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iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

436 hedge funds and large institutions have $9.03B invested in iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF in 2013 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 79 funds opening new positions, 153 increasing their positions, 152 reducing their positions, and 31 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

155% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 79 | Existing positions closed: 31

11% more funds holding

Funds holding: 393436 (+43)

4% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 4951 (+2)

1% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 153 | Existing positions reduced: 152

0.07% less ownership

Funds ownership: 58.59%58.52% (-0.07%)

7% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $9.7B → $9.03B (-$667M)

49% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $288M | Put options by funds: $563M

Holders
436
Holders Change
+43
Holders Change %
+10.94%
% of All Funds
12.66%
Holding in Top 10
51
Holding in Top 10 Change
+2
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+4.08%
% of All Funds
1.48%
New
79
Increased
153
Reduced
152
Closed
31
Calls
$288M
Puts
$563M
Net Calls
-$276M
Net Calls Change
-$140M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
Bank of America
1
Bank of America
North Carolina
$674M +$29.1M +313,745 +5%
JP Morgan Chase
2
JP Morgan Chase
New York
$544M +$6.04M +65,064 +1%
Morgan Stanley
3
Morgan Stanley
New York
$439M -$5.06M -54,450 -1%
BA
4
BlackRock Advisors
Delaware
$394M -$80.9M -871,316 -17%
ERSOT
5
Employees Retirement System of Texas
Texas
$342M
VOYA Investment Management
6
VOYA Investment Management
Georgia
$309M +$4.97M +53,533 +2%
AIM
7
Assured Investment Management
New York
$256M +$208M +2,238,995 +428%
Deutsche Bank
8
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$242M -$51.7M -557,140 -18%
Goldman Sachs
9
Goldman Sachs
New York
$233M +$69.3M +746,621 +42%
BG
10
BlackRock Group
United Kingdom
$213M -$51.3M -552,803 -19%
AB
11
Aozora Bank
Japan
$202M
U
12
UBS
Switzerland
$196M +$1.12M +12,078 +0.6%
Fisher Asset Management
13
Fisher Asset Management
Washington
$169M +$10.4M +111,587 +7%
VA
14
Valmark Advisers
Ohio
$156M +$18.2M +195,572 +13%
Wells Fargo
15
Wells Fargo
California
$138M -$2.3M -24,807 -2%
AUIM
16
Aegon USA Investment Management
Iowa
$135M -$8.14M -87,665 -6%
PP
17
Prudential plc
United Kingdom
$124M -$1.24M -13,400 -1%
Royal Bank of Canada
18
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
$114M +$12.3M +132,770 +12%
Franklin Resources
19
Franklin Resources
California
$112M -$103M -1,104,309 -48%
Citigroup
20
Citigroup
New York
$110M -$43.6M -469,151 -28%
US Bancorp
21
US Bancorp
Minnesota
$110M +$19.4M +208,926 +21%
WI
22
WBI Investments
New Jersey
$103M -$354K -3,808 -0.3%
TCT
23
TIAA CREF Trust
Missouri
$102M +$4.44M +47,869 +5%
SCM
24
Saba Capital Management
New York
$101M -$16.7M -179,966 -14%
PRCM
25
Pine River Capital Management
Minnesota
$96.5M +$30.5M +327,979 +46%

HYG Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2013 in Review

436 of the 3,445 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) for Q4 2013, worth a combined $9.03B — down 6.9% from $9.7B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 79 funds opened new HYG positions and 31 closed out — a net gain of 48 holders — while 153 added to existing stakes and 152 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Assured Investment Management, adding an estimated $208M. The largest seller was BlackRock, cutting an estimated $259M.

  • 436 institutional investors held iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) as of Q4 2013, up from 393 in Q3 2013.
  • Funds reported $9.03B of iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF stock for Q4 2013, down 6.9% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 79 funds opened new iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF positions in Q4 2013 and 31 closed out, a net change of +48 holders.
  • The largest iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF buyer in Q4 2013 was Assured Investment Management, an estimated $208M added.
  • The largest iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF seller in Q4 2013 was BlackRock, an estimated $259M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2013.