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BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund
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96 hedge funds and large institutions have $141M invested in BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund in 2019 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 11 funds opening new positions, 31 increasing their positions, 31 reducing their positions, and 6 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

83% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 11 | Existing positions closed: 6

5% more funds holding

Funds holding: 91 → 96 (+5)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 3 → 3 (0)

0% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 31 | Existing positions reduced: 31

4% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $147M → $141M (-$6.12M)

1.29% less ownership

Funds ownership: 33.47% → 32.19% (-1.3%)

Holders
96
Holders Change
+5
Holders Change %
+5.49%
% of All Funds
2.11%
Holding in Top 10
3
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.07%
New
11
Increased
31
Reduced
31
Closed
6
Calls
–
Puts
–
Net Calls
–
Net Calls Change
–

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
CRC
Curi RMB Capital
Illinois
+$2.42M
2
AC
Almitas Capital
California
+$1.7M
3
LCM
Landscape Capital Management
New Jersey
+$1.63M
4
RVPG
Relative Value Partners Group
+$1.25M
5
PPA
Parametric Portfolio Associates
Washington
+$921K

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
BPCM
Beach Point Capital Management
California
-$5.08M
2
EVM
Eaton Vance Management
Massachusetts
-$3.3M
3
FFA
First Foundation Advisors
California
-$3.06M
4
RCM
Rivernorth Capital Management
Florida
-$2.29M
5
VEA
Virtus ETF Advisers
New York
-$2.25M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
CIA
26
Capital Investment Advisors
Georgia
$1M +$15K +1,184 +2%
AA
27
AQR Arbitrage
Connecticut
$964K +$225K +17,741 +30%
PPA
28
Parametric Portfolio Associates
Washington
$918K +$921K +72,712 New
QGA
29
Q Global Advisors
Texas
$887K – – –
Royal Bank of Canada
30
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
$877K -$33.3K -2,626 -4%
HKAM
31
Horizon Kinetics Asset Management
New York
$864K – – –
WCMNY
32
Westchester Capital Management (New York)
New York
$838K – – –
SRC
33
Shufro Rose & Co
New York
$791K -$9.5K -750 -1%
AA
34
Apriem Advisors
California
$719K -$171K -13,500 -19%
CAN
35
Cetera Advisor Networks
California
$700K +$99.8K +7,873 +17%
6M
36
6 Meridian
Kansas
$682K +$684K +54,005 New
CT
37
Coastline Trust
Rhode Island
$680K +$18.2K +1,440 +3%
Cohen & Steers
38
Cohen & Steers
New York
$678K – – –
Ameriprise
39
Ameriprise
Minnesota
$673K +$25.5K +2,016 +4%
LTFS
40
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
Florida
$648K -$150K -11,814 -19%
RJFSA
41
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors
Florida
$578K +$88.7K +7,000 +18%
9WM
42
9258 Wealth Management
Ohio
$494K -$583 -46 -0.1%
ZA
43
Zazove Associates
Nevada
$483K – – –
SBIA
44
Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors
Indiana
$457K +$114K +9,000 +33%
AIM
45
Anchor Investment Management
South Carolina
$445K -$56.4K -4,453 -11%
Envestnet Asset Management
46
Envestnet Asset Management
Illinois
$443K -$138K -10,898 -24%
SKK
47
Shepherd Kaplan Krochuk
Massachusetts
$411K +$22.7K +1,790 +6%
SAM
48
Selway Asset Management
$389K -$93.8K -7,400 -19%
Commonwealth Equity Services
49
Commonwealth Equity Services
Massachusetts
$388K +$3.4K +268 +0.9%
PAS
50
Park Avenue Securities
New York
$350K +$62.2K +4,907 +21%
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FRA Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2019 in Review

96 of the 4,560 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund (FRA) for Q3 2019, worth a combined $141M — down 4.2% from $147M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 11 funds opened new FRA positions and 6 closed out — a net gain of 5 holders — while 31 added to existing stakes and 31 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Curi RMB Capital, adding an estimated $2.42M. The largest seller was Beach Point Capital Management, cutting an estimated $5.08M.

  • 96 institutional investors held BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund (FRA) as of Q3 2019, up from 91 in Q2 2019.
  • Funds reported $141M of BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund stock for Q3 2019, down 4.2% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 11 funds opened new BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund positions in Q3 2019 and 6 closed out, a net change of +5 holders.
  • The largest BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund buyer in Q3 2019 was Curi RMB Capital, an estimated $2.42M added.
  • The largest BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund seller in Q3 2019 was Beach Point Capital Management, an estimated $5.08M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2019.