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VanEck Biotech ETF

86 hedge funds and large institutions have $170M invested in VanEck Biotech ETF in 2016 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 17 funds opening new positions, 25 increasing their positions, 27 reducing their positions, and 7 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

143% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 17 | Existing positions closed: 7

9% more funds holding

Funds holding: 7986 (+7)

6% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $161M → $170M (+$9.23M)

3.18% more ownership

Funds ownership: 26.4%29.58% (+3.2%)

7% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 25 | Existing positions reduced: 27

82% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.78M | Put options by funds: $10.1M

Holders
86
Holders Change
+7
Holders Change %
+8.86%
% of All Funds
2.15%
Holding in Top 10
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
New
17
Increased
25
Reduced
27
Closed
7
Calls
$1.78M
Puts
$10.1M
Net Calls
-$8.33M
Net Calls Change
-$13.3M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
AllianceBernstein
1
AllianceBernstein
Tennessee
$70.5M +$6.24M +57,411 +10%
Morgan Stanley
2
Morgan Stanley
New York
$9.38M +$1.4M +12,884 +17%
UBS Group
3
UBS Group
Switzerland
$9.19M +$570K +5,239 +7%
Royal Bank of Canada
4
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
$7.77M +$3.56M +32,721 +83%
Goldman Sachs
5
Goldman Sachs
New York
$6.13M -$4.89M -44,939 -44%
MCM
6
Murphy Capital Management
New Jersey
$5.2M +$159K +1,461 +3%
CG
7
Colony Group
Massachusetts
$4.79M +$4.85M +44,554 New
Bank of America
8
Bank of America
North Carolina
$3.06M +$2.45M +22,524 +382%
SFS
9
Strategic Financial Services
New York
$2.9M -$26.6K -245 -0.9%
HighTower Advisors
10
HighTower Advisors
Illinois
$2.82M +$1.67M +15,332 +141%
ECM
11
Endurant Capital Management
California
$2.65M +$2.01M +18,500 +301%
SG Americas Securities
12
SG Americas Securities
New York
$2.56M -$242K -2,226 -9%
AL
13
Aspiriant LLC
California
$2.5M -$31K -285 -1%
LPL Financial
14
LPL Financial
California
$2.5M -$72.4K -666 -3%
Susquehanna International Group
15
Susquehanna International Group
Pennsylvania
$2.46M +$2.25M +20,696 +973%
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors
16
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors
Iowa
$2.41M -$706K -6,493 -22%
Wells Fargo
17
Wells Fargo
California
$2.27M +$1.8M +16,557 +360%
BRM
18
Boston Research & Management
Massachusetts
$2.26M -$53.8K -495 -2%
Creative Planning
19
Creative Planning
Kansas
$1.95M
BPC
20
Banque Pictet & Cie
Switzerland
$1.86M -$1.77M -16,250 -49%
Stifel Financial
21
Stifel Financial
Missouri
$1.59M +$1.04M +9,575 +185%
SB
22
Suntrust Banks
Georgia
$1.53M +$1.54M +14,192 New
AFG
23
Albion Financial Group
Utah
$1.51M +$76.3K +702 +5%
Commonwealth Equity Services
24
Commonwealth Equity Services
Massachusetts
$1.39M -$1.07M -9,833 -43%
Nomura Asset Management
25
Nomura Asset Management
Japan
$998K

BBH Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2016 in Review

86 of the 4,000 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in VanEck Biotech ETF (BBH) for Q4 2016, worth a combined $170M — up 5.7% from $161M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 17 funds opened new BBH positions and 7 closed out — a net gain of 10 holders — while 25 added to existing stakes and 27 trimmed.

The largest buyer was AllianceBernstein, adding an estimated $6.24M. The largest seller was Goldman Sachs, cutting an estimated $4.89M.

  • 86 institutional investors held VanEck Biotech ETF (BBH) as of Q4 2016, up from 79 in Q3 2016.
  • Funds reported $170M of VanEck Biotech ETF stock for Q4 2016, up 5.7% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 17 funds opened new VanEck Biotech ETF positions in Q4 2016 and 7 closed out, a net change of +10 holders.
  • The largest VanEck Biotech ETF buyer in Q4 2016 was AllianceBernstein, an estimated $6.24M added.
  • The largest VanEck Biotech ETF seller in Q4 2016 was Goldman Sachs, an estimated $4.89M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2016.