Assured Guaranty
275 hedge funds and large institutions have $4.31B invested in Assured Guaranty in 2017 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 36 funds opening new positions, 99 increasing their positions, 111 reducing their positions, and 30 closing their positions.
20% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 36 | Existing positions closed: 30
1% more funds holding
Funds holding: 272 → 275 (+3)
0.03% more ownership
Funds ownership: 95.67% → 95.7% (+0.03%)
11% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 99 | Existing positions reduced: 111
11% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $4.86B → $4.31B (-$555M)
15% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 13 → 11 (-2)
45% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $34.8M | Put options by funds: $63.6M
Top Buyers
| 1 |
Morgan Stanley
New York
|
+$33M |
| 2 |
JP Morgan Chase
New York
|
+$28M |
| 3 |
Wells Fargo
San Francisco,
California
|
+$19.2M |
| 4 |
Wellington Management Group
Boston,
Massachusetts
|
+$12.9M |
| 5 |
AQR Capital Management
Greenwich,
Connecticut
|
+$12.4M |
Top Sellers
| 1 |
O
OppenheimerFunds
New York
|
-$50.8M |
| 2 |
Principal Financial Group
Des Moines,
Iowa
|
-$44.3M |
| 3 |
Alyeska Investment Group
Chicago,
Illinois
|
-$32.3M |
| 4 |
T. Rowe Price Associates
Baltimore,
Maryland
|
-$26.7M |
| 5 |
SCM
Sterling Capital Management
Charlotte,
North Carolina
|
-$23.5M |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
QCMC
301
Quantum Capital Management (California)
San Francisco,
California
| – | -$218K | -5,229 | Closed |
|
|
AIG
302
American International Group
New York
| – | -$108K | -2,599 | Closed |
|
303
Nomura Asset Management
Tokyo,
Japan
| – | -$70K | -1,680 | Closed |
|
|
AIM
304
Acrospire Investment Management
Chicago,
Illinois
| – | -$55K | -1,328 | Closed |
|
|
FMII
305
Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc
Lincoln,
Nebraska
| – | -$1K | -35 | Closed |
|
AGO Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2017 in Review
275 of the 4,011 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Assured Guaranty (AGO) for Q3 2017, worth a combined $4.31B — down 11% from $4.86B a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 36 funds opened new AGO positions and 30 closed out — a net gain of 6 holders — while 99 added to existing stakes and 111 trimmed.
The largest buyer was Morgan Stanley, adding an estimated $33M. The largest seller was OppenheimerFunds, exiting entirely with an estimated $50.8M sold.
- 275 institutional investors held Assured Guaranty (AGO) as of Q3 2017, up from 272 in Q2 2017.
- Funds reported $4.31B of Assured Guaranty stock for Q3 2017, down 11% quarter-over-quarter.
- 36 funds opened new Assured Guaranty positions in Q3 2017 and 30 closed out, a net change of +6 holders.
- The largest Assured Guaranty buyer in Q3 2017 was Morgan Stanley, an estimated $33M added.
- The largest Assured Guaranty seller in Q3 2017 was OppenheimerFunds, an estimated $50.8M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2017.