MutualHedge Frontier Legends Fund Portfolio Holdings Report
Portfolio Holdings as of January 31, 2012
| Description |
Percentage of Fund Assets |
| UB - Instl Trust Deposit (Cash/Cash Equivalents) |
28.42% |
| MutualHedge Fund Limited (the "Subsidiary") |
20.90% |
| Vanguard - Short-Term Corp Bond ETF |
12.38% |
| iShares - Barclays 1-3 Yr Credit Bond Fd |
12.36% |
| Vanguard - Short-Term Bond ETF |
12.32% |
| iShares - Lehman Aggregate Bond |
7.32% |
| PowerShares - VRDO Tax-Free Weekly Portfolio |
4.38% |
| SGI 10 Yr Bond Index Deposit - SGIXBU10 |
1.62% |
| Other |
0.30% |
Total
|
100.00% |
Subsidiary Holdings as of January 31, 2012
| Description |
Percentage of Subsidiary Assets |
| JPM USD Liquidity Premier #194* |
29.40% |
| Goldman Sachs USD Liquid Reserve/Admin #399* |
29.40% |
| International Dollar Reserve (BlackRock)/Series B#002* |
27.01% |
| E2 Cantab TradeCo – Aristarchus Program LLC |
8.95% |
| E2 Quest TradeCo – QTI Program LLC |
1.33% |
| E2 John Locke TradeCo – Cyril Program LLC |
1.29% |
| E2 QCM TradeCo – Global Diversified Program LLC |
1.29% |
| E2 QIM TradeCo – Global Program LLC |
0.95% |
| Other |
0.39% |
| Total |
100%* |
* Pledged as collateral for a derivative transaction with Deutsche Bank AG (the "dbSelect Derivative") pursuant to which the Subsidiary gains exposure through the dbSelect platform to the programs of certain commodity trading advisors ("CTAs") as indicated below.
As of January 31, 2012, the Fund allocated to the managed futures programs of the CTAs listed in the table below through its investment in the Subsidiary. The percentage exposure shown below represents the Fund's exposure to the relevant CTA program relative to its aggregate exposure to managed futures.
Commodity
Trading Advisor¹ |
Program |
% Exposure |
Program
Description |
Program
Performance |
| Quantitative Investment Management2 |
Global |
18.90% |
Short-Term Pattern Recognition |
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| Winton Capital Management3 |
Diversified |
18.30% |
Intermediate to Long-Term, Diversified Trend Following |
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| Quality Capital Management2 |
Global Diversified |
11.60% |
Long-Term, Diversified Trend Following |
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| John Locke Investments2 |
Cyril Systematic |
10.00% |
Short-Term, Diversified Trend Following |
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| Lynx Asset Management3 |
Lynx |
9.30% |
Short to Intermediate-Term, Diversified Trend Following |
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| J E Moody & Company LLC3 |
Commodity Relative Value |
8.40% |
Relative-Value Commodity Arbitrage |
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Emil van Essen, LLC3
|
Spread Trading |
8.30% |
Diversified Spread Trading |
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| Quantica Capital3 |
Quantica Managed Futures |
7.00% |
Medium to Long-Term Trend Following in Financial Futures Markets |
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| Quest Partners2 |
Quest Tracker Index |
5.50% |
Diversified Trend Following |
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Cantab Capital
Partners LLC4 |
CCP Quantitative Fund Aristarchus Program |
2.70% |
Systematic, Global-Macro |
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The holdings are presented to illustrate examples of the holdings that the fund has bought and the diversity of areas in which the funds may invest, and may not be representative of the fund's current or future investments. Portfolio holdings are subject to change and should not be considered investment advice.
¹ The aggregate weighted average management fee of the CTA programs was 0.83% of notional exposure, as of January 31, 2012. The aggregate weighted average incentive fee of the CTA programs was 21.31% of new high net trading profits, as of January 31, 2012. In addition, the dbSelect platform assesses a combined platform services fee of 0.50% per annum that covers a wide range of services including on-boarding, legal and audit, funding, custody, administration, and risk monitoring and reporting. This platform services fee is accrued on the notional level of the dbSelect Derivative. As of January 31, 2012, the notional level of the dbSelect Derivative was $894 million.
2 Accessed through a combination of an investment in a trading company and the dbSelect Derivative.
With respect to John Locke Investments, the total percentage exposure is comprised of a 1.0% allocation to E2 John Locke TradeCo – Cyril Program LLC and a 9.0% allocation through the dbSelect Derivative.
With respect to Quality Capital Management, the total percentage exposure is comprised of a 1.1% allocation to E2 QCM TradeCo – Global Diversified Program LLC and a 10.5% allocation through the dbSelect Derivative.
With respect to Quantitative Investment Management, the total percentage exposure is comprised of a 1.0% allocation to E2 QIM TradeCo – Global Program LLC and a 17.9% allocation through the dbSelect Derivative.
With respect to Quest Partners, the total percentage exposure is comprised of a 1.1% allocation to E2 Quest TradeCo – QTI Program LLC and a 4.4% allocation through the dbSelect Derivative.
3 Accessed through the dbSelect Derivative.
4 Accessed through an investment in a trading company that employs such CTA program.
Firm
Location |
Program
Name |
Program
Inception |
Firm AUM
01/31/12 |
Program Strategy |
Principal(s) |
| Cambridge, UK |
CCP Quantitative Fund Aristarchus Program |
March 2007 |
$1.9 billion |
Systematic, Global-Macro |
Ewan Kirk,
Erich Schlaikjer, Chris Pugh |
| Trading Strategy |
|
Cantab is founded on the belief that statistically rigorous and robust analysis of markets identifies sources of returns, which persist due to inefficiencies and the behavior of market participants. The firm uses a strict methodology to postulate these sources of returns initially and then tests the hypothesis using real-world data out of sample. Its systematic strategies are un-tuned and are predominately parameter-free. Cantab takes a strictly quantitative approach to all aspects of trading. Strategy selection, portfolio construction, execution, and risk control are all specified by algorithmic and systematic processes. Its proprietary portfolio algorithms allow Cantab not only to construct an optimal portfolio, but to also adapt the portfolio construction in various market states. Cantab also recognizes that existing inefficiencies are likely to change and/or decay over time, rendering the existing set of algorithms less effective at extracting alpha. The overall approach is driven first and foremost by research and development, in which the firm invests substantially to improve and extend its algorithms. The team is continually searching for new sources of and more effective ways of extracting alpha.
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Firm
Location |
Program
Name |
Program
Inception |
Firm AUM
01/01/12 |
Program Strategy |
Principal(s) |
| Chicago, Illinois |
Emil van Essen Spread Trading Program |
December 2006 |
$339 million |
Diversified Spread Trading |
Emil van Essen
Kathryn Daley |
| Trading Strategy |
|
Emil van Essen, LLC is a $339M CTA. The program is not correlated to trend following or other industry benchmarks. The EvE Spread Trading Program employs discretion supported by modeling and quantitative research to seek profit opportunities throughout the term structures of 16 commodity markets and one interest rate market. The strategy is designed to be opportunistic and flexible with the aim of generating strong uncorrelated returns in changing market environments. Contracts traded include, but are not limited to Cotton, WTI and Brent Crude Oil, Heating Oil, Unleaded Gas, Natural Gas, Corn, Wheat, Soybeans, Silver, Live Cattle, Lean Hogs, Cocoa, Copper, Sugar, Coffee, Eurodollars, Euribor, Short Sterling, and other exchange listed interest rate futures.
|
Firm
Location |
Program
Name |
Program
Inception |
Firm AUM
02/01/12 |
Program Strategy |
Principal(s) |
| Portland, Oregon |
JEM Commodity Relative Value Program |
May 2006 |
$284.6 million |
Relative-Value Commodity Arbitrage |
John E. Moody |
| Trading Strategy |
|
The JEM Commodity Relative Value ("CRV") Program is one of the few purely relative value strategies in the commodity arena. CRV seeks to profit from changes in relative supply and demand between related commodity contracts by using a combination of market and fundamental indicators.
The JE Moody CRV strategy is diversified across the primary commodity sectors (energies, metals, grains, livestock and softs), offers exceptional risk management, and has extremely low drawdowns. CRV is a market-neutral strategy, capturing commodity alpha with almost no commodity beta, and nearly zero correlation to all major asset classes and hedge fund strategies, including CTAs and commodity traders.
The CRV portfolio is designed to achieve an overall target volatility, while limiting the exposure to any single market. Diversification and risk are controlled through the use of per-market and per-sector, exposure (volatility) targets. Money stops may provide downside protection. The individual trading systems are optimized using risk-sensitive performance measures.
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Firm
Location |
Program
Name |
Program
Inception |
Firm AUM
01/12 |
Program Strategy |
Principal(s) |
Fontainebleau-
Avon, France |
Cyril Systematic Program |
July 2000 |
$485 million |
Short-Term, Diversified Trend Following |
François Bonnin |
| Trading Strategy |
|
The Cyril Systematic Program (the "Program") aims to capture bullish and bearish trends an advanced statistical analysis of historical prices. In order to achieve this, John Locke has developed proprietary mathematical algorithms, which exploit price movements on time horizons ranging from intra-day to long-term, and over a wide variety of markets. The Program seeks to avoid short-term phenomena and identify deeply engrained market patterns with the help of the models developed at John Locke. All investment methodologies employed must prove the ability to generate returns across timeframes and markets. Risk management is at the core of the investment approach. Diversification is achieved across models (trend-following, mean reversion, breakout, and volatility expansion), time horizons, and markets. Position sizing reflects underlying market volatility. A dynamic risk management system is used on a daily basis to monitor and identify risk factors that may adversely affect the profitability of the portfolio. John Locke has invested substantially in its research process and infrastructure, which determine the selection of markets and the development of strategies. It facilitates the use of a standardized data set, which allows it to perform high-speed back-tests under difficult trading conditions.
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Firm
Location |
Program
Name |
Program
Inception |
Firm AUM
01/31/12 |
Program Strategy |
Principal(s) |
| Stockholm, Sweden |
Lynx Program |
May 2000 |
$5.6 billion |
Short to Intermediate-
Term, Diversified Trend Following |
Jonas Bengtsson
Svante Bergström
Martin Sandquist |
| Trading Strategy |
|
The Lynx Program is purely systematic and is based on applying a predetermined set of models to a broad range of futures markets. The models can be divided into 4 different categories: trend-following models, contrarian models, inter-market models, and short-term models. The trend-following models are designed to participate in the major trends that occur within different timeframes ranging from about a week to several months. The contrarian models try to locate short-term exhaustion points in a trend. The inter-market models incorporate other data than the time series itself to make predictions on the future path of the market. Lastly, the short-term models look for trends on a very short time scale. Risk management and stop loss strategies are integral components of the models. The long-term volatility target is 18% measured as yearly standard deviation. The volatility in a shorter perspective can be significantly higher with a maximum daily VaR in the portfolio of 4.0% (95% confidence).
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Firm
Location |
Program
Name |
Program
Inception |
Firm AUM
01/31/12 |
Program Strategy |
Principal(s) |
| Schaffhausen, Switzerland |
Quantica Managed Futures Program |
January 2005 |
$220 million |
Medium to Long-Term Trend Following in Financial Futures Markets |
Dr. Bruno Gmur |
| Trading Strategy |
|
The Quantica Managed Futures Program ("QMFP") has the objective of generating capital growth by investing in liquid financial futures and forward contracts in different asset classes. The investment universe includes the most liquid global equity indices, fixed income, interest rate, currency and commodity contracts, and investment decisions are based on a proprietary quantitative model designed to identify and exploit market inefficiencies in relative price movements across the different instruments. QMFP is fully systematic and takes long and short positions in futures and forward contracts within the different asset classes in accordance with well defined risk parameters.
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Firm
Location |
Program
Name |
Program
Inception |
Firm AUM
01/31/12 |
Program Strategy |
Principal(s) |
| Weybridge, Surrey, England |
Global Diversified Program |
December 1995 |
$854 million |
Long-Term, Diversified Trend Following |
Aref Karim
Ershad Haq
|
| Trading Strategy |
|
QCM's flagship product, the Global Diversified Program ("GDP"), is a long/short managed futures product run using a proprietary, systematic macro/CTA approach that pursues skewed upside returns. GDP trades 115 financial and commodity futures on recognized exchanges worldwide. The strategy focuses strongly on convexity opportunities and takes an agnostic view on assets as well as timeframes, relying instead on relative moves across the portfolio. The investment process uses robust, non-parametric models. It does not employ traditional binary market timing indicators and operates endogenously, dynamically shifting the portfolio asset allocation. The approach is holistic and looks for investment opportunities in trending and non-trending markets on a daily basis. QCM's proprietary Advanced Resource Allocator is an innovative tool that attempts to move scarce risk capital between assets and strategies, at all times looking for strong asymmetry of returns. The strategy is designed to produce long-term capital appreciation while maintaining a low correlation to traditional asset classes. QCM's risk management protocols are embedded within the firm's systematic investment process.
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Firm
Location |
Program
Name |
Program
Inception |
Firm AUM
12/31/11 |
Program Strategy |
Principal(s) |
| Charlottesville, VA |
Global Program |
October 2003 |
$4.6 billion |
Short-Term Pattern Recognition |
Jaffray Woodriff
Michael Geismar
Greyson Williams |
| Trading Strategy |
|
The QIM Global Program (the "Global Program") employs quantitative models that utilize pattern recognition techniques to predict price movements. The program seeks to deliver strong, risk- adjusted returns through the use of proprietary, machine- learning, and predictive techniques. Only those models that prove to be the most robust, statistically significant, and conceptually diverse are used in actual trading. The resulting system of models offers reliable signals that guide market timing and trade allocation. The portfolio is diversified across the 6 sectors (i.e., currencies, metals, agriculturals, equity indices, interest rates, and energy) and multiple markets. The Global Program has a short-term trading horizon with average holding period of 7 to 8 days. The average trade length for the Global Program is 1 to 2 weeks. The holding period for all trades ranges from 1 to 50 days.
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Firm
Location |
Program
Name |
Program
Inception |
Firm AUM
01/31/12 |
Program Strategy |
Principal(s) |
|
New York, NY
|
Quest Tracker Index QTI Program |
August 2011
|
$485 million |
Diversified Trend Following |
Nigol Koulajian
Paul Czkwianianc
Nigel Ekern
|
| Trading Strategy |
|
The Quest Tracker Index ("QTI") seeks to track generally the performance generated by the broad class of managed futures trading strategies of trend-following CTAs, and to match or exceed the performance of widely followed CTA indexes on a risk-adjusted basis. QTI comprises 47 specified futures contracts in markets for currencies, fixed-income, equity indices, and commodities.
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Firm
Location |
Program
Name |
Program
Inception |
Firm AUM
12/31/11 |
Program Strategy |
Principal(s) |
| London, England |
Diversified Program |
October 1997 |
$27.96 billion |
Intermediate to Long-Term, Diversified Trend Following |
David Winton Harding
Anthony Hamilton Daniell Matthew David Beddall
Rajeev Patel
Andrew Newman Bastow |
| Trading Strategy |
|
The Diversified Program employs what is traditionally known as a "systematic" approach to trading financial instruments. In this context, the term "systematic" implies that the vast majority of the trading decisions are executed, without discretion, either electronically or by a team responsible for the placement of orders, based upon the instructions generated by the Winton Computer Trading System. A majority of the trades in the Diversified Program are executed electronically. The Diversified Program blends short-term trading with long-term trend following, using multiple time frames in addition to multiple models. As its name implies, the Diversified Program allocates for maximum diversification. A sophisticated system of risk management is evident in all aspects of the Program.
|
The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, has filed a notice with the National Futures Association claiming an exclusion from the definition of the term "commodity pool operator" under the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, and the rules of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission promulgated thereunder, with respect to the Fund's operation. Accordingly, the Fund is not subject to registration or regulation as a commodity pool operator.