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iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF
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55 hedge funds and large institutions have $448M invested in iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF in 2020 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 14 funds opening new positions, 18 increasing their positions, 15 reducing their positions, and 7 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

100% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 2 (+1)

100% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 14 | Existing positions closed: 7

20% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 18 | Existing positions reduced: 15

15% more funds holding

Funds holding: 48 → 55 (+7)

2% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $457M → $448M (-$8.83M)

16.42% less ownership

Funds ownership: 89.96% → 73.55% (-16%)

100% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $2K | Put options by funds: $796K

Holders
55
Holders Change
+7
Holders Change %
+14.58%
% of All Funds
0.97%
Holding in Top 10
2
Holding in Top 10 Change
+1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+100%
% of All Funds
0.04%
New
14
Increased
18
Reduced
15
Closed
7
Calls
$2K
Puts
$796K
Net Calls
-$794K
Net Calls Change
-$796K

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
VI
Vestcor Inc
New Brunswick, Canada
+$7.66M
2
IC
Iconiq Capital
California
+$4.11M
3
Ensign Peak Advisors
Ensign Peak Advisors
Utah
+$3.27M
4
DS
DRW Securities
Illinois
+$3.22M
5
Qube Research & Technologies (QRT)
Qube Research & Technologies (QRT)
United Kingdom
+$2.5M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
-$23.5M
2
Prudential Financial
Prudential Financial
New Jersey
-$10.9M
3
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
-$5.95M
4
Vanguard Group
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
-$4.54M
5
Victory Capital Management
Victory Capital Management
Texas
-$4.23M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
Comerica Bank
26
Comerica Bank
Texas
$2.66M -$89.7K -2,937 -3%
Qube Research & Technologies (QRT)
27
Qube Research & Technologies (QRT)
United Kingdom
$2.55M +$2.5M +81,833 New
SMDAM
28
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management
Japan
$2.12M +$171K +5,595 +9%
SAM
29
Shell Asset Management
Netherlands
$2.02M +$321K +10,500 +19%
Citadel Advisors
30
Citadel Advisors
Florida
$2.01M +$769K +25,183 +64%
PAM
31
Panagora Asset Management
Massachusetts
$1.97M – – –
MSL
32
Mackay Shields LLC
New York
$1.86M – – –
Renaissance Technologies
33
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$1.36M +$174K +5,700 +15%
AAMU
34
Amundi Asset Management US
Massachusetts
$1.1M -$42.7K -1,397 -4%
6M
35
6 Meridian
Kansas
$1.1M -$28.6K -938 -3%
OMC
36
Old Mission Capital
Illinois
$1.07M +$1.05M +34,444 New
NAM
37
Nissay Asset Management
Japan
$883K +$281K +9,199 +48%
FCC
38
Florin Court Capital
United Kingdom
$821K +$806K +26,400 New
Wells Fargo
39
Wells Fargo
California
$714K +$101K +3,303 +17%
HSBC Holdings
40
HSBC Holdings
United Kingdom
$647K +$635K +20,800 New
PI
41
PineBridge Investments
New York
$591K – – –
DILIC
42
Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company
Japan
$420K – – –
SG Americas Securities
43
SG Americas Securities
New York
$330K +$324K +10,621 New
FTUS
44
Flow Traders U.S.
New York
$273K +$268K +8,780 New
Susquehanna International Group
45
Susquehanna International Group
Pennsylvania
$236K +$232K +7,598 New
SC
46
Solstein Capital
California
$66.7K +$548K +17,940 New
Osaic Holdings
47
Osaic Holdings
Arizona
$22K +$9.59K +314 +84%
Royal Bank of Canada
48
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
$18K -$3.34M -109,239 -99%
Simplex Trading
49
Simplex Trading
Illinois
$18K +$17.9K +587 New
CAAS
50
Capital Asset Advisory Services
Michigan
$17K -$7.02K -230 -30%
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KSA Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2020 in Review

55 of the 5,651 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF (KSA) for Q4 2020, worth a combined $448M — down 1.9% from $457M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 14 funds opened new KSA positions and 7 closed out — a net gain of 7 holders — while 18 added to existing stakes and 15 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Vestcor Inc, opening a new position worth an estimated $7.66M. The largest seller was BlackRock, cutting an estimated $23.5M.

  • 55 institutional investors held iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF (KSA) as of Q4 2020, up from 48 in Q3 2020.
  • Funds reported $448M of iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF stock for Q4 2020, down 1.9% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 14 funds opened new iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF positions in Q4 2020 and 7 closed out, a net change of +7 holders.
  • The largest iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF buyer in Q4 2020 was Vestcor Inc, an estimated $7.66M added.
  • The largest iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF seller in Q4 2020 was BlackRock, an estimated $23.5M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2020.