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iShares Government/Credit Bond ETF

41 hedge funds and large institutions have $128M invested in iShares Government/Credit Bond ETF in 2016 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 3 funds opening new positions, 9 increasing their positions, 21 reducing their positions, and 7 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

100% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 12 (+1)

4.02% more ownership

Funds ownership: 64.56%68.58% (+4%)

9% less funds holding

Funds holding: 4541 (-4)

29% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $179M → $128M (-$51.1M)

57% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 3 | Existing positions closed: 7

57% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 9 | Existing positions reduced: 21

Holders
41
Holders Change
-4
Holders Change %
-8.89%
% of All Funds
1.02%
Holding in Top 10
2
Holding in Top 10 Change
+1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+100%
% of All Funds
0.05%
New
3
Increased
9
Reduced
21
Closed
7
Calls
Puts
Net Calls
Net Calls Change
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
LTFS
26
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
Florida
$399K -$578K -5,070 -59%
Citadel Advisors
27
Citadel Advisors
Florida
$382K +$84.5K +742 +28%
JP Morgan Chase
28
JP Morgan Chase
New York
$359K -$30.1K -264 -8%
BFA
29
Beaumont Financial Advisors
Massachusetts
$355K -$69.4K -609 -16%
OC
30
Oppenheimer & Co
New York
$212K +$342 +3 +0.2%
NFG
31
Next Financial Group
Texas
$191K
MFS
32
MSI Financial Services
Massachusetts
$125K
FM
33
Forward Management
California
$81K
Citigroup
34
Citigroup
New York
$77K -$3.67M -32,236 -98%
SBL
35
Sargent Bickham Lagudis
Colorado
$48K
Bank of Montreal
36
Bank of Montreal
Ontario, Canada
$45K
VNA
37
Valley National Advisers
Pennsylvania
$43K +$3.87K +34 +1%
TRCT
38
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
$10K -$35.1K -308 -77%
FWM
39
Focused Wealth Management
New York
$7K
FIB
40
First Interstate Bank
Montana
$6K +$6.26K +55 New
WA
41
WFG Advisors
Texas
$3K
AssetMark Inc
42
AssetMark Inc
California
-$40.3M -343,783 Closed
BA
43
Boston Advisors
Massachusetts
-$1.38M -11,775 Closed
LI
44
LVZ Inc
Michigan
-$300K -2,555 Closed
Ameriprise
45
Ameriprise
Minnesota
-$277K -2,364 Closed
SPWA
46
SteelBridge Private Wealth Advisors
Florida
-$210K -1,793 Closed
IA
47
IFP Advisors
Florida
-$47K -400 Closed
AG
48
Advisor Group
Arizona
-$9K -80 Closed

GBF Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2016 in Review

41 of the 4,000 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in iShares Government/Credit Bond ETF (GBF) for Q4 2016, worth a combined $128M — down 29% from $179M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 7 funds closed out of GBF and 3 opened new positions — a net loss of 4 holders — while 21 trimmed existing stakes and 9 added.

The largest buyer was Commonwealth Equity Services, adding an estimated $28.3M. The largest seller was AssetMark Inc, exiting entirely with an estimated $40.3M sold.

  • 41 institutional investors held iShares Government/Credit Bond ETF (GBF) as of Q4 2016, down from 45 in Q3 2016.
  • Funds reported $128M of iShares Government/Credit Bond ETF stock for Q4 2016, down 29% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 3 funds opened new iShares Government/Credit Bond ETF positions in Q4 2016 and 7 closed out, a net change of -4 holders.
  • The largest iShares Government/Credit Bond ETF buyer in Q4 2016 was Commonwealth Equity Services, an estimated $28.3M added.
  • The largest iShares Government/Credit Bond ETF seller in Q4 2016 was AssetMark Inc, an estimated $40.3M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2016.