iShare MSCI Eurozone ETF
156 hedge funds and large institutions have $2.87B invested in iShare MSCI Eurozone ETF in 2014 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 36 funds opening new positions, 50 increasing their positions, 53 reducing their positions, and 23 closing their positions.
417% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $26.6M | Put options by funds: $5.16M
57% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 36 | Existing positions closed: 23
6% more funds holding
Funds holding: 147 → 156 (+9)
4.53% more ownership
Funds ownership: 35.22% → 39.75% (+4.5%)
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 9 → 9 (0)
4% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $3B → $2.87B (-$123M)
6% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 50 | Existing positions reduced: 53
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ameriprise
Minneapolis,
Minnesota
|
+$96.7M |
| 2 |
H
Hexavest
Montreal,
Quebec, Canada
|
+$86.4M |
| 3 |
BFA
BlackRock Fund Advisors
San Francisco,
California
|
+$58.5M |
| 4 |
MAA
Managed Account Advisors
Jersey City,
New Jersey
|
+$56.4M |
| 5 |
CC
Curian Capital
Denver,
Colorado
|
+$44.9M |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bank of America
Charlotte,
North Carolina
|
-$189M |
| 2 |
PPFA
Provida Pension Fund Administrator
Las Condes, Santiago,
Chile
|
-$37.5M |
| 3 |
Morgan Stanley
New York
|
-$28.3M |
| 4 |
Wells Fargo
San Francisco,
California
|
-$27.9M |
| 5 |
PAG
Pinnacle Advisory Group
Columbia,
Maryland
|
-$25.3M |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
176
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
| – | -$27K | -708 | Closed |
|
|
BC
177
Bartlett & Co
Cincinnati,
Ohio
| – | -$22K | -560 | Closed |
|
|
SSG
178
Summit Securities Group
New York
| – | -$15K | -400 | Closed |
|
|
BWFA
179
Baltimore-Washington Financial Advisors
Columbia,
Maryland
| – | -$2K | -49 | Closed |
|
180
Parallax Volatility Advisers
San Francisco,
California
| – | +$37 | +1 | New |
|
EZU Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2014 in Review
156 of the 3,749 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in iShare MSCI Eurozone ETF (EZU) for Q4 2014, worth a combined $2.87B — down 4.1% from $3B a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 36 funds opened new EZU positions and 23 closed out — a net gain of 13 holders — while 50 added to existing stakes and 53 trimmed.
The largest buyer was Ameriprise, adding an estimated $96.7M. The largest seller was Bank of America, cutting an estimated $189M.
- 156 institutional investors held iShare MSCI Eurozone ETF (EZU) as of Q4 2014, up from 147 in Q3 2014.
- Funds reported $2.87B of iShare MSCI Eurozone ETF stock for Q4 2014, down 4.1% quarter-over-quarter.
- 36 funds opened new iShare MSCI Eurozone ETF positions in Q4 2014 and 23 closed out, a net change of +13 holders.
- The largest iShare MSCI Eurozone ETF buyer in Q4 2014 was Ameriprise, an estimated $96.7M added.
- The largest iShare MSCI Eurozone ETF seller in Q4 2014 was Bank of America, an estimated $189M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2014.