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BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund
FRA

84 hedge funds and large institutions have $143M invested in BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund in 2018 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 11 funds opening new positions, 31 increasing their positions, 24 reducing their positions, and 15 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

29% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 31 | Existing positions reduced: 24

1% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $144M → $143M (-$1.1M)

1.82% less ownership

Funds ownership: 28.02% → 26.2% (-1.8%)

5% less funds holding

Funds holding: 88 → 84 (-4)

27% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 11 | Existing positions closed: 15

50% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 → 1 (-1)

Holders
84
Holders Change
-4
Holders Change %
-4.55%
% of All Funds
1.93%
Holding in Top 10
1
Holding in Top 10 Change
-1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-50%
% of All Funds
0.02%
New
11
Increased
31
Reduced
24
Closed
15
Calls
–
Puts
–
Net Calls
–
Net Calls Change
–

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
EVM
Eaton Vance Management
Massachusetts
+$3.73M
2
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
California
+$2.62M
3
JIP
Jaffetilchin Investment Partners
Florida
+$1.46M
4
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
+$1.46M
5
RCA
Restructuring Capital Associates
Connecticut
+$1.22M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
RVPG
Relative Value Partners Group
-$13.2M
2
GWM
Geneos Wealth Management
Colorado
-$2.91M
3
PMG
Private Management Group
California
-$2.38M
4
SCM
Sterneck Capital Management
Missouri
-$1.79M
5
SRC
Shufro Rose & Co
New York
-$1.07M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
CPIG
76
Chicago Partners Investment Group
Illinois
$19K -$28.6K -1,993 -61%
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management
77
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management
Wisconsin
$11K -$7.16K -500 -40%
PWM
78
Perigon Wealth Management
California
$11K – – –
RFC
79
Regions Financial Corp
Alabama
$10K -$13K -909 -56%
TFA
80
Toth Financial Advisory
Virginia
$10K – – –
CAL
81
Capital Analysts LLC
Pennsylvania
$10K +$10.2K +713 New
BWA
82
Burt Wealth Advisors
Maryland
$8K – – –
HCM
83
Highlander Capital Management
New Jersey
$8K – – –
US Bancorp
84
US Bancorp
Minnesota
$7K +$6.81K +475 New
WAM
85
Wealthspire Advisors (Maryland)
Maryland
$6K -$16.2K -1,134 -73%
TCM
86
Tradewinds Capital Management
Washington
$5K -$5.14K -359 Closed
PMG
87
Private Management Group
California
– -$2.38M -172,361 Closed
SCM
88
Sterneck Capital Management
Missouri
– -$1.79M -129,498 Closed
SFS
89
Shaker Financial Services
Virginia
– -$674K -48,844 Closed
BCM
90
BlueCrest Capital Management
Jersey
– -$637K -46,161 Closed
Millennium Management
91
Millennium Management
New York
– -$374K -27,106 Closed
WAM
92
Weiss Asset Management
Massachusetts
– -$317K -22,996 Closed
Squarepoint
93
Squarepoint
New York
– -$296K -21,493 Closed
OFG
94
OTA Financial Group
New York
– -$230K -16,707 Closed
BF
95
BOK Financial
Oklahoma
– -$193K -14,030 Closed
SI
96
SII Investments
Wisconsin
– -$173K -12,531 Closed
LCM
97
Landscape Capital Management
New Jersey
– -$147K -10,632 Closed
Goldman Sachs
98
Goldman Sachs
New York
– -$143K -10,388 Closed
Loomis, Sayles & Company
99
Loomis, Sayles & Company
Massachusetts
– -$21.4K -1,496 -100%
TRCT
100
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
– -$4K -299 Closed
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FRA Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2018 in Review

84 of the 4,363 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund (FRA) for Q1 2018, worth a combined $143M — down 0.77% from $144M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 15 funds closed out of FRA and 11 opened new positions — a net loss of 4 holders — while 24 trimmed existing stakes and 31 added.

The largest buyer was Eaton Vance Management, adding an estimated $3.73M. The largest seller was Relative Value Partners Group, cutting an estimated $13.2M.

  • 84 institutional investors held BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund (FRA) as of Q1 2018, down from 88 in Q4 2017.
  • Funds reported $143M of BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund stock for Q1 2018, down 0.77% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 11 funds opened new BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund positions in Q1 2018 and 15 closed out, a net change of -4 holders.
  • The largest BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund buyer in Q1 2018 was Eaton Vance Management, an estimated $3.73M added.
  • The largest BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund seller in Q1 2018 was Relative Value Partners Group, an estimated $13.2M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2018.