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iShares MSCI Brazil ETF

176 hedge funds and large institutions have $1.83B invested in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF in 2015 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 31 funds opening new positions, 56 increasing their positions, 52 reducing their positions, and 38 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

64% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $3.75B | Put options by funds: $2.28B

8% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 56 | Existing positions reduced: 52

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 77 (0)

1% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $1.86B → $1.83B (-$25.2M)

4% less funds holding

Funds holding: 184176 (-8)

5.01% less ownership

Funds ownership: 100.75%95.74% (-5%)

18% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 31 | Existing positions closed: 38

Holders
176
Holders Change
-8
Holders Change %
-4.35%
% of All Funds
4.62%
Holding in Top 10
7
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
0.18%
New
31
Increased
56
Reduced
52
Closed
38
Calls
$3.75B
Puts
$2.28B
Net Calls
+$1.47B
Net Calls Change
+$2.03B
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
PRCM
26
Pine River Capital Management
Minnesota
$12.1M +$8.61M +370,000 +172%
PP
27
Paloma Partners
Connecticut
$9.71M +$10.9M +469,362 New
William Blair Investment Management
28
William Blair Investment Management
Illinois
$9.61M -$114K -4,900 -1%
N
29
Natixis
France
$9.47M -$6.07M -260,887 -36%
SCA
30
Secor Capital Advisors
New York
$8.33M +$1.53M +65,600 +19%
BCM
31
Bluefin Capital Management
New York
$7.45M +$6.19M +265,977 +283%
SO
32
STRS Ohio
Ohio
$7.44M
Nomura Holdings
33
Nomura Holdings
Japan
$7.41M -$3.39M -145,485 -30%
OL
34
Orbitronix LP
California
$7.4M +$7.17M +307,900 +616%
ST
35
Spot Trading
Illinois
$6.03M +$3.52M +151,350 +108%
BCM
36
Bienville Capital Management
New York
$5.91M +$4.99M +214,304 +299%
BlackRock
37
BlackRock
New York
$5.15M -$12.5K -536 -0.2%
HT
38
HAP Trading
New York
$5.13M +$3.55M +152,552 +160%
GH
39
GAM Holding
Switzerland
$5.06M
FTUS
40
Flow Traders U.S.
New York
$5.02M -$1.35M -58,117 -19%
Jane Street
41
Jane Street
New York
$4.96M -$920K -39,534 -14%
Prudential Financial
42
Prudential Financial
New Jersey
$4.8M +$282K +12,100 +6%
CG
43
Cutler Group
California
$4.55M +$5.12M +220,014 New
AL
44
AJO LP
Pennsylvania
$4.17M +$4.69M +201,588 New
6CM
45
683 Capital Management
New York
$3.83M +$2.42M +104,000 +128%
Ameriprise
46
Ameriprise
Minnesota
$3.42M +$3.2M +137,479 +491%
Fiera Capital (Canada)
47
Fiera Capital (Canada)
Quebec, Canada
$3.2M +$405K +17,400 +13%
Invesco
48
Invesco
Georgia
$3.2M +$405K +17,400 +13%
LPL Financial
49
LPL Financial
California
$2.98M +$1.7M +73,183 +99%
PPFA
50
Provida Pension Fund Administrator
Chile
$2.96M +$3.29M +141,234 +7,504%

EWZ Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2015 in Review

176 of the 3,812 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ) for Q4 2015, worth a combined $1.83B — down 1.4% from $1.86B a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 38 funds closed out of EWZ and 31 opened new positions — a net loss of 7 holders — while 52 trimmed existing stakes and 56 added.

The largest buyer was JP Morgan Chase, adding an estimated $328M. The largest seller was Morgan Stanley, cutting an estimated $156M.

  • 176 institutional investors held iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ) as of Q4 2015, down from 184 in Q3 2015.
  • Funds reported $1.83B of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF stock for Q4 2015, down 1.4% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 31 funds opened new iShares MSCI Brazil ETF positions in Q4 2015 and 38 closed out, a net change of -7 holders.
  • The largest iShares MSCI Brazil ETF buyer in Q4 2015 was JP Morgan Chase, an estimated $328M added.
  • The largest iShares MSCI Brazil ETF seller in Q4 2015 was Morgan Stanley, an estimated $156M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2015.