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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
LPL Financial
51
LPL Financial
California
$232K +$624 +24 +0.2%
LNC
52
Lincoln National Corp
Pennsylvania
$232K +$54.5K +2,098 +24%
BSW
53
Buckingham Strategic Wealth
Missouri
$231K -$20.8K -800 -7%
CWM
54
Cranbrook Wealth Management
Michigan
$219K +$264K +10,151 New
PFM
55
Phillips Financial Management
Indiana
$206K -$76.8K -2,955 -23%
SPC
56
Sigma Planning Corp
Michigan
$203K +$245K +9,426 New
SCP
57
Syntal Capital Partners
Texas
$185K – – –
CFA
58
CT Financial Advisors
Pennsylvania
$159K +$191K +7,361 New
Deutsche Bank
59
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$139K -$2.73K -105 -2%
NES
60
New England Securities
New York
$137K -$52.5K -2,020 -24%
US Bancorp
61
US Bancorp
Minnesota
$123K -$36.9K -1,418 -20%
Citigroup
62
Citigroup
New York
$110K -$5.2K -200 -4%
Parallax Volatility Advisers
63
Parallax Volatility Advisers
California
$103K +$124K +4,766 New
Bank of Montreal
64
Bank of Montreal
Ontario, Canada
$93K +$15.2K +586 +16%
EFSCE
65
Enterprise Financial Services Corp (EFSC)
Missouri
$86K – – –
BRWM
66
B. Riley Wealth Management
Tennessee
$84K – – –
NPC
67
National Planning Corporation
California
$83.6K +$107K +4,133 New
HNB
68
Huntington National Bank
Ohio
$73K – – –
Barclays
69
Barclays
United Kingdom
$66K -$52K -2,000 -39%
AIG
70
American International Group
New York
$62.7K -$16.2K -625 -18%
CAW
71
Cornerstone Advisors (Washington)
Washington
$59K – – –
Envestnet Asset Management
72
Envestnet Asset Management
Illinois
$57K -$640K -24,598 -90%
LTFS
73
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
Florida
$46K -$6.6K -254 -11%
MFS
74
MSI Financial Services
Massachusetts
$45K -$2.6K -100 -5%
OIA
75
Optimum Investment Advisors
Illinois
$45K – – –
1 2
3
4 5

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.