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iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust
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120 hedge funds and large institutions have $651M invested in iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust in 2013 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 20 funds opening new positions, 25 increasing their positions, 39 reducing their positions, and 17 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

18% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 20 | Existing positions closed: 17

0% more funds holding

Funds holding: 120 → 120 (0)

2% less ownership

Funds ownership: 57.59% → 55.59% (-2%)

11% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $736M → $651M (-$84.6M)

36% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 25 | Existing positions reduced: 39

40% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 5 → 3 (-2)

99% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $52K | Put options by funds: $5M

Holders
120
Holders Change
–
Holders Change %
0%
% of All Funds
3.48%
Holding in Top 10
3
Holding in Top 10 Change
-2
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-40%
% of All Funds
0.09%
New
20
Increased
25
Reduced
39
Closed
17
Calls
$52K
Puts
$5M
Net Calls
-$4.95M
Net Calls Change
-$3.13M

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
+$11.8M
2
SIM
Strategic Investment Management
Virginia
+$9.11M
3
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
+$7.24M
4
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
+$4.72M
5
CAPTRUST Financial Advisors
CAPTRUST Financial Advisors
North Carolina
+$2.4M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
JP Morgan Chase
JP Morgan Chase
New York
-$32.3M
2
Susquehanna International Group
Susquehanna International Group
Pennsylvania
-$24.2M
3
HA
Hays Advisory
Tennessee
-$23.8M
4
Bank of New York Mellon
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
-$19.5M
5
SAG
Sterne Agee Group
Alabama
-$4.84M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
HCM
76
Harvest Capital Management
New Hampshire
$216K -$208K -6,500 -49%
IFB
77
iAB Financial Bank
Indiana
$212K – – –
G
78
GlobalBridge
Minnesota
$209K -$20.7K -649 -9%
PP
79
Prudential plc
United Kingdom
$206K +$205K +6,400 New
NES
80
New England Securities
New York
$202K -$68.6K -2,146 -25%
Citigroup
81
Citigroup
New York
$178K -$699K -21,870 -80%
TWM
82
Torch Wealth Management
Ohio
$169K +$168K +5,263 New
Barclays
83
Barclays
United Kingdom
$167K -$172K -5,384 -51%
AIG
84
American International Group
New York
$152K -$1.18K -37 -0.8%
EFSCE
85
Enterprise Financial Services Corp (EFSC)
Missouri
$138K – – –
Group One Trading
86
Group One Trading
Illinois
$110K -$7.45K -233 -6%
RNS
87
Robert N. Shapiro
$92K -$6.26K -196 -6%
CAW
88
Cornerstone Advisors (Washington)
Washington
$89K – – –
Envestnet Asset Management
89
Envestnet Asset Management
Illinois
$86K +$28.3K +887 +50%
OIA
90
Optimum Investment Advisors
Illinois
$67K – – –
Bank of Montreal
91
Bank of Montreal
Ontario, Canada
$59K +$2.08K +65 +4%
SFSIG
92
San Francisco Sentry Investment Group
California
$56K – – –
CBT
93
Central Bank & Trust
Kentucky
$50K – – –
QAM
94
QCI Asset Management
New York
$47K – – –
MFS
95
MSI Financial Services
Massachusetts
$46K – – –
VCM
96
Vigilant Capital Management
Maine
$42K – – –
DADC
97
D.A. Davidson & Co
Montana
$23K – – –
PTC
98
Private Trust Company
Ohio
$19K +$2.56K +80 +16%
LWA
99
Lenox Wealth Advisors
New York
$17K – – –
DAM
100
Delta Asset Management
Tennessee
$15K – – –
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4
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GSG Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2013 in Review

120 of the 3,445 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG) for Q4 2013, worth a combined $651M — down 11% from $736M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 20 funds opened new GSG positions and 17 closed out — a net gain of 3 holders — while 25 added to existing stakes and 39 trimmed.

The largest buyer was BlackRock, adding an estimated $11.8M. The largest seller was JP Morgan Chase, cutting an estimated $32.3M.

  • 120 institutional investors held iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG) as of Q4 2013, unchanged from Q3 2013.
  • Funds reported $651M of iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust stock for Q4 2013, down 11% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 20 funds opened new iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust positions in Q4 2013 and 17 closed out, a net change of +3 holders.
  • The largest iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust buyer in Q4 2013 was BlackRock, an estimated $11.8M added.
  • The largest iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust seller in Q4 2013 was JP Morgan Chase, an estimated $32.3M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2013.