% for the three months ended March 31, 2012, net of fees and expenses; the Balanced Series – Class 1a NAV lost 4.22% for the three months ended March 31, 2012, net of fees and expenses; the Balanced Series – Class 2 NAV lost 3.60% for the three months ended March 31, 2012, net of fees and expenses; the Balanced Series – Class 2a NAV lost 3.51% for the three months ended March 31, 2012, net of fees and expenses; the Balanced Series – Class 3a NAV lost 3.51% for the three months ended March 31, 2012, net of fees and expenses.

For the three months ended March 31, 2011, the Balanced Series recorded net loss on investments of $10,734,709, net investment income of $151,548, and total expenses of $2,686,018, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $10,229,269 after non- controlling interests of $3,042,910. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, decreased from $124.50 at December 31, 2011, to $119.12 at March 31, 2012. For Class 1a, the NAV per Unit decreased from $108.45 at December 31, 2011, to $103.87 at March 31, 2012. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $155.02 at December 31, 2011, to $149.44 at March 31, 2012. For Class 2a, the NAV per Unit decreased from $128.35 at December 31, 2011, to $123.84 at March 31, 2011. For Class 3a, the NAV per Unit decreased from $128.36 at December 31, 2011, to $123.85 at March 31, 2012. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $124,903 and $8,447,051, respectively. Total Class 1a subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $271 and $2,011,673, respectively. Total Class 2 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $3,990 and $2,678,547, respectively. Total Class 2a redemptions for the period were $1,184,974. There were no subscriptions. Total Class 3a subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $1,757,420 and $427,535, respectively. Ending capital at March 31, 2012, was $167,728,802 for Class 1, $480,341 for Class 1a, $58,468,021 for Class 2, $1,526,349 for Class 2a and $4,136,098 for Class 3a. At December 31, 2011, ending capital was $183,785,318 for Class 1, $2,536,559 for Class 1a, $63,372,567 for Class 2, $2,784,830 for Class 2a, and $2,952,802 for Class 3a.

 

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The Balanced Series may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors.

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Two of the six sectors traded in the Balanced Series were profitable in 1Q 2012. Energies and Stock Indices were profitable while Metals, Currencies, Agriculturals and Interest Rates finished negative for the quarter.

In terms of major CTA performance, two of the five major CTAs in the Balanced Series were profitable in 1Q 2012. Transtrend and Cantab were profitable while Winton, Tiverton and QIM finished negative for the quarter.

Balanced Series

2011

The Balanced Series – Class 1 NAV gained 3.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses; the Balanced Series – Class 1a NAV gained 3.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses; the Balanced Series – Class 2 NAV gained 4.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses; the Balanced Series – Class 2a NAV gained 3.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses; the Balanced Series – Class 3a NAV gained 3.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses.

For the three months ended March 31, 2011, the Balanced Series recorded net gain on investments of $20,887,170, net investment income of $35,973, and total expenses of $7,619,184, resulting in a net increase in Owners’ capital from operations of $13,296,211 after non- controlling interests of ($7,748). The NAV per Unit, Class 1, increased from $131.95 at December 31, 2010, to $136.37 at March 31, 2011. For Class 1a, the NAV per Unit increased from $116.36 at December 31, 2010, to $119.99 at March 31, 2011. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, increased from $159.46 at December 31, 2010, to $166.02 at March 31, 2011. For Class 2a, the NAV per Unit increased from $133.66 at December 31, 2010, to $138.84 at March 31, 2011. For Class 3a, the NAV per Unit increased from $133.66 at December 31, 2010, to $138.85 at March 31, 2011. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $206,632 and $7,477,992, respectively. Total Class 1a subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $2,132 and $323,854, respectively. Total Class 2 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $4,034 and $3,892,776, respectively. Total Class 2a redemptions for the period were $30,000. There were no subscriptions. Total Class 3a subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $35,771 and $207,424, respectively. Ending capital at March 31, 2011, was $290,231,831 for Class 1, $4,963,350 for Class 1a, $75,981,268 for Class 2, $3,670,352 for Class 2a and $3,663,383 for Class 3a. At December 31, 2010, ending capital was $287,807,510 for Class 1, $5,120,558 for Class 1a, $76,715,728 for Class 2, $3,562,374 for Class 2a, and $3,691,280 for Class 3a.

 

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The Balanced Series may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors.

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Four of the six sectors traded in the Balanced Series were profitable in the first quarter, with Agriculturals and Energies being the most profitable sectors. Metals and Stock Indices were also profitable. Currencies and Interest Rates were the least profitable sectors during the quarter, contributing negative performance to the fund.

In terms of major CTA performance, two of the five major CTAs in the Balanced Series were profitable during the first quarter. QIM and Winton provided positive performance. Quantmetrics, Tiverton and Transtrend provided negative performance during the q

Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series (formerly the Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series)

2012

The Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series – Class 1 NAV lost 1.53% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses; the Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series – Class 2 NAV lost 0.82% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses.

For the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series recorded net gain on investments of $29,652, net investment income of $18,444, and total expenses of $598,189, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $550,093. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, decreased from $91.02 at December 31, 2011, to $89.63 as of March 31, 2012. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $111.84 at December 31, 2011, to $110.92 as of March 31, 2012. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $9,489 and $2,550,838, respectively. Total Class 2 redemptions for the period were $242,705. There were no subscriptions. Ending capital at March 31, 2012, was $32,122,523 for Class 1 and $4,157,302 for Class 2. Ending capital at December 31, 2011, was $35,180,631 for Class 1 and $4,433,341 for Class 2.

The Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors.

 

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Two of the six sectors traded in the Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series were profitable in 1Q 2012. Energies and Stock Indices were positive while Metals, Currencies, Agriculturals and Interest Rates were negative for the quarter.

In terms of major CTA performance Graham finished positive Tiverton, Berkeley and Transtrend finished negative for the quarter.

Please note that February 2012 was the last full trading month for Berkeley Quantitative.

2011

The Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series – Class 1 NAV lost 1.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses; the Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series – Class 2 NAV lost 0.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses.

For the three months ended March 31, 2011, the Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series recorded net loss on investments of $134,693, net investment income of $5,309, and total expenses of $918,261, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $1,047,645. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, decreased from $110.46 at December 31, 2010, to $108.63 as of March 31, 2011. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $131.73 at December 31, 2010, to $130.50 as of March 31, 2011. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $27,253 and $1,817,995, respectively. Total Class 2 redemptions for the period were $275,754. There were no subscriptions. Ending capital at March 31, 2011, was $59,075,866 for Class 1 and $8,039,321 for Class 2. Ending capital at December 31, 2010, was $61,842,996 for Class 1 and $8,386,332 for Class 2.

The Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors.

 

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Two of the six sectors traded in the Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series were profitable in the first quarter, with Energies and Agriculturals being profitable sectors. Metals, Currencies, Interest Rates and Stock Indices were the least profitable sectors during the quarter, with all four sectors contributing negative performance to the fund.

In terms of major CTA performance, two of the four CTAs in the Berkeley/Graham/Tiverton Series were profitable during the first quarter. Berkeley and Campbell provided positive performance while Graham and Tiverton provided negative performance during the quarter.

Currency Series

2012

The Currency Series – Class 1 NAV lost 4.41% for the three months ended March 31, 2012, net of fees and expenses; the Currency Series – Class 2 NAV lost 3.70% for the three months ended March 31, 2012, net of fees and expenses.

For the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Currency Series recorded net loss on investments of $137,910, net investment income of $0, and total expenses of $37,407, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $175,317. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, decreased from $70.48 at December 31, 2011, to $67.37 as of March 31, 2012. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $87.61 at December 31, 2011, to $84.37 as of March 31, 2012. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $12,662, and $414,172, respectively. Total Class 2 redemptions for the period were $13,837. There were no subscriptions. Ending capital at March 31, 2012, was $3,654,394 for Class 1 and $74,299 for Class 2. Ending capital at December 31, 2011, was $4,228,350 for Class 1 and $91,007 for Class 2.

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2011

The Currency Series – Class 1 NAV lost 4.4% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses; the Currency Series – Class 2 NAV lost 3.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses.

For the three months ended March 31, 2011, the Currency Series recorded net loss on investments of $223,904, net investment income of $29,652, and total expenses of $108,590, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $302,842. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, decreased from $79.09 at December 31, 2010, to $75.59 as of March 31, 2011. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $95.43 at December 31, 2010, to $91.88 as of March 31, 2011. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $15,176, and $271,696, respectively. Total Class 2 redemptions for the period were $10,206. There were no subscriptions. Ending capital at March 31, 2011, was $5,850,408 for Class 1 and $719,424 for Class 2. Ending capital at December 31, 2010, was $6,381,882 for Class 1 and $757,518 for Class 2.

The Currency Series may have both long and short exposure to the Currencies sector only.

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In terms of major CTA performance, one of the three major CTAs in the Currency Series was profitable during the first quarter. Harmonic finished positive for the quarter while C-View and FX Concepts were negative for the quarter.

Because all returns are from the Currencies sector, there are no Sector Attribution charts for the Currency Series.

Winton Series

2012

The Winton Series – Class 1 NAV lost 2.22% for the three months ended March 31, 2012, net of fees and expenses; the Winton Series – Class 2 NAV lost 1.49% for the three months ended March 31, 2012, net of fees and expenses.

For the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Winton Series recorded net loss on investments of $497,618, net investment income of $126,136, and total expenses of $641,460, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $1,012,942. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, decreased from $141.13 at December 31, 2011, to $138.00 as of March 31, 2012. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $165.82 at December 31, 2011, to $163.35 as of March 31, 2012. Total Class 1 subscriptions for the period were $54,670 and redemptions were $950,434. Total Class 2 redemptions for the period were $3,211. There were no subscriptions. Ending capital at March 31, 2012, was $36,610,938 for Class 1 and $11,525,269 for Class 2. Ending capital at December 31, 2011, was $38,345,799 for Class 1 and $11,702,325 for Class 2.

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Two of the six sectors traded in the Winton Series were profitable in 1Q 2012. Energies and Stock Indices were positive while Metals, Currencies, Agriculturals and Interest Rates were negative for the year.

Winton Series

2011

The Winton Series – Class 1 NAV gained 1.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses; the Winton Series – Class 2 NAV gained 1.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses.

For the three months ended March 31, 2011, the Winton Series recorded net gain on investments of $1,607,792, net investment income of $103,733, and total expenses of $1,019,087, resulting in a net increase in Owners’ capital from operations of $692,438. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, increased from $135.04 at December 31, 2010, to $136.40 as of March 31, 2011. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, increased from $153.99 at December 31, 2010, to $156.70 as of March 31, 2011. Total Class 1 subscriptions for the period were $74,523 and redemptions were $779,364. Total Class 2 redemptions for the period were $160,083. There were no subscriptions. Ending capital at March 31, 2011, was $49,141,035 for Class 1 and $11,405,916 for Class 2. Ending capital at December 31, 2010, was $49,350,981 for Class 1 and $11,368,456 for Class 2.

The Winton Series may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors.

Winton Series

 

LOGO

Four of the six sectors traded in the Winton Series were profitable in the first quarter, with Energies being the most profitable. Metals, Agriculturals and Stock Indices were also profitable. Currencies and Interest Rates were the least profitable sectors during the quarter, contributing negative performance to the fund.

 

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Winton/Graham Series

2012

The Winton/Graham Series – Class 1 NAV lost 0.34% for the three months ended March 31, 2012, net of fees and expenses; the Winton/Graham Series – Class 2 NAV gained 0.41% for the three months ended March 31, 2012, net of fees and expenses.

For the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Winton/Graham Series recorded net gain on investments of $484,523, net investment income of $21,969, and total expenses of $532,443, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $25,951. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, decreased from $104.73 at December 31, 2011, to $104.37 as of March 31, 2012. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, increased from $129.70 at December 31, 2011, to $130.23 as of March 31, 2012. Total Class 1 subscriptions for the period were $16,185 and redemptions were $2,238,081. Total Class 2 redemptions for the period were $788,648. There were no subscriptions. Ending capital at March 31, 2012, was $22,496,784 for Class 1 and $5,240,408 for Class 2. Ending capital at December 31, 2011, was $24,783,519 for Class 1 and $5,990,168 for Class 2.

The Winton/Graham Series may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors.

Winton/Graham Series

 

LOGO

Two of the six sectors traded in the Winton/Graham Series were profitable in 1Q 2012. Energies and Stock Indices were positive while Metals, Interest Rates, Agriculturals and Currencies were negative for the quarter.

In terms of major CTA performance, Winton was negative while Graham was positive for the quarter.

Winton/Graham Series

2011

The Winton/Graham Series – Class 1 NAV lost 1.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses; the Winton/Graham Series – Class 2 NAV lost 0.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2011, net of fees and expenses.

For the three months ended March 31, 2011, the Winton/Graham Series recorded net gain on investments of $47,962, net investment income of $57,929, and total expenses of $921,728, resulting in a net decrease in Owners’ capital from operations of $447,404, after non-controlling interest of $368,433. The NAV per Unit, Class 1, decreased from $119.83 at December 31, 2010, to $118.67 as of

 

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March 31, 2011. The NAV per Unit, Class 2, decreased from $144.04 at December 31, 2010, to $143.70 as of March 31, 2011. Total Class 1 subscriptions and redemptions for the period were $36,256 and $831,806, respectively. Total Class 2 redemptions for the period were $1,032,062. There were no subscriptions. Ending capital at March 31, 2011, was $44,667,189 for Class 1 and $10,568,233 for Class 2. Ending capital at December 31, 2010, was $45,898,246 for Class 1 and $11,612,192 for Class 2.

The Winton/Graham Series may have both long and short exposure to the Interest Rates, Currencies, Stock Indices, Energies, Metals, and Commodities sectors.

Winton/Graham Series

 

LOGO

Three of the six sectors traded in the Winton/Graham Series were profitable in the first quarter, with Energies being the most profitable sector. Metals and Agriculturals were also positive. Currencies, Interest Rates and Stock Indices were the least profitable sectors during the quarter, with all three sectors contributing negative performance to the fund.

In terms of major CTA performance, Winton provided positive performance while Graham provided negative performance for the quarter.

 

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The Series are speculative commodity pools. The market sensitive instruments which are held by the Trading Companies in which the Series are invested are acquired for speculative trading purposes, and all or a substantial amount of the Series’ assets are subject to the risk of trading loss. Unlike an operating company, the risk of market sensitive instruments is integral, not incidental, to the Series’ main line of business.

Market movements result in frequent changes in the fair market value of each Trading Company’s open positions and, consequently, in each Series of the Trust’s earnings and cash flow. The Trading Companies’ and consequently the Series’ market risk is influenced by a wide variety of factors, including the level and volatility of exchange rates, interest rates, equity price levels, the market value of financial instruments and contracts, the diversification effects among the open positions and the liquidity of the markets in which trades are made.

 

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Each Trading Company rapidly acquires and liquidates both long and short positions in a wide range of different markets. Consequently, it is not possible to predict how a particular future market scenario will affect performance, and the past performance for any Series is not necessarily indicative of the future results of such Series.

The Trading Companies’ and consequently the Series’ primary market risk exposures as well as the strategies used and to be used by 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 Trust’s and the Managing Owner’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 management strategies of the Trading Companies and consequently the Trust. There can be no assurance that the Trading Companies’ current market exposure and/or risk management strategies will not change materially or that any such strategies will be effective in either the short-term or long-term. Investors must be prepared to lose all or substantially all of their investment in a Series.

Quantitative Market Risk

Trading Risk

The Series’ approximate risk exposure in the various market sectors traded by its trading advisors is quantified below in terms of value at risk. Due to the Series’ mark-to-market accounting, any loss in the fair value of the Series’ (through the Trading Companies) open positions is directly reflected in the Series’ earnings, realized or unrealized.

Exchange maintenance margin requirements have been used by the Trust as the measure of its value at risk. Maintenance margin requirements are set by exchanges to equal or exceed the maximum losses reasonably expected to be incurred in the fair value of any given contract in 95% to 99% of any one-day interval. The maintenance margin levels are established by brokers, dealers and exchanges using historical price studies as well as an assessment of current market volatility and economic fundamentals to provide a probabilistic estimate of the maximum expected near-term one-day price fluctuation. Maintenance margin has been used rather than the more generally available initial margin, because initial margin includes a credit risk component that is not relevant to value at risk.

In the case of market sensitive instruments that are not exchange-traded, including currencies and some energy products and metals, the margin requirements for the equivalent futures positions have been used as value at risk. In those cases in which a futures- equivalent margin is not available, dealers’ margins have been used.

In the case of contracts denominated in foreign currencies, the value at risk figures include foreign currency margin amounts converted into U.S. Dollars with an incremental adjustment to reflect the exchange rate risk inherent to the Series, which is valued in U.S. Dollars, in expressing value at risk in a functional currency other than U.S. Dollars.

In quantifying each Series’ value at risk, 100% positive correlation in the different positions held in each market risk category has been assumed. Consequently, the margin requirements applicable to the open contracts have simply been aggregated to determine each trading category’s aggregate value at risk. The diversification effects resulting from the fact that the Series’ positions held through the Trading Companies are rarely, if ever, 100% positively correlated have not been reflected.

Value at Risk by Market Sectors

The following table presents the trading value at risk associated with each Series’ exposure to open positions (as held by the Trading Companies) by market sector as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011. All open position trading risk exposures of the Series have been included in calculating the figures set forth below.

 

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Frontier Diversified Series:

 

MARKET SECTOR

   March 31, 2012     December 31, 2011  
   VALUE
AT RISK
     % OF TOTAL
CAPITALIZATION
    VALUE
AT RISK
     % OF TOTAL
CAPITALIZATION
 

Interest Rates

   $ 7,564,068         6.0   $ 5,973,146         4.5

Currencies

   $ 8,686,445         6.9   $ 4,110,056         3.1

Stock Indices

   $ 5,701,304         4.5   $ 2,947,326         2.2

Metals

   $ 1,645,350         1.3   $ 267,495         0.2

Agriculturals/Softs

   $ 2,627,628         2.1   $ 2,06,0410         1.5

Energy

   $ 3,822,187         3.0   $ 2,137,689         1.6

Total:

   $ 30,046,982         23.8   $ 17,496,122         13.1

Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series:

 

MARKET SECTOR

   March 31, 2012     December 31, 2011  
   VALUE
AT RISK
     % OF TOTAL
CAPITALIZATION
    VALUE
AT RISK
     % OF TOTAL
CAPITALIZATION
 

Interest Rates

   $ 968,133         1.4   $ 1,033,509         1.5

Currencies

   $ 640,773         0.9   $ 460,279         0.6

Stock Indices

   $ 1,287,301         1.8   $ 681,982         1.0

Metals

   $ 467,427         0.7   $ 406,988         0.6

Agriculturals/Softs

   $ 3,133,704         4.5   $ 2,736,200         3.9

Energy

   $ 7,121,552         10.2   $ 4,843,829         6.8

Total:

   $ 13,618,890         19.5   $ 10,162,787         14.4

Frontier Masters Series:

 

MARKET SECTOR

   March 31, 2012     December 31, 2011  
   VALUE
AT RISK
     % OF TOTAL
CAPITALIZATION
    VALUE
AT RISK
     % OF TOTAL
CAPITALIZATION
 

Interest Rates

   $ 3,015,548         5.7   $ 1,517,381         2.9

Currencies

   $ 4,453,034         8.3   $ 1,168,162         2.2

Stock Indices

   $ 1,570,540         2.9   $ 551,850         1.0

Metals

   $ 610,862         1.1   $ 224,102         0.4

Agriculturals/Softs

   $ 629,082         1.2   $ 612,343         1.2

Energy

   $ 1,020,968         1.9   $ 499,134         0.9

Total:

   $ 11,300,034         21.1   $ 4,572,972         8.6

 

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Balanced Series: (1)

 

     March 31, 2012     December 31, 2011  

MARKET SECTOR

   VALUE
AT RISK
     % OF TOTAL
CAPITALIZATION
    VALUE
AT RISK
     % OF TOTAL
CAPITALIZATION
 

Interest Rates

   $ 16,249,740         7.0   $ 12,658,095         5.0

Currencies

   $ 19,948,348         8.6   $ 9,980,695         3.9

Stock Indices

   $ 12,383,706         5.3   $ 6,408,240         2.5

Metals

   $ 3,512,625         1.5   $ 530,322         0.2

Agriculturals/Softs

   $ 5,469,655         2.4   $ 4,171,096         1.6

Energy

   $ 7,768,770         3.3   $ 4,239,430         1.7

Total:

   $ 65,332,844         28.1   $ 37,987,878         14.9

Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series:

 

     March 31, 2012     December 31, 2011  

MARKET SECTOR

   VALUE
AT RISK
     % OF TOTAL
CAPITALIZATION
    VALUE
AT RISK
     % OF TOTAL
CAPITALIZATION
 

Interest Rates

   $ 1,836,907         5.1   $ 1,987,350         5.0

Currencies

   $ 976,573         2.7   $ 2,181,879         5.5

Stock Indices

   $ 1,372,457         3.8   $ 821,477         2.1

Metals

   $ 254,758         0.7   $ 20,795         0.1

Agriculturals/Softs

   $ 567,109         1.6   $ 693,002         1.7

Energy

   $ 589,215         1.6   $ 323,096         0.8

Total:

   $ 5,597,019         15.5   $ 6,027,599         15.2

Currency Series:

 

     March 31, 2012     December 31, 2011  

MARKET SECTOR

   VALUE
AT RISK
     % OF TOTAL
CAPITALIZATION
    VALUE
AT RISK
     % OF TOTAL
CAPITALIZATION
 

Interest Rates

   $ —           0   $ —           0

Currencies

   $ 941,804         25.3   $ 940,205         21.8

Stock Indices

   $ —           0   $ —           0

Metals

   $ —           0   $ —           0

Agriculturals/Softs

   $ —           0   $ —           0

Energy

   $ —           0   $ —           0

Total:

   $ 941,804         25.3   $ 940,205         21.8

 

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Winton Series:

 

MARKET SECTOR

   March 31, 2012     December 31, 2011  
   VALUE
AT RISK
     % OF TOTAL
CAPITALIZATION
    VALUE
AT RISK
     % OF TOTAL
CAPITALIZATION
 

Interest Rates

   $ 845,567         1.8   $ 1,435,740         2.9

Currencies

   $ 2,221,878         4.6   $ 1,562,233         3.1

Stock Indices

   $ 787,959         1.6   $ 346,133         0.7

Metals

   $ 97,763         0.2   $ 153,107         0.3

Agriculturals/Softs

   $ 348,930         0.7   $ 411,136         0.8

Energy

   $ 270,328         0.6   $ 80,743         0.2

Total:

   $ 4,572,425         9.5   $ 3,989,092         8.0

 

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Winton/Graham Series:

 

     March 31, 2012     December 31, 2011  

MARKET SECTOR

   VALUE
AT RISK
     % OF TOTAL
CAPITALIZATION
    VALUE
AT RISK
     % OF TOTAL
CAPITALIZATION
 

Interest Rates

   $ 2,211,533         8.0   $ 2,634,892         8.6

Currencies

   $ 1,542,839         5.6   $ 2,502,412         8.1

Stock Indices

   $ 1,680,189         6.1   $ 933,122         3.0

Metals

   $ 189,035         0.7   $ 226,400         0.7

Agriculturals/Softs

   $ 882,920         3.2   $ 845,163         2.7

Energy

   $ 610,688         2.2   $ 325,600         1.1

Total:

   $ 7,117,204         25.8   $ 7,467,589         24.2

 

(1) As of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, a portion of the assets of the Balanced Series was invested in Option basket(s) of futures contracts with a notional value of $14,973,637 and $14,129,540, respectively. Margin information is not available for these contracts therefore no value at risk calculations were included in the table for these investments.

Material Limitations on Value at Risk as an Assessment of Market Risk

The face value of the market sector instruments held on behalf of the Series is typically many times the applicable maintenance margin requirement, which generally ranges between approximately 1% and 10% of contract face value, as well as many times the capitalization of the Series. The magnitude of each Series’ open positions creates a risk of ruin not typically found in most other investment vehicles. Because of the size of their positions, certain market conditions, although unusual, but historically recurring from time to time, could cause a Series to incur severe losses over a short period of time. The value at risk table above, as well as the past performance of the Series, gives no indication of this risk of ruin.

Non-Trading Risk

The Series have non-trading market risk on their foreign cash balances not needed for margin. However, these balances, as well as the market risk they represent, are immaterial. The Series also have non-trading market risk as a result of investing a portion of their available assets in U.S. government securities which include any security issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the U.S., or by a person controlled by or supervised by and acting as an instrumentality of the government of the U.S. pursuant to authority granted by Congress of the U.S. or any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing, including U.S. treasury bonds, U.S. treasury bills and issues of agencies of the U.S. government, and certain cash items such as money market funds, certificates of deposit (under nine months) and time deposits. The market risk represented by these investments is also immaterial.

Qualitative Market Risk

The following are the primary trading risk exposures of the Series of the Trust as of March 31, 2012, by market sector.

Interest rates

Interest rate risk is one of the principal market exposures of each Series. Interest rate movements directly affect the price of interest rate futures positions held and indirectly the value of a Trading Company’s stock index and currency positions. Interest rate movements in one country as well as relative interest rate movements between countries materially impact profitability. The primary interest rate exposure is to interest rate fluctuations in the U.S. and the other G-7 countries. However, the Trading Companies also may take futures positions on the government debt of smaller nations. The Managing Owner anticipates that G-7 interest rates will remain the primary market exposure of each Trading Company and accordingly of each Series for the foreseeable future. The changes in interest rates which are expected to have the most effect on the Series are changes in long-term, as opposed to short-term rates. Most of the speculative positions to be held by the Trading Companies will be in medium- to long-term instruments. Consequently, even a material change in short-term rates is expected to have little effect on the Series if the medium- to long-term rates remain steady. Aggregate interest income from all sources, including assets held at clearing brokers, up to 2% (annualized) is paid to the Managing Owner by the Balanced Series (Class 1 and Class 2 only), Winton Series, Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series, Currency Series and Winton/Graham Series. For the Frontier Diversified Series, Frontier Dynamic Series, Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series, Frontier Masters Series, Balanced Series (Class 1a and Class 2a only), Long Only Commodity Series and Managed Futures Index Series, 20%

 

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of the total interest allocated to each Series is paid to the Managing Owner. In addition, if interest rates fall below 0.75%, the Managing Owner is paid the difference between the Trust’s annualized interest income that is allocated to each of such Series and 0.75%. Interest income above what is paid to the Managing Owner is retained by the Series.

Currencies

Exchange rate risk is a significant market exposure of each Series of the Trust in general and the Currency Series in particular. For each Series of the Trust in general, and the Currency Series in particular, currency exposure is to exchange rate fluctuations, primarily fluctuations that 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. The Trading Advisors on behalf of a Series trade in a large number of currencies, including cross-rates, which are positions between two currencies other than the U.S. Dollar. The Managing Owner does not anticipate that the risk profile of the Series’ currency sector will change significantly in the future.

Stock Indices

For each Series (other than the Currency Series), its primary equity exposure is equity price risk in the G-7 countries as well as other smaller jurisdictions. Each Series of the Trust (other than the Currency Series) is primarily exposed to the risk of adverse price trends or static markets in the major U.S., European and Japanese indices.

Metals

For each Series (other than the Currency Series), its metals market exposure is fluctuations in the price of both precious metals, including gold and silver, as well as base metals including aluminum, copper, nickel and zinc. Some metals, such as gold, are used as surrogate stores of value, in place of hard currency, and thus have an associated currency or interest rate risk associated with them relative to their price in a specific currency. Other metals, such as silver, platinum, copper and steel, have substantial industrial applications, and may be subject to forces affecting industrial production and demand.

Agriculturals/Softs

Each Series (other than the Currency Series) may also invest in raw commodities and may thus have exposure to agricultural price movements, which are often directly affected by severe or unexpected weather conditions or by political events in countries that comprise significant sources of commodity supply.

Energy

For each Series (other than the Currency Series), its primary energy market exposure is in oil, gas and other energy product price movements, often resulting from political developments and ongoing conflicts in the Middle East. Oil and gas prices can be volatile and substantial profits and losses have been and are expected to continue to be experienced in this market.

Other Trading Risks

As a result of leverage, small changes in the price of a Trading Company’s positions may result in substantial losses for a Series. Futures, forwards and options are typically traded on margin. This means that a small amount of capital can be used to invest in contracts of much greater total value. The resulting leverage means that a relatively small change in the market price of a contract can produce a substantial loss. Like other leveraged investments, any purchase or sale of a contract may result in losses in excess of the amount invested in that contract. The Trading Companies may lose more than their initial margin deposits on a trade.

The Trading Companies’ trading is subject to execution risks. Market conditions may make it impossible for the Trading Advisors to execute a buy or sell order at the desired price, or to close out an open position. Daily price fluctuation limits are established by the exchanges and approved by the CFTC. When the market price of a contract reaches its daily price fluctuation limit, no trades can be executed at prices outside the limit. The holder of a contract may therefore be locked into an adverse price movement for several days or more and lose considerably more than the initial margin put up to establish the position. Thinly traded or illiquid markets also can make it difficult or impossible to execute trades. The Trading Advisor’s positions are subject to speculative limits. The CFTC and domestic exchanges have established speculative position limits on the maximum futures position which any person, or group of persons acting in concert, may hold or control in particular futures contracts or options on futures contracts traded on U.S. commodity exchanges. Under current regulations, other accounts of the Trading Advisors are combined with the positions held by them on behalf of the applicable Trading Company for position limit purposes. This trading could preclude additional trading in these commodities by the Trading Advisors for the accounts of the Series.

Systematic strategies do not consider fundamental types of data and do not have the benefit of discretionary decision making. The assets of the Series are allocated to Trading Advisors that rely on technical, systematic strategies that do not take into account factors external to the market itself (although certain of these strategies may have minor discretionary elements incorporated into their systematic strategy). The widespread use of technical trading systems frequently results in numerous trading advisors attempting to

 

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execute similar trades at or about the same time, altering trading patterns and affecting market liquidity. Furthermore, the profit potential of trend-following systems may be diminished by the changing character of the markets, which may make historical price data (on which technical programs are based) only marginally relevant to future market patterns. Systematic strategies are developed on the basis of a statistical analysis of market prices. Consequently, any factor external to the market itself that dominates prices that a discretionary decision maker may take into account may cause major losses for a systematic strategy. For example, a pending political or economic event may be very likely to cause a major price movement, but a systematic strategy may continue to maintain positions indicated by its trading method that might incur major losses if the event proved to be adverse.

However, because certain of the Trading Advisors’ strategies involve some discretionary aspects in addition to their technical factors, certain of the Trading Advisors may occasionally use discretion in investing the assets of a Trading Company. For example, the Trading Advisors often use discretion in selecting contracts and markets to be followed. In exercising such discretion, such Trading Advisor may take positions opposite to those recommended by the Trading Advisor’s trading system or signals. Discretionary decision making may also result in a Trading Advisor failing to capitalize on certain price trends or making unprofitable trades in a situation where another trader relying solely on a systematic approach might not have done so. Furthermore, such use of discretion may not enable the relevant Series of the Trust to avoid losses, and in fact, such use of discretion may cause such Series to forego profits which it may have otherwise earned had such discretion not been used.

Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Means of Managing Risk Exposure

The means by which the Managing Owner attempts to manage the risk of the Trust’s open positions is essentially the same in all market categories traded. The Managing Owner applies risk management policies to trading which generally are designed to limit the total exposure of assets under management. In addition, the Managing Owner follows diversification guidelines which are often formulated in terms of the balanced volatility between markets and correlated groups.

 

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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of the management of the Managing Owner, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, the Trust evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13(a)-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), for the Trust and each Series as of March 31, 2012 (the “Evaluation Date”). Any control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only 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. Based upon our evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer of the Managing Owner concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, the disclosure controls and procedures for the Trust and each Series were effective to provide reasonable assurance that they are timely alerted to the material information relating to the Trust and each Series required to be included in the Trust’s periodic SEC filings.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended March 31, 2012, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting.

Scope of Exhibit 31 Certifications

The certifications of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Accounting Officer of the Managing Owner included as Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2, respectively, to this Form 10-Q apply not only to the Trust as a whole but also to each Series individually.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

None

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.

The section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 19 of the Definitive Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) (File No. 333-164629) is incorporated by reference into this section.

 

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

The following table provides information regarding the sale of unregistered Units by the Registrant for the three months ended March 31, 2012. The number of Units listed below for each transaction is the aggregate number of Units in the particular Series of the Trust purchased in such transaction. The consideration listed below for each transaction is, except as otherwise noted, the aggregate amount of cash paid for the Units purchased. For each transaction reported below, the price per Unit was NAV per Unit at the time of the transaction and the Managing Owner of the Trust was the purchaser of the Units. No underwriting discount or sales commission was paid or received with respect to any of the transactions reported below. The Registrant claims an exemption from registration of each of the transactions listed below under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, as a sale by an issuer not involving a public offering.

 

SERIES

   DATE    UNITS    CONSIDERATION

NONE

        

One hundred percent of the offering proceeds from the sale of Units are initially available for the Series’ trading activities.

 

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

None

 

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

Not applicable.

 

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ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.

None

 

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.

Exhibits (numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

 

  4.1    Declaration of Trust and Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Registrant (annexed to the prospectus as Exhibit A) ****
31.1    Certification of Principal Executive Officer of the Managing Owner pursuant to Rules 1 3a-14(a) and 15(d)-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (furnished herewith)
31.2    Certification of Principal Financial Officer of the Managing Owner pursuant to Rules 1 3a-14(a) and 1 5(d)-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (furnished herewith)
32.1    Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of The Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith)
32.2    Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of The Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith)
32.3    Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of The Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith)
32.4    Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of The Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith)
32.5    Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of The Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith)
32.6    Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of The Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith)
32.7    Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of The Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith)
32.8    Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of The Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith)
32.9    Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of The Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith)
32.10    Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of The Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith)
32.11    Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of The Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith)
32.12    Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted by Section 906 of The Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. (furnished herewith)
101    Financials in XBRL format

 

**** Previously filed and incorporated by reference from exhibit 4.1 from the Definitive Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) filed May 4, 2012.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

 

   

The Frontier Fund

(Registrant)

Date: May 15, 2012

   
    By:   /s/    ROBERT J. ENCK        
      Robert J. Enck
     

President and Chief Executive Officer of Equinox Fund

Management, LLC, the Managing Owner of The Frontier Fund

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

 

   

Balanced Series,

a Series of The Frontier Fund

(Registrant)

Date: May 15, 2012

   
    By:   /s/    ROBERT J. ENCK        
      Robert J. Enck
     

President and Chief Executive Officer of Equinox Fund

Management, LLC, the Managing Owner of The Frontier Fund

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

 

   

Winton/Graham Series,

a Series of The Frontier Fund

(Registrant)

Date: May 15, 2012

   
    By:   /s/    ROBERT J. ENCK        
      Robert J. Enck
     

President and Chief Executive Officer of Equinox Fund

Management, LLC, the Managing Owner of The Frontier Fund

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

 

   

Winton Series,

a Series of The Frontier Fund

(Registrant)

Date: May 15, 2012

   
    By:   /s/    ROBERT J. ENCK        
      Robert J. Enck
     

President and Chief Executive Officer of Equinox Fund

Management, LLC, the Managing Owner of The Frontier Fund

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

 

   

Tiverton/Graham/Transtrend Series,

a Series of The Frontier Fund

(Registrant)

Date: May 15, 2012

   
    By:   /s/    ROBERT J. ENCK        
      Robert J. Enck
     

President and Chief Executive Officer of Equinox Fund

Management, LLC, the Managing Owner of The Frontier Fund

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

 

   

Currency Series,

a Series of The Frontier Fund

(Registrant)

Date: May 15, 2012

   
    By:   /s/    ROBERT J. ENCK        
      Robert J. Enck
     

President and Chief Executive Officer of Equinox Fund

Management, LLC, the Managing Owner of The Frontier Fund

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

 

   

Long Only Commodity Series,

a Series of The Frontier Fund

(Registrant)

Date: May 15, 2012

   
    By:   /s/    ROBERT J. ENCK        
      Robert J. Enck
     

President and Chief Executive Officer of Equinox Fund

Management, LLC, the Managing Owner of The Frontier Fund

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

 

   

Frontier Long/Short Commodity Series,

a Series of The Frontier Fund

(Registrant)

Date: May 15, 2012

   
    By:   /s/    ROBERT J. ENCK        
      Robert J. Enck
     

President and Chief Executive Officer of Equinox Fund

Management, LLC, the Managing Owner of The Frontier Fund

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

 

   

Managed Futures Index Series,

a Series of The Frontier Fund

(Registrant)

Date: May 15, 2012

   
    By:   /s/    ROBERT J. ENCK        
      Robert J. Enck
     

President and Chief Executive Officer of Equinox Fund

Management, LLC, the Managing Owner of The Frontier Fund

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

 

   

Frontier Diversified Series,

a Series of The Frontier Fund

(Registrant)

Date: May 15, 2012

   
    By:   /s/    ROBERT J. ENCK        
      Robert J. Enck
     

President and Chief Executive Officer of Equinox Fund

Management, LLC, the Managing Owner of The Frontier Fund

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

 

   

Frontier Dynamic Series,

a Series of The Frontier Fund

(Registrant)

Date: May 15, 2012

   
    By:   /s/    ROBERT J. ENCK        
      Robert J. Enck
     

President and Chief Executive Officer of Equinox Fund

Management, LLC, the Managing Owner of The Frontier Fund

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

 

   

Frontier Masters Series,

a Series of The Frontier Fund

(Registrant)

Date: May 15, 2012

   
    By:   /s/    ROBERT J. ENCK        
      Robert J. Enck
     

President and Chief Executive Officer of Equinox Fund

Management, LLC, the Managing Owner of The Frontier Fund

 

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