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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
LTFS
76
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
Florida
$82K -$10.1K -675 -11%
Nomura Asset Management
77
Nomura Asset Management
Japan
$60K -$541K -36,200 -91%
TSW
78
Thompson Siegel & Walmsley
Virginia
$58K – – –
CFA
79
CT Financial Advisors
Pennsylvania
$41.4K – – –
NFG
80
Next Financial Group
Texas
$41K -$6.88K -460 -15%
CG
81
Cutler Group
California
$36K +$4.49K +300 +15%
Bessemer Group
82
Bessemer Group
New Jersey
$31K +$29.6K +1,976 New
EF
83
Empirical Finance
Pennsylvania
$27K +$25K +1,669 New
AIM
84
Advantage Investment Management
Iowa
$16K – – –
Barclays
85
Barclays
United Kingdom
$16K – – –
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management
86
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management
Wisconsin
$15K +$14.1K +945 New
CFD
87
Creative Financial Designs
Indiana
$15K +$14.5K +967 New
DADC
88
D.A. Davidson & Co
Montana
$13K -$1.27K -85 -9%
LWA
89
Lowe Wealth Advisors
Maryland
$12K – – –
FFW
90
Fusion Family Wealth
New York
$10K +$9.54K +638 New
ADL
91
Asset Dedication LLC
California
$9K +$2.75K +184 +51%
IA
92
IFP Advisors
Florida
$7K -$286K -19,152 -98%
GRP
93
Global Retirement Partners
California
$7K +$3.63K +243 New
Citigroup
94
Citigroup
New York
$5K -$21.3K -1,427 -83%
DAM
95
Delta Asset Management
Tennessee
$5K – – –
GWM
96
Geneos Wealth Management
Colorado
$5K – – –
Manulife (Manufacturers Life Insurance)
97
Manulife (Manufacturers Life Insurance)
Ontario, Canada
$3K -$6.46K -432 -70%
BBPWM
98
Blue Bell Private Wealth Management
Pennsylvania
$3K – – –
US Bancorp
99
US Bancorp
Minnesota
$2K -$239 -16 -9%
CDIA
100
Capital Directions Investment Advisors
Georgia
$2K – – –
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4
5

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.