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iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust
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94 hedge funds and large institutions have $602M invested in iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust in 2016 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 9 funds opening new positions, 32 increasing their positions, 25 reducing their positions, and 5 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

80% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 9 | Existing positions closed: 5

28% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 32 | Existing positions reduced: 25

3% more funds holding

Funds holding: 91 → 94 (+3)

1.07% more ownership

Funds ownership: 66.4% → 67.47% (+1.1%)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 → 2 (0)

2% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $616M → $602M (-$13.1M)

50% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1K | Put options by funds: $2K

Holders
94
Holders Change
+3
Holders Change %
+3.3%
% of All Funds
2.51%
Holding in Top 10
2
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.05%
New
9
Increased
32
Reduced
25
Closed
5
Calls
$1K
Puts
$2K
Net Calls
-$1K
Net Calls Change
-$254K

Top Buyers

1
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
+$52.9M
2
MCM
Makena Capital Management
California
+$6.12M
3
PCP
Proficio Capital Partners
Massachusetts
+$1.62M
4
PPA
Parametric Portfolio Associates
Washington
+$1.45M
5
CAM
Crestone Asset Management
Colorado
+$1.41M

Top Sellers

1
Jane Street
Jane Street
New York
-$39.6M
2
Bank of America
Bank of America
North Carolina
-$7.28M
3
1GA
1st Global Advisors
Texas
-$3.99M
4
Mirae Asset Global Investments
Mirae Asset Global Investments
South Korea
-$1.49M
5
WAM
Wolverine Asset Management
Illinois
-$1.37M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
BlackRock
1
BlackRock
New York
$465M +$52.9M +3,645,528 +13%
CAM
2
Crestone Asset Management
Colorado
$23.4M +$1.41M +96,876 +7%
GF
3
Gerstein Fisher
New York
$18.4M +$74.3K +5,122 +0.4%
Natixis Advisors
4
Natixis Advisors
Massachusetts
$13.1M +$593K +40,852 +5%
BIT
5
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$9.16M +$485K +33,400 +6%
PPA
6
Parametric Portfolio Associates
Washington
$7.01M +$1.45M +99,784 +27%
MCM
7
Makena Capital Management
California
$6.25M +$6.12M +421,450 New
Morgan Stanley
8
Morgan Stanley
New York
$6.19M +$882K +60,780 +17%
State Street
9
State Street
Massachusetts
$5.37M +$581K +40,000 +12%
Bank of New York Mellon
10
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$5.07M -$220K -15,160 -4%
BJ
11
BlackRock Japan
Japan
$4.69M +$317K +21,867 +7%
Bank of America
12
Bank of America
North Carolina
$3.16M -$7.28M -501,873 -70%
Mariner
13
Mariner
Kansas
$2.96M -$455K -31,327 -14%
PCP
14
Proficio Capital Partners
Massachusetts
$2.08M +$1.62M +111,424 +389%
BG
15
BlackRock Group
United Kingdom
$2.06M +$590K +40,656 +41%
Royal Bank of Canada
16
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
$2.05M -$31.9K -2,201 -2%
UBS Group
17
UBS Group
Switzerland
$1.74M +$331K +22,807 +24%
PRS
18
Pinkerton Retirement Specialists
Idaho
$1.43M +$39K +2,690 +3%
BPC
19
Banque Pictet & Cie
Switzerland
$1.29M – – –
Envestnet Asset Management
20
Envestnet Asset Management
Illinois
$1.24M +$2.99K +206 +0.2%
BIM
21
BlackRock Investment Management
Delaware
$1.22M +$106K +7,296 +10%
American Century Companies
22
American Century Companies
Missouri
$1.16M -$316K -21,773 -22%
Wells Fargo
23
Wells Fargo
California
$1.07M -$181K -12,487 -15%
MFS
24
MSI Financial Services
Massachusetts
$964K -$297K -20,495 -24%
EAM
25
Evanson Asset Management
California
$919K -$49.1K -3,383 -5%
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GSG Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2016 in Review

94 of the 3,748 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG) for Q3 2016, worth a combined $602M — down 2.1% from $616M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 9 funds opened new GSG positions and 5 closed out — a net gain of 4 holders — while 32 added to existing stakes and 25 trimmed.

The largest buyer was BlackRock, adding an estimated $52.9M. The largest seller was Jane Street, cutting an estimated $39.6M.

  • 94 institutional investors held iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust (GSG) as of Q3 2016, up from 91 in Q2 2016.
  • Funds reported $602M of iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust stock for Q3 2016, down 2.1% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 9 funds opened new iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust positions in Q3 2016 and 5 closed out, a net change of +4 holders.
  • The largest iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust buyer in Q3 2016 was BlackRock, an estimated $52.9M added.
  • The largest iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust seller in Q3 2016 was Jane Street, an estimated $39.6M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2016.