First Trust Natural Gas ETF
FCG
70 hedge funds and large institutions have $93.6M invested in First Trust Natural Gas ETF in 2014 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 17 funds opening new positions, 19 increasing their positions, 22 reducing their positions, and 9 closing their positions.
94% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $1.6M | Put options by funds: $823K
89% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 17 | Existing positions closed: 9
11% more funds holding
Funds holding: 63 → 70 (+7)
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 2 → 2 (0)
0.31% less ownership
Funds ownership: 7.81% → 7.5% (-0.31%)
14% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 19 | Existing positions reduced: 22
42% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $161M → $93.6M (-$67.2M)
Top Buyers
Top Sellers
| 1 |
MIS
Morningstar Investment Services
Chicago,
Illinois
|
-$6.23M |
| 2 |
CS
Credit Suisse
Zurich,
Switzerland
|
-$4.57M |
| 3 |
V
Veritable
Wilmington,
Delaware
|
-$4.04M |
| 4 |
Morgan Stanley
New York
|
-$4.02M |
| 5 |
Goldman Sachs
New York
|
-$3.7M |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
76
First Manhattan
New York
| – | -$17K | -200 | Closed |
|
77
US Bancorp
Minneapolis,
Minnesota
| – | -$12K | -134 | Closed |
|
|
LWM
78
LBA Wealth Management
Jacksonville,
Florida
| – | -$2K | -25 | Closed |
|
|
FIG
79
Fusion Investment Group
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
| – | -$1K | -14 | Closed |
|
FCG Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2014 in Review
70 of the 3,749 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in First Trust Natural Gas ETF (FCG) for Q4 2014, worth a combined $93.6M — down 42% from $161M a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 17 funds opened new FCG positions and 9 closed out — a net gain of 8 holders — while 19 added to existing stakes and 22 trimmed.
The largest buyer was Tocqueville Asset Management, opening a new position worth an estimated $8.52M. The largest seller was Morningstar Investment Services, cutting an estimated $6.23M.
- 70 institutional investors held First Trust Natural Gas ETF (FCG) as of Q4 2014, up from 63 in Q3 2014.
- Funds reported $93.6M of First Trust Natural Gas ETF stock for Q4 2014, down 42% quarter-over-quarter.
- 17 funds opened new First Trust Natural Gas ETF positions in Q4 2014 and 9 closed out, a net change of +8 holders.
- The largest First Trust Natural Gas ETF buyer in Q4 2014 was Tocqueville Asset Management, an estimated $8.52M added.
- The largest First Trust Natural Gas ETF seller in Q4 2014 was Morningstar Investment Services, an estimated $6.23M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2014.