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iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

888 hedge funds and large institutions have $21.9B invested in iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF in 2021 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 102 funds opening new positions, 362 increasing their positions, 288 reducing their positions, and 90 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

26% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 362 | Existing positions reduced: 288

13% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 102 | Existing positions closed: 90

4.34% more ownership

Funds ownership: 99.43%103.76% (+4.3%)

0% more funds holding

Funds holding: 885888 (+3)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 8686 (0)

14% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $25.5B → $21.9B (-$3.65B)

81% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $5.12B | Put options by funds: $27B

Holders
888
Holders Change
+3
Holders Change %
+0.34%
% of All Funds
15.59%
Holding in Top 10
86
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
1.51%
New
102
Increased
362
Reduced
288
Closed
90
Calls
$5.12B
Puts
$27B
Net Calls
-$21.9B
Net Calls Change
-$8.43B
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
PI
101
PineBridge Investments
New York
$21.4M +$413K +4,750 +2%
RJA
102
Raymond James & Associates
Florida
$21.3M -$5.25M -60,290 -20%
Creative Planning
103
Creative Planning
Kansas
$21M -$3.94M -45,294 -16%
SFBLI
104
Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance
Mississippi
$20.4M +$2M +23,000 +11%
PI
105
PFS Investments
Georgia
$20.2M +$1.47M +16,873 +8%
QFA
106
Quattro Financial Advisors
Texas
$20.1M +$9.63M +110,665 +92%
Renaissance Technologies
107
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$20M +$7.05M +81,000 +54%
CIBC Asset Management
108
CIBC Asset Management
Ontario, Canada
$19.9M -$7.26M -83,471 -27%
WJA
109
Willis Johnson & Associates
Texas
$19.7M +$1.12M +12,859 +6%
Verition Fund Management
110
Verition Fund Management
Connecticut
$19.5M +$19.5M +224,086 New
TCM
111
Twele Capital Management
Minnesota
$19.4M +$356K +4,090 +2%
BCC
112
Bain Capital Credit
Massachusetts
$18.4M +$16.1M +185,227 +713%
TF
113
TimeScale Financial
Massachusetts
$17.9M +$713K +8,199 +4%
AIA
114
Avalon Investment & Advisory
Texas
$17.5M +$70.2K +807 +0.4%
DF
115
Donoghue Forlines
Massachusetts
$17.3M -$4.82M -55,385 -22%
Cetera Investment Advisers
116
Cetera Investment Advisers
Illinois
$17.2M -$7.07M -81,311 -29%
FIM
117
Freedom Investment Management
Connecticut
$16.8M -$3.6M -41,325 -18%
BCM
118
Brookstone Capital Management
Illinois
$16.8M +$1.4M +16,133 +9%
AAM
119
Autus Asset Management
Arizona
$16.7M +$3.2M +36,762 +24%
FPGK
120
Financial Partners Group (Kansas)
Kansas
$16.6M -$365K -4,191 -2%
Commonwealth Equity Services
121
Commonwealth Equity Services
Massachusetts
$16.6M +$597K +6,861 +4%
Janney Montgomery Scott
122
Janney Montgomery Scott
Pennsylvania
$16.3M -$2.43M -27,946 -13%
FA
123
Freestate Advisors
Kansas
$16.3M +$5.36M +61,624 +49%
PAIA
124
Park Avenue Institutional Advisers
New York
$16.2M +$5.92M +68,000 +58%
G
125
Gainplan
Michigan
$16.1M +$796K +9,151 +5%

HYG Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2021 in Review

888 of the 5,695 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) for Q1 2021, worth a combined $21.9B — down 14% from $25.5B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 102 funds opened new HYG positions and 90 closed out — a net gain of 12 holders — while 362 added to existing stakes and 288 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Goldman Sachs, adding an estimated $1.1B. The largest seller was BlackRock, cutting an estimated $1.39B.

  • 888 institutional investors held iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) as of Q1 2021, up from 885 in Q4 2020.
  • Funds reported $21.9B of iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF stock for Q1 2021, down 14% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 102 funds opened new iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF positions in Q1 2021 and 90 closed out, a net change of +12 holders.
  • The largest iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF buyer in Q1 2021 was Goldman Sachs, an estimated $1.1B added.
  • The largest iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF seller in Q1 2021 was BlackRock, an estimated $1.39B sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2021.