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BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund
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75 hedge funds and large institutions have $117M invested in BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund in 2014 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 22 funds opening new positions, 25 increasing their positions, 19 reducing their positions, and 6 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

267% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 22 | Existing positions closed: 6

100% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 2 (+1)

32% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 25 | Existing positions reduced: 19

25% more funds holding

Funds holding: 60 → 75 (+15)

6% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $110M → $117M (+$6.79M)

3.41% more ownership

Funds ownership: 20.67% → 24.09% (+3.4%)

Holders
75
Holders Change
+15
Holders Change %
+25%
% of All Funds
2%
Holding in Top 10
2
Holding in Top 10 Change
+1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+100%
% of All Funds
0.05%
New
22
Increased
25
Reduced
19
Closed
6
Calls
–
Puts
–
Net Calls
–
Net Calls Change
–

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
MIG
Mariner Investment Group
New York
+$6.23M
2
ACI
Alpha Cubed Investments
California
+$2.47M
3
RCA
Restructuring Capital Associates
Connecticut
+$1.84M
4
RVP
Relative Value Partners
Illinois
+$1.69M
5
NCM
Newgate Capital Management
Connecticut
+$1.64M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Bank of America
Bank of America
North Carolina
-$2.4M
2
GC
Guggenheim Capital
Illinois
-$2.19M
3
CFA
Cahill Financial Advisors
Minnesota
-$1.84M
4
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
-$1.37M
5
SFS
Shaker Financial Services
Virginia
-$417K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
AIG
51
American International Group
New York
$251K -$10.3K -760 -4%
LTFS
52
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
Florida
$248K +$4.87K +358 +2%
SKK
53
Shepherd Kaplan Krochuk
Massachusetts
$245K – – –
SCM
54
Sterneck Capital Management
Missouri
$228K +$231K +17,000 New
Neuberger Berman Group
55
Neuberger Berman Group
New York
$212K – – –
SPC
56
Sigma Planning Corp
Michigan
$153K +$155K +11,400 New
BCMIO
57
Beacon Capital Management Inc (Ohio)
Ohio
$147K +$4.76K +350 +3%
CI
58
Cambiar Investors
Colorado
$147K +$10.3K +760 +7%
BA
59
Boston Advisors
Massachusetts
$146K – – –
CS
60
Credit Suisse
Switzerland
$146K – – –
Citigroup
61
Citigroup
New York
$143K +$18.8K +1,385 +15%
SI
62
SII Investments
Wisconsin
$141K +$911 +67 +0.6%
FMA
63
FNY Managed Accounts
New York
$134K +$136K +10,000 New
TC
64
TradeLink Capital
Illinois
$96K +$97.9K +7,200 New
Creative Planning
65
Creative Planning
Kansas
$42K +$14.7K +1,082 +53%
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
66
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Minnesota
$42K +$42.8K +3,146 New
DADC
67
D.A. Davidson & Co
Montana
$20K – – –
AWM
68
Avior Wealth Management
Nebraska
$13K – – –
HCM
69
Highlander Capital Management
New Jersey
$7K – – –
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management
70
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management
Wisconsin
$6K – – –
ASN
71
Advisory Services Network
Georgia
$5K +$4.95K +364 New
BCC
72
Bain Capital Credit
Massachusetts
$4.56K +$69K +5,079 +2%
NPC
73
National Planning Corporation
California
$3.42K +$3.49K +257 New
HW
74
Hedeker Wealth
Illinois
$2K +$1.63K +120 New
MA
75
MUFG Americas
New York
$1K -$530 -39 -36%
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FRA Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2014 in Review

75 of the 3,750 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund (FRA) for Q4 2014, worth a combined $117M — up 6.2% from $110M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 22 funds opened new FRA positions and 6 closed out — a net gain of 16 holders — while 25 added to existing stakes and 19 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Mariner Investment Group, adding an estimated $6.23M. The largest seller was Bank of America, cutting an estimated $2.4M.

  • 75 institutional investors held BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund (FRA) as of Q4 2014, up from 60 in Q3 2014.
  • Funds reported $117M of BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund stock for Q4 2014, up 6.2% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 22 funds opened new BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund positions in Q4 2014 and 6 closed out, a net change of +16 holders.
  • The largest BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund buyer in Q4 2014 was Mariner Investment Group, an estimated $6.23M added.
  • The largest BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund seller in Q4 2014 was Bank of America, an estimated $2.4M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2014.