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Ares Commercial Real Estate
ACRE

110 hedge funds and large institutions have $243M invested in Ares Commercial Real Estate in 2017 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 13 funds opening new positions, 36 increasing their positions, 39 reducing their positions, and 15 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

0.31% more ownership

Funds ownership: 65% → 65.3% (+0.31%)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 1 (0)

2% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $248M → $243M (-$4.14M)

8% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 36 | Existing positions reduced: 39

2% less funds holding

Funds holding: 112 → 110 (-2)

13% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 13 | Existing positions closed: 15

Holders
110
Holders Change
-2
Holders Change %
-1.79%
% of All Funds
2.74%
Holding in Top 10
1
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.02%
New
13
Increased
36
Reduced
39
Closed
15
Calls
–
Puts
–
Net Calls
–
Net Calls Change
–

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
AAMU
AEGON Asset Management (UK)
United Kingdom
+$3.51M
2
YMRC
Yorktown Management & Research Company
Virginia
+$3.08M
3
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Minnesota
+$1.84M
4
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
+$1.53M
5
Millennium Management
Millennium Management
New York
+$1.33M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Acadian Asset Management
Acadian Asset Management
Massachusetts
-$4.8M
2
MAM
Martingale Asset Management
Massachusetts
-$2M
3
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
-$1M
4
Renaissance Technologies
Renaissance Technologies
New York
-$914K
5
SCA
Secor Capital Advisors
New York
-$885K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
LTFS
101
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
Florida
$7K – – –
TRCT
102
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
$7K +$6.7K +500 New
SEI Investments
103
SEI Investments
Pennsylvania
$7K +$7.33K +547 +9,117%
Simplex Trading
104
Simplex Trading
Illinois
$7K +$7.63K +569 New
HR
105
Howe & Rusling
New York
$5K – – –
QCG
106
Quadrant Capital Group
Ohio
$3K – – –
PA
107
Parallel Advisors
California
$2K – – –
US Bancorp
108
US Bancorp
Minnesota
$2K – – –
Envestnet Asset Management
109
Envestnet Asset Management
Illinois
$1K +$295 +22 +26%
Renaissance Technologies
110
Renaissance Technologies
New York
– -$914K -68,300 Closed
SCA
111
Secor Capital Advisors
New York
– -$885K -66,162 Closed
IA
112
IndexIQ Advisors
New York
– -$371K -27,755 Closed
American Century Companies
113
American Century Companies
Missouri
– -$354K -26,473 Closed
Principal Financial Group
114
Principal Financial Group
Iowa
– -$283K -21,173 Closed
TC
115
TFS Capital
Pennsylvania
– -$227K -16,973 Closed
Squarepoint
116
Squarepoint
New York
– -$179K -13,400 Closed
HW
117
Hancock Whitney
Mississippi
– -$176K -13,162 Closed
FQ
118
First Quadrant
California
– -$71K -5,300 Closed
AIM
119
Arcadia Investment Management
Michigan
– -$52K -3,885 Closed
PG
120
PEAK6 Group
Illinois
– -$35K -2,634 Closed
AIM
121
Acrospire Investment Management
Illinois
– -$20K -1,495 Closed
QI
122
QS Investors
New York
– -$6K -444 Closed
EFSCE
123
Enterprise Financial Services Corp (EFSC)
Missouri
– -$2K -171 Closed
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ACRE Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2017 in Review

110 of the 4,011 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE) for Q2 2017, worth a combined $243M — down 1.7% from $248M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 15 funds closed out of ACRE and 13 opened new positions — a net loss of 2 holders — while 39 trimmed existing stakes and 36 added.

The largest buyer was AEGON Asset Management (UK), opening a new position worth an estimated $3.51M. The largest seller was Acadian Asset Management, cutting an estimated $4.8M.

  • 110 institutional investors held Ares Commercial Real Estate (ACRE) as of Q2 2017, down from 112 in Q1 2017.
  • Funds reported $243M of Ares Commercial Real Estate stock for Q2 2017, down 1.7% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 13 funds opened new Ares Commercial Real Estate positions in Q2 2017 and 15 closed out, a net change of -2 holders.
  • The largest Ares Commercial Real Estate buyer in Q2 2017 was AEGON Asset Management (UK), an estimated $3.51M added.
  • The largest Ares Commercial Real Estate seller in Q2 2017 was Acadian Asset Management, an estimated $4.8M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2017.