UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549


FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  December 6, 2011
 
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Spectrum Global Balanced L.P.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
     
Delaware
0-26340
13-3782232
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 c/o Ceres Managed Futures LLC, 522 Fifth Avenue, 13th Floor, New York, NY
10036
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (212) 296-1999
 
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

The registrant does not have a board of directors.  The registrant’s general partner, Ceres Managed Futures LLC (“CMF”), is managed by a board of directors.
 
Effective December 6, 2011, Mr. Michael McGrath no longer serves as a director of CMF.

Effective December 6, 2011, Mr. Colbert Narcisse was appointed a director of CMF.

Colbert Narcisse, age 45, has been a Director and a principal (listing pending) of the general partner since December 2011.  Since February 2011, Mr. Narcisse has been a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, a financial services firm, where his responsibilities have included serving as Head of the Alternative Investment Group, Head of the Corporate Equity Solutions Group, and Chief Operating Officer of the Investment Strategy and Client Solutions Division.  From July 2009 until February 2011, Mr. Narcisse served as Chief Executive Officer of Gold Bullion International, a business services company that enables retail investors to acquire, manage and store physical precious metals through their financial advisor.  From March 2009 until July 2009, Mr. Narcisse took personal leave.  From August 1990 until March 2009, Mr. Narcisse was employed by Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., a financial services firm, where his responsibilities included serving as Chief Operating Officer of Americas Investment Banking, Chief Operating Officer of the Global Wealth Management Division, and as an investment banker in both the Financial Institutions and Public Finance Groups.  From July 1987 until August 1990, Mr. Narcisse was employed by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where his responsibilities included serving as a Bank Examiner.  Additionally, Mr. Narcisse serves on the Board of Harlem RBI, as the Vice Chair of Finance for the Montclair Cooperative School Board of Trustees, as an Audit Committee Member of the New York City Housing Authority, and as a Member of the Executive Leadership Council.  Mr. Narcisse received his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance in June 1987 from New York University.  He received his Master of Business Administration degree in July 1992 from Harvard Business School.
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURE
 
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.
     
     
  MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY SPECTRUM GLOBAL BALANCED L.P.  
 Date: December 12, 2011      
  By:
Ceres Managed Futures LLC
as General Partner
 
       
       
  By  /s/ Walter Davis    
  Name:  Walter Davis   
  Title:    President and Director