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Global Ship Lease
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23 hedge funds and large institutions have $3.46M invested in Global Ship Lease in 2016 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 5 funds opening new positions, 3 increasing their positions, 6 reducing their positions, and 12 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

1.37% less ownership

Funds ownership: 2.16% → 0.79% (-1.4%)

23% less funds holding

Funds holding: 30 → 23 (-7)

50% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 3 | Existing positions reduced: 6

58% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 5 | Existing positions closed: 12

84% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $21.4M → $3.46M (-$17.9M)

100% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $0 | Put options by funds: $24K

Holders
23
Holders Change
-7
Holders Change %
-23.33%
% of All Funds
0.61%
Holding in Top 10
1
Holding in Top 10 Change
+1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
0.03%
New
5
Increased
3
Reduced
6
Closed
12
Calls
–
Puts
$24K
Net Calls
-$24K
Net Calls Change
-$58K

Top Buyers

1
BCM
Bridgeway Capital Management
Texas
+$535K
2
Franklin Resources
Franklin Resources
California
+$499K
3
WIM
Wingspan Investment Management
New York
+$127K
4
ARTA
A.R.T. Advisors
New York
+$48.5K
5
Susquehanna International Group
Susquehanna International Group
Pennsylvania
+$33.5K

Top Sellers

1
Northern Trust
Northern Trust
Illinois
-$13.2M
2
DRZID
DePrince Race & Zollo Inc (DRZ)
Florida
-$968K
3
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
-$320K
4
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank
Germany
-$69K
5
PP
PDT Partners
New York
-$50K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
Renaissance Technologies
1
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$1.2M -$47.7K -3,587 -3%
Franklin Resources
2
Franklin Resources
California
$633K +$499K +37,500 +120%
BCM
3
Bridgeway Capital Management
Texas
$370K +$535K +40,200 New
BCA
4
Benchmark Capital Advisors
New York
$345K -$13.3K -1,000 -3%
DRZID
5
DePrince Race & Zollo Inc (DRZ)
Florida
$128K -$968K -72,784 -84%
JG
6
Jefferies Group
New York
$127K – – –
California Public Employees Retirement System
7
California Public Employees Retirement System
California
$110K – – –
WIM
8
Wingspan Investment Management
New York
$88K +$127K +9,575 New
HIM
9
Hillsdale Investment Management
Ontario, Canada
$82K – – –
Morgan Stanley
10
Morgan Stanley
New York
$60K -$320K -24,087 -79%
ARTA
11
A.R.T. Advisors
New York
$50K +$48.5K +3,643 +199%
MLM
12
Mount Lucas Management
Pennsylvania
$46K +$26.6K +2,000 +67%
OAM
13
Oxford Asset Management
United Kingdom
$40K -$21.6K -1,627 -27%
JMPWA
14
JP Morgan Private Wealth Advisors
California
$34K – – –
BP
15
BBR Partners
New York
$26K – – –
BBHC
16
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co
New York
$23K – – –
Susquehanna International Group
17
Susquehanna International Group
Pennsylvania
$23K +$33.5K +2,519 New
Simplex Trading
18
Simplex Trading
Illinois
$19K +$28.1K +2,110 New
BIT
19
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$16K – – –
Citadel Advisors
20
Citadel Advisors
Florida
$15K +$21.7K +1,635 New
WA
21
WealthTrust Axiom
Pennsylvania
$13K – – –
CG
22
Cutler Group
California
$6K -$851 -64 -9%
MFS
23
MSI Financial Services
Massachusetts
$3K – – –
Northern Trust
24
Northern Trust
Illinois
– -$13.2M -635,267 Closed
Deutsche Bank
25
Deutsche Bank
Germany
– -$69K -3,355 Closed
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GSL Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2016 in Review

23 of the 3,753 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Global Ship Lease (GSL) for Q1 2016, worth a combined $3.46M — down 84% from $21.4M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 12 funds closed out of GSL and 5 opened new positions — a net loss of 7 holders — while 6 trimmed existing stakes and 3 added.

The largest buyer was Bridgeway Capital Management, opening a new position worth an estimated $535K. The largest seller was Northern Trust, exiting entirely with an estimated $13.2M sold.

  • 23 institutional investors held Global Ship Lease (GSL) as of Q1 2016, down from 30 in Q4 2015.
  • Funds reported $3.46M of Global Ship Lease stock for Q1 2016, down 84% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 5 funds opened new Global Ship Lease positions in Q1 2016 and 12 closed out, a net change of -7 holders.
  • The largest Global Ship Lease buyer in Q1 2016 was Bridgeway Capital Management, an estimated $535K added.
  • The largest Global Ship Lease seller in Q1 2016 was Northern Trust, an estimated $13.2M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2016.