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Equity Lifestyle Properties
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199 hedge funds and large institutions have $3.09B invested in Equity Lifestyle Properties in 2014 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 20 funds opening new positions, 87 increasing their positions, 63 reducing their positions, and 15 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

38% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 87 | Existing positions reduced: 63

33% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 20 | Existing positions closed: 15

11% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $2.77B → $3.09B (+$311M)

1% more funds holding

Funds holding: 197 → 199 (+2)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 3 → 3 (0)

1.34% less ownership

Funds ownership: 183.39% → 182.04% (-1.3%)

100% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $0 | Put options by funds: $252K

Holders
199
Holders Change
+2
Holders Change %
+1.02%
% of All Funds
5.75%
Holding in Top 10
3
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.09%
New
20
Increased
87
Reduced
63
Closed
15
Calls
–
Puts
$252K
Net Calls
-$252K
Net Calls Change
-$252K

Top Buyers

1
BIT
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
+$19.7M
2
Vanguard Group
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
+$18.2M
3
ACI
AMP Capital Investors
Australia
+$16.9M
4
PI
Putnam Investments
Massachusetts
+$11.9M
5
PAM
Panagora Asset Management
Massachusetts
+$11.1M

Top Sellers

1
BC
Brookfield Corp
Ontario, Canada
-$33.5M
2
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank
Germany
-$30.2M
3
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
-$26.5M
4
Cohen & Steers
Cohen & Steers
New York
-$24.9M
5
RFC
Russell Frank Company
Washington
-$16.1M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
Fidelity Investments
1
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$480M -$26.5M -1,348,556 -5%
Vanguard Group
2
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$436M +$18.2M +926,922 +5%
BIT
3
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$164M +$19.7M +1,006,254 +14%
Wellington Management Group
4
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
$140M -$6.5M -331,416 -5%
Morgan Stanley
5
Morgan Stanley
New York
$133M +$4.4M +224,410 +4%
ACI
6
AMP Capital Investors
Australia
$129M +$16.9M +862,336 +16%
D.E. Shaw & Co
7
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
$86.1M -$4.49M -229,056 -5%
PIM
8
Perkins Investment Management
Illinois
$69.6M +$443K +22,576 +0.7%
RC
9
Resolution Capital
Australia
$59.8M +$9.57M +488,054 +22%
ACM
10
AEW Capital Management
Massachusetts
$58.9M -$1.26M -64,400 -2%
PI
11
Putnam Investments
Massachusetts
$58.2M +$11.9M +607,044 +27%
Massachusetts Financial Services
12
Massachusetts Financial Services
Massachusetts
$57.5M +$1.55M +78,780 +3%
HK
13
Horizon Kinetics
New York
$57.3M -$13M -660,796 -19%
State Street
14
State Street
Massachusetts
$55.2M +$871K +44,412 +2%
BFA
15
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
$53.5M +$4.45M +226,678 +9%
UOC
16
UBS O'Connor
Illinois
$46.1M +$9.77M +498,260 +28%
Schroder Investment Management Group
17
Schroder Investment Management Group
United Kingdom
$37.6M +$6.06M +308,832 +20%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
18
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$37.4M +$1.43M +72,740 +4%
Millennium Management
19
Millennium Management
New York
$32.7M +$7.91M +403,294 +33%
DC
20
Davenport & Co
Virginia
$31.3M +$1.39M +70,876 +5%
AAMU
21
APG Asset Management US
New York
$29.7M +$6.87M +350,000 +32%
Norges Bank
22
Norges Bank
Norway
$28.8M – – –
Northern Trust
23
Northern Trust
Illinois
$26.2M +$3.33M +169,870 +15%
TA
24
Teachers Advisors
New York
$25.1M -$893K -45,502 -4%
Bank of America
25
Bank of America
North Carolina
$23.9M +$1.37M +69,590 +6%
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ELS Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2014 in Review

199 of the 3,462 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) for Q1 2014, worth a combined $3.09B — up 11% from $2.77B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 20 funds opened new ELS positions and 15 closed out — a net gain of 5 holders — while 87 added to existing stakes and 63 trimmed.

The largest buyer was BlackRock Institutional Trust, adding an estimated $19.7M. The largest seller was Brookfield Corp, exiting entirely with an estimated $33.5M sold.

  • 199 institutional investors held Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) as of Q1 2014, up from 197 in Q4 2013.
  • Funds reported $3.09B of Equity Lifestyle Properties stock for Q1 2014, up 11% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 20 funds opened new Equity Lifestyle Properties positions in Q1 2014 and 15 closed out, a net change of +5 holders.
  • The largest Equity Lifestyle Properties buyer in Q1 2014 was BlackRock Institutional Trust, an estimated $19.7M added.
  • The largest Equity Lifestyle Properties seller in Q1 2014 was Brookfield Corp, an estimated $33.5M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2014.