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BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust
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78 hedge funds and large institutions have $91.4M invested in BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust in 2019 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 8 funds opening new positions, 34 increasing their positions, 16 reducing their positions, and 4 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

113% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 34 | Existing positions reduced: 16

100% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 8 | Existing positions closed: 4

5% more funds holding

Funds holding: 74 → 78 (+4)

0.02% more ownership

Funds ownership: 33.73% → 33.75% (+0.02%)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 1 (0)

1% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $92.5M → $91.4M (-$1.07M)

Holders
78
Holders Change
+4
Holders Change %
+5.41%
% of All Funds
1.71%
Holding in Top 10
1
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.02%
New
8
Increased
34
Reduced
16
Closed
4
Calls
–
Puts
–
Net Calls
–
Net Calls Change
–

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Royal Bank of Canada
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
+$1.24M
2
UBS Group
UBS Group
Switzerland
+$495K
3
VEA
Virtus ETF Advisers
New York
+$290K
4
GC
Guggenheim Capital
Illinois
+$284K
5
PAG
Private Advisor Group
New Jersey
+$243K

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
-$2.44M
2
ICM
Ionic Capital Management
New York
-$409K
3
BFM
Boothbay Fund Management
New York
-$378K
4
CS
Comerica Securities
Michigan
-$328K
5
SDAM
Shulman DeMeo Asset Management
New York
-$269K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
RTS
51
Round Table Services
New Jersey
$175K – – –
ACI
52
Alpha Cubed Investments
California
$172K – – –
RT
53
Rockland Trust
Massachusetts
$171K -$16.5K -1,340 -9%
SKK
54
Shepherd Kaplan Krochuk
Massachusetts
$171K +$172K +13,970 New
FFA
55
First Foundation Advisors
California
$158K – – –
HKAM
56
Horizon Kinetics Asset Management
New York
$156K – – –
SS
57
Sunbelt Securities
Texas
$152K +$153K +12,418 New
DAS
58
Dynamic Advisor Solutions
Arizona
$149K +$10.2K +825 +7%
Millennium Management
59
Millennium Management
New York
$143K +$144K +11,682 New
AG
60
Advisor Group
Arizona
$72K +$160 +13 +0.2%
RIA
61
Realta Investment Advisors
Delaware
$68K +$913 +74 +1%
SFS
62
Sowell Financial Services
Arkansas
$58K +$58.7K +4,754 New
LTFS
63
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
Florida
$53K -$36.1K -2,925 -40%
Citigroup
64
Citigroup
New York
$35K +$6.37K +516 +22%
FIA
65
FNY Investment Advisers
New York
$34K +$34.9K +2,829 New
BWM
66
BerganKDV Wealth Management
Minnesota
$30K +$23.7K +1,920 +376%
PFGIA
67
Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency
Massachusetts
$22K – – –
EIP
68
Ellis Investment Partners
Pennsylvania
$10K +$173 +14 +2%
BFEC
69
Benjamin F. Edwards & Company
Missouri
$9K – – –
CI
70
CX Institutional
Indiana
$9K – – –
APA
71
American Portfolios Advisors
New York
$7.79K – – –
AIM
72
Anchor Investment Management
South Carolina
$7.36K – – –
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management
73
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management
Wisconsin
$6K -$12.3K -1,000 -67%
PAM
74
Panagora Asset Management
Massachusetts
$6K +$6.37K +516 New
Rockefeller Capital Management
75
Rockefeller Capital Management
New York
$6K +$6.38K +517 New
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BGT Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2019 in Review

78 of the 4,561 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (BGT) for Q3 2019, worth a combined $91.4M — down 1.2% from $92.5M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 8 funds opened new BGT positions and 4 closed out — a net gain of 4 holders — while 34 added to existing stakes and 16 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Royal Bank of Canada, adding an estimated $1.24M. The largest seller was Morgan Stanley, cutting an estimated $2.44M.

  • 78 institutional investors held BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (BGT) as of Q3 2019, up from 74 in Q2 2019.
  • Funds reported $91.4M of BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust stock for Q3 2019, down 1.2% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 8 funds opened new BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust positions in Q3 2019 and 4 closed out, a net change of +4 holders.
  • The largest BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust buyer in Q3 2019 was Royal Bank of Canada, an estimated $1.24M added.
  • The largest BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust seller in Q3 2019 was Morgan Stanley, an estimated $2.44M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2019.