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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

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

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
SCA
1
STALEY CAPITAL ADVISERS
Pennsylvania
$11M +$1.84M +244,997 +17%
BFA
2
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
$10.2M +$847K +112,707 +8%
Vanguard Group
3
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$7.26M -$2.12M -282,102 -20%
NI
4
Numeric Investors
Massachusetts
$5.75M -$2.53M -336,831 -28%
BIT
5
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$5.43M +$940K +125,109 +18%
State Street
6
State Street
Massachusetts
$5.23M +$709K +94,342 +13%
Renaissance Technologies
7
Renaissance Technologies
New York
$5.12M +$807K +107,300 +16%
Morgan Stanley
8
Morgan Stanley
New York
$4.94M -$3.1M -411,987 -35%
GC
9
Guggenheim Capital
Illinois
$4.39M -$2.15M -285,921 -30%
CPCM
10
Clifton Park Capital Management
Delaware
$4.26M -$1.46M -194,241 -23%
Acadian Asset Management
11
Acadian Asset Management
Massachusetts
$3.88M +$3.04M +404,163 +210%
Fidelity Investments
12
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$3.3M +$236K +31,342 +7%
D.E. Shaw & Co
13
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
$3.06M +$936K +124,477 +36%
OAM
14
Oxford Asset Management
United Kingdom
$2.87M -$1.1M -146,255 -25%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
15
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$2.87M +$878K +116,750 +36%
HAM
16
Harber Asset Management
North Carolina
$2.69M +$1.22M +162,534 +65%
RAM
17
Roumell Asset Management
Maryland
$2.67M +$370K +49,200 +14%
TC
18
TFS Capital
Pennsylvania
$2.48M -$1.66M -221,489 -37%
Northern Trust
19
Northern Trust
Illinois
$2.18M +$166K +22,122 +7%
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management (CC&L)
20
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management (CC&L)
British Columbia, Canada
$2.15M +$819K +109,025 +49%
RR
21
Robotti Robert
$2.02M -$1.47M -195,800 -39%
MCM
22
Matarin Capital Management
New York
$1.9M +$402K +53,431 +22%
Bank of New York Mellon
23
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$1.78M -$336K -44,764 -14%
AQR Capital Management
24
AQR Capital Management
Connecticut
$1.69M +$1.55M +206,246 +382%
EBIM
25
Eagle Boston Investment Management
Massachusetts
$1.49M -$89.6K -11,924 -5%
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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.