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Equity Residential

494 hedge funds and large institutions have $22.5B invested in Equity Residential in 2016 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 36 funds opening new positions, 166 increasing their positions, 196 reducing their positions, and 58 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

128% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $92.3M | Put options by funds: $40.4M

1.12% more ownership

Funds ownership: 95.18%96.31% (+1.1%)

5% less funds holding

Funds holding: 520494 (-26)

6% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $23.9B → $22.5B (-$1.44B)

15% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 166 | Existing positions reduced: 196

18% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2218 (-4)

38% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 36 | Existing positions closed: 58

Holders
494
Holders Change
-26
Holders Change %
-5%
% of All Funds
13.18%
Holding in Top 10
18
Holding in Top 10 Change
-4
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-18.18%
% of All Funds
0.48%
New
36
Increased
166
Reduced
196
Closed
58
Calls
$92.3M
Puts
$40.4M
Net Calls
+$51.9M
Net Calls Change
+$52.3M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
Vanguard Group
1
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$3.31B +$36.1M +541,550 +1%
State Street
2
State Street
Massachusetts
$1.4B +$63.6M +953,435 +5%
Morgan Stanley
3
Morgan Stanley
New York
$908M +$50.7M +760,815 +6%
LIMS
4
Lasalle Investment Management Securities
Maryland
$890M +$33.4M +500,686 +4%
AAMU
5
APG Asset Management US
New York
$873M +$31.2M +467,443 +4%
BIT
6
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$872M -$30.2M -452,301 -3%
BFA
7
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
$742M +$30.6M +458,673 +4%
Cohen & Steers
8
Cohen & Steers
New York
$704M +$431M +6,463,680 +144%
T. Rowe Price Associates
9
T. Rowe Price Associates
Maryland
$698M +$329M +4,937,766 +83%
CIMLRA
10
CBRE Investment Management Listed Real Assets
Pennsylvania
$626M -$192M -2,884,753 -23%
Fidelity Investments
11
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$500M -$163M -2,447,858 -24%
Bank of New York Mellon
12
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$485M +$97.7M +1,464,445 +24%
Invesco
13
Invesco
Georgia
$483M +$16.7M +250,761 +3%
Deutsche Bank
14
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$460M -$99.5M -1,492,264 -17%
Daiwa Securities Group
15
Daiwa Securities Group
Japan
$448M +$205M +3,068,125 +79%
Northern Trust
16
Northern Trust
Illinois
$384M +$8.98M +134,572 +2%
PI
17
PGGM Investments
Netherlands
$344M +$965K +14,471 +0.3%
BG
18
BlackRock Group
United Kingdom
$331M -$2.39M -35,827 -0.7%
LPC
19
Long Pond Capital
New York
$310M +$216M +3,235,689 +205%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
20
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$309M +$3.03M +45,460 +1%
Principal Financial Group
21
Principal Financial Group
Iowa
$262M -$137M -2,060,969 -34%
ACM
22
AEW Capital Management
Massachusetts
$260M -$1.33M -20,005 -0.5%
Boston Partners
23
Boston Partners
Massachusetts
$256M +$27.5M +412,042 +12%
Geode Capital Management
24
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$234M +$18.2M +272,648 +8%
SAMC
25
Shinko Asset Management Company
Japan
$225M +$17.4M +261,132 +8%

EQR Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2016 in Review

494 of the 3,748 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Equity Residential (EQR) for Q3 2016, worth a combined $22.5B — down 6% from $23.9B a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 58 funds closed out of EQR and 36 opened new positions — a net loss of 22 holders — while 196 trimmed existing stakes and 166 added.

The largest buyer was Cohen & Steers, adding an estimated $431M. The largest seller was CBRE Investment Management Listed Real Assets, cutting an estimated $192M.

  • 494 institutional investors held Equity Residential (EQR) as of Q3 2016, down from 520 in Q2 2016.
  • Funds reported $22.5B of Equity Residential stock for Q3 2016, down 6% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 36 funds opened new Equity Residential positions in Q3 2016 and 58 closed out, a net change of -22 holders.
  • The largest Equity Residential buyer in Q3 2016 was Cohen & Steers, an estimated $431M added.
  • The largest Equity Residential seller in Q3 2016 was CBRE Investment Management Listed Real Assets, an estimated $192M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2016.