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iShares MSCI Japan ETF
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306 hedge funds and large institutions have $5.77B invested in iShares MSCI Japan ETF in 2014 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 54 funds opening new positions, 94 increasing their positions, 94 reducing their positions, and 51 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

67% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $224M | Put options by funds: $134M

6% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 54 | Existing positions closed: 51

0% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 94 | Existing positions reduced: 94

1% less funds holding

Funds holding: 309 → 306 (-3)

1.05% less ownership

Funds ownership: 11.04% → 9.99% (-1%)

9% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $6.35B → $5.77B (-$575M)

24% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 21 → 16 (-5)

Holders
306
Holders Change
-3
Holders Change %
-0.97%
% of All Funds
8.16%
Holding in Top 10
16
Holding in Top 10 Change
-5
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-23.81%
% of All Funds
0.43%
New
54
Increased
94
Reduced
94
Closed
51
Calls
$224M
Puts
$134M
Net Calls
+$89.9M
Net Calls Change
-$24.7M

Top Buyers

1
BFA
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
+$247M
2
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
+$118M
3
Bank of Nova Scotia
Bank of Nova Scotia
Ontario, Canada
+$107M
4
FTUS
Flow Traders U.S.
New York
+$96.1M
5
Barclays
Barclays
United Kingdom
+$94.9M

Top Sellers

1
Franklin Resources
Franklin Resources
California
-$301M
2
Bessemer Group
Bessemer Group
New Jersey
-$233M
3
MAM
Marketfield Asset Management
New York
-$152M
4
PPFA
Provida Pension Fund Administrator
Chile
-$70.5M
5
JP Morgan Chase
JP Morgan Chase
New York
-$63.5M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
NI
151
Numeric Investors
Massachusetts
$596K +$51.6K +1,125 +9%
EVM
152
Eaton Vance Management
Massachusetts
$593K +$14.1K +307 +2%
SAG
153
Sterne Agee Group
Alabama
$575K +$59.1K +1,289 +11%
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors
154
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors
Iowa
$573K +$261K +5,679 +80%
NCM
155
Noesis Capital Mangement
Florida
$546K +$4.08K +89 +0.7%
PAI
156
Pittenger & Anderson Inc
Nebraska
$534K – – –
AC
157
Addenda Capital
Quebec, Canada
$523K +$66.5K +1,450 +12%
TI
158
Telemetry Investments
New York
$506K +$516K +11,250 New
CS
159
Comerica Securities
Michigan
$500K +$510K +11,124 New
SCM
160
SOL Capital Management
Maryland
$494K – – –
CK
161
Cohen Klingenstein
New York
$472K – – –
FWCM
162
Ferguson Wellman Capital Management
Oregon
$453K +$75.4K +1,644 +19%
State Street
163
State Street
Massachusetts
$434K +$66.1K +1,441 +18%
IFS
164
Ifrah Financial Services
Arkansas
$431K -$9.22K -201 -2%
US Bancorp
165
US Bancorp
Minnesota
$428K +$43.1K +939 +11%
CIA
166
Capital Investment Advisors
Georgia
$395K -$11.9K -259 -3%
Lazard Asset Management
167
Lazard Asset Management
New York
$388K -$26.8M -583,161 -99%
RFC
168
Regions Financial Corp
Alabama
$380K +$68.7K +1,497 +22%
PPA
169
Parametric Portfolio Associates
Washington
$357K -$72.6K -1,582 -17%
FTI
170
Fiduciary Trust International
Massachusetts
$354K -$25.2K -550 -7%
VIA
171
Virtus Investment Advisers
Connecticut
$338K +$49.8K +1,085 +17%
PAM
172
PT Asset Management
Illinois
$337K +$344K +7,500 New
VFS
173
VSR Financial Services
Kansas
$321K -$97.1K -2,116 -23%
VAM
174
Verity Asset Management
North Carolina
$320K +$328K +7,139 New
GC
175
Garde Capital
Washington
$305K – – –
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EWJ Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2014 in Review

306 of the 3,749 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ) for Q4 2014, worth a combined $5.77B — down 9.1% from $6.35B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 54 funds opened new EWJ positions and 51 closed out — a net gain of 3 holders — while 94 added to existing stakes and 94 trimmed.

The largest buyer was BlackRock Fund Advisors, adding an estimated $247M. The largest seller was Franklin Resources, exiting entirely with an estimated $301M sold.

  • 306 institutional investors held iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ) as of Q4 2014, down from 309 in Q3 2014.
  • Funds reported $5.77B of iShares MSCI Japan ETF stock for Q4 2014, down 9.1% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 54 funds opened new iShares MSCI Japan ETF positions in Q4 2014 and 51 closed out, a net change of +3 holders.
  • The largest iShares MSCI Japan ETF buyer in Q4 2014 was BlackRock Fund Advisors, an estimated $247M added.
  • The largest iShares MSCI Japan ETF seller in Q4 2014 was Franklin Resources, an estimated $301M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2014.