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iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust
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94 hedge funds and large institutions have $489M invested in iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust in 2014 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 24 funds opening new positions, 24 increasing their positions, 32 reducing their positions, and 25 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

100% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 2 (+1)

11.11% more ownership

Funds ownership: 50.69% → 61.8% (+11%)

3% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $502M → $489M (-$13M)

4% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 24 | Existing positions closed: 25

3% less funds holding

Funds holding: 97 → 94 (-3)

25% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 24 | Existing positions reduced: 32

59% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $298K | Put options by funds: $729K

Holders
94
Holders Change
-3
Holders Change %
-3.09%
% of All Funds
2.51%
Holding in Top 10
2
Holding in Top 10 Change
+1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+100%
% of All Funds
0.05%
New
24
Increased
24
Reduced
32
Closed
25
Calls
$298K
Puts
$729K
Net Calls
-$431K
Net Calls Change
-$393K

Top Buyers

1
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
+$100M
2
GF
Gerstein Fisher
New York
+$21.1M
3
AL
Aspiriant LLC
California
+$8.04M
4
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
+$6.76M
5
BCI
Brinker Capital Investments
Pennsylvania
+$5.65M

Top Sellers

1
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
California
-$5.08M
2
State Street
State Street
Massachusetts
-$3.32M
3
CAL
Capital Analysts LLC
Pennsylvania
-$3.04M
4
Bank of New York Mellon
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
-$2.44M
5
JP Morgan Chase
JP Morgan Chase
New York
-$1.63M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
Ameriprise
26
Ameriprise
Minnesota
$805K +$77K +2,963 +9%
ZF
27
Zhang Financial
Michigan
$668K – – –
V
28
Veritable
Delaware
$656K +$791K +30,418 New
SIA
29
Stancorp Investment Advisers
Oregon
$566K +$682K +26,229 New
Fifth Third Bancorp
30
Fifth Third Bancorp
Ohio
$559K -$9.49K -365 -1%
PI
31
Placemark Investments
Illinois
$548K +$404K +15,523 +157%
IP
32
Investment Partners
Ohio
$518K +$624K +24,000 New
CAPTRUST Financial Advisors
33
CAPTRUST Financial Advisors
North Carolina
$506K -$33.7K -1,298 -5%
Stifel Financial
34
Stifel Financial
Missouri
$497K -$954K -36,705 -61%
TSW
35
Thompson Siegel & Walmsley
Virginia
$484K +$100K +3,850 +21%
Goldman Sachs
36
Goldman Sachs
New York
$399K +$481K +18,498 New
SC
37
Scotia Capital
Ontario, Canada
$392K +$41.2K +1,584 +10%
Commonwealth Equity Services
38
Commonwealth Equity Services
Massachusetts
$382K -$159K -6,106 -26%
PFPT
39
Pinnacle Financial Partners (Tennessee)
Tennessee
$363K +$195K +7,482 +80%
PNC Financial Services Group
40
PNC Financial Services Group
Pennsylvania
$356K +$2.6K +100 +0.6%
N
41
Nuveen
North Carolina
$354K -$54.6K -2,100 -11%
CBB
42
Citizens Business Bank
California
$320K -$42.9K -1,650 -10%
GWA
43
Genesis Wealth Advisors
Massachusetts
$303K +$377K +14,500 New
HCMT
44
Highland Capital Management (Tennessee)
Tennessee
$295K +$69.5K +2,673 +24%
FCI
45
Financial Counselors Inc
Kansas
$279K – – –
CAN
46
Cetera Advisor Networks
California
$271K -$22.3K -859 -6%
RPGK
47
Retirement Planning Group (Kansas)
Kansas
$244K -$107K -4,115 -27%
PP
48
Prudential plc
United Kingdom
$244K +$294K +11,300 New
JP Morgan Chase
49
JP Morgan Chase
New York
$238K -$1.63M -62,691 -85%
TD Asset Management
50
TD Asset Management
Ontario, Canada
$235K – – –
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GSG Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2014 in Review

94 of the 3,749 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG) for Q4 2014, worth a combined $489M — down 2.6% from $502M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 25 funds closed out of GSG and 24 opened new positions — a net loss of 1 holder — while 32 trimmed existing stakes and 24 added.

The largest buyer was BlackRock, adding an estimated $100M. The largest seller was Wells Fargo, cutting an estimated $5.08M.

  • 94 institutional investors held iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG) as of Q4 2014, down from 97 in Q3 2014.
  • Funds reported $489M of iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust stock for Q4 2014, down 2.6% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 24 funds opened new iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust positions in Q4 2014 and 25 closed out, a net change of -1 holder.
  • The largest iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust buyer in Q4 2014 was BlackRock, an estimated $100M added.
  • The largest iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust seller in Q4 2014 was Wells Fargo, an estimated $5.08M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2014.