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iShares MSCI South Korea ETF
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289 hedge funds and large institutions have $3.5B invested in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF in 2025 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 60 funds opening new positions, 93 increasing their positions, 78 reducing their positions, and 39 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

410% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.01B | Put options by funds: $198M

71% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 7 → 12 (+5)

54% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 60 | Existing positions closed: 39

19% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 93 | Existing positions reduced: 78

7% more funds holding

Funds holding: 271 → 289 (+18)

5% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $3.34B → $3.5B (+$157M)

6.34% less ownership

Funds ownership: 68.63% → 62.29% (-6.3%)

Holders
289
Holders Change
+18
Holders Change %
+6.64%
% of All Funds
3.79%
Holding in Top 10
12
Holding in Top 10 Change
+5
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+71.43%
% of All Funds
0.16%
New
60
Increased
93
Reduced
78
Closed
39
Calls
$1.01B
Puts
$198M
Net Calls
+$812M
Net Calls Change
+$251M

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Bank of America
Bank of America
North Carolina
+$88.1M
2
TD Asset Management
TD Asset Management
Ontario, Canada
+$52.7M
3
Royal Bank of Canada
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
+$36.9M
4
BA
Bridgewater Associates
Connecticut
+$30.3M
5
PPFA
Provida Pension Fund Administrator
Chile
+$29.3M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
PC
PointState Capital
New York
-$134M
2
HSBC Holdings
HSBC Holdings
United Kingdom
-$89M
3
Barclays
Barclays
United Kingdom
-$64.5M
4
UBS Group
UBS Group
Switzerland
-$55.8M
5
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
Japan
-$48.8M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
Legal & General Group
101
Legal & General Group
United Kingdom
$2.84M – – –
UBP
102
Union Bancaire Privee
Switzerland
$2.8M +$444K +5,961 +20%
D.E. Shaw & Co
103
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
$2.7M +$1.02M +13,754 +69%
Two Sigma Investments
104
Two Sigma Investments
New York
$2.65M +$2.46M +33,100 New
PCM
105
Prelude Capital Management
New York
$2.62M +$1.74M +23,405 +253%
Renaissance Technologies
106
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$2.58M +$2.39M +32,152 New
PE
107
Point72 Europe
United Kingdom
$2.52M +$2.34M +31,400 New
CCA
108
Checchi Capital Advisers
California
$2.48M +$3.65K +49 +0.2%
Cerity Partners
109
Cerity Partners
New York
$2.41M -$74 -1 -0%
SGDR
110
SPX Gestao de Recursos
Brazil
$2.4M -$3.28M -44,000 -59%
NFG
111
Nations Financial Group
Iowa
$2.4M -$22.3K -300 -1%
JG
112
Jain Global
New York
$2.39M -$5.23M -70,250 -70%
IC
113
Innealta Capital
Texas
$2.38M +$172K +2,306 +8%
WC
114
Westerkirk Capital
$2.36M – – –
SPFA
115
Summit Place Financial Advisors
New Jersey
$2.14M +$21.2K +285 +1%
Stifel Financial
116
Stifel Financial
Missouri
$2.09M +$105K +1,414 +6%
EARNEST Partners
117
EARNEST Partners
Georgia
$2.04M – – –
Commonwealth Equity Services
118
Commonwealth Equity Services
Massachusetts
$1.99M +$19.4K +261 +1%
IWC
119
Integrated Wealth Concepts
Massachusetts
$1.85M +$60.9K +818 +4%
OCBCO
120
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC)
Singapore
$1.84M – – –
MMRF
121
Michelson Medical Research Foundation
California
$1.61M – – –
GM
122
GeoWealth Management
Illinois
$1.58M +$86.3K +1,159 +6%
SCP
123
Stamos Capital Partners
California
$1.53M -$454K -6,091 -24%
RVM
124
Robinson Value Management
Texas
$1.51M +$1.41M +18,895 New
N
125
Nuveen
North Carolina
$1.5M -$1.31M -17,572 -48%
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EWY Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2025 in Review

289 of the 7,621 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY) for Q3 2025, worth a combined $3.5B — up 4.7% from $3.34B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 60 funds opened new EWY positions and 39 closed out — a net gain of 21 holders — while 93 added to existing stakes and 78 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Bank of America, adding an estimated $88.1M. The largest seller was PointState Capital, exiting entirely with an estimated $134M sold.

  • 289 institutional investors held iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (EWY) as of Q3 2025, up from 271 in Q2 2025.
  • Funds reported $3.5B of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF stock for Q3 2025, up 4.7% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 60 funds opened new iShares MSCI South Korea ETF positions in Q3 2025 and 39 closed out, a net change of +21 holders.
  • The largest iShares MSCI South Korea ETF buyer in Q3 2025 was Bank of America, an estimated $88.1M added.
  • The largest iShares MSCI South Korea ETF seller in Q3 2025 was PointState Capital, an estimated $134M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2025.