10-Q 1 0001.txt P-B CAPITAL RETURN FUTURES FUND 2, L.P. UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-Q (Mark One) /X/ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2000 OR / / TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from _______________________ to ______________________ Commission file number: 0-18418 PRUDENTIAL-BACHE CAPITAL RETURN FUTURES FUND 2, L.P. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 13-3533120 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) incorporation or organization) One New York Plaza, 13th Floor New York, New York 10292 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (212) 778-7866 N/A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report. Indicate by check CK 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 CK No __ Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PRUDENTIAL-BACHE CAPITAL RETURN FUTURES FUND 2, L.P. (a limited partnership) STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION (Unaudited)
June 30, December 31, 2000 1999 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSETS Cash $ 3,365,515 $ 4,573,677 Net unrealized (loss) gain on open futures and options contracts (61,005) 582,280 U.S. Treasury bills, at amortized cost 11,745,727 14,715,473 Net premiums paid on options -- 83,238 ------------- ------------ Total assets $15,050,237 $19,954,668 ------------- ------------ ------------- ------------ LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL Liabilities Redemptions payable $ 1,195,853 $ 935,402 Net unrealized loss on open forward contracts 86,275 59,834 Due to affiliates 40,247 40,762 Accrued expenses payable 32,864 60,689 Premiums received on options 28,996 -- Management fees payable 26,111 34,924 ------------- ------------ Total liabilities 1,410,346 1,131,611 ------------- ------------ Commitments Partners' capital Limited partners (66,487 and 81,738 units outstanding) 13,503,405 18,634,742 General partner (672 and 826 units outstanding) 136,486 188,315 ------------- ------------ Total partners' capital 13,639,891 18,823,057 ------------- ------------ Total liabilities and partners' capital $15,050,237 $19,954,668 ------------- ------------ ------------- ------------ Net asset value per limited and general partnership unit ('Units') $ 203.10 $ 227.98 ------------- ------------ ------------- ------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
2 PRUDENTIAL-BACHE CAPITAL RETURN FUTURES FUND 2, L.P. (a limited partnership) STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)
Six Months Three Months Ended June 30, Ended June 30, --------------------------- --------------------------- 2000 1999 2000 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REVENUES Net realized gain (loss) on commodity transactions $ (655,387) $ 1,042,199 $ (364,991) $ 443,664 Change in net unrealized gain/loss on open commodity positions (669,726) 225,214 (465,670) 614,853 Interest from U.S. Treasury bills 349,112 381,734 167,639 185,226 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- (976,001) 1,649,147 (663,022) 1,243,743 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- EXPENSES Commissions 688,877 934,049 316,058 457,442 Management fees 178,760 249,837 81,495 122,887 Incentive fees -- 125,526 -- 101,013 General and administrative 68,112 81,658 34,729 42,929 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- 935,749 1,391,070 432,282 724,271 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Net income (loss) $(1,911,750) $ 258,077 $(1,095,304) $ 519,472 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ALLOCATION OF NET INCOME (LOSS) Limited partners $(1,892,623) $ 255,496 $(1,084,345) $ 514,277 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- General partner $ (19,127) $ 2,581 $ (10,959) $ 5,195 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- NET INCOME (LOSS) PER WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIMITED AND GENERAL PARTNERSHIP UNIT Net income (loss) per weighted average limited and general partnership unit $ (24.57) $ 2.64 $ (14.99) $ 5.46 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Weighted average number of limited and general partnership units outstanding 77,806 97,587 73,047 95,184 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN PARTNERS' CAPITAL (Unaudited)
LIMITED GENERAL UNITS PARTNERS PARTNER TOTAL ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Partners' capital--December 31, 1999 82,564 $18,634,742 $ 188,315 $18,823,057 Net loss -- (1,892,623) (19,127) (1,911,750) Redemptions (15,405) (3,238,714) (32,702) (3,271,416) -------- ----------- --------- ----------- Partners' capital--June 30, 2000 67,159 $13,503,405 $ 136,486 $13,639,891 -------- ----------- --------- ----------- -------- ----------- --------- ----------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
3 PRUDENTIAL-BACHE CAPITAL RETURN FUTURES FUND 2, L.P. (a limited partnership) NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS JUNE 30, 2000 (Unaudited) A. General These financial statements have been prepared without audit. In the opinion of Prudential Securities Futures Management Inc. (the 'General Partner'), the financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position of Prudential-Bache Capital Return Futures Fund 2, L.P. (the 'Partnership') as of June 30, 2000 and the results of its operations for the six and three months ended June 30, 2000 and 1999. However, the operating results for the interim periods may not be indicative of the results expected for a full year. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been omitted. It is suggested that these financial statements be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Partnership's annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 1999. B. Related Parties The General Partner is a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential Securities Incorporated ('PSI'). The General Partner and its affiliates perform services for the Partnership which include, but are not limited to: brokerage services; accounting and financial management; registrar, transfer and assignment functions; investor communications, printing and other administrative services. The costs incurred for these services for the six and three months ended June 30, 2000 and 1999 were:
For the three months For the six months ended ended June 30, June 30, --------------------------- ------------------------- 2000 1999 2000 1999 ---------------------------------------------------------- Commissions $688,877 $ 934,049 $316,058 $457,442 General and administrative 35,054 35,785 17,735 17,830 -------- ---------- -------- -------- $723,931 $ 969,834 $333,793 $475,272 -------- ---------- -------- -------- -------- ---------- -------- --------
The Partnership's assets are maintained either in trading or cash accounts with PSI, the Partnership's commodity broker, or for margin purposes, with the various exchanges on which the Partnership is permitted to trade. The Partnership, acting through its trading managers, executes over-the-counter, spot, forward and/or option foreign exchange transactions with PSI. PSI then engages in back-to-back trading with an affiliate, Prudential-Bache Global Markets Inc. ('PBGM'). PBGM attempts to earn a profit on such transactions. PBGM keeps its prices on foreign currency competitive with other interbank currency trading desks. All over-the-counter currency transactions are conducted between PSI and the Partnership pursuant to a line of credit. PSI may require that collateral be posted against the marked-to-market positions of the Partnership. C. Derivative Instruments and Associated Risks The Partnership is exposed to various types of risk associated with the derivative instruments and related markets in which it invests. These risks include, but are not limited to, risk of loss from fluctuations in the value of derivative instruments held (market risk) and the inability of counterparties to perform under the terms of the Partnership's investment activities (credit risk). Market risk Trading in futures and forward (including foreign exchange transactions) contracts involves entering into contractual commitments to purchase or sell a particular commodity at a specified date and price. The gross or face amount of the contracts, which is typically many times that of the Partnership's net assets 4 being traded, significantly exceeds the Partnership's future cash requirements since the Partnership intends to close out its open positions prior to settlement. As a result, the Partnership is generally subject only to the risk of loss arising from the change in the value of the contracts. As such, the Partnership considers the 'fair value' of its futures and forward contracts to be the net unrealized gain or loss on the contracts. The market risk associated with the Partnership's commitments to purchase commodities is limited to the gross or face amount of the contracts held. However, when the Partnership enters into a contractual commitment to sell commodities, it must make delivery of the underlying commodity at the contract price and then repurchase the contract at prevailing market prices. Since the repurchase price to which a commodity can rise is unlimited, entering into commitments to sell commodities exposes the Partnership to unlimited risk. Trading in options involves the payment or receipt of a premium and the corresponding right or obligation, as the case may be, to either purchase or sell the underlying commodity for a specified price during a limited period of time. Purchasing options involves the risk that the underlying commodity does not change price as expected, so that the option expires worthless and the premium is lost. On the other hand, selling options involves unlimited risk because the Partnership is exposed to the potentially unlimited price movement in the underlying commodity. Market risk is influenced by a wide variety of factors including government programs and policies, political and economic events, the level and volatility of interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, the diversification effects among the derivative instruments the Partnership holds and the liquidity and inherent volatility of the markets in which the Partnership trades. Credit risk When entering into futures, forward and options contracts, the Partnership is exposed to credit risk that the counterparty to the contract will not meet its obligations. The counterparty for futures and options contracts traded in the United States and on most foreign futures and options exchanges is the clearinghouse associated with such exchanges. In general, clearinghouses are backed by the corporate members of the clearinghouse who are required to share any financial burden resulting from the nonperformance by one of its members and, as such, should significantly reduce this credit risk. In cases where the clearinghouse is not backed by the clearing members (i.e., some foreign exchanges), it is normally backed by a consortium of banks or other financial institutions. On the other hand, the sole counterparty to the Partnership's forward transactions is PSI, the Partnership's commodity broker. The Partnership has entered into a master netting agreement with PSI and, as a result, presents unrealized gains and losses on open forward positions as a net amount in the statements of financial condition. The amount at risk associated with counterparty nonperformance of all of the Partnership's contracts is the net unrealized gain (plus premiums paid on options) included in the statements of financial condition. There can be no assurance that any counterparty, clearing member or clearinghouse will meet its obligations to the Partnership. The General Partner attempts to minimize both credit and market risks by requiring the Partnership and its trading managers to abide by various trading limitations and policies. The General Partner monitors compliance with these trading limitations and policies which include, but are not limited to: executing and clearing all trades with creditworthy counterparties (currently, PSI is the sole counterparty or broker), limiting the amount of margin or premium required for any one commodity or all commodities combined and generally limiting transactions to contracts which are traded in sufficient volume to permit the taking and liquidating of positions. Additionally, pursuant to each Advisory Agreement among the Partnership, the General Partner and each trading manager, the General Partner shall automatically terminate a trading manager if the net asset value allocated to the trading manager declines by 33 1/3% since the commencement of its trading activities or from the value at the beginning of any year (except for Welton Investment Corporation for which automatic termination relates only to a decline from the commencement of trading activities). Furthermore, the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership provides that the Partnership will liquidate its positions, and eventually dissolve, if the Partnership experiences a decline in the net asset value to less than 50% of the value at commencement of trading activities. In each case, the decline in net asset value is after giving effect for distributions and redemptions. The General Partner may impose additional restrictions (through modifications of such trading limitations and policies) upon the trading activities of the trading managers as it, in good faith, deems to be in the best interests of the Partnership. PSI, when acting as the Partnership's futures commission merchant in accepting orders for the purchase or sale of domestic futures and options contracts, is required by Commodity Futures Trading Commission 5 ('CFTC') regulations to separately account for and segregate as belonging to the Partnership all assets of the Partnership relating to domestic futures and options trading and is not to commingle such assets with other assets of PSI. At June 30, 2000, such segregated assets totalled $12,921,841. Part 30.7 of the CFTC regulations also requires PSI to secure assets of the Partnership related to foreign futures and options trading which totalled $2,099,400 at June 30, 2000. There are no segregation requirements for assets related to forward trading. As of June 30, 2000, the Partnership's open futures, forward and options contracts mature within one year. At June 30, 2000 and December 31, 1999, the fair value of open futures, forward and options contracts was:
2000 1999 -------------------------- -------------------------- Assets Liabilities Assets Liabilities ---------- ----------- ---------- ----------- Futures Contracts: Domestic exchanges Interest rates $ 34,612 $ 7,263 $ 78,005 $ -- Stock indices 640 11,544 75,245 5,420 Currencies 12,922 58,821 76,089 30,830 Commodities 79,917 2,030 52,327 24,170 Foreign exchanges Interest rates 13,873 33,172 116,588 1,038 Stock indices 29,150 18,934 81,199 1,899 Commodities 9,863 123,330 168,686 26,889 Forward Contracts: Currencies 36,804 123,079 14,912 74,746 Options Contracts: Domestic exchanges Interest rates -- 2,394 -- -- Stock indices -- 4,925 95,700 -- Currencies -- 5,088 -- -- Commodities -- 3,477 13,050 1,125 ---------- ----------- ---------- ----------- $ 217,781 $ 394,057 $ 771,801 $ 166,117 ---------- ----------- ---------- ----------- ---------- ----------- ---------- -----------
6 PRUDENTIAL-BACHE CAPITAL RETURN FUTURES FUND 2, L.P. (a limited partnership) ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS Liquidity and Capital Resources The Partnership commenced trading operations on October 6, 1989 with gross proceeds of $101,010,000. After accounting for organizational and offering costs, the Partnership's net proceeds were $99,010,000. At June 30, 2000, 100% of the Partnership's total net assets was allocated to commodities trading. A significant portion of the net asset value was held in U.S. Treasury bills (which represented approximately 79% of the net asset value prior to redemptions payable) and cash, which are used as margin for the Partnership's trading in commodities. Inasmuch as the sole business of the Partnership is to trade in commodities, the Partnership continues to own such liquid assets to be used as margin. The percentage that U.S. Treasury bills bears to the total net assets varies each day, and from month to month, as the market values of commodity interests change. The balance of the net assets is held in cash. All interest earned on the Partnership's interest-bearing funds is paid to the Partnership.p]The commodities contracts are subject to periods of illiquidity because of market conditions, regulatory considerations and other reasons. For example, commodity exchanges limit fluctuations in certain commodity futures contract prices during a single day by regulations referred to as 'daily limits.' During a single day, no trades may be executed at prices beyond the daily limit. Once the price of a futures contract for a particular commodity has increased or decreased by an amount equal to the daily limit, positions in the commodity can neither be taken nor liquidated unless traders are willing to effect trades at or within the limit. Commodity futures prices have occasionally moved the daily limit for several consecutive days with little or no trading. Such market conditions could prevent the Partnership from promptly liquidating its commodity futures positions. Since the Partnership's business is to trade futures, forward and options contracts, its capital is at risk due to changes in the value of these contracts (market risk) or the inability of counterparties to perform under the terms of the contracts (credit risk). The Partnership's exposure to market risk is influenced by a number of factors including the volatility of interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, the liquidity of the markets in which the contracts are traded and the relationships among the contracts held. The inherent uncertainty of the Partnership's speculative trading as well as the development of drastic market occurrences could result in monthly losses considerably beyond the Partnership's experience to date and could ultimately lead to a loss of all or substantially all of investors' capital. The general partner attempts to minimize these risks by requiring the Partnership and its trading managers to abide by various trading limitations and policies, which include limiting margin amounts, trading only in liquid markets and utilizing stop loss provisions. See Note C to the financial statements for a further discussion on the credit and market risks associated with the Partnership's futures, forward and options contracts. Redemptions recorded for the six and three months ended June 30, 2000 were and $3,238,714 and $1,183,870, respectively, for the limited partners and $32,702 and $11,983, respectively, for the general partner, and from commencement of operations, October 6, 1989, through June 30, 2000, totalled $130,250,510 for the limited partners and $1,861,650 for the general partner. Future redemptions will impact the amount of funds available for investment in commodity contracts in subsequent periods. The Partnership does not have, nor does it expect to have, any capital assets. Results of Operations The net asset value per Unit as of June 30, 2000 was $203.10, a decrease of 10.91% from the December 31, 1999 net asset value per Unit of $227.98 and a decrease of 6.87% from the March 31, 2000 net asset value per Unit of $218.09. The Partnership had gross trading gains/(losses) of approximately $(1,325,000) and $(831,000) during the six and three months ended June 30, 2000, respectively, compared to $1,267,000 and $1,059,000 for the corresponding periods in the prior year. Due to the nature of the Partnership's trading activities, a period to period comparison of its trading results is not meaningful. However, a detailed discussion of the Partnership's current quarter trading results is presented below. 7 Quarterly Market Overview U.S. economic growth remained rapid throughout April and May, evidenced by economic indicators across the board. Consumer spending trended upward strongly and housing demand was high. Industrial production and wages expanded briskly in response to burgeoning domestic demand. Labor markets continued to be very tight as employment surged. Signs of an economic slowdown appeared towards the end of the quarter as markets reacted to higher than expected unemployment numbers at the end of May. However, economic expansion remained robust in most world markets throughout the quarter. The Japanese economy showed indications of increased demand in the first five months of 2000. Economic activity in developing countries also continued. Key South American economies recovered from recent recessions, while several Asian emerging market countries settled into growth at a more sustained rate. During the quarter, financial markets were dominated by continued volatility in the equity sector. U.S. equity markets, especially more speculative technology stocks, experienced a sell-off in April as investors' confidence declined. Stock indices rallied toward the end of June, but the S&P, Dow, and NASDAQ all ended the first half of the year down. Global bond markets mirrored the volatility of the equity markets. Early in the quarter, both U.S. and European prices on interest rate instruments fell due to a rate hike by the European Central Bank at the end of April and a strong U.S. economy. Global bond prices plummeted again in May in anticipation of a U.S. interest rate hike. The U.S. Federal Reserve raised rates by 50 basis points to 6.5%. This forceful policy (more than the 25 basis point increases implemented since mid 1999) was due to the persistent strength of overall demand and growing pressure in a tight labor market. As the quarter continued and new economic data was released, it became apparent that the U.S. economy was decelerating and bond prices rallied slightly. The value of the U.S. dollar appreciated considerably against most major currencies at the beginning of the quarter, reflecting, in part, the larger increases in U.S. long-term yields relative to rates in most foreign countries. The dollar's rise against the euro was sizable, but it also made moderate gains against the British pound, Japanese yen, and Canadian dollar. In June, as the U.S. economy showed signs of slowing down, the U.S. dollar weakened against most major currencies. The euro reached all time lows in May before rallying in June as a result of solid European economic data and sentiment that the currency was undervalued. In May, the Japanese yen rose against the U.S. dollar supported by expectations of a possible change in the Bank of Japan's zero-interest rate policy. As the Japanese economy failed to sustain its recovery momentum, the yen lost some ground. The Canadian dollar rallied towards the end of the quarter due to steady Canadian economic data combined with signs of softening in the U.S. economy. Increased demand caused oil prices to surge at the beginning of the quarter. In June, OPEC countries agreed to increase oil production as higher gas prices put inflationary pressure on global economies and oil prices reversed downward. In the metals markets, the trend of falling prices in April and May reversed itself later in the quarter as gold soared driven, in part, by weakening in the U.S. dollar and U.S. economy. Quarterly Partnership Performance The following is a summary of performance for the major sectors in which the Partnership traded: Currency (-): Shifting expectations about the timing of tightening monetary policy by the Bank of Japan reversed the direction of the yen downward, resulting in losses for long yen positions. The Swiss franc fell to new eleven-year lows against the U.S. dollar, resulting in losses in Swiss franc/U.S. dollar cross-rates. The Swiss franc continues to be plagued by the euro's poor price action as the market remains disappointed over the lack of central bank support for the euro. Financial (-): Short 30-year U.S. bond positions lost value as bond prices rallied following a higher than expected unemployment number in May and lack of action by the U.S. Federal Reserve at its meeting in June. Losses in long 10-year euro bond positions were due, in part, to actions taken by the European Central Bank to raise short-term rates in April and June. Metal (-): Short copper and gold positions incurred losses as metal prices rose due to a weakening U.S. economy. 8 Index (-): The second quarter brought a reversal to some trends in the global equity markets. A strong U.S. economy started showing signs of slowdown and U.S. equity markets experienced an April sell-off. Overall, continued volatility in world markets resulted in losses in FTSE, S&P, and Nikkei Dow positions. Energy (+): Long heating and crude oil positions resulted in gains for the Partnership as increased demand drove oil prices upward. Interest income is earned on the Partnership's investments in U.S. Treasury bills and varies monthly according to interest rates as well as the effect of trading performance and redemptions on the level of interest-bearing funds. Interest income from U.S. Treasury bills decreased by approximately $33,000 and $18,000, respectively, for the six and three months ended June 30, 2000 compared to the same periods in 1999. These declines in interest income were the result of fewer funds being invested in U.S. Treasury bills principally due to weak trading performance since October 1999 and redemptions. These declines were partially offset by the impact of higher interest rates during the six and three months ended June 30, 2000 versus the corresponding periods in 1999. Commissions paid to PSI are calculated on the Partnership's net asset value on the first day of each month and, therefore, vary monthly according to trading performance and redemptions. Commissions decreased by approximately $245,000 and $141,000 for the six and three months ended June 30, 2000 as compared to the same periods in 1999 principally due to the effect of weak trading performance since October 1999 and redemptions on the monthly net asset values. All trading decisions are currently being made by Welton Investment Corporation, Eclipse Capital Management, Inc. ('Eclipse'), Trendlogic Associates, Inc. and Gaiacorp Ireland Limited. Management fees are calculated on the Partnership's net asset value allocated to each trading manager as of the end of each month and, therefore, are affected by trading performance and redemptions. Management fees decreased by approximately $71,000 and $41,000 for the six and three months ended June 30, 2000 as compared to the same periods in 1999 due to fluctuations in monthly net asset values as described in the discussion on commissions above. Incentive fees are based on the New High Net Trading Profits generated by each trading manager, as defined in each Advisory Agreement among the Partnership, the General Partner and each trading manager. Eclipse generated sufficient trading profits to earn incentive fees of approximately $126,000 and $101,000 during the six and three months ended June 30, 1999. No incentive fees were incurred by the Partnership during the six and three months ended June 30, 2000. General and administrative expenses decreased by approximately $14,000 and $8,000 for the six and three months ended June 30, 2000 as compared to the same periods in 1999. These expenses include reimbursements of costs incurred by the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership, in addition to accounting, audit, tax and legal fees as well as printing and postage costs related to reports sent to limited partners. ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK Information regarding quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk is not required pursuant to Item 305(e) of Regulation S-K. 9 PART II. OTHER INFORMATION Item 1. Legal Proceedings--There are no material legal proceedings pending by or against the Registrant or the General Partner. Item 2. Changes in Securities--None Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities--None Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders--None Item 5. Other Information-- Effective July 2000, Joseph A. Filicetti resigned as President and as a Director of Prudential Securities Futures Management Inc. Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K: (a) Exhibits 4.1 Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Registrant, dated as of June 8, 1989 as amended and restated as of July 21, 1989 (incorporated by reference to Exhibits 3.1 and 4.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 1989) 4.2 Subscription Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-29039) 4.3 Request for Redemption (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-29039) 27 Financial Data Schedule (filed herewith) (b) Reports on Form 8-K-- No reports on Form 8-K were filed during the quarter. 10 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. Prudential-Bache Capital Return Futures Fund 2, L.P. By: Prudential Securities Futures Management Inc. A Delaware corporation, General Partner By: /s/ Steven Carlino Date: August 14, 2000 ---------------------------------------- Steven Carlino Vice President and Treasurer 11