Kestrel Group
144 hedge funds and large institutions have $600M invested in Kestrel Group in 2014 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 21 funds opening new positions, 52 increasing their positions, 50 reducing their positions, and 17 closing their positions.
6,127% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $13.4M | Put options by funds: $215K
24% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 21 | Existing positions closed: 17
3% more funds holding
Funds holding: 140 → 144 (+4)
4% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 52 | Existing positions reduced: 50
5% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $629M → $600M (-$29.3M)
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Goldman Sachs
New York
|
+$10M |
| 2 |
Norges Bank
Oslo,
Norway
|
+$8.08M |
| 3 |
MC
Menta Capital
San Francisco,
California
|
+$5.81M |
| 4 |
JP Morgan Chase
New York
|
+$3.4M |
| 5 |
Nomura Holdings
Tokyo,
Japan
|
+$3.35M |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
VNIM
Vaughan Nelson Investment Management
Houston,
Texas
|
-$30.2M |
| 2 |
GC
Guggenheim Capital
Chicago,
Illinois
|
-$9.01M |
| 3 |
Natixis Advisors
Boston,
Massachusetts
|
-$5.84M |
| 4 |
MCM
McKinley Capital Management
Anchorage,
Alaska
|
-$4.22M |
| 5 |
Northern Trust
Chicago,
Illinois
|
-$3.74M |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
SKK
151
Shepherd Kaplan Krochuk
Boston,
Massachusetts
| – | -$298K | -1,196 | Closed |
|
|
NCCM
152
Nine Chapters Capital Management
Short Hills,
New Jersey
| – | -$280K | -1,120 | Closed |
|
|
CS
153
Comerica Securities
Detroit,
Michigan
| – | -$179K | -716 | Closed |
|
154
Acadian Asset Management
Boston,
Massachusetts
| – | -$157K | -629 | Closed |
|
155
Toronto Dominion Bank
Toronto, Ontario,
Ontario, Canada
| – | -$130K | -500 | Closed |
|
|
PCM
156
Prelude Capital Management
New York
| – | -$88K | -354 | Closed |
|
|
HHMI
157
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Chevy Chase,
Maryland
| – | -$60K | -241 | Closed |
|
|
QT
158
Quantbot Technologies
New York
| – | -$51K | -205 | Closed |
|
|
ACM
159
Antonetti Capital Management
Naples,
Florida
| – | -$50K | -200 | Closed |
|
|
CAM
160
ClariVest Asset Management
San Diego,
California
| – | -$31K | -124 | Closed |
|
|
TRCT
161
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
| – | -$17K | -71 | Closed |
|
KG Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2014 in Review
144 of the 3,480 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Kestrel Group (KG) for Q2 2014, worth a combined $600M — down 4.7% from $629M a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 21 funds opened new KG positions and 17 closed out — a net gain of 4 holders — while 52 added to existing stakes and 50 trimmed.
The largest buyer was Goldman Sachs, adding an estimated $10M. The largest seller was Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, exiting entirely with an estimated $30.2M sold.
- 144 institutional investors held Kestrel Group (KG) as of Q2 2014, up from 140 in Q1 2014.
- Funds reported $600M of Kestrel Group stock for Q2 2014, down 4.7% quarter-over-quarter.
- 21 funds opened new Kestrel Group positions in Q2 2014 and 17 closed out, a net change of +4 holders.
- The largest Kestrel Group buyer in Q2 2014 was Goldman Sachs, an estimated $10M added.
- The largest Kestrel Group seller in Q2 2014 was Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, an estimated $30.2M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2014.