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Liquidity Services
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131 hedge funds and large institutions have $135M invested in Liquidity Services in 2015 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 14 funds opening new positions, 44 increasing their positions, 49 reducing their positions, and 26 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

2,600% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $81K | Put options by funds: $3K

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 1 (0)

9% less funds holding

Funds holding: 144 → 131 (-13)

10% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 44 | Existing positions reduced: 49

18% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $164M → $135M (-$28.8M)

46% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 14 | Existing positions closed: 26

Holders
131
Holders Change
-13
Holders Change %
-9.03%
% of All Funds
3.44%
Holding in Top 10
1
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.03%
New
14
Increased
44
Reduced
49
Closed
26
Calls
$81K
Puts
$3K
Net Calls
+$78K
Net Calls Change
+$20K

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Acadian Asset Management
Acadian Asset Management
Massachusetts
+$3.04M
2
SCA
STALEY CAPITAL ADVISERS
Pennsylvania
+$1.84M
3
AQR Capital Management
AQR Capital Management
Connecticut
+$1.55M
4
HAM
Harber Asset Management
North Carolina
+$1.22M
5
BIT
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
+$940K

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
-$3.1M
2
Marshall Wace
Marshall Wace
United Kingdom
-$2.6M
3
NI
Numeric Investors
Massachusetts
-$2.53M
4
GC
Guggenheim Capital
Illinois
-$2.15M
5
Vanguard Group
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
-$2.12M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
Wellington Management Group
76
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
$164K – – –
Citigroup
77
Citigroup
New York
$160K -$10.5K -1,393 -5%
Los Angeles Capital Management
78
Los Angeles Capital Management
California
$158K +$183K +24,318 New
PAM
79
Panagora Asset Management
Massachusetts
$152K – – –
Comerica Bank
80
Comerica Bank
Texas
$147K -$1.56K -207 -0.8%
SCA
81
Secor Capital Advisors
New York
$135K +$156K +20,699 New
Brown Advisory
82
Brown Advisory
Maryland
$134K – – –
TPSF
83
Texas Permanent School Fund
Texas
$131K +$2.3K +306 +2%
State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury
84
State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury
Tennessee
$127K +$147K +19,500 New
Allianz Asset Management
85
Allianz Asset Management
Germany
$123K -$18.8K -2,500 -12%
AIG
86
American International Group
New York
$113K +$1.83K +243 +1%
Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments)
87
Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments)
Quebec, Canada
$112K -$69.2K -9,200 -35%
Wells Fargo
88
Wells Fargo
California
$111K -$4.01K -534 -3%
NFA
89
Nationwide Fund Advisors
Ohio
$102K – – –
MAM
90
Martingale Asset Management
Massachusetts
$101K +$117K +15,509 New
AWW
91
Alan W. Weber
$98K – – –
EMG
92
Ellington Management Group
Connecticut
$94K -$138K -18,294 -56%
First Trust Advisors
93
First Trust Advisors
Illinois
$89K +$180 +24 +0.2%
Jacobs Levy Equity Management
94
Jacobs Levy Equity Management
New Jersey
$86K +$100K +13,300 New
UBS AM
95
UBS AM
Illinois
$83K – – –
ASRS
96
Arizona State Retirement System
Arizona
$79K +$4.51K +600 +5%
PAM
97
Princeton Alpha Management
New Jersey
$75K -$13.8K -1,835 -14%
JMPWA
98
JP Morgan Private Wealth Advisors
California
$72K – – –
LSERS
99
Louisiana State Employees Retirement System
Louisiana
$70K +$1.5K +200 +2%
BA
100
BlackRock Advisors
Delaware
$68K -$39.6K -5,267 -33%
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LQDT Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2015 in Review

131 of the 3,812 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Liquidity Services (LQDT) for Q4 2015, worth a combined $135M — down 18% from $164M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 26 funds closed out of LQDT and 14 opened new positions — a net loss of 12 holders — while 49 trimmed existing stakes and 44 added.

The largest buyer was Acadian Asset Management, adding an estimated $3.04M. The largest seller was Morgan Stanley, cutting an estimated $3.1M.

  • 131 institutional investors held Liquidity Services (LQDT) as of Q4 2015, down from 144 in Q3 2015.
  • Funds reported $135M of Liquidity Services stock for Q4 2015, down 18% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 14 funds opened new Liquidity Services positions in Q4 2015 and 26 closed out, a net change of -12 holders.
  • The largest Liquidity Services buyer in Q4 2015 was Acadian Asset Management, an estimated $3.04M added.
  • The largest Liquidity Services seller in Q4 2015 was Morgan Stanley, an estimated $3.1M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2015.