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BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust
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112 hedge funds and large institutions have $572M invested in BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust in 2017 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 8 funds opening new positions, 31 increasing their positions, 41 reducing their positions, and 10 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 5 → 5 (0)

1% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $575M → $572M (-$3.24M)

1.41% less ownership

Funds ownership: 41.02% → 39.61% (-1.4%)

3% less funds holding

Funds holding: 116 → 112 (-4)

20% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 8 | Existing positions closed: 10

24% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 31 | Existing positions reduced: 41

Holders
112
Holders Change
-4
Holders Change %
-3.45%
% of All Funds
2.79%
Holding in Top 10
5
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.12%
New
8
Increased
31
Reduced
41
Closed
10
Calls
–
Puts
–
Net Calls
–
Net Calls Change
–

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
UBS Group
UBS Group
Switzerland
+$19.2M
2
VIA
Vident Investment Advisory
Georgia
+$6.01M
3
SIA
Sit Investment Associates
Minnesota
+$3.49M
4
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
+$3.29M
5
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
California
+$1.76M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
N
Nuveen
North Carolina
-$12.8M
2
OA
Oxbow Advisors
Texas
-$10.7M
3
FWIA
Fort Washington Investment Advisors
Ohio
-$8.34M
4
AMH
Apollo Management Holdings
New York
-$5.5M
5
Millennium Management
Millennium Management
New York
-$3.32M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
HK
51
Horizon Kinetics
New York
$839K -$98.1K -7,548 -11%
PAG
52
Private Advisor Group
New Jersey
$803K -$131K -10,041 -14%
PVWM
53
Point View Wealth Management
New Jersey
$796K +$41.4K +3,181 +6%
SI
54
Stephens Inc
Arkansas
$753K -$11.5K -882 -2%
SFS
55
Shaker Financial Services
Virginia
$632K +$624K +48,015 New
Ameriprise
56
Ameriprise
Minnesota
$588K -$290K -22,305 -34%
CP
57
Camelot Portfolios
Ohio
$524K -$44.5K -3,424 -8%
HCM
58
Hollencrest Capital Management
California
$516K – – –
CHAM
59
Clear Harbor Asset Management
Connecticut
$514K -$52.5K -4,035 -9%
NCM
60
Narwhal Capital Management
Georgia
$495K +$767 +59 +0.2%
DA
61
Doliver Advisors
Texas
$473K +$468K +35,974 New
ACP
62
Aviance Capital Partners
Florida
$454K +$118K +9,045 +36%
BC
63
Burney Company
Virginia
$453K – – –
LCM
64
Landscape Capital Management
New Jersey
$441K -$1.65M -126,685 -79%
AWA
65
Arete Wealth Advisors
Illinois
$419K -$83K -6,386 -17%
OC
66
Oppenheimer & Co
New York
$357K +$16.1K +1,238 +5%
IA
67
IFP Advisors
Florida
$351K +$148K +11,347 +74%
HCMT
68
Highland Capital Management (Texas)
Texas
$342K – – –
Janney Montgomery Scott
69
Janney Montgomery Scott
Pennsylvania
$325K +$110K +8,423 +52%
EWM
70
Edge Wealth Management
New York
$316K -$6.5K -500 -2%
CCB
71
Cutter & Co Brokerage
Missouri
$287K – – –
RCM
72
Robinson Capital Management
Michigan
$263K – – –
IAMOG
73
Investors Asset Management of Georgia
Georgia
$257K – – –
Citadel Advisors
74
Citadel Advisors
Florida
$257K +$254K +19,505 New
RA
75
RMR Advisors
Massachusetts
$256K – – –
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3
4 5

BTZ Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2017 in Review

112 of the 4,018 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ) for Q1 2017, worth a combined $572M — down 0.56% from $575M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 10 funds closed out of BTZ and 8 opened new positions — a net loss of 2 holders — while 41 trimmed existing stakes and 31 added.

The largest buyer was UBS Group, adding an estimated $19.2M. The largest seller was Nuveen, cutting an estimated $12.8M.

  • 112 institutional investors held BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust (BTZ) as of Q1 2017, down from 116 in Q4 2016.
  • Funds reported $572M of BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust stock for Q1 2017, down 0.56% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 8 funds opened new BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust positions in Q1 2017 and 10 closed out, a net change of -2 holders.
  • The largest BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust buyer in Q1 2017 was UBS Group, an estimated $19.2M added.
  • The largest BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust seller in Q1 2017 was Nuveen, an estimated $12.8M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2017.