2.4.0.8060100 - Disclosure - Organizationtruefalsefalse1falsefalsefalsec20130101to20130630http://www.sec.gov/CIK0001097396duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true1us-gaap_OrganizationConsolidationAndPresentationOfFinancialStatementsAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse02false2us-gaap_NatureOfOperationsus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseverboseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">1.  <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><u>Organization</u></font></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 12pt;">Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Spectrum Currency and Commodity L.P. is a Delaware limited partnership organized in 1999 to engage primarily in the speculative trading of futures contracts, options on futures and forward contracts, and forward contracts on physical commodities and other commodity interests, including, but not limited to, foreign currencies, financial instruments, metals, energy, and agricultural products (collectively, "Futures Interests") (refer to Note 4. <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><u>Financial Instruments</u></font>).  The Partnership is one of the Morgan Stanley Spectrum series of funds, comprised of the Partnership, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Spectrum Global Balanced L.P., Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Spectrum Select L.P., Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Spectrum Strategic L.P., and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Spectrum Technical L.P. (collectively, the "Spectrum Series").</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 12pt;">Ceres Managed Futures LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, acts as a general partner ("Ceres" or the "General Partner") and commodity pool operator for the Partnership.  Ceres is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Holdings LLC ("MSSBH").  MSSBH is wholly-owned indirectly by Morgan Stanley.  Prior to June 2013, Citigroup Inc. was the indirect minority owner of MSSBH.  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC is doing business as Morgan Stanley Wealth Management ("Morgan Stanley Wealth Management").  This entity, where the Partnership continues to maintain a cash account, previously acted as a non-clearing commodity broker for the Partnership.  Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is a principal subsidiary of MSSBH.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 12pt;">The clearing commodity broker is Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC ("MS&Co.").  MS&Co. also acts as the counterparty on all trading of foreign currency forward contracts. Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. ("MSCG") acts as the counterparty on all trading of options on foreign currency forward contracts.  MS&Co. and MSCG are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Morgan Stanley.  The trading advisors to the Partnership are The Cambridge Strategy (Assets Management) Limited ("Cambridge"), Krom River Investment Management (Cayman) Limited (together with its affiliate, Krom River Trading AG, "Krom River") and prior to May 31, 2013, C-View International Limited ("C-View") (each individually, a "Trading Advisor", or collectively, the "Trading Advisors").</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 12pt;">Cambridge and Krom River manage the assets of the Partnership through its investments in Cambridge Master Fund L.P. ("Cambridge Master Fund") and KR Master Fund L.P. ("KR Master Fund"), respectively.  Ceres is a general partner to Cambridge Master Fund and KR Master Fund.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt; margin-right: 12pt;">Effective the close of business on May 31, 2013, C-View was terminated as a Trading Advisor to the Partnership.</div></div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells or provides and its principal markets, including the locations of those markets. If the entity operates in more than one business, the disclosure also indicates the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination (for example, assets, revenues, or earnings).Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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