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iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust
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104 hedge funds and large institutions have $705M invested in iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust in 2016 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 17 funds opening new positions, 24 increasing their positions, 39 reducing their positions, and 5 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

240% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 17 | Existing positions closed: 5

17% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $602M → $705M (+$102M)

11% more funds holding

Funds holding: 94 → 104 (+10)

0.37% more ownership

Funds ownership: 67.47% → 67.83% (+0.37%)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 → 2 (0)

38% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 24 | Existing positions reduced: 39

Holders
104
Holders Change
+10
Holders Change %
+10.64%
% of All Funds
2.6%
Holding in Top 10
2
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.05%
New
17
Increased
24
Reduced
39
Closed
5
Calls
–
Puts
–
Net Calls
–
Net Calls Change
–

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
+$26M
2
PSUF
People's United Financial
Connecticut
+$18.4M
3
Jane Street
Jane Street
New York
+$11M
4
Susquehanna International Group
Susquehanna International Group
Pennsylvania
+$8.73M
5
PPA
Parametric Portfolio Associates
Washington
+$5.49M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Bank of New York Mellon
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
-$1.93M
2
MCM
Makena Capital Management
California
-$857K
3
Nomura Asset Management
Nomura Asset Management
Japan
-$541K
4
State Street
State Street
Massachusetts
-$500K
5
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
-$473K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
Envestnet Asset Management
26
Envestnet Asset Management
Illinois
$1.46M +$144K +9,661 +12%
BPC
27
Banque Pictet & Cie
Switzerland
$1.36M – – –
BIM
28
BlackRock Investment Management
Delaware
$1.21M -$71K -4,747 -6%
1GA
29
1st Global Advisors
Texas
$1.1M +$821K +54,912 +358%
NPC
30
National Planning Corporation
California
$1.05M +$463K +30,980 +85%
American Century Companies
31
American Century Companies
Missouri
$1.05M -$162K -10,845 -14%
IDBONY
32
Israel Discount Bank of New York
New York
$1.03M +$982K +65,655 New
EAM
33
Evanson Asset Management
California
$972K – – –
MFS
34
MSI Financial Services
Massachusetts
$827K -$184K -12,323 -19%
CAPTRUST Financial Advisors
35
CAPTRUST Financial Advisors
North Carolina
$692K +$13.6K +909 +2%
Creative Planning
36
Creative Planning
Kansas
$613K -$5.98K -400 -1%
PP
37
Prudential plc
United Kingdom
$533K +$509K +34,000 New
Stifel Financial
38
Stifel Financial
Missouri
$531K -$296K -19,798 -37%
SI
39
Stephens Inc
Arkansas
$473K – – –
AFP
40
Ausdal Financial Partners
Iowa
$453K – – –
HCMT
41
Highland Capital Management (Tennessee)
Tennessee
$445K -$63.8K -4,263 -13%
ZF
42
Zhang Financial
Michigan
$435K -$4.98K -333 -1%
Ameriprise
43
Ameriprise
Minnesota
$411K +$107K +7,169 +38%
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group
44
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group
Japan
$357K -$118K -7,900 -26%
JP Morgan Chase
45
JP Morgan Chase
New York
$342K – – –
V
46
Veritable
Delaware
$339K – – –
Neuberger Berman Group
47
Neuberger Berman Group
New York
$335K -$34K -2,274 -10%
ACP
48
Aveo Capital Partners
Colorado
$306K +$292K +19,554 New
SC
49
Scotia Capital
Ontario, Canada
$298K -$35.3K -2,361 -11%
SGCA
50
Steel Grove Capital Advisors
Tennessee
$295K -$12.3K -825 -4%
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GSG Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2016 in Review

104 of the 4,000 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG) for Q4 2016, worth a combined $705M — up 17% from $602M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 17 funds opened new GSG positions and 5 closed out — a net gain of 12 holders — while 24 added to existing stakes and 39 trimmed.

The largest buyer was BlackRock, adding an estimated $26M. The largest seller was Bank of New York Mellon, cutting an estimated $1.93M.

  • 104 institutional investors held iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG) as of Q4 2016, up from 94 in Q3 2016.
  • Funds reported $705M of iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust stock for Q4 2016, up 17% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 17 funds opened new iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust positions in Q4 2016 and 5 closed out, a net change of +12 holders.
  • The largest iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust buyer in Q4 2016 was BlackRock, an estimated $26M added.
  • The largest iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust seller in Q4 2016 was Bank of New York Mellon, an estimated $1.93M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2016.