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200 hedge funds and large institutions have $999M invested in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF in 2019 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 40 funds opening new positions, 100 increasing their positions, 25 reducing their positions, and 7 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

471% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 40 | Existing positions closed: 7

300% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 100 | Existing positions reduced: 25

50% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $667M → $999M (+$333M)

16% more funds holding

Funds holding: 172 → 200 (+28)

3.88% more ownership

Funds ownership: 63.81% → 67.69% (+3.9%)

20% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 5 → 4 (-1)

Holders
200
Holders Change
+28
Holders Change %
+16.28%
% of All Funds
3.94%
Holding in Top 10
4
Holding in Top 10 Change
-1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-20%
% of All Funds
0.08%
New
40
Increased
100
Reduced
25
Closed
7
Calls
–
Puts
–
Net Calls
–
Net Calls Change
–

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Bank of America
Bank of America
North Carolina
+$120M
2
Fifth Third Bancorp
Fifth Third Bancorp
Ohio
+$32.8M
3
PCA
Personal Capital Advisors
California
+$17.4M
4
Royal Bank of Canada
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
+$12.8M
5
Envestnet Asset Management
Envestnet Asset Management
Illinois
+$9.09M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
FTIOP
Fiduciary Trust International of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
-$3.46M
2
FEG
Fund Evaluation Group
Ohio
-$1.68M
3
LTFS
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
Florida
-$704K
4
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
-$674K
5
OMC
Old Mission Capital
Illinois
-$512K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
FANJ
76
Financial Architects (New Jersey)
New Jersey
$894K +$81.9K +1,229 +10%
EWM
77
Empirical Wealth Management
Washington
$884K +$857K +12,866 New
GTAM
78
Global Trust Asset Management
Florida
$866K -$39K -585 -4%
SFS
79
Sowell Financial Services
Arkansas
$866K +$44K +660 +6%
BAAM
80
Baker Avenue Asset Management
California
$861K +$41.5K +623 +5%
PFGIA
81
Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency
Massachusetts
$850K +$292K +4,376 +55%
JFGLC
82
Johnson Financial Group LLC (Colorado)
Colorado
$821K – – –
V
83
Veritable
Delaware
$761K – – –
CTA
84
Chesley Taft & Associates
Illinois
$751K -$6.66K -100 -0.9%
LFASL
85
Lugano Financial Advisors SA (LFA)
Switzerland
$732K +$710K +10,650 New
BEC
86
Blue Edge Capital
Virginia
$707K +$331K +4,962 +93%
NAM
87
North American Management
Massachusetts
$704K +$2.13K +32 +0.3%
MM
88
Main Management
California
$688K -$933 -14 -0.1%
SBSB
89
Sullivan, Bruyette, Speros & Blaney
Virginia
$679K +$215K +3,230 +49%
AG
90
Advisor Group
Arizona
$669K +$269K +4,031 +71%
ACA
91
Affinity Capital Advisors
California
$601K +$583K +8,745 New
TA
92
Tiedemann Advisors
New York
$583K +$72.4K +1,087 +15%
VCM
93
Vision Capital Management
Oregon
$563K +$334K +5,011 +157%
PAG
94
Private Advisor Group
New Jersey
$543K +$41K +616 +8%
AWA
95
Alaska Wealth Advisors
Alaska
$514K +$498K +7,482 New
BPWA
96
Beacon Pointe Wealth Advisors
California
$513K -$77.8K -1,168 -14%
SAS
97
Sage Advisory Services
Texas
$509K +$132K +1,976 +36%
WIP
98
Wellesley Investment Partners
Massachusetts
$506K +$65.2K +979 +15%
WCFA
99
Walkner Condon Financial Advisors
Wisconsin
$499K +$484K +7,263 New
CIBC Asset Management
100
CIBC Asset Management
Ontario, Canada
$493K – – –
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4
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ESGD Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2019 in Review

200 of the 5,075 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (ESGD) for Q4 2019, worth a combined $999M — up 50% from $667M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 40 funds opened new ESGD positions and 7 closed out — a net gain of 33 holders — while 100 added to existing stakes and 25 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Bank of America, adding an estimated $120M. The largest seller was Fiduciary Trust International of Pennsylvania, exiting entirely with an estimated $3.46M sold.

  • 200 institutional investors held iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (ESGD) as of Q4 2019, up from 172 in Q3 2019.
  • Funds reported $999M of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF stock for Q4 2019, up 50% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 40 funds opened new iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF positions in Q4 2019 and 7 closed out, a net change of +33 holders.
  • The largest iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF buyer in Q4 2019 was Bank of America, an estimated $120M added.
  • The largest iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF seller in Q4 2019 was Fiduciary Trust International of Pennsylvania, an estimated $3.46M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2019.