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iShares MSCI Australia ETF
EWA

191 hedge funds and large institutions have $2.02B invested in iShares MSCI Australia ETF in 2014 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 34 funds opening new positions, 50 increasing their positions, 49 reducing their positions, and 20 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

141% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $840M → $2.02B (+$1.18B)

70% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 34 | Existing positions closed: 20

7% more funds holding

Funds holding: 178 → 191 (+13)

2.36% more ownership

Funds ownership: 46.89% → 49.25% (+2.4%)

2% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 50 | Existing positions reduced: 49

14% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 7 → 6 (-1)

72% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $154M | Put options by funds: $547M

Holders
191
Holders Change
+13
Holders Change %
+7.3%
% of All Funds
5.49%
Holding in Top 10
6
Holding in Top 10 Change
-1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-14.29%
% of All Funds
0.17%
New
34
Increased
50
Reduced
49
Closed
20
Calls
$154M
Puts
$547M
Net Calls
-$393M
Net Calls Change
-$242M

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
RIG
RiverFront Investment Group
Virginia
+$69.4M
2
SG Americas Securities
SG Americas Securities
New York
+$10.6M
3
PVH
Psagot Value Holdings
Israel
+$7.21M
4
Envestnet Asset Management
Envestnet Asset Management
Illinois
+$6.35M
5
Ameriprise
Ameriprise
Minnesota
+$5.87M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
DFO
Duquesne Family Office
New York
-$10.3M
2
SPL
Smart Portfolios LLC
Washington
-$4.59M
3
GI
Glovista Investments
New Jersey
-$4.28M
4
U
UBS
Switzerland
-$4.25M
5
SWM
Strategic Wealth Management
Washington
-$4.07M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
TCOTO
76
Trust Company of the Ozarks
Missouri
$590K -$79.2K -3,000 -12%
PAI
77
Pittenger & Anderson Inc
Nebraska
$588K +$66K +2,500 +13%
VF
78
Virtu Financial
New York
$585K +$592K +22,401 New
LS
79
Lattice Strategies
Pennsylvania
$578K +$95.1K +3,600 +19%
TH
80
Timber Hill
Connecticut
$574K +$581K +21,978 New
V
81
Veritable
Delaware
$556K – – –
CC
82
Cadinha & Co
Hawaii
$528K -$562K -21,290 -51%
Parallax Volatility Advisers
83
Parallax Volatility Advisers
California
$528K +$5.76K +218 +1%
GIM
84
Guardian Investment Management
California
$523K – – –
KC
85
Kingfisher Capital
North Carolina
$517K -$54.4K -2,061 -9%
T. Rowe Price Associates
86
T. Rowe Price Associates
Maryland
$517K +$148K +5,600 +39%
CA
87
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft
Germany
$500K -$436K -16,500 -46%
WT
88
Whittier Trust
California
$499K – – –
CAM
89
Carret Asset Management
New York
$485K +$1.32K +50 +0.3%
HTC
90
Haverford Trust Company
Pennsylvania
$466K – – –
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors
91
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors
Iowa
$460K -$9.11K -345 -2%
BBA
92
BLB&B Advisors
Pennsylvania
$449K +$2.64K +100 +0.6%
QIM
93
Quantitative Investment Management
Virginia
$446K +$452K +17,100 New
ECAM
94
East Coast Asset Management
Massachusetts
$434K – – –
MC
95
Moors & Cabot
Massachusetts
$422K -$89.1K -3,374 -17%
CB
96
Commerce Bank
Missouri
$418K -$31.1K -1,178 -7%
Citadel Advisors
97
Citadel Advisors
Florida
$417K +$422K +15,960 New
FA
98
FMA Advisory
Pennsylvania
$415K – – –
PBT
99
Pictet Bank & Trust
Bahamas
$413K – – –
Two Sigma Investments
100
Two Sigma Investments
New York
$406K +$77.7K +2,941 +23%
2 3
4
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EWA Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2014 in Review

191 of the 3,479 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in iShares MSCI Australia ETF (EWA) for Q2 2014, worth a combined $2.02B — up 141% from $840M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 34 funds opened new EWA positions and 20 closed out — a net gain of 14 holders — while 50 added to existing stakes and 49 trimmed.

The largest buyer was RiverFront Investment Group, opening a new position worth an estimated $69.4M. The largest seller was Duquesne Family Office, exiting entirely with an estimated $10.3M sold.

  • 191 institutional investors held iShares MSCI Australia ETF (EWA) as of Q2 2014, up from 178 in Q1 2014.
  • Funds reported $2.02B of iShares MSCI Australia ETF stock for Q2 2014, up 141% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 34 funds opened new iShares MSCI Australia ETF positions in Q2 2014 and 20 closed out, a net change of +14 holders.
  • The largest iShares MSCI Australia ETF buyer in Q2 2014 was RiverFront Investment Group, an estimated $69.4M added.
  • The largest iShares MSCI Australia ETF seller in Q2 2014 was Duquesne Family Office, an estimated $10.3M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2014.