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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
x Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the fiscal year ended: December 31, 2010
or
o Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Commission file number: 0-51084
ML WINTON FUTURESACCESS LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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(I.R.S. Employer |
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Identification No.) |
c/o Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments LLC
Four World Financial Center, 10th Floor
250 Vesey Street
New York, New York 10080
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
212-449-3517
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Units of Limited Liability Company Interest
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o No x
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No x
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 o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, 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 o No o
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrants knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. x
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. (Check one):
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes o No x
The Units of the limited liability company interest of the registrant are not publicly traded. Accordingly, there is no aggregate market value for the registrants outstanding equity that is readily determinable.
As of February 28, 2011 units of limited liability company interest with an aggregate Net Asset Value of $941,446,472 were outstanding and held by non-affiliates.
Documents Incorporated by Reference
The registrants 2010 Annual Report and Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms, the annual report to security holders for the year ended December 31, 2010, is incorporated by reference into Part II, Item 8, and Part IV hereof and filed as an Exhibit herewith. Copies of the annual report are available free of charge by contacting Alternative Investments Client Services at 1-866-MER-ALTS.
ML WINTON FUTURESACCESS LLC
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2010 ON FORM 10-K
Table of Contents
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Item 1. |
Business |
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Item 1A. |
Risk Factors |
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Item 1B. |
Unresolved Staff Comments |
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Item 2. |
Properties |
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Item 3. |
Legal Proceedings |
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Item 4. |
Removed and Reserved |
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PART II |
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Item 5. |
Market for Registrants Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities |
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Item 6. |
Selected Financial Data |
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Item 7. |
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
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Item 7A. |
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk |
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Item 8. |
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data |
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Item 9. |
Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure |
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Item 9A. |
Controls and Procedures |
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Item 9B. |
Other Information |
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PART III |
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Item 10. |
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance |
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Item 11. |
Executive Compensation |
39 |
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Item 12. |
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters |
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Item 13. |
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence |
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Item 14. |
Principal Accounting Fees and Services |
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PART IV |
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Item 15. |
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules |
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PART I
Item 1: Business
(a) General Development of Business:
ML Winton FuturesAccess LLC (the Fund), a Merrill Lynch FuturesAccess Program (the Program) Fund was organized under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act on May 17, 2004 and commenced trading activities on February 1, 2005. The Fund issues new units of limited liability company interest (Units) at Net Asset Value per Unit (see Item 6 for discussion of net asset value and net asset value per unit for subscriptions and redemptions purposes hereinafter referred to as Net Asset Value and Net Asset Value per Unit) as of the beginning of each calendar month. The Fund engages in the speculative trading of futures, options on futures and forward contracts on a wide range of commodities. Winton Capital Management Limited (Winton or the Trading Advisor), is the Trading Advisor of the Fund.
Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments LLC (MLAI) is the sponsor (Sponsor) and manager (Manager) of the Fund. MLAI is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (Merrill Lynch). Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (MLPF&S), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merrill Lynch, is the Funds commodity broker. Merrill Lynch is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation.
The Program is a group of commodity pools sponsored by MLAI (each pool is a Program Fund or FuturesAccess Fund or collectively, Program Funds) each of which places substantially all of its assets in a managed futures or forward trading account managed by a single or multiple commodity trading advisors. Each Program Fund is generally similar in terms of fees, Classes of Units and redemption rights. Each of the Program Funds implements a different trading strategy.
The Fund calculates the Net Asset Value per Unit of each Class of Units as of the close of business on the last business day of each calendar month and such other dates as MLAI may determine in its discretion. The Funds Net Asset Value as of any calculation date will generally equal the value of the Funds account under the management of its trading advisor as of such date, plus any other assets held by the Fund, minus accrued brokerage commissions, sponsors, management and performance fees, organizational expense amortization and any operating costs and other liabilities of the Fund. MLAI is authorized to make all Net Asset Value determinations.
As of December 31, 2010, the Net Asset Value of the Fund was $897,470,308 and the Net Asset Value per Unit was, $1.6810 for Class A, $1.5862 for Class C, $1.6924 for Class D, $1.7078 for Class I, $1.6903 for Class DS and $1.7532 for Class DT.
The highest month-end Net Asset Value per Unit for Class A since Winton began trading the Fund was $1.6810 (December 31, 2010) and the lowest was $1.0223 (February 28, 2005). The highest month-end Net Asset Value per Unit for Class C since Winton began trading the Fund was $1.5921 (January 31, 2009) and the lowest was $1.0214 (February 28, 2005). The highest month-end Net Asset Value per Unit for Class I since Winton began trading the Fund was $1.7078 (December 31, 2010) and the lowest was $1.0226 (February 28, 2005). The highest month-end Net Asset Value per Unit for Class D since Winton began trading the Fund was $1.6924 (December 31, 2010) and the lowest was $0.9601 (April 30, 2005). The highest month-end Net Asset Value per Unit for Class DS since Winton began trading the Fund was $1.6903 (December 31, 2010) and the lowest was $1.0733 (March 31, 2007). The highest month-end Net Asset Value per Unit for Class DT since Winton began trading the Fund was $1.7532 (December 31, 2010) and the lowest was $1.1914 (May 31, 2007).
(b) Financial Information about Segments:
The Funds business constitutes only one segment for financial reporting purposes, i.e., a speculative commodity pool. The Fund does not engage in sales of goods or services.
(c) Narrative Description of Business:
Trading Advisors Trading Model
The Fund trades in the futures and forward markets with the objective of achieving substantial capital appreciation.
The Fund and MLAI have entered into an advisory agreement with Winton whereby Winton trades in the U.S. and international futures and forwards markets pursuant to the Winton Diversified Program (the Trading Model). Wintons investment technique consists of trading a portfolio of over 100 contracts on major futures exchanges and forward markets worldwide, employing a computerized, technical, principally trend-following trading system. This system tracks the daily price movements and other data from these markets, and carries out certain computations to determine how long or short the portfolio should be to maximize profit within a certain range of risk. If rising prices are anticipated, a long position will be established; a short position will be established if prices are expected to fall.
The Trading Advisor of the Fund, may exercise discretion in connection with its technical trading program in order to enforce risk parameters, address extraordinary market events or as otherwise determined by the Trading Advisor. Although the Trading Advisors trading program is continually evolving, there were no fundamental or material charges to the trading program during the 2010 fiscal year.
Technical analysis refers to analysis based on data intrinsic to a market, such as price and volume. This is to be contrasted with fundamental analysis which relies on factors external to a market, such as supply and demand. The Trading Model does not use fundamental factors.
A trend-following system, such as the Trading Model, attempts to take advantage of the observable tendency of the markets to trend, and to tend to make exaggerated movements in both upward and downward directions as a result of such trends. The Trading Model has been developed by relating the probability of the size and direction of future price movements with certain indicators derived from past price movements which characterize the degree of trending of each market at any time.
Employees
The Fund has no employees.
Use of Proceeds and Cash Management Income
Subscription Proceeds
The Funds cash is used as security for and to pay the Funds trading losses as well as its expenses and redemptions. The primary use of the proceeds of the sale of the Units is to permit Winton to trade on a speculative basis in a wide range of different futures and forwards markets on behalf of the Fund. While being used for this purpose, the Funds assets are also generally available for cash management, as more fully described below under Cash Assets.
Market Sectors
Winton trades in a variety of liquid U.S. and non-U.S. futures and forward contracts, including agricultural, currencies, energy, interest rates, metals and stock indices.
The Funds commitments to different types of markets U.S. and non-U.S., regulated and non-regulated differ substantially from time to time, as well as over time. The Fund has no policy restricting its relative commitment to any of these different types of markets.
CONDENSED SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS
The Funds investments, defined as Net unrealized profit (loss) on open contracts in the Statements of Financial Condition, as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:
December 31, 2010
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Long Positions |
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Short Positions |
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Net Unrealized |
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Commodity Industry |
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Number of |
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Unrealized |
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Percent of |
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Number of |
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Unrealized |
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Percent of |
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Profit (Loss) |
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Percent of |
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Sector |
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Contracts |
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Profit (Loss) |
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Members Capital |
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Contracts |
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Profit (Loss) |
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Members Capital |
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on Open Positions |
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Members Capital |
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Maturity Dates |
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Agriculture |
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2,770 |
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$ |
9,362,389 |
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1.04 |
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$ |
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0.00 |
% |
$ |
9,362,389 |
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1.04 |
% |
January 11 - May 11 |
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Currencies |
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3,269 |
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9,911,888 |
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1.10 |
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(635 |
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(1,163,106 |
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-0.13 |
% |
8,748,782 |
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0.97 |
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March 11 |
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Energy |
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874 |
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1,810,141 |
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0.20 |
% |
(242 |
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(588,535 |
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-0.07 |
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1,221,606 |
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0.13 |
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January 11 - April 11 |
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Interest rates |
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2,590 |
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262,053 |
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0.03 |
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(2,439 |
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(1,599,666 |
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-0.18 |
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(1,337,613 |
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-0.15 |
% |
January 11 - March 13 |
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Metals |
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1,431 |
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12,256,554 |
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1.37 |
% |
(342 |
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(3,589,079 |
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-0.40 |
% |
8,667,475 |
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0.97 |
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January 11 - November 11 |
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Stock indices |
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3,909 |
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817,965 |
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0.09 |
% |
(227 |
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91,357 |
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0.01 |
% |
909,322 |
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0.10 |
% |
January 11 - March 11 |
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Total |
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$ |
34,420,990 |
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3.83 |
% |
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$ |
(6,849,029 |
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-0.77 |
% |
$ |
27,571,961 |
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3.06 |
% |
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December 31, 2009
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Sector |
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Contracts |
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Profit (Loss) |
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Members Capital |
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Contracts |
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Profit (Loss) |
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Members Capital |
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on Open Positions |
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Members Capital |
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Maturity Dates |
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Agriculture |
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1,102 |
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$ |
1,087,413 |
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0.14 |
% |
(989 |
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$ |
(286,832 |
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-0.04 |
% |
$ |
800,581 |
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0.10 |
% |
January 10 - November 10 |
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Currencies |
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2,892 |
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(2,562,251 |
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-0.34 |
% |
(302 |
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(169,839 |
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-0.02 |
% |
(2,732,090 |
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-0.36 |
% |
March 10 |
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Energy |
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106 |
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134,142 |
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0.02 |
% |
(255 |
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(642,428 |
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-0.09 |
% |
(508,286 |
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-0.07 |
% |
January 10 - December 10 |
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Interest rates |
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7,633 |
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(179,602 |
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-0.03 |
% |
(460 |
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17,539 |
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0.00 |
% |
(162,063 |
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-0.03 |
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January 10 - June 10 |
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Metals |
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1,420 |
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3,027,127 |
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0.40 |
% |
(106 |
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(880,988 |
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-0.13 |
% |
2,146,139 |
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0.27 |
% |
January 10 - April 10 |
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Stock indices |
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5,218 |
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3,774,920 |
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0.50 |
% |
(16 |
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(14,035 |
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0.00 |
% |
3,760,885 |
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0.50 |
% |
January 10 - March 10 |
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Total |
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$ |
5,281,749 |
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0.69 |
% |
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(1,976,583 |
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-0.28 |
% |
$ |
3,305,166 |
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0.41 |
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No individual contracts unrealized profit or loss comprised greater than 5% of Members Capital as of December 31, 2010 and 2009.
Market Types
The Fund trades on a variety of United States and foreign futures exchanges. Substantially all of the Funds off-exchange trading takes place in the highly liquid, institutionally based, currency forward markets.
Many of the Funds currency trades are executed in the spot and forward foreign exchange markets (the FX Markets) where there are no direct execution costs. Instead, the participants, banks and dealers in the FX Markets take a spread between the prices at which they are prepared to buy and sell a particular currency and such spreads are built into the pricing of the spot or forward contracts with the Fund.
Custody of Assets
Substantially all of the Funds assets are currently held in one or more Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulated customer accounts at MLPF&S.
Cash Assets
The Fund will generally earn interest, as described below, on its Cash Assets, which can be generally described as the cash actually held by the Fund plus its open trade equity (unrealized gain and loss marked to market daily on open positions). Cash Assets are held primarily in U.S. dollars, and to a lesser extent in foreign currencies, and are comprised of the Funds cash balances which may be held in the offset accounts (as described below) which include open trade equity (unrealized gain and loss on open positions) on United States futures contracts, which is paid into or out of the Funds account on a daily basis; the Funds cash balances in foreign currencies derived from its trading in non-U.S. dollar denominated futures and options contracts, which includes open trade equity on those exchanges which settle gains and losses on open positions in such contracts prior to closing out such positions. Cash Assets do not include, and the Fund does not earn interest income on the Funds gains or losses on its open forward, commodity option and certain foreign futures positions since such gains and losses are not collected or paid until such positions are closed out.
The Funds Cash Assets may be greater than, less than or equal to the Funds Net Asset Value (on which the redemption value of the Units is based) primarily because Net Asset Value reflects all gains and losses on open positions as well as accrued but unpaid expenses.
Interest Earned on the Funds U.S. Dollar Cash Assets
The Funds U.S. dollar Cash Assets are held in cash at MLPF&S, which utilizes offset accounts.
Certain of the Funds U.S. dollar Cash Assets are held by MLPF&S in customer segregated accounts and primarily invested in CFTC-eligible investments (including, without limitation, commercial paper, U.S. government and government agency securities, prime non-U.S. government securities, corporate notes and money market funds). Cash Assets may also be maintained in offset accounts at major U.S. banks, interest bearing savings accounts maintained with major U.S. banks unaffiliated with Merrill Lynch and/or money market investment funds that are managed by third party managers, including affiliates of Merrill Lynch.
Offset accounts are non-interest bearing demand deposit accounts maintained with banks unaffiliated with Merrill Lynch. MLPF&S may in the future elect to maintain accounts of this nature with one or more of its affiliates. Offset account deposits reduce Merrill Lynchs borrowing costs with such banks. An integral feature of the offset arrangements is that the participating banks specifically acknowledge that the offset accounts are for the benefit of MLPF&S customers, not subject to any Merrill Lynch liability.
To the extent that Cash Assets are placed with affiliates of Merrill Lynch, Merrill Lynch indirectly receives certain economic benefits and therefore has a conflict of interest in selecting such third parties. For example, Merrill Lynch may invest in money market funds managed by BlackRock, Inc. or its affiliates (BlackRock). Merrill Lynch is a stockholder in BlackRock and, therefore, potentially benefits from its economic interest in BlackRock whenever BlackRock receives compensation for managing Cash Assets invested in money market investment funds managed by BlackRock.
Interest Paid by Merrill Lynch on the Funds Non-U.S. Dollar Cash Assets
The Fund will generally earn interest, as described below, on its Cash Assets, which can be generally described as the cash actually held by the Fund, plus its open trade equity (unrealized gain and loss marked to market daily on open positions). Cash Assets are held primarily in U.S. dollars, and to a lesser extent in non-U.S. currencies, and comprise the following: (a) the Funds cash balances, plus open trade equity on U.S. futures; and (b) the Funds cash balances held in non-U.S. currencies as a result of realized profits and losses derived from its trading in non-U.S. dollar-denominated futures and options contracts, plus open trade equity on those exchanges which settle gains and losses on open positions in such contracts prior to closing out such positions. Cash Assets do not include, and the Fund does not earn interest income on, the Funds gains or losses on its open forward, commodity option and certain non-U.S. futures positions as such gains and losses are not collected or paid until such positions are closed out.
The Funds Cash Assets may be greater than, less than or equal to the Funds Net Asset Value (on which the redemption value of the Units is based) primarily because Net Asset Value reflects all gains and losses on open positions as well as accrued but unpaid expenses.
MLPF&S intends to pay interest on the Funds Cash Assets (irrespective of how such Cash Assets are held or invested) at the most favorable rate payable by MLPF&S to accounts of Merrill Lynch affiliates, from time to time, although the actual rate paid to the Funds may be lower. In no event, however, will the rate so paid on such Cash Assets be less than 75% of such prevailing rate. MLPF&S retains the additional economic benefit derived from possession of the Funds Cash Assets.
MLPF&S, in the course of acting as commodity broker for the Fund, lends certain currencies to, and borrows certain currencies from, the Fund. In the course of doing so, MLPF&S both retains certain amounts of interest and receives other economic benefits. In doing so, MLPF&S follows its standard procedures (as such procedures may change over time) for paying interest on the assets of the commodity pools sponsored by MLAI and other MLPF&S affiliates and traded through MLPF&S.
Charges
The following table summarizes the charges incurred by the Fund for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008.
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Dollar |
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% of Average |
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Other Expenses |
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$ |
1,248,555 |
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0.16 |
% |
$ |
1,349,841 |
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0.18 |
% |
$ |
1,848,834 |
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0.25 |
% |
Sponsor fees |
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9,798,981 |
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1.22 |
% |
9,536,904 |
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1.24 |
% |
10,272,451 |
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1.42 |
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Management fees |
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16,085,528 |
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2.01 |
% |
15,244,224 |
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1.98 |
% |
14,943,538 |
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2.06 |
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Performance fees |
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11,615,788 |
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1.45 |
% |
583 |
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0.00 |
% |
30,491,051 |
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4.20 |
% | |||
Total |
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$ |
38,748,852 |
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4.84 |
% |
$ |
26,131,552 |
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3.39 |
% |
$ |
57,555,874 |
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7.93 |
% |
The foregoing table does not reflect the bid-ask spreads paid by the Fund on its forward trading, or the benefits which may be derived by Merrill Lynch from the deposit of certain of the Funds U.S. dollar assets maintained at MLPF&S.
The Funds average month-end Net Assets Value during 2010, 2009 and 2008 equaled $801,023,454, $769,805,727 and $725,896,624, respectively.
During 2010, the interest expense for the Fund was $(923), or approximately 0.00% of the Funds average month-end Net Assets Value. During 2009, the Fund earned $51,172 in interest income, or approximately 0.01% of the Funds average month-end Net Assets Value. During 2008, the Fund earned $12,915,952 in interest income, or approximately 1.78% of the Funds average month-end Net Assets Value.
Description of Current Charges
Recipient |
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Amount of Payment |
MLPF&S |
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Brokerage Commissions |
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During 2010, 2009 and 2008 and 2007 round-turn (each purchase and sale or sale and purchase of a single futures contract) rate of the Funds Brokerage Commissions was approximately $4.59, $6.50 and $7.16, respectively. |
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MLPF&S |
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Use of assets |
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Merrill Lynch may derive an economic benefit from the deposit of certain of the Funds U.S. dollar assets in accounts maintained at MLPF&S. |
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MLAI |
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Sponsor Fees |
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A flat-rate monthly charge of 0.125 of 1% (1.50% annual rate) on Class A units, flat-rate monthly charge of 0.2083 of 1% (2.50% annual rate) on Class C units, a flat-rate monthly charge of 0.0917 of 1% (1.10% annual rate) on Class I units (including the monthly interest credit and before reduction for accrued month-end redemptions, distributions, brokerage commissions, sponsor fees, management fees or performance fees, in each case as of the end of the month of determination). Class D, Class DS and Class DT do not pay a Sponsor fee. |
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MLPF&S |
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Sales Commissions |
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Class A Units are subject to a sales commission paid to MLPF&S ranging from 1.0% to 2.5%. Class D and Class I Units are subject to sales commissions up to 0.5%. The rate assessed to a given subscription is based upon the subscription amount. Sales commissions are deducted from proceeds prior to entering the Fund. Shares purchased and reflected in the Funds records are net of any commissions charged by MLPF&S. Class C, Class DS and Class DT Units are not subject to any sales commissions. |
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Merrill Lynch International Bank (MLIB) (or an affiliate); Other counterparties |
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Bidask spreads |
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Bidask spreads are not accounted for separately as an accounting item because bid-ask spreads are an integral part of the price paid or received on all contracts for generally accepted accounting principles. |
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MLIB (or an affiliate); Other counterparties |
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EFP differentials |
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Certain of the Funds currency trades may be executed in the form of exchange of futures for physical transactions, in which a counterparty (which may be MLIB or an affiliate) receives an additional differential spread for exchanging the Funds cash currency positions for equivalent futures positions. |
Winton and MLAI |
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Annual performance fees |
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20% of any New Trading Profits generated by the Fund and allocated for Classes A, C, I, D and DS and 15% of any New Trading Profits, as defined, generated by the Fund and allocated for Class DT as a whole as of the end of each calendar year. MLAI receives 25% of the performance fees. New Trading Profits equal any increase in the Net Asset Value of the Fund, prior to reduction for any accrued performance fee, as of the current performance fee calculation date over the Funds High Water Mark. The High Water Mark attributable to the Fund equals the highest Net Asset Value after reduction for the performance fee then paid, as of any preceding performance fee calculation date. Net Asset Value, solely for purposes of calculating the performance fee, does not include any interest income earned by the Fund. |
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Winton and MLAI |
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Management Fees |
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A flat rate monthly net charge of 0.1667 of 1% of the Funds month-end net assets (a 2% annual rate) except for Class DT which charges 1.50%. MLAI receives 25% of management fees. |
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Others |
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Operating expenses of the Fund including audit, legal and tax services. |
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Actual payments to third parties. |
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MLAI; Others |
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Ongoing Offering Costs reimbursed |
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Actual costs incurred. |
Regulation
The CFTC has delegated to the National Futures Association (NFA) responsibility for the registration of commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators, futures commission merchants, introducing brokers and their respective associated persons, and floor brokers and floor traders. The Commodity Exchange Act requires commodity pool operators such as MLAI, commodity trading advisors such as the Trading Advisor and commodity brokers or futures commission merchants (FCMs) such as MLPF&S to be registered and to comply with various reporting and record keeping requirements. CFTC regulations also require FCMs to maintain a minimum level of net capital. In addition, the CFTC and certain commodities exchanges have established limits referred to as speculative position limits on the maximum net long or net short speculative positions that any person may hold or control in any particular futures or options contracts traded on U.S. commodities exchanges. All accounts owned or managed by the Trading Advisor will be combined for position limit purposes. The Trading Advisor could be required to liquidate positions in order to comply with such limits. Any such liquidation could result in substantial costs to the Fund. In addition, many futures exchanges impose limits beyond which the price of a futures contract may not trade during the course of a trading day, and there is a potential for a futures contract to reach its daily price limit for several days in a row, making it impossible for the Trading Advisor to liquidate a position and thereby experiencing dramatic losses. Currency forward contracts currently are not subject to regulation by any U.S. government agency.
Other than in respect of the registration requirements pertaining to the Funds securities under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Fund is generally not subject to regulation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). However, MLAI is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. MLPF&S is also regulated by the SEC and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
(d) Financial Information about Geographic Areas
The Fund does not engage in material operations in foreign countries, nor is a material portion of the Funds revenue derived from customers in foreign countries.
The Fund trades on a number of foreign commodity exchanges. The Fund does not engage in the sales of goods or services.
Item 1A: Risk Factors
Past Performance Not Necessarily Indicative of Future Results
Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. The Trading Advisors past performance may not be representative of how it may trade in the future for the Fund.
Volatile Markets; Highly Leveraged Trading
Futures and forward trading is highly leveraged, and market price levels are volatile and materially affected by unpredictable factors such as weather and governmental intervention. The combination of leverage and volatility creates a high degree of risk.
Importance of General Market Conditions
Overall market or economic conditions which neither MLAI nor the Trading Advisor can predict or control have a material effect on the performance of any managed futures strategy.
Possibility of Additional Government or Market Regulation
Market disruptions and the dramatic increase in the capital allocated to alternative investment strategies during recent years have led to increased governmental as well as self-regulatory scrutiny of the alternative investment funds industry in general. In addition, certain legislation proposing greater regulation of the industry periodically is considered by the U.S. Congress, as well as the governing bodies of foreign jurisdictions. It is impossible to predict what, if any, changes in the regulations applicable to the Fund, MLAI the markets in which they trade and invest or the counterparties with which they do business may be instituted in the future. Any such regulation could have a material adverse impact on the profit potential of the Fund, as well as require increased transparency as to the identity of the Funds members.
Forward Trading
The Fund will trade in the forward markets, in addition to trading in the futures markets. None of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the National Futures Association, futures exchanges or banking authorities currently regulates the forward markets, and accordingly such markets are not subject to the breadth of regulation applicable to the futures markets. The forward markets are over-the-counter, non- exchange, traded markets, and in trading in these forward markets, the Fund will be dependent on the credit standing of the counterparties with which they trade, without the financial support of any clearinghouse system, as well as on the continued operation of the counterparties. This results in the risk that a counterparty may not settle a transaction with the Fund in accordance with its terms, because the counterparty is either unwilling or unable to do so, for example, because of a credit or liquidity problem affecting the counterparty, potentially resulting in significant loss. In addition, the prices offered for the same forward contract may vary significantly among different forward market participants. Forward markets counterparties are under no obligation to enter into forward transactions with the Fund, including transactions through which the Fund is attempting to liquidate open positions.
Effects of Speculative Position Limits
The CFTC and the U.S. commodities exchanges have established limits referred to as speculative position limits on the maximum net long or net short speculative positions that any person may hold or control in any particular futures or options contracts traded on U.S. commodities exchanges. For example, the CFTC currently imposes speculative position limits on a number of agricultural commodities (e.g., corn, oats, wheat, soybeans and cotton). All commodity accounts controlled by the Trading Advisor and its principals and their affiliates are combined for speculative position limit purposes. The Trading Advisor could be required to liquidate positions held for the Fund, or may not be able to fully implement trading instructions generated by its trading models, in order to comply with such limits. Any such liquidation or limited implementation could result in substantial costs to the Fund.
Regulatory Change Could Restrict the Funds Operations
The Fund implements speculative, highly leveraged strategies. From time to time there is governmental scrutiny of these types of strategies and political pressure to regulate their activities. The CFTC and the exchanges are authorized to take extraordinary actions in the event of a market emergency, including, for example, the retroactive implementation of speculative position limits or higher margin requirements, the establishment of daily price limits and the suspension of trading. The regulation of futures, forward and option transactions in the United States is a rapidly changing area of law and is subject to modification by government and judicial action. In addition, several U.S. legislators and the CFTC have expressed the concern that speculative futures traders, and commodity funds in particular, may be responsible for unwarranted and dramatic swings in the prices of commodities. Non-U.S. governments have from time to time blamed the declines of their currencies on speculative currency trading and imposed restrictions on speculative trading in certain markets.
Regulatory changes could adversely affect the Fund by restricting its markets, limiting its trading and/or increasing the taxes to which investors are subject. Adverse regulatory initiatives could develop suddenly and without notice.
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Reform Act) was enacted in July 2010. The Reform Act includes provisions that comprehensively regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets for the first time. The Reform Act requires that a substantial portion of over-the-counter derivatives be executed in regulated markets and submitted for clearing to regulated clearinghouses. Those over-the-counter derivatives may include over-the-counter foreign exchange forwards and swaps which are traded by the Fund, although the U.S. Treasury has the discretion to exclude foreign exchange forwards and swaps from certain of the regulatory requirements. If these forwards and swaps are not so excluded, the Reform Act may require them to be cleared and may subject the Fund, the Trading Advisor, the Sponsor and/or the Funds counterparties to additional regulatory requirements including minimum initial and variation margin requirements, minimum capital requirements, registration with the SEC and/or the CFTC, new business conduct standards, disclosure requirements, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, transparency requirements, position limits, limitations on conflicts of interest and other regulatory burdens. Some or all of these requirements may apply even if forwards and swaps are excluded by the U.S. Treasury. These new regulatory burdens would further increase the dealers costs, which costs are expected to be passed through to other market participants such as the Fund in the form of higher fees and less favorable dealer marks. They may also render certain strategies in which the Trading Advisor might otherwise engage impossible, or so costly that they will no longer be economical, to implement.
Additionally, the Reform Act, under what is commonly referred to as the Volcker Rule, may restrict banking entities or their affiliates, such as MLAI and certain other financial entities, from (i) purchasing units or other ownership interests in, or sponsoring, hedge funds or private equity funds (such as the Fund), with the exception of maintaining a de minimis investment, subject to certain other conditions and/or exceptions, (ii) engaging in proprietary trading and (iii) certain transactions involving conflicts of interest. The regulations and interpretations with respect to the Reform Act have yet to be issued, and the full import of the Reform Act is not yet clear. Once such regulations are issued and become effective, MLAI may take certain actions that it determines, in its sole discretion, to be necessary or advisable to comply with the Reform Act. Such changes may include, but are not limited to, the complete or partial redemption or transfer of any Units held by MLAI and/or the compulsory redemption of U.S. persons from the Fund. These actions may have a material adverse effect on the Fund and investors.
Increased Assets Under Management
There appears to be a tendency for the rates of return achieved by managed futures advisors to decline as assets under management increase. The Trading Advisor has not agreed to limit the amount of additional equity which it may manage.
Trading Advisor Risk
The Fund is subject to the risk of the bad judgment, negligence or misconduct of its Trading Advisor. There have been a number of instances in recent years in which private investment funds have incurred substantial losses due to Trading Advisor misconduct.
Changes in Trading Strategy
The Trading Advisor may make material changes in its trading strategies without the knowledge or seeking the approval of MLAI.
Illiquid Markets
Certain positions held by the Fund may become illiquid, preventing the Funds Trading Advisor from acquiring positions otherwise indicated by its strategy or making it impossible for the Trading Advisor to close out positions against which the market is moving.
Certain futures markets are subject to daily price limits, restricting the maximum amount by which the price of a particular contract can change during any given trading day. Once a contracts price has moved the limit, it may be impossible or economically non-viable to execute trades in such contract. From time to time, prices have moved the limit for a number of consecutive days, making it impossible for traders against whose positions the market was moving to prevent large losses.
Trading on Non-U.S. Exchanges
The Trading Advisor may trade extensively on non-U.S. exchanges. These exchanges are not regulated by any United States governmental agency. The Fund could incur substantial losses trading on foreign exchanges to which it would not have been subject had its Trading Advisor limited its trading to U.S. markets.
The profits and losses derived from trading foreign futures and forwards will generally be denominated in foreign currencies; consequently, the Fund will be subject to a certain degree of exchange-rate risk in trading such contracts.
Risk of Loss Due to the Bankruptcy or Failure of Counterparties, Brokers and Exchanges
The Fund is subject to the risk of the insolvency of its counterparties (such as broker-dealers, futures commission merchants, exchanges, clearinghouses, banks or other financial institutions, including MLPF&S). Consequently, losses to the Fund could develop and substantially affect performance if insolvency of any of these counterparties occurs. The Funds assets could be lost or impounded during a counterpartys bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings and a substantial portion or all of the Funds assets may become unavailable to it either permanently or for a matter of years. Were any such bankruptcy or insolvency to occur or were the threat of such bankruptcy or insolvency here to occur, MLAI might decide to liquidate the Fund or suspend limit or otherwise alter trading, perhaps causing the Fund to miss significant profit opportunities. In connection with offshore futures and over-the-counter forward trading, there are increased risks in dealing with offshore brokers and unregulated trading counterparties, including the risk that assets may not benefit from the protection afforded to customer funds deposited with regulated brokers and dealers.
Item 1B: Unresolved Staff Comments
Not applicable.
Item 2: Properties
The Fund does not use any physical properties in the conduct of its business.
The Funds offices are the administrative offices of MLAI (Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments LLC, Four World Financial Center, 10th Floor, 250 Vesey Street, New York,, New York, 10080). MLAI performs administrative services for the Fund from MLAIs offices.
Item 3: Legal Proceedings
None.
Item 4: (Removed and Reserved)
PART II
Item 5: Market for Registrants Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Item 5(a)
(a) Market Information:
There is no established public trading market for the Units, and none is likely to develop. Members may redeem Units on ten days written notice to MLAI as of the last day of each month at their Net Asset Value, subject to certain early redemption charges.
(b) Holders:
As of December 31, 2010, there were 7,148 holders of Units including MLAI, none of whom owned 5% or more of the Funds Units.
(c) Dividends:
MLAI has not made and does not contemplate making any distributions on the Units.
(d) Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans:
Not applicable.
(e) Performance Graph:
Not applicable.
(f) Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities:
Issuance to accredited investors pursuant to Regulation D and Section 4(6) under the Securities Act. The selling agent of the following Class of Units was MLPF&S.
CLASS A
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Subscription |
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Amount |
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Units |
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NAV (1) |
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Jan-10 |
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$ |
556,716 |
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368,979 |
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$ |
1.5088 |
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Feb-10 |
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993,760 |
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675,430 |
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1.4713 |
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Mar-10 |
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827,770 |
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551,002 |
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1.5023 |
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Apr-10 |
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1,429,934 |
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912,646 |
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1.5668 |
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May-10 |
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1,213,233 |
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764,096 |
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1.5878 |
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Jun-10 |
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975,750 |
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617,955 |
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1.5790 |
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Jul-10 |
|
798,827 |
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498,955 |
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1.6010 |
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Aug-10 |
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8,109,999 |
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5,230,233 |
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1.5506 |
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Sep-10 |
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8,651,920 |
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5,327,865 |
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1.6239 |
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Oct-10 |
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4,477,146 |
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2,747,221 |
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1.6297 |
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Nov-10 |
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6,946,074 |
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4,167,811 |
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1.6666 |
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Dec-10 |
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5,310,439 |
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3,260,338 |
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1.6288 |
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Jan-11 |
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3,708,669 |
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2,206,228 |
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1.6810 |
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Feb-11 |
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2,652,039 |
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1,579,535 |
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1.6790 |
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CLASS C
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Subscription |
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Amount |
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Units |
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NAV (1) |
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Jan-10 |
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$ |
2,840,699 |
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1,975,452 |
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$ |
1.4380 |
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Feb-10 |
|
8,747,139 |
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6,243,051 |
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1.4011 |
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Mar-10 |
|
4,669,404 |
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3,266,459 |
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1.4295 |
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Apr-10 |
|
4,488,838 |
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3,013,452 |
|
1.4896 |
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May-10 |
|
3,824,111 |
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2,535,379 |
|
1.5083 |
| ||
Jun-10 |
|
4,131,162 |
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2,756,680 |
|
1.4986 |
| ||
Jul-10 |
|
4,220,657 |
|
2,780,040 |
|
1.5182 |
| ||
Aug-10 |
|
8,033,542 |
|
5,467,970 |
|
1.4692 |
| ||
Sep-10 |
|
10,399,492 |
|
6,764,338 |
|
1.5374 |
| ||
Oct-10 |
|
9,197,509 |
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5,966,210 |
|
1.5416 |
| ||
Nov-10 |
|
6,778,470 |
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4,303,244 |
|
1.5752 |
| ||
Dec-10 |
|
7,702,942 |
|
5,008,089 |
|
1.5381 |
| ||
Jan-11 |
|
10,773,415 |
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6,791,965 |
|
1.5862 |
| ||
Feb-11 |
|
10,825,271 |
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6,838,453 |
|
1.5830 |
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CLASS D
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Subscription |
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Amount |
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Units |
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NAV (1) |
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Jan-10 |
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$ |
4,627,153 |
|
3,092,190 |
|
$ |
1.4964 |
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Feb-10 |
|
5,623,168 |
|
3,848,849 |
|
1.4610 |
| ||
Mar-10 |
|
600,000 |
|
401,687 |
|
1.4937 |
| ||
Apr-10 |
|
44,999 |
|
28,849 |
|
1.5598 |
| ||
May-10 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.5827 |
| ||
Jun-10 |
|
323,000 |
|
204,975 |
|
1.5758 |
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Jul-10 |
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|
|
|
|
1.5998 |
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Aug-10 |
|
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|
|
|
1.5514 |
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Sep-10 |
|
999,999 |
|
614,703 |
|
1.6268 |
| ||
Oct-10 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.6346 |
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Nov-10 |
|
749,999 |
|
448,108 |
|
1.6737 |
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Dec-10 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.6377 |
| ||
Jan-11 |
|
7,474,997 |
|
4,416,803 |
|
1.6924 |
| ||
Feb-11 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.6925 |
| ||
CLASS I
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Subscription |
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Amount |
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Units |
|
NAV (1) |
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Jan-10 |
|
$ |
582,776 |
|
381,723 |
|
$ |
1.5267 |
|
Feb-10 |
|
797,710 |
|
535,664 |
|
1.4892 |
| ||
Mar-10 |
|
2,013,802 |
|
1,323,911 |
|
1.5211 |
| ||
Apr-10 |
|
213,824 |
|
134,735 |
|
1.5870 |
| ||
May-10 |
|
385,642 |
|
239,706 |
|
1.6088 |
| ||
Jun-10 |
|
374,216 |
|
233,828 |
|
1.6004 |
| ||
Jul-10 |
|
1,116,935 |
|
688,107 |
|
1.6232 |
| ||
Aug-10 |
|
558,062 |
|
354,866 |
|
1.5726 |
| ||
Sep-10 |
|
986,575 |
|
598,831 |
|
1.6475 |
| ||
Oct-10 |
|
238,613 |
|
144,264 |
|
1.6540 |
| ||
Nov-10 |
|
1,029,995 |
|
608,780 |
|
1.6919 |
| ||
Dec-10 |
|
2,844,949 |
|
1,719,938 |
|
1.6541 |
| ||
Jan-11 |
|
809,815 |
|
474,186 |
|
1.7078 |
| ||
Feb-11 |
|
425,991 |
|
249,658 |
|
1.7063 |
| ||
CLASS DS
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Subscription |
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Amount |
|
Units |
|
NAV (1) |
| ||
Jan-10 |
|
$ |
1,745,510 |
|
1,167,878 |
|
$ |
1.4946 |
|
Feb-10 |
|
637,381 |
|
436,802 |
|
1.4592 |
| ||
Mar-10 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.4919 |
| ||
Apr-10 |
|
1,372,782 |
|
881,175 |
|
1.5579 |
| ||
May-10 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.5807 |
| ||
Jun-10 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.5739 |
| ||
Jul-10 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.5978 |
| ||
Aug-10 |
|
649,853 |
|
419,395 |
|
1.5495 |
| ||
Sep-10 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.6248 |
| ||
Oct-10 |
|
4,103,062 |
|
2,513,207 |
|
1.6326 |
| ||
Nov-10 |
|
1,615,820 |
|
966,631 |
|
1.6716 |
| ||
Dec-10 |
|
799,264 |
|
488,636 |
|
1.6357 |
| ||
Jan-11 |
|
3,823,472 |
|
2,262,008 |
|
1.6903 |
| ||
Feb-11 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.6905 |
| ||
CLASS DT
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|
Subscription |
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|
| ||||
|
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Amount |
|
Units |
|
NAV (1) |
| ||
Jan-10 |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
$ |
1.5377 |
|
Feb-10 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.5020 |
| ||
Mar-10 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.5362 |
| ||
Apr-10 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.6048 |
| ||
May-10 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.6291 |
| ||
Jun-10 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.6227 |
| ||
Jul-10 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.6480 |
| ||
Aug-10 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.5988 |
| ||
Sep-10 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.6788 |
| ||
Oct-10 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.6879 |
| ||
Nov-10 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.7314 |
| ||
Dec-10 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.6925 |
| ||
Jan-11 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.7532 |
| ||
Feb-11 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.7540 |
| ||
(1) Beginning of the month Net Asset Value
Class A Units are subject to a sales commission paid to MLPF&S ranging from 1.0% to 2.5%. Class D and Class I Units are subject to sales commissions up to 0.5%. The rate assessed to a given subscription is based upon the subscription amount. Sales commissions are directly deducted from subscription amounts. Class C, Class DS and Class DT Units are not subject to any sales commissions.
Item 5(b)
Not applicable.
Item 5(c)
Not applicable.
Item 6: Selected Financial Data
The following selected financial data has been derived from the financial statements of the Fund.
Statements of Operations |
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For the year |
|
For the year |
|
For the year |
|
For the year ended |
|
For the year ended |
| |||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
Trading profit (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
Realized, net |
|
$ |
106,905,362 |
|
$ |
(26,823,655 |
) |
$ |
168,699,930 |
|
$ |
89,611,147 |
|
$ |
22,914,555 |
|
Change in unrealized, net |
|
24,266,795 |
|
(11,425,948 |
) |
6,796,965 |
|
(3,491,204 |
) |
8,672,148 |
| |||||
Brokerage commissions |
|
(985,164 |
) |
(772,176 |
) |
(1,087,424 |
) |
(1,996,947 |
) |
(1,603,878 |
) | |||||
Total trading profit (loss) |
|
130,186,993 |
|
(39,021,779 |
) |
174,409,471 |
|
84,122,996 |
|
29,982,825 |
| |||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
INVESTMENT INCOME (EXPENSE): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
Interest |
|
(923 |
) |
51,172 |
|
12,915,952 |
|
24,566,411 |
|
10,650,742 |
| |||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
EXPENSES: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
Management fees |
|
16,085,528 |
|
15,244,224 |
|
14,943,538 |
|
9,953,107 |
|
4,555,234 |
| |||||
Performance fees |
|
11,615,788 |
|
583 |
|
30,491,051 |
|
14,101,642 |
|
5,417,903 |
| |||||
Sponsor fees |
|
9,798,981 |
|
9,536,904 |
|
10,272,451 |
|
7,766,920 |
|
4,248,731 |
| |||||
Other |
|
1,248,555 |
|
1,349,841 |
|
1,848,834 |
|
1,060,592 |
|
996,583 |
| |||||
Total Expenses |
|
38,748,852 |
|
26,131,552 |
|
57,555,874 |
|
32,882,261 |
|
15,218,451 |
| |||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
NET INVESTMENT LOSS |
|
(38,749,775 |
) |
(26,080,380 |
) |
(44,639,922 |
) |
(8,315,850 |
) |
(4,567,709 |
) | |||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
NET INCOME (LOSS) |
|
$ |
91,437,218 |
|
$ |
(65,102,159 |
) |
$ |
129,769,549 |
|
$ |
75,807,146 |
|
$ |
25,415,116 |
|
Balance Sheet Data |
|
December 31, |
|
December 31, |
|
December 31, |
|
December 31, 2007 |
|
December 31, 2006 |
| |||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||
Members Capital |
|
$ |
897,470,308 |
|
$ |
750,036,467 |
|
$ |
803,988,560 |
|
$ |
607,047,689 |
|
$ |
323,050,144 |
|
Net Asset Value per Class A Unit |
|
1.6810 |
|
1.5088 |
|
1.6440 |
|
1.3772 |
|
1.2076 |
| |||||
Net Asset Value per Class C Unit |
|
1.5862 |
|
1.4380 |
|
1.5827 |
|
1.3391 |
|
1.1859 |
| |||||
Net Asset Value per Class D Unit |
|
1.6924 |
|
1.4964 |
|
1.6066 |
|
1.3258 |
|
1.1460 |
| |||||
Net Asset Value per Class I Unit |
|
1.7078 |
|
1.5267 |
|
1.6566 |
|
1.3821 |
|
1.2069 |
| |||||
Net Asset Value per Class DS Unit |
|
1.6903 |
|
1.4946 |
|
1.6046 |
|
1.3258 |
|
|
| |||||
Net Asset Value per Class DT Unit |
|
1.7532 |
|
1.5377 |
|
1.6425 |
|
1.3357 |
|
|
| |||||
MLAI believes that the Net Asset Value used to calculate subscription and redemption value and report performance to investors throughout the year is useful information for the Members of the Fund.
MONTH-END NET ASSET VALUE PER INITIAL UNIT CLASS A
|
|
Jan. |
|
Feb. |
|
Mar. |
|
Apr. |
|
May |
|
June |
|
July |
|
Aug. |
|
Sept. |
|
Oct. |
|
Nov. |
|
Dec. |
| ||||||||||||
2006 |
|
$ |
1.1029 |
|
$ |
1.0768 |
|
$ |
1.1124 |
|
$ |
1.1783 |
|
$ |
1.1326 |
|
$ |
1.1180 |
|
$ |
1.1124 |
|
$ |
1.1577 |
|
$ |
1.1428 |
|
$ |
1.1565 |
|
$ |
1.1869 |
|
$ |
1.2084 |
|
2007 |
|
$ |
1.2584 |
|
$ |
1.1800 |
|
$ |
1.1279 |
|
$ |
1.1924 |
|
$ |
1.2488 |
|
$ |
1.2678 |
|
$ |
1.2516 |
|
$ |
1.2421 |
|
$ |
1.3172 |
|
$ |
1.3458 |
|
$ |
1.3769 |
|
$ |
1.3777 |
|
2008 |
|
$ |
1.4285 |
|
$ |
1.5377 |
|
$ |
1.5208 |
|
$ |
1.5075 |
|
$ |
1.5302 |
|
$ |
1.6005 |
|
$ |
1.5348 |
|
$ |
1.4963 |
|
$ |
1.5000 |
|
$ |
1.5573 |
|
$ |
1.6179 |
|
$ |
1.6443 |
|
2009 |
|
$ |
1.6553 |
|
$ |
1.6464 |
|
$ |
1.6155 |
|
$ |
1.5632 |
|
$ |
1.5257 |
|
$ |
1.5024 |
|
$ |
1.4745 |
|
$ |
1.4752 |
|
$ |
1.5086 |
|
$ |
1.4850 |
|
$ |
1.5556 |
|
$ |
1.5088 |
|
2010 |
|
$ |
1.4713 |
|
$ |
1.5023 |
|
$ |
1.5668 |
|
$ |
1.5878 |
|
$ |
1.5790 |
|
$ |
1.6010 |
|
$ |
1.5506 |
|
$ |
1.6239 |
|
$ |
1.6297 |
|
$ |
1.6666 |
|
$ |
1.6288 |
|
$ |
1.6810 |
|
MONTH-END NET ASSET VALUE PER INITIAL UNIT CLASS C
|
|
Jan. |
|
Feb. |
|
Mar. |
|
Apr. |
|
May |
|
June |
|
July |
|
Aug. |
|
Sept. |
|
Oct. |
|
Nov. |
|
Dec. |
| ||||||||||||
2006 |
|
$ |
1.0943 |
|
$ |
1.0675 |
|
$ |
1.1018 |
|
$ |
1.1659 |
|
$ |
1.1191 |
|
$ |
1.1041 |
|
$ |
1.0975 |
|
$ |
1.1413 |
|
$ |
1.1256 |
|
$ |
1.1381 |
|
$ |
1.1668 |
|
$ |
1.1864 |
|
2007 |
|
$ |
1.2345 |
|
$ |
1.1568 |
|
$ |
1.1047 |
|
$ |
1.1670 |
|
$ |
1.2212 |
|
$ |
1.2387 |
|
$ |
1.2219 |
|
$ |
1.2116 |
|
$ |
1.2837 |
|
$ |
1.3105 |
|
$ |
1.3397 |
|
$ |
1.3393 |
|
2008 |
|
$ |
1.3876 |
|
$ |
1.4924 |
|
$ |
1.4747 |
|
$ |
1.4607 |
|
$ |
1.4814 |
|
$ |
1.5482 |
|
$ |
1.4835 |
|
$ |
1.4450 |
|
$ |
1.4474 |
|
$ |
1.5015 |
|
$ |
1.5587 |
|
$ |
1.5829 |
|
2009 |
|
$ |
1.5921 |
|
$ |
1.5822 |
|
$ |
1.5513 |
|
$ |
1.4998 |
|
$ |
1.4626 |
|
$ |
1.4391 |
|
$ |
1.4112 |
|
$ |
1.4107 |
|
$ |
1.4415 |
|
$ |
1.4177 |
|
$ |
1.4838 |
|
$ |
1.4380 |
|
2010 |
|
$ |
1.4011 |
|
$ |
1.4295 |
|
$ |
1.4896 |
|
$ |
1.5083 |
|
$ |
1.4986 |
|
$ |
1.5182 |
|
$ |
1.4692 |
|
$ |
1.5374 |
|
$ |
1.5416 |
|
$ |
1.5752 |
|
$ |
1.5381 |
|
$ |
1.5862 |
|
MONTH-END NET ASSET VALUE PER INITIAL UNIT CLASS D
|
|
Jan. |
|
Feb. |
|
Mar. |
|
Apr. |
|
May |
|
June |
|
July |
|
Aug. |
|
Sept. |
|
Oct. |
|
Nov. |
|
Dec. |
| ||||||||||||
2006 |
|
$ |
1.0360 |
|
$ |
1.0131 |
|
$ |
1.0479 |
|
$ |
1.1113 |
|
$ |
1.0646 |
|
$ |
1.0528 |
|
$ |
1.0489 |
|
$ |
1.0932 |
|
$ |
1.0808 |
|
$ |
1.0955 |
|
$ |
1.1255 |
|
$ |
1.1463 |
|
2007 |
|
$ |
1.1952 |
|
$ |
1.1216 |
|
$ |
1.0733 |
|
$ |
1.1362 |
|
$ |
1.1914 |
|
$ |
1.2110 |
|
$ |
1.1971 |
|
$ |
1.1894 |
|
$ |
1.2629 |
|
$ |
1.2919 |
|
$ |
1.3235 |
|
$ |
1.3259 |
|
2008 |
|
$ |
1.3765 |
|
$ |
1.4836 |
|
$ |
1.4691 |
|
$ |
1.4581 |
|
$ |
1.4819 |
|
$ |
1.5519 |
|
$ |
1.4903 |
|
$ |
1.4548 |
|
$ |
1.4602 |
|
$ |
1.5178 |
|
$ |
1.5787 |
|
$ |
1.6065 |
|
2009 |
|
$ |
1.6193 |
|
$ |
1.6126 |
|
$ |
1.5842 |
|
$ |
1.5349 |
|
$ |
1.4999 |
|
$ |
1.4789 |
|
$ |
1.4532 |
|
$ |
1.4558 |
|
$ |
1.4906 |
|
$ |
1.4691 |
|
$ |
1.5408 |
|
$ |
1.4964 |
|
2010 |
|
$ |
1.4610 |
|
$ |
1.4937 |
|
$ |
1.5598 |
|
$ |
1.5827 |
|
$ |
1.5758 |
|
$ |
1.5998 |
|
$ |
1.5514 |
|
$ |
1.6268 |
|
$ |
1.6346 |
|
$ |
1.6737 |
|
$ |
1.6377 |
|
$ |
1.6924 |
|
MONTH-END NET ASSET VALUE PER INITIAL UNIT CLASS I
|
|
Jan. |
|
Feb. |
|
Mar. |
|
Apr. |
|
May |
|
June |
|
July |
|
Aug. |
|
Sept. |
|
Oct. |
|
Nov. |
|
Dec. |
| ||||||||||||
2006 |
|
$ |
1.0972 |
|
$ |
1.0715 |
|
$ |
1.1073 |
|
$ |
1.1732 |
|
$ |
1.1283 |
|
$ |
1.1154 |
|
$ |
1.1100 |
|
$ |
1.1558 |
|
$ |
1.1414 |
|
$ |
1.1553 |
|
$ |
1.1862 |
|
$ |
1.2079 |
|
2007 |
|
$ |
1.2583 |
|
$ |
1.1805 |
|
$ |
1.1287 |
|
$ |
1.1937 |
|
$ |
1.2505 |
|
$ |
1.2699 |
|
$ |
1.2542 |
|
$ |
1.2450 |
|
$ |
1.3207 |
|
$ |
1.3499 |
|
$ |
1.3816 |
|
$ |
1.3828 |
|
2008 |
|
$ |
1.4343 |
|
$ |
1.5444 |
|
$ |
1.5279 |
|
$ |
1.5151 |
|
$ |
1.5385 |
|
$ |
1.6098 |
|
$ |
1.5442 |
|
$ |
1.5059 |
|
$ |
1.5102 |
|
$ |
1.5684 |
|
$ |
1.6299 |
|
$ |
1.6571 |
|
2009 |
|
$ |
1.6687 |
|
$ |
1.6603 |
|
$ |
1.6297 |
|
$ |
1.5774 |
|
$ |
1.5401 |
|
$ |
1.5172 |
|
$ |
1.4894 |
|
$ |
1.4907 |
|
$ |
1.5250 |
|
$ |
1.5015 |
|
$ |
1.5734 |
|
$ |
1.5267 |
|
2010 |
|
$ |
1.4892 |
|
$ |
1.5211 |
|
$ |
1.5870 |
|
$ |
1.6088 |
|
$ |
1.6004 |
|
$ |
1.6232 |
|
$ |
1.5726 |
|
$ |
1.6475 |
|
$ |
1.6540 |
|
$ |
1.6919 |
|
$ |
1.6541 |
|
$ |
1.7078 |
|
MONTH-END NET ASSET VALUE PER INITIAL UNIT CLASS DS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jan. |
|
Feb. |
|
Mar. |
|
Apr. |
|
May |
|
June |
|
July |
|
Aug. |
|
Sept. |
|
Oct. |
|
Nov. |
|
Dec. |
| ||||||||||||
2007 |
|
n/a |
|
n/a |
|
$ |
1.0733 |
|
$ |
1.1362 |
|
$ |
1.1914 |
|
$ |
1.2109 |
|
$ |
1.1970 |
|
$ |
1.1894 |
|
$ |
1.2629 |
|
$ |
1.2919 |
|
$ |
1.3235 |
|
$ |
1.3258 |
| ||
2008 |
|
$ |
1.3765 |
|
$ |
1.4835 |
|
$ |
1.4690 |
|
$ |
1.4582 |
|
$ |
1.4817 |
|
$ |
1.5509 |
|
$ |
1.4900 |
|
$ |
1.4549 |
|
$ |
1.4602 |
|
$ |
1.5171 |
|
$ |
1.5773 |
|
$ |
1.6046 |
|
2009 |
|
$ |
1.6173 |
|
$ |
1.6106 |
|
$ |
1.5822 |
|
$ |
1.5329 |
|
$ |
1.4980 |
|
$ |
1.4771 |
|
$ |
1.4514 |
|
$ |
1.4540 |
|
$ |
1.4888 |
|
$ |
1.4673 |
|
$ |
1.5389 |
|
$ |
1.4946 |
|
2010 |
|
$ |
1.4592 |
|
$ |
1.4919 |
|
$ |
1.5579 |
|
$ |
1.5807 |
|
$ |
1.5739 |
|
$ |
1.5978 |
|
$ |
1.5495 |
|
$ |
1.6248 |
|
$ |
1.6326 |
|
$ |
1.6716 |
|
$ |
1.6357 |
|
$ |
1.6903 |
|
MONTH-END NET ASSET VALUE PER INITIAL UNIT CLASS DT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jan. |
|
Feb. |
|
Mar. |
|
Apr. |
|
May |
|
June |
|
July |
|
Aug. |
|
Sept. |
|
Oct. |
|
Nov. |
|
Dec. |
| ||||||||||||
2007 |
|
n/a |
|
n/a |
|
n/a |
|
n/a |
|
$ |
1.1914 |
|
$ |
1.2123 |
|
$ |
1.1971 |
|
$ |
1.1867 |
|
$ |
1.2679 |
|
$ |
1.2991 |
|
$ |
1.3330 |
|
$ |
1.3357 |
| ||||
2008 |
|
$ |
1.3901 |
|
$ |
1.5051 |
|
$ |
1.4899 |
|
$ |
1.4785 |
|
$ |
1.5045 |
|
$ |
1.5802 |
|
$ |
1.5141 |
|
$ |
1.4761 |
|
$ |
1.4824 |
|
$ |
1.5452 |
|
$ |
1.6117 |
|
$ |
1.6423 |
|
2009 |
|
$ |
1.6568 |
|
$ |
1.6500 |
|
$ |
1.6217 |
|
$ |
1.5718 |
|
$ |
1.5367 |
|
$ |
1.5159 |
|
$ |
1.4902 |
|
$ |
1.4934 |
|
$ |
1.5298 |
|
$ |
1.5083 |
|
$ |
1.5827 |
|
$ |
1.5377 |
|
2010 |
|
$ |
1.5020 |
|
$ |
1.5362 |
|
$ |
1.6048 |
|
$ |
1.6291 |
|
$ |
1.6227 |
|
$ |
1.6480 |
|
$ |
1.5988 |
|
$ |
1.6788 |
|
$ |
1.6879 |
|
$ |
1.7314 |
|
$ |
1.6925 |
|
$ |
1.7532 |
|
ML WINTON FUTURESACCESS LLC
(CLASS A UNITS) (5)
December 31, 2010
Type of Pool: Single Advisor Non-Principal Protected(1)
Inception of Trading: February 2005
Aggregate Subscriptions: $143,484,656
Current Capitalization: $ 109,831,571
Worst Monthly Drawdown(2): (6.23)% (February 2007)
Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown(3): (1.13)% (February 2009 - October 2010)
Net Asset Value per Unit Class A, December 31, 2010: $1.6810
Monthly Rates of Return (4)
Month |
|
2010 |
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
|
2007 |
|
2006 |
|
January |
|
(2.48 |
)% |
.67 |
% |
3.69 |
% |
4.14 |
% |
2.91 |
% |
February |
|
2.11 |
|
(0.54 |
) |
7.64 |
|
(6.23 |
) |
(2.37 |
) |
March |
|
4.29 |
|
(1.88 |
) |
(1.10 |
) |
(4.42 |
) |
3.31 |
|
April |
|
1.34 |
|
(3.24 |
) |
(0.87 |
) |
5.72 |
|
5.92 |
|
May |
|
(0.55 |
) |
(2.40 |
) |
1.51 |
|
4.73 |
|
(3.88 |
) |
June |
|
1.39 |
|
(1.53 |
) |
4.59 |
|
1.52 |
|
(1.29 |
) |
July |
|
(3.15 |
) |
(1.86 |
) |
(4.10 |
) |
(1.27 |
) |
(0.50 |
) |
August |
|
4.73 |
|
0.05 |
|
(2.51 |
) |
(0.76 |
) |
4.07 |
|
September |
|
0.36 |
|
2.26 |
|
0.25 |
|
6.04 |
|
(1.29 |
) |
October |
|
2.26 |
|
(1.56 |
) |
3.82 |
|
2.17 |
|
1.20 |
|
November |
|
(2.27 |
) |
4.75 |
|
3.89 |
|
2.32 |
|
2.63 |
|
December |
|
3.20 |
|
(3.01 |
) |
1.63 |
|
0.05 |
|
1.81 |
|
Compound Annual Rate of Return |
|
11.41 |
% |
(8.24 |
)% |
19.36 |
% |
14.01 |
% |
12.76 |
% |
(1) Certain funds are structured so as to guarantee to investors that their investment will be worth no less than a specified amount (typically, the initial purchase price) as of a date certain after the date of investment. The CFTC refers to such funds as principal protected. The Fund has no such feature.
(2) Worst Monthly Drawdown represents the largest negative Monthly Rate of Return experienced since February 1, 2005 by the Fund; a drawdown is measured on the basis of month-end Net Asset Value only, and does not reflect intra-month figures.
(3) Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown represents the greatest percentage decline since February 1, 2005 from a month-end cumulative Monthly Rate of Return without such cumulative Monthly Rate of Return being equaled or exceeded as of a subsequent month-end. For example, if the Monthly Rate of Return was (1)% in each of January and February, 1% in March and (2)% in April, the Peak-to-Valley Drawdown would still be continuing at the end of April in the amount of approximately (3)%, whereas if the Monthly Rate of Return had been approximately 3% in March, the Peak-to-Valley Drawdown would have ended as of the end of February at approximately the (2)% level.
(4) Monthly Rate of Return is the net performance of the Fund during the month of determination (including interest income and after all expenses have been accrued or paid) divided by the total capital of the Fund as of the beginning of such month.
(5) The information presented is based on Net Asset Value and Net Asset Value per Unit. The inception to date total return is 68.10%.
ML WINTON FUTURESACCESS LLC
(CLASS C UNITS) (5)
December 31, 2010
Type of Pool: Single Advisor Non-Principal Protected(1)
Inception of Trading: February 2005
Aggregate Subscriptions: $525,216,292
Current Capitalization: $352,964,317
Worst Monthly Drawdown(2): (6.29)% (February 2007)
Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown(3): (12.01)% (February 2009 January 2010)
Net Asset Value per Unit Class C, December 31, 2010: $1.5862
Monthly Rates of Return (4)
Month |
|
2010 |
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
|
2007 |
|
2006 |
|
January |
|
(2.57 |
)% |
.58 |
% |
3.61 |
% |
4.05 |
% |
2.83 |
% |
February |
|
2.03 |
|
(0.62 |
) |
7.55 |
|
(6.29 |
) |
(2.45 |
) |
March |
|
4.20 |
|
(1.95 |
) |
(1.19 |
) |
(4.50 |
) |
3.21 |
|
April |
|
1.26 |
|
(3.32 |
) |
(0.95 |
) |
5.64 |
|
5.82 |
|
May |
|
(0.64 |
) |
(2.48 |
) |
1.42 |
|
4.64 |
|
(4.01 |
) |
June |
|
1.31 |
|
(1.61 |
) |
4.51 |
|
1.43 |
|
(1.34 |
) |
July |
|
(3.23 |
) |
(1.94 |
) |
(4.18 |
) |
(1.36 |
) |
(0.60 |
) |
August |
|
4.64 |
|
(0.04 |
) |
(2.60 |
) |
(0.84 |
) |
3.99 |
|
September |
|
0.27 |
|
2.18 |
|
0.17 |
|
5.95 |
|
(1.38 |
) |
October |
|
2.18 |
|
(1.65 |
) |
3.74 |
|
2.09 |
|
1.11 |
|
November |
|
(2.36 |
) |
4.66 |
|
3.81 |
|
2.23 |
|
2.52 |
|
December |
|
3.13 |
|
(3.09 |
) |
1.55 |
|
(0.03 |
) |
1.68 |
|
Compound Annual Rate of Return |
|
10.31 |
% |
(9.16 |
)% |
18.19 |
% |
12.89 |
% |
11.48 |
% |
(1) Certain funds are structured so as to guarantee to investors that their investment will be worth no less than a specified amount (typically, the initial purchase price) as of a date certain after the date of investment. The CFTC refers to such funds as principal protected. The Fund has no such feature.
(2) Worst Monthly Drawdown represents the largest negative Monthly Rate of Return experienced since February 1, 2005 by the Fund; a drawdown is measured on the basis of month-end Net Asset Value only, and does not reflect intra-month