8-K 1 d672671d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 15, 2014

 

 

EQUINOX FRONTIER FUNDS

EQUINOX FRONTIER BALANCED FUND

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-51274   36-6815533

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(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, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

  ¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.

 

  ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act.

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2b under the Exchange Act.

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Effective February 3, 2014, Systematic Alpha Management, LLC is added to the portfolio of the Equinox Frontier Balanced Fund as a major advisor. The advisory agreement with respect to the arrangement with Systematic Alpha Management, LLC is substantially similar to the Form of Advisory Agreement, included as Exhibit 10.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed by The Frontier Fund on February 2, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

Effective January 15, 2014, Tarpon Trading LLC was added to the portfolio of the Equinox Frontier Balanced Fund as a major advisor. The Equinox Frontier Balanced Fund gains exposure to the trading program of Tarpon Trading LLC via a total return swap with Deutsche Bank AG London (the “DB Swap”). The term of the DB Swap is five years.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) The following exhibit is incorporated by reference:

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

10.3*    Form of Advisory Agreement

 

* Previously filed as like-numbered exhibit to the initial filing to Registration Statement No. 333-164629 and incorporated by reference herein

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

    Equinox Frontier Funds
    (Registrant)
Date: February 6, 2014     By:  

/s/ Robert J. Enck

      Robert J. Enck
      President and Chief Executive Officer of Equinox Fund Management, LLC, the Managing Owner

 

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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.

 

    Equinox Frontier Balanced Fund,
    a Series of Equinox Frontier Funds
    (Registrant)
Date: February 6, 2014     By:  

Robert J. Enck

      Robert J. Enck
     

President and Chief Executive Officer of

Equinox Fund Management, LLC, the

Managing Owner of Equinox Frontier

Balanced Fund, a Series of Equinox

Frontier Funds

 

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