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): ~~December 1~~July 25, ~~2016~~2017

MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY CHARTER ASPECT L.P.

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

Delaware	000-26282	13-3775071
(State or other	(Commission File	(IRS Employer
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
jurisdiction of incorporation)	Number)	Identification No.)

c/o Ceres Managed Futures LLC

522 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10036

(Address and Zip Code of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (855) 672-4468

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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~~Item~~Indicate ~~4.01.~~by ~~Changes~~check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in ~~Registrant’s~~Rule ~~Certifying~~405 ~~Accountant~~of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter.

~~(a)~~Emerging Ongrowth ~~December 1,~~company ☐ 2016, the Board of Directors of Ceres Managed Futures LLC (the “General Partner”), the general partner of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Charter Aspect L.P. (the “Registrant”), dismissed Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) as the registered public accounting firm for the Registrant, effective as of the close of business on the day the Registrant’s audited financial statements for the 2016 fiscal year end are filed, which is expected to be on or before March 31, 2017.

~~The~~If ~~audit~~an ~~reports~~emerging ofgrowth ~~Deloitte~~company, onindicate ~~the~~by ~~Registrant’s~~check ~~financial~~mark ~~statements~~if ~~as of and for~~ the ~~two~~registrant ~~most recent~~has ~~fiscal~~elected ~~years~~not ~~(ending~~to ~~December 31,~~use ~~2015~~the ~~and~~extended ~~December 31,~~transition ~~2014)~~period ~~did~~for ~~not~~complying ~~contain~~with anany ~~adverse~~new ~~opinion~~ or revised afinancial ~~disclaimer~~accounting ofstandards ~~opinion,~~provided ~~nor~~pursuant ~~were they qualified or modified as~~ to ~~uncertainty,~~Section 13(a) ~~audit~~of ~~scope~~the orExchange ~~accounting principles~~Act. ☐

~~During~~Item ~~the~~1.01 ~~Registrant’s~~Entry ~~two~~into most recent fiscal years (ending December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014) and during the period from the end of the most recently completed fiscal year through the date of this Form 8-K, there were no disagreements between the Registrant and Deloitte on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Deloitte, would have caused it to make a ~~reference~~Material toDefinitive ~~the subject matter thereof in its report on the financial statements of the Registrant for such periods~~Agreement. During the Registrant’s two most recent fiscal years (ending December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014) and during the period from the end of the most recently completed fiscal year through the date of this Form 8-K, there were no “reportable events” (as defined in Regulation S-K Item 304(a)(1)(v)).

~~The~~Commodity ~~General~~Futures ~~Partner,~~Customer onAgreement behalf of the Registrant, has provided Deloitte with a copy of the foregoing disclosures and has requested that Deloitte furnish it with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether it agrees with the statements made by the Registrant set forth above. A copy of Deloitte’s letter dated December 7, 2016 is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Form 8-K.

~~(b)~~ On ~~December~~ July 125, ~~2016~~ 2017, ~~the~~Ceres ~~Board~~Managed ofFutures ~~Directors~~LLC of (the “General Partner”), onthe ~~behalf~~general partner of ~~the~~Morgan ~~Registrant,~~Stanley ~~approved~~Smith ~~the~~Barney ~~engagement~~Charter ofAspect ~~Ernst &~~L.P. ~~Young LLP~~ (the “EYRegistrant”), asacting ~~the~~on ~~independent~~behalf ~~registered~~of ~~public~~the ~~accounting~~Registrant, ~~firm~~and ~~for~~Morgan ~~the~~Stanley & ~~Registrant~~Co. LLC ~~During~~(“MS&Co.”), ~~the~~entered ~~Registrant’s~~into ~~two~~a ~~most~~supplement ~~recent fiscal years~~ (~~ending~~the ~~December 31~~“Supplement”), ~~2015~~dated ~~and~~as ~~December~~of July 3125, ~~2014)~~2017, ~~and~~to the ~~interim~~commodity ~~period~~futures ~~prior~~customer toagreement ~~engaging~~(as ~~EY,~~amended ~~neither~~from ~~the~~time ~~Registrant,~~to time) (the ~~General~~“Customer ~~Partner~~Agreement”), ~~nor~~dated ~~anyone~~as ~~on their behalf~~of November 12, ~~consulted EY~~2013, on ~~behalf~~by ofand ~~the~~between ~~Registrant,~~MS&Co. ~~regarding~~and the ~~application~~funds ofset ~~accounting~~forth ~~principles~~on toAppendix A ~~a specified transaction (either completed or proposed)~~thereto, ~~the~~pursuant ~~type~~to ofwhich ~~audit~~certain ~~opinion~~terms ~~that~~and ~~might~~conditions berelating ~~rendered~~to on the Registrant’s ~~financial~~grant ~~statements,~~of ora ~~any~~security ~~matter that~~interest ~~was~~in ~~either~~collateral ~~the~~to ~~subject~~MS&Co. ofunder athe Customer ~~“disagreement,”~~Agreement asand ~~defined~~the inISDA ~~Item 304(a)(1)(iv)~~Master ofAgreement ~~Regulation~~(as ~~S-K~~amended ~~and~~from ~~the~~time ~~instructions~~to ~~thereto~~time), ordated aas ~~“reportable~~of ~~event~~April 12,” as2013, ~~defined~~between inMS&Co. ~~Item 304(a)(1)(v)~~and ofthe ~~Regulation~~Registrant, ~~S-K~~were clarified.

~~Item~~There 9have been no changes to the fees paid to MS&Co.~~01.~~ ~~Financial~~under ~~Statements~~the Customer Agreement pursuant to the Supplement, and, ~~Exhibits~~in all other respects, the Customer Agreement remains unchanged and of full force and effect in regards to the Registrant.

~~(d)~~Item ~~Exhibits~~9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

~~The~~(d) ~~following~~Exhibits. ~~exhibits are filed as part of this report:~~

ExhibitNumber		Description
16.1		Letter from Deloitte & Touche LLP, dated December 7, 2016.

The following exhibit is filed as part of this report.


Exhibit Number		Description

10.1		Supplement, dated as of July 25, 2017, to the Commodity Futures Customer Agreement, between Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and the funds listed on Appendix A thereto, dated as of November 12, 2013.

~~SIGNATURES~~2

~~Pursuant~~SIGNATURES ~~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~~Pursuant ~~STANLEY~~to ~~SMITH~~the ~~BARNEY~~requirements ~~CHARTER~~of ~~ASPECT~~the ~~L.P.~~Securities ~~By:~~Exchange ~~Ceres~~Act ~~Managed~~of ~~Futures LLC~~1934, ~~General~~the ~~Partner~~registrant ~~By:~~has ~~/s/~~duly ~~Patrick~~caused T.this ~~Egan~~report ~~Patrick~~to T.be ~~Egan~~signed ~~President~~on ~~and~~its ~~Director~~behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

~~Date~~MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY CHARTER ASPECT L.P. By: ~~December 7~~Ceres Managed Futures LLC, ~~2016~~General Partner By: /s/ Patrick T. Egan Patrick T. Egan President and Director

3Date: July 31, 2017

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