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Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B

1,517 hedge funds and large institutions have $111B invested in Berkshire Hathaway Class B in 2014 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 77 funds opening new positions, 576 increasing their positions, 567 reducing their positions, and 36 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

114% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 77 | Existing positions closed: 36

15% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 233 → 269 (+36)

11% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $99.9B → $111B (+$10.9B)

2% more funds holding

Funds holding: 1,484 → 1,517 (+33)

2% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 576 | Existing positions reduced: 567

0.41% less ownership

Funds ownership: 66.74% → 66.32% (-0.41%)

18% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.06B | Put options by funds: $1.29B

Holders
1,517
Holders Change
+33
Holders Change %
+2.22%
% of All Funds
44.02%
Holding in Top 10
269
Holding in Top 10 Change
+36
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+15.45%
% of All Funds
7.81%
New
77
Increased
576
Reduced
567
Closed
36
Calls
$1.06B
Puts
$1.29B
Net Calls
-$237M
Net Calls Change
-$300M

Top Buyers

1
Gates Foundation Trust
Gates Foundation Trust
Washington
+$1.54B
2
Vanguard Group
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
+$351M
3
State Street
State Street
Massachusetts
+$287M
4
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
+$158M
5
BIT
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
+$128M

Top Sellers

1
Norges Bank
Norges Bank
Norway
-$608M
2
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
-$193M
3
AllianceBernstein
AllianceBernstein
Tennessee
-$120M
4
D.E. Shaw & Co
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
-$110M
5
Northern Trust
Northern Trust
Illinois
-$107M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
B
226
BP
United Kingdom
$39.5M +$11.5M +86,000 +43%
FCM
227
Fairholme Capital Management
Florida
$39.2M -$656K -4,925 -2%
ISL
228
Ingalls & Snyder LLC
New York
$38.6M -$203K -1,521 -0.5%
CIBC Asset Management
229
CIBC Asset Management
Ontario, Canada
$38.5M +$1.21M +9,093 +3%
TRSOTSOK
230
Teachers Retirement System of the State of Kentucky
Kentucky
$38.4M +$480K +3,606 +1%
CC
231
Cadinha & Co
Hawaii
$37.8M -$20K -150 -0.1%
ID
232
Integral Derivatives
New York
$37.6M -$3.05M -22,900 -8%
PCI
233
Pacifica Capital Investments
Texas
$37.1M -$406K -3,050 -1%
SBH
234
Segall Bryant & Hamill
Illinois
$36.6M -$137K -1,030 -0.4%
CSIC
235
Clifford Swan Investment Counsel
California
$36.6M -$85K -638 -0.2%
PI
236
Placemark Investments
Illinois
$36.1M +$422K +3,165 +1%
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale
237
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale
Germany
$35.9M +$10.7M +80,266 +45%
HHAA
238
Henry H. Armstrong Associates
Pennsylvania
$35.8M +$863K +6,482 +3%
WAM
239
World Asset Management
Michigan
$35.3M +$2.3M +17,232 +7%
FDCC
240
Foster Dykema Cabot & Co
Massachusetts
$35.2M +$126K +947 +0.4%
RI
241
RWWM Inc
California
$35.2M +$4.13K +31 +0%
SJL
242
Shayne & Jacobs LLC
Tennessee
$35.1M -$1.27M -9,543 -4%
GH
243
GAM Holding
Switzerland
$34.8M +$1.12M +8,411 +3%
AACR
244
ACR Alpine Capital Research
Missouri
$34.5M -$316K -2,370 -0.9%
Asset Management One
245
Asset Management One
Japan
$34.1M +$2.51M +18,853 +8%
MAA
246
Mraz Amerine & Associates
California
$34M +$249K +1,868 +0.8%
FAF
247
Fjarde Ap-fonden
Sweden
$33.8M -$3.16M -23,749 -9%
SL
248
Summitry LLC
California
$33.8M +$155K +1,167 +0.5%
NMERB
249
New Mexico Educational Retirement Board
New Mexico
$33.7M +$733K +5,500 +2%
CDH
250
Charles D. Hyman
$32.8M +$2.35M +17,665 +8%
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BRK.B Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2014 in Review

1,517 of the 3,446 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Berkshire Hathaway Class B (BRK.B) for Q3 2014, worth a combined $111B — up 11% from $99.9B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 77 funds opened new BRK.B positions and 36 closed out — a net gain of 41 holders — while 576 added to existing stakes and 567 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Gates Foundation Trust, adding an estimated $1.54B. The largest seller was Norges Bank, cutting an estimated $608M.

  • 1,517 institutional investors held Berkshire Hathaway Class B (BRK.B) as of Q3 2014, up from 1,484 in Q2 2014.
  • Funds reported $111B of Berkshire Hathaway Class B stock for Q3 2014, up 11% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 77 funds opened new Berkshire Hathaway Class B positions in Q3 2014 and 36 closed out, a net change of +41 holders.
  • The largest Berkshire Hathaway Class B buyer in Q3 2014 was Gates Foundation Trust, an estimated $1.54B added.
  • The largest Berkshire Hathaway Class B seller in Q3 2014 was Norges Bank, an estimated $608M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2014.