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First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund

66 hedge funds and large institutions have $640M invested in First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund in 2014 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 11 funds opening new positions, 32 increasing their positions, 14 reducing their positions, and 5 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

129% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 32 | Existing positions reduced: 14

120% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 11 | Existing positions closed: 5

13% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $564M → $640M (+$76M)

10% more funds holding

Funds holding: 6066 (+6)

0.5% less ownership

Funds ownership: 55.25%54.75% (-0.5%)

50% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 21 (-1)

Holders
66
Holders Change
+6
Holders Change %
+10%
% of All Funds
1.92%
Holding in Top 10
1
Holding in Top 10 Change
-1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-50%
% of All Funds
0.03%
New
11
Increased
32
Reduced
14
Closed
5
Calls
Puts
Net Calls
Net Calls Change
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
DADC
51
D.A. Davidson & Co
Montana
$123K
Creative Planning
52
Creative Planning
Kansas
$107K +$87.3K +2,013 +403%
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management
53
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management
Wisconsin
$96K
PTC
54
Private Trust Company
Ohio
$76K
TRCT
55
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
$76K +$78.1K +1,800 New
Envestnet Asset Management
56
Envestnet Asset Management
Illinois
$75K +$20.2K +466 +36%
Fifth Third Bancorp
57
Fifth Third Bancorp
Ohio
$68K -$36.2K -835 -34%
GT
58
Glenmede Trust
Pennsylvania
$58K +$59.6K +1,373 New
NFG
59
Next Financial Group
Texas
$46K -$13.4K -308 -22%
GSC
60
Ground Swell Capital
South Carolina
$44K +$44.6K +1,029 New
WA
61
WFG Advisors
Texas
$32K +$43 +1 +0.1%
ST
62
Smithfield Trust
Pennsylvania
$25K
WEC
63
Winslow Evans & Crocker
Massachusetts
$23.1K +$20.4K +471 +628%
BFEC
64
Benjamin F. Edwards & Company
Missouri
$21K
AWM
65
Avior Wealth Management
Nebraska
$17K +$87 +2 +0.5%
AllianceBernstein
66
AllianceBernstein
Tennessee
$2K +$2.08K +48 New
CS
67
Comerica Securities
Michigan
-$1.05M -24,054 Closed
BIT
68
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
-$821K -18,861 Closed
BAS
69
Brown Advisory Securities
Maryland
-$281K -4,325 Closed
PAS
70
Partnervest Advisory Services
California
-$13K -300 Closed
BRWA
71
B. Riley Wealth Advisors
Florida
-$5.22K -120 Closed

FTA Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2014 in Review

66 of the 3,446 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (FTA) for Q3 2014, worth a combined $640M — up 13% from $564M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 11 funds opened new FTA positions and 5 closed out — a net gain of 6 holders — while 32 added to existing stakes and 14 trimmed.

The largest buyer was UBS, adding an estimated $22.6M. The largest seller was Comerica Securities, exiting entirely with an estimated $1.05M sold.

  • 66 institutional investors held First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (FTA) as of Q3 2014, up from 60 in Q2 2014.
  • Funds reported $640M of First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund stock for Q3 2014, up 13% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 11 funds opened new First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund positions in Q3 2014 and 5 closed out, a net change of +6 holders.
  • The largest First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund buyer in Q3 2014 was UBS, an estimated $22.6M added.
  • The largest First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund seller in Q3 2014 was Comerica Securities, an estimated $1.05M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2014.