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iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust

88 hedge funds and large institutions have $439M invested in iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust in 2015 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 9 funds opening new positions, 25 increasing their positions, 27 reducing their positions, and 17 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

1,220% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $396K | Put options by funds: $30K

0.33% more ownership

Funds ownership: 58.59%58.92% (+0.33%)

7% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 25 | Existing positions reduced: 27

10% less funds holding

Funds holding: 9888 (-10)

11% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $492M → $439M (-$52.4M)

47% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 9 | Existing positions closed: 17

50% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 21 (-1)

Holders
88
Holders Change
-10
Holders Change %
-10.2%
% of All Funds
2.46%
Holding in Top 10
1
Holding in Top 10 Change
-1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-50%
% of All Funds
0.03%
New
9
Increased
25
Reduced
27
Closed
17
Calls
$396K
Puts
$30K
Net Calls
+$366K
Net Calls Change
+$14K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
BlackRock
1
BlackRock
New York
$327M +$28.4M +1,577,658 +9%
Natixis Advisors
2
Natixis Advisors
Massachusetts
$11.1M +$860K +47,829 +8%
GF
3
Gerstein Fisher
New York
$10.9M +$11M +610,535 +2,066%
Bank of New York Mellon
4
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$8.74M -$1.46M -81,293 -14%
BCI
5
Brinker Capital Investments
Pennsylvania
$8.41M
BIT
6
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$8.37M +$755K +42,000 +9%
State Street
7
State Street
Massachusetts
$6.38M -$1.62M -90,000 -19%
1GA
8
1st Global Advisors
Texas
$4.78M +$309K +17,190 +7%
Mariner
9
Mariner
Kansas
$4.77M +$4.34M +241,474 +642%
Morgan Stanley
10
Morgan Stanley
New York
$3.54M -$3.28M -182,295 -47%
American Century Companies
11
American Century Companies
Missouri
$3.49M -$89.6K -4,985 -2%
BJ
12
BlackRock Japan
Japan
$3.4M +$731K +40,640 +26%
PPA
13
Parametric Portfolio Associates
Washington
$2.84M +$2.99M +166,500 New
Stifel Financial
14
Stifel Financial
Missouri
$2.78M +$2.05M +113,838 +232%
Royal Bank of Canada
15
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
$2.55M -$5.38K -299 -0.2%
Wells Fargo
16
Wells Fargo
California
$1.9M -$507K -28,167 -20%
OMC
17
Old Mission Capital
Illinois
$1.82M +$700K +38,905 +57%
BG
18
BlackRock Group
United Kingdom
$1.71M
Bank of America
19
Bank of America
North Carolina
$1.7M +$152K +8,430 +9%
JP Morgan Chase
20
JP Morgan Chase
New York
$1.41M +$37.4K +2,078 +3%
TCM
21
Twele Capital Management
Minnesota
$1.4M -$6.06K -337 -0.4%
EAM
22
Evanson Asset Management
California
$1.39M +$180K +10,016 +14%
Envestnet Asset Management
23
Envestnet Asset Management
Illinois
$1.19M -$47.8K -2,656 -4%
PI
24
PineBridge Investments
New York
$1.13M +$1.19M +66,000 New
Susquehanna International Group
25
Susquehanna International Group
Pennsylvania
$1.12M -$2.15M -119,551 -65%

GSG Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2015 in Review

88 of the 3,582 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG) for Q3 2015, worth a combined $439M — down 11% from $492M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 17 funds closed out of GSG and 9 opened new positions — a net loss of 8 holders — while 27 trimmed existing stakes and 25 added.

The largest buyer was BlackRock, adding an estimated $28.4M. The largest seller was Morgan Stanley, cutting an estimated $3.28M.

  • 88 institutional investors held iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG) as of Q3 2015, down from 98 in Q2 2015.
  • Funds reported $439M of iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust stock for Q3 2015, down 11% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 9 funds opened new iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust positions in Q3 2015 and 17 closed out, a net change of -8 holders.
  • The largest iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust buyer in Q3 2015 was BlackRock, an estimated $28.4M added.
  • The largest iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust seller in Q3 2015 was Morgan Stanley, an estimated $3.28M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2015.