UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 20, 2016

ALTEGRIS WINTON FUTURES FUND, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (858) 459-7040

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

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

Effective January 20, 2016, Jack Rivkin was appointed Chief Investment Strategist of Altegris Advisors, L.L.C., the general partner of the Partnership ("General Partner").  As of the same date, Matt Osborne resigned as Co-President of the General Partner and was appointed Chief Investment Officer of the General Partner.  Ken McGuire remains as the sole President of the General Partner.

Set forth below is the biographical information for Messrs. Rivkin, McGuire and Osborne.

Mr. Rivkin joined the General Partner as CIO in December 2013, and was appointed CEO on June 15, 2015 and Chief Investment Strategist on January 20, 2016.  Mr. Rivkin began his investment career as an Analyst at Mitchell Hutchins, where he later became Director of Research.  He subsequently held several executive positions with PaineWebber, the acquirer of Mitchell Hutchins, including CFO of PaineWebber, CEO of PaineWebber Mitchell Hutchins (PaineWebber's equity trading and investment arm), Chairman of Mitchell Hutchins Asset Management and President of PaineWebber Capital.  He later served as the Director of Global Research and head of the Worldwide Equities Division of Lehman Brothers Inc.  Following his time at Lehman Brothers, he was a Vice Chairman and Director of Global Research at Smith Barney (ultimately a subsidiary of Citigroup), and an Executive Vice President with Citigroup Investments making direct investments and leading an investment team.  He was Chief Investment Officer and head of Private Asset Management at Neuberger Berman from December 2002 through September 2008.  Mr. Rivkin served as an Independent Fund Trustee of the Neuberger mutual fund complex from January 1, 2012 to December 16, 2013.  Since September 2013, he has been an Executive Advisor with Aquiline Capital Partners.  In addition to his direct experiences in the investment industry, Mr. Rivkin was an adjunct professor at Columbia University, where he taught security analysis.  He is also the co-author of Risk and Reward: Venture Capital and the Making of America's Great Industries.  He has served as a Director of the New York Society of Security Analysts; the World Policy Institute; LEDA; multiple private companies; and currently, Idealab and Dale Carnegie.

Mr. McGuire has served as COO of the General Partner since February 2010 and President of the General Partner since June 2015.  With more than 20 years of experience in developing and managing operating platforms in support of world-class alternative investment managers, Mr. McGuire leads the continued development of operational capabilities within the Altegris companies.  As President and COO of the General Partner, Mr. McGuire chairs Altegris' Strategy Forum, the primary vehicle by which Altegris' product agenda and operating policies are set; he is responsible for the operations, finance and technology departments supporting the General Partner's investment, service and business operations; and he is a member of the Altegris Investment Committee.  Prior to joining the General Partner in 2010, Mr. McGuire served as Managing Director of Product Management for single manager hedge funds at BNY Mellon Alternative Investment Services.  Mr. McGuire entered the alternative investment industry in 1990 at Goldman Sachs within the Hedge Fund Strategies Group, where he served as Co-Head of Operations, Finance and Technology.  He was also Chairman of the Operations Committee and a member of the Management Policy Committee.  Mr. McGuire

 

 

 

 

graduated magna cum laude from Hofstra University with a BS in computer science/mathematics and received his MBA with a concentration in management from Adelphi University.

Prior to being appointed Chief Investment Officer of the General Partner, Mr. Osborne served as Executive Vice President of the General Partner since its founding in February 2010 to June 2015 and Co-President from June 2015 to January 2016.  From 2002 until May 2010, Mr. Osborne served as an Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Altegris Investments, LLC.  From July 2002 to December 2014, he also served as Director and Vice President of Altegris Portfolio Management, Inc.  He also currently serves as a manager and Executive Vice President of Altegris Clearing Solutions, L.L.C. and served as a manager and Executive Vice President of Altegris Futures, L.L.C. until December 2014.  Mr. Osborne brings more than 22 years of international business and financial market experience to his role in directing the managed futures strategies and related strategic initiatives for the General Partner.  Mr. Osborne was Director of Research for the Managed Investments Division of Man Financial.  Previous to his role at Man Financial, Mr. Osborne served as Investment Manager for a family office in his native New Zealand where he was responsible for formulating investment policies and implementing a global asset allocation program that specialized in alternative investment strategies such as hedge funds and managed futures.

Other than their respective employment agreements with the General Partner, to which the Partnership is not a party, there are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Rivkin, Mr. McGuire, or Mr. Osborne and any other person or persons with respect to their offices with the General Partner and the General Partner's relationship, as general partner, with the Partnership, or otherwise with any limited partner of the Partnership.

None of Mr. Rivkin, Mr. McGuire or Mr. Osborne is related, by blood, marriage or adoption, to the other or to any of the General Partner's managers.

The Partnership does not have related persons.  The Partnership has not entered into any transactions in which related persons of the General Partner have a direct or indirect interest, other than the material contracts, entered into with the General Partner or its affiliates, included as exhibits in connection with the registration of the Partnership's Interests on Form 10.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Partnership has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:  January 22, 2016