Edgar Filing: AIP Multi-Strategy Fund A

AIP Multi-Strategy Fund A

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number: 811-22192

AIP Multi-Strategy Fund A

(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in Charter)

100 Front Street, Suite 400

West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428-2881

(Address of principal executive offices)

Stefanie V. Chang Yu, Esq.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.

522 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10036

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (212) 296-6970

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2012

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

The Registrant’s schedule of investments as of the close of the reporting period prepared pursuant to Rule 12-12 of Regulation S-X is as follows:


ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT PARTNERS		Morgan Stanley

AIP Multi-Strategy Fund A

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

September 30, 2012


Description	First Acquisition Date		Cost		Fair Value		Percent of Net Assets
Investment Funds

Commodity Trading Advisors - Managed Futures
BlueTrend Fund Limited		1/1/2012	$	1,000,000	$	1,018,656		2.21	%

Total Commodity Trading Advisors - Managed Futures				1,000,000		1,018,656		2.21

Distressed
Monarch Debt Recovery Fund Ltd		3/1/2011		1,200,000		1,238,761		2.68
York Credit Opportunities Unit Trust		5/1/2010		1,250,000		1,414,157		3.07

Total Distressed				2,450,000		2,652,918		5.75

Equity Long/Short - High Hedge
Diamondback Offshore Fund, Ltd.		5/1/2010		560,434		598,095		1.30
Millennium International, Ltd.		5/1/2010		2,000,000		2,313,778		5.02
Prism Partners IV Leveraged Offshore Fund		5/1/2010		1,250,000		1,270,856		2.75

Total Equity Long/Short - High Hedge				3,810,434		4,182,729		9.07

Equity Long/Short - Opportunistic
Broadway Gate Offshore Fund, Ltd.		5/1/2010		1,125,000		1,344,704		2.92
Cobalt Offshore Fund Limited		1/1/2012		1,200,000		1,247,437		2.70
East Side Capital Offshore, Ltd.		5/1/2010		1,000,000		1,188,077		2.58
Lansdowne Global Financials Fund Limited		5/1/2010		1,000,000		778,110		1.69
S.A.C. Capital International, Ltd.		5/1/2010		1,250,000		1,519,407		3.29
Seligman Tech Spectrum Fund		5/1/2010		1,016,194		1,116,636		2.42
Visium Balanced Offshore Fund, Ltd.		3/1/2011		1,100,000		1,187,485		2.57

Total Equity Long/Short - Opportunistic				7,691,194		8,381,856		18.17


ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT PARTNERS		Morgan Stanley

AIP Multi-Strategy Fund A

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2012


Description	First Acquisition Date		Cost		Fair Value		Percent of Net Assets
Investment Funds (continued)

Macro
Avantium Liquid EM Macro Fund Limited		11/1/2011	$	1,100,000	$	1,157,610		2.51	%
Brevan Howard Fund Limited		6/1/2010		1,457,953		1,652,402		3.58
Citadel Tactical Trading Ltd.		7/1/2010		1,054,364		1,712,890		3.71
D.E. Shaw Oculus International Fund		5/1/2010		1,550,000		1,992,415		4.32
Discovery Global Opportunity Fund, Ltd.		5/1/2010		1,000,000		1,213,760		2.63
Fortress Asia Macro Fund Ltd		8/1/2011		1,100,000		1,169,214		2.54
QFR Victoria Fund, Ltd.		10/1/2011		1,000,000		1,085,040		2.35

Total Macro				8,262,317		9,983,331		21.64

Merger/Risk Arbitrage
Magnetar Global Event Driven Fund Ltd		7/1/2011		1,575,000		1,626,647		3.53

Total Merger/Risk Arbitrage				1,575,000		1,626,647		3.53

Mortgage Arbitrage
Cerberus RMBS Opportunities Feeder Fund, Ltd.		1/1/2012		1,500,000		1,681,451		3.65
DoubleLine Opportunistic Income Fund II Ltd		3/1/2011		1,300,000		1,699,424		3.68
SPM Core Offshore Fund, Ltd.		12/1/2010		1,421,843		1,934,178		4.19
Tilden Park Offshore Investment Fund Ltd		3/1/2012		1,400,000		1,689,520		3.66

Total Mortgage Arbitrage				5,621,843		7,004,573		15.18


ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT PARTNERS		Morgan Stanley

AIP Multi-Strategy Fund A

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2012


Description	First Acquisition Date		Cost		Fair Value		Percent of Net Assets
Investment Funds (continued)

Multi-Strategy
Citadel Kensington Global Strategies Fund Ltd.		11/1/2011	$	1,500,000	$	1,701,776		3.69	%
Farallon Capital Offshore Investors, Inc.		5/1/2010		1,000,000		1,131,427		2.45
HBK Offshore Fund II L.P.		5/1/2010		1,500,000		1,782,575		3.87
KLS Diversified Fund Ltd.		7/1/2010		1,200,000		1,352,468		2.93

Total Multi-Strategy				5,200,000		5,968,246		12.94

Statistical Arbitrage
GSA Capital International Fund Limited		2/1/2011		2,000,000		2,275,333		4.93
Two Sigma Eclipse Cayman Fund, Ltd.		4/1/2011		893,356		1,070,540		2.32
Two Sigma Spectrum Cayman Fund, Ltd.		5/1/2010		1,424,916		1,655,205		3.59

Total Statistical Arbitrage				4,318,272		5,001,078		10.84

Total Investments in Investment Funds			$	39,929,060		45,820,034		99.33

Other Assets, less Liabilities						308,820		0.67

Total Net Assets					$	46,128,854		100.00	%


ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT PARTNERS		Morgan Stanley

AIP Multi-Strategy Fund A

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (continued)

September 30, 2012


Strategy Allocation	Percent of Net Assets
Macro		21.64	%
Equity Long/Short - Opportunistic		18.17
Mortgage Arbitrage		15.18
Multi-Strategy		12.94
Statistical Arbitrage		`10.84
Equity Long/Short - High Hedge		9.07
Distressed		5.75
Merger/Risk Arbitrage		3.53
Commodity Trading Advisors - Managed Futures		2.21

Total Investments in Investment Funds		99.33	%

Notes to Schedule of Investments

Portfolio Valuation

The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of AIP Multi-Strategy Fund A (the “Fund”) has approved procedures pursuant to which the Fund values its investments in Investment Funds at fair value, which ordinarily will be the amount equal to the Fund’s pro rata interest in the net assets of each such Investment Fund, as such value is supplied by, or on behalf of, the Investment Fund’s investment manager from time to time, usually monthly. Values received from, or on behalf of, the Investment Funds’ respective investment managers are typically estimates only, subject to subsequent revision by such investment managers. Such values are generally net of management fees and performance incentive fees or allocations payable to the Investment Funds’ managers or general partners pursuant to the Investment Funds’ operating agreements. The Investment Funds value their underlying investments in accordance with policies established by each Investment Fund, as described in each of their financial statements or offering memoranda. The Fund’s investments in Investment Funds are subject to the terms and conditions of the respective operating agreements and offering memoranda, as appropriate.

The Fund’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”) has designed ongoing due diligence processes with respect to Investment Funds and their investment managers, which assist the Adviser in assessing the quality of information provided by, or on behalf of, each Investment Fund and in determining whether such information continues to be reliable or whether further investigation is necessary. Such investigation, as applicable, may or may not require the Adviser to forego its normal reliance on the value supplied by, or on behalf of, such Investment Fund and to determine independently the fair value of the Fund’s interest in such Investment Fund, consistent with the Fund’s fair valuation procedures.

Where no value is readily available from an Investment Fund or where a value supplied by an Investment Fund is deemed by the Adviser not to be indicative of its fair value, the Adviser will determine the fair value of the Investment Fund. In order to determine the fair value of these Investment Funds, the Adviser has established the Fund of Hedge Funds Valuation Committee (the “Valuation Committee”). The Valuation Committee is responsible for determining and implementing the Fund’s valuation policies and procedures, which have been adopted by, and are subject to Board supervision. The Valuation Committee consists of voting members from Morgan Stanley’s accounting, financial reporting and risk management groups, and non-voting members from portfolio management, legal and compliance groups. A member of the portfolio management team may attend each Valuation Committee meeting to provide knowledge, insight, and recommendations on valuation issues. The portfolio management team will recommend to the Valuation Committee a fair value for an Investment Fund, using such valuation techniques such as a market, income, or cost approach. In applying these valuation techniques, the portfolio management team uses their knowledge of the Investment Fund, industry expertise, information obtained through communication with the Investment Fund’s investment manager, and available relevant information as it considers material. After consideration of the portfolio management team’s recommendation, the Valuation Committee will determine, in good faith, the fair value of the Investment Fund. Because of the inherent uncertainty of valuation, the fair values of the Fund’s investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market for these Investment Funds held by the Fund been available.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The fair value of the Fund’s assets and liabilities that qualify as financial instruments approximates the carrying amounts presented in the Schedule of Investments. Fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in a timely transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market the most advantageous

market for the investment or liability. The Fund uses a three-tier hierarchy to distinguish between (a) inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs) and (b) inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs) and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of the Fund’s investments. The inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

• Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

• Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, fair value of investments for which the Fund has the ability to fully redeem tranches at net asset value as of the measurement date or within the near term, short-term investments that are valued at amortized cost)

• Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments, fair value of investments for which the Fund does not have the ability to fully redeem tranches at net asset value as of the measurement date or within the near term)

The inputs or methodology used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.

The units of account that are valued by the Fund are its interests in the Investment Funds or other financial instruments and not the underlying holdings of such Investment Funds or other financial instruments. Thus, the inputs used by the Fund to value its investments in each of the Investment Funds or other financial instruments may differ from the inputs used to value the underlying holdings of such Investment Funds or other financial instruments.

The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between Levels 1, 2 or 3 and transfers due to strategy reclassification, if any, as if they occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period. For the period from January 1, 2012 to September 30, 2012, the Fund did not have any transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3.

The following is a summary of the inputs used for investment tranches as of September 30, 2012 in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at fair value:


	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Investment Funds
Commodity Trading Advisors - Managed Futures	$	—	$	1,018,656	$	—	$	1,018,656
Distressed		—		—		2,652,918		2,652,918
Equity Long/Short - High Hedge		—		1,270,856		2,911,873		4,182,729
Equity Long/Short - Opportunistic		—		6,862,449		1,519,407		8,381,856
Macro		—		9,983,331		—		9,983,331
Merger/Risk Arbitrage		—		—		1,626,647		1,626,647
Mortgage Arbitrage		—		3,633,602		3,370,971		7,004,573
Multi-Strategy		—		3,604,078		2,364,168		5,968,246
Statistical Arbitrage		—		5,001,078		—		5,001,078

Total Investment Funds	$	—	$	31,374,050	$	14,445,984	$	45,820,034

The following is a reconciliation of investment tranches for which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:


Investment Funds	Balance as of December 31, 2011		Purchases		Sales			Net realized gain (loss)			Net change in Unrealized appreciation/ depreciation		Balance as of September 30, 2012
Distressed	$	2,383,134	$	—	$	—		$	—		$	269,784	$	2,652,918
Equity Long/Short - High Hedge		2,978,032		250,000		(461,309	)		21,743			123,407		2,911,873
Equity Long/Short - Opportunistic		1,149,306		250,000		—			—			120,101		1,519,407
Event Driven Credit		237,900		—		(244,293	)		(5,711	)		12,104		—
Merger/Risk Arbitrage		1,320,877		250,000		—			—			55,770		1,626,647
Mortgage Arbitrage		913,879		2,000,000		—			—			457,092		3,370,971
Multi-Strategy		2,199,266		—		—			—			164,902		2,364,168

Total Investment Funds	$	11,182,394	$	2,750,000	$	(705,602)		$	16,032		$	1,203,160	$	14,445,984


Investment Funds	Net change in unrealized appreciation/ depreciation on Level 3 investment tranches still held as of September 30, 2012
Distressed	$	269,784
Equity Long/Short - High Hedge		123,407
Equity Long/Short - Opportunistic		120,101
Merger/Risk Arbitrage		55,770
Mortgage Arbitrage		457,092
Multi-Strategy		164,902

Total Investment Funds	$	1,191,056

As of September 30, 2012, there were no significant unobservable valuation inputs for Level 3 fair value measurements for investments held.

Item 2. Controls and Procedures

(a) The Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, based upon such officers’ evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report.

(b) There were no changes or corrective actions during the Registrant’s third fiscal quarter with regard to significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the Registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting or in other factors that could materially affect the Registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits

(a) Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer attached to the report as part of EX-99. CERT.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused his report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


(Registrant)		AIP Multi-Strategy Fund A

By:		/s/ Jacques Chappuis
Name:		Jacques Chappuis
Title:		Principal Executive Officer
Date:		November 21, 2012

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


By:		/s/ Jacques Chappuis
Name:		Jacques Chappuis
Title:		Principal Executive Officer
Date:		November 21, 2012

By:		/s/ Noel Langlois
Name:		Noel Langlois
Title:		Principal Financial Officer
Date:		November 21, 2012