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BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund
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88 hedge funds and large institutions have $144M invested in BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund in 2017 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 26 funds opening new positions, 23 increasing their positions, 30 reducing their positions, and 7 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

271% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 26 | Existing positions closed: 7

28% more funds holding

Funds holding: 69 → 88 (+19)

0.12% more ownership

Funds ownership: 27.9% → 28.02% (+0.12%)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 → 2 (0)

4% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $149M → $144M (-$5.57M)

23% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 23 | Existing positions reduced: 30

Holders
88
Holders Change
+19
Holders Change %
+27.54%
% of All Funds
2%
Holding in Top 10
2
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.05%
New
26
Increased
23
Reduced
30
Closed
7
Calls
–
Puts
–
Net Calls
–
Net Calls Change
–

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
RVPG
Relative Value Partners Group
+$2.66M
2
SRC
Shufro Rose & Co
New York
+$1.05M
3
FFA
First Foundation Advisors
California
+$1.04M
4
WCMNY
Westchester Capital Management (New York)
New York
+$931K
5
CS
Comerica Securities
Michigan
+$885K

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
-$3.92M
2
Loomis, Sayles & Company
Loomis, Sayles & Company
Massachusetts
-$2.62M
3
GC
Guggenheim Capital
Illinois
-$1.04M
4
Ameriprise
Ameriprise
Minnesota
-$854K
5
UR
USCA RIA
Texas
-$819K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
MWP
26
MYCIO Wealth Partners
Pennsylvania
$1.07M +$14.1K +1,004 +1%
SRC
27
Shufro Rose & Co
New York
$1.03M +$1.05M +74,950 New
HK
28
Horizon Kinetics
New York
$987K -$81.5K -5,811 -8%
KA
29
Klingman & Associates
New York
$985K -$9.62K -686 -1%
RJFSA
30
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors
Florida
$945K -$71.3K -5,081 -7%
WCMNY
31
Westchester Capital Management (New York)
New York
$915K +$931K +66,381 New
AA
32
Apriem Advisors
California
$906K -$84.2K -6,000 -8%
CS
33
Comerica Securities
Michigan
$874K +$885K +63,115 New
RJA
34
Raymond James & Associates
Florida
$865K -$229K -16,310 -21%
SFS
35
Shaker Financial Services
Virginia
$674K +$685K +48,844 New
BCM
36
BlueCrest Capital Management
Jersey
$637K +$648K +46,161 New
LTFS
37
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
Florida
$557K +$10.9K +774 +2%
Commonwealth Equity Services
38
Commonwealth Equity Services
Massachusetts
$416K -$6.71K -478 -2%
Millennium Management
39
Millennium Management
New York
$374K +$380K +27,106 New
DADC
40
D.A. Davidson & Co
Montana
$372K +$183K +13,020 +93%
COLIM
41
City of London Investment Management
United Kingdom
$368K +$121K +8,648 +48%
MML Investors Services
42
MML Investors Services
Massachusetts
$352K +$30.1K +2,149 +9%
AG
43
Advisor Group
Arizona
$345K +$55.5K +3,953 +19%
UR
44
USCA RIA
Texas
$335K -$819K -58,352 -71%
Bank of Montreal
45
Bank of Montreal
Ontario, Canada
$327K -$982 -70 -0.3%
WAM
46
Weiss Asset Management
Massachusetts
$317K +$323K +22,996 New
Squarepoint
47
Squarepoint
New York
$296K +$302K +21,493 New
HCM
48
Hollencrest Capital Management
California
$253K +$257K +18,304 New
AWM
49
AE Wealth Management
Kansas
$246K +$407 +29 +0.2%
AIM
50
Anchor Investment Management
South Carolina
$240K -$23.8K -1,700 -9%
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FRA Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2017 in Review

88 of the 4,409 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund (FRA) for Q4 2017, worth a combined $144M — down 3.7% from $149M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 26 funds opened new FRA positions and 7 closed out — a net gain of 19 holders — while 23 added to existing stakes and 30 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Relative Value Partners Group, adding an estimated $2.66M. The largest seller was Morgan Stanley, cutting an estimated $3.92M.

  • 88 institutional investors held BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund (FRA) as of Q4 2017, up from 69 in Q3 2017.
  • Funds reported $144M of BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund stock for Q4 2017, down 3.7% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 26 funds opened new BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund positions in Q4 2017 and 7 closed out, a net change of +19 holders.
  • The largest BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund buyer in Q4 2017 was Relative Value Partners Group, an estimated $2.66M added.
  • The largest BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund seller in Q4 2017 was Morgan Stanley, an estimated $3.92M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2017.