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283 hedge funds and large institutions have $6.99B invested in Flex in 2015 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 22 funds opening new positions, 87 increasing their positions, 119 reducing their positions, and 34 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

157% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $7.59M | Put options by funds: $2.96M

16% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $6.02B → $6.99B (+$964M)

5% less funds holding

Funds holding: 298283 (-15)

9% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1110 (-1)

27% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 87 | Existing positions reduced: 119

35% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 22 | Existing positions closed: 34

Holders
283
Holders Change
-15
Holders Change %
-5.03%
% of All Funds
7.9%
Holding in Top 10
10
Holding in Top 10 Change
-1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-9.09%
% of All Funds
0.28%
New
22
Increased
87
Reduced
119
Closed
34
Calls
$7.59M
Puts
$2.96M
Net Calls
+$4.63M
Net Calls Change
-$5.4M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
Morgan Stanley
26
Morgan Stanley
New York
$44.9M +$5.23M +643,343 +13%
TAM
27
Tocqueville Asset Management
New York
$44.7M +$679K +83,597 +2%
BG
28
BlackRock Group
United Kingdom
$40.9M -$8.41M -1,035,403 -17%
TGI
29
Tradewinds Global Investors
California
$39M -$3.05M -375,898 -7%
FMI
30
Factory Mutual Insurance
Massachusetts
$37.3M +$6.79M +836,010 +22%
Acadian Asset Management
31
Acadian Asset Management
Massachusetts
$34.1M -$35.4M -4,354,130 -50%
Allianz Asset Management
32
Allianz Asset Management
Germany
$33.8M -$44.8M -5,517,279 -56%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
33
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$33.8M +$27.5M +3,386,829 +390%
Bank of America
34
Bank of America
North Carolina
$31.6M +$17.9M +2,209,046 +125%
Legal & General Group
35
Legal & General Group
United Kingdom
$31.4M -$1.49M -183,857 -4%
PAM
36
Panagora Asset Management
Massachusetts
$29.4M +$4.27M +526,077 +17%
PI
37
PGGM Investments
Netherlands
$26.3M +$3.03M +372,316 +13%
Two Sigma Advisers
38
Two Sigma Advisers
New York
$26.1M +$495K +60,909 +2%
SIM
39
Sadoff Investment Management
Wisconsin
$23.1M +$359K +44,189 +2%
FCM
40
Frontier Capital Management
Massachusetts
$22.1M +$68K +8,371 +0.3%
TC
41
Towle & Co
Colorado
$21.4M +$38.1K +4,685 +0.2%
CC
42
Chubb Corp
New Jersey
$20.8M
Arrowstreet Capital
43
Arrowstreet Capital
Massachusetts
$19.5M +$1.89M +232,836 +10%
California Public Employees Retirement System
44
California Public Employees Retirement System
California
$19M -$1.59M -195,335 -8%
SAM
45
Steinberg Asset Management
New York
$18.7M -$676K -83,150 -3%
UBS AM
46
UBS AM
Illinois
$18.6M +$34.3K +4,216 +0.2%
Fidelity Investments
47
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$18.5M +$19M +2,332,999 New
Northern Trust
48
Northern Trust
Illinois
$18.1M +$1.71M +209,884 +10%
STB
49
S&T Bank
Pennsylvania
$15.7M -$47.1K -5,794 -0.3%
OAM
50
Oxford Asset Management
United Kingdom
$15.6M +$1.26M +155,685 +9%

FLEX Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2015 in Review

283 of the 3,581 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Flex (FLEX) for Q3 2015, worth a combined $6.99B — up 16% from $6.02B a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 34 funds closed out of FLEX and 22 opened new positions — a net loss of 12 holders — while 119 trimmed existing stakes and 87 added.

The largest buyer was Capital Research Global Investors, adding an estimated $210M. The largest seller was BlackRock Institutional Trust, cutting an estimated $46.8M.

  • 283 institutional investors held Flex (FLEX) as of Q3 2015, down from 298 in Q2 2015.
  • Funds reported $6.99B of Flex stock for Q3 2015, up 16% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 22 funds opened new Flex positions in Q3 2015 and 34 closed out, a net change of -12 holders.
  • The largest Flex buyer in Q3 2015 was Capital Research Global Investors, an estimated $210M added.
  • The largest Flex seller in Q3 2015 was BlackRock Institutional Trust, an estimated $46.8M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2015.