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iShares MSCI Japan ETF

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: 309306 (-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: 2116 (-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
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
Fidelity Investments
1
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$692M -$56.4K -1,229 -0%
PPFA
2
Provida Pension Fund Administrator
Chile
$535M -$70.5M -1,536,763 -11%
Morgan Stanley
3
Morgan Stanley
New York
$422M -$35.1M -765,947 -8%
Bank of America
4
Bank of America
North Carolina
$329M -$40.7M -887,246 -11%
Bank of Nova Scotia
5
Bank of Nova Scotia
Ontario, Canada
$315M +$107M +2,338,826 +50%
BFA
6
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
$283M +$247M +5,383,251 +586%
MAM
7
Marketfield Asset Management
New York
$254M -$152M -3,319,117 -37%
Goldman Sachs
8
Goldman Sachs
New York
$253M +$118M +2,571,937 +84%
Bessemer Group
9
Bessemer Group
New Jersey
$182M -$233M -5,081,875 -56%
JP Morgan Chase
10
JP Morgan Chase
New York
$168M -$63.5M -1,384,172 -27%
Citigroup
11
Citigroup
New York
$147M +$21.7M +472,348 +17%
BA
12
BlackRock Advisors
Delaware
$143M -$226K -4,922 -0.2%
Barclays
13
Barclays
United Kingdom
$123M +$94.9M +2,068,740 +287%
1CP
14
1607 Capital Partners
Virginia
$120M +$4.39M +95,700 +4%
CS
15
Credit Suisse
Switzerland
$117M -$16.1M -350,280 -12%
LMGAM
16
Liberty Mutual Group Asset Management
Massachusetts
$107M +$36.6M +797,709 +50%
H
17
Hexavest
Quebec, Canada
$104M +$4.44M +96,705 +4%
FTUS
18
Flow Traders U.S.
New York
$94.2M +$96.1M +2,095,366 New
BlackRock
19
BlackRock
New York
$84.7M +$82.1M +1,788,617 +1,885%
HSBC Holdings
20
HSBC Holdings
United Kingdom
$74.4M +$11.7M +256,016 +18%
UBS Group
21
UBS Group
Switzerland
$59.1M +$60.3M +1,313,931 New
CC
22
Curian Capital
Colorado
$57.2M +$29.6M +645,571 +103%
BIM
23
BlackRock Investment Management
Delaware
$51.9M -$7.65M -166,775 -13%
Wells Fargo
24
Wells Fargo
California
$51.4M -$14.6M -317,843 -22%
AII
25
AGF Investments Inc
Ontario, Canada
$49.2M -$1.2M -26,082 -2%

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.