1,600 hedge funds and large institutions have $125B invested in Merck in 2014 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 115 funds opening new positions, 595 increasing their positions, 702 reducing their positions, and 63 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed
Holders
1,600
Holders Change
+36
Holders Change %
+2.3%
% of All Funds
46.24%
Holding in Top 10
147
Holding in Top 10 Change
+34
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+30.09%
% of All Funds
4.25%
New
115
Increased
595
Reduced
702
Closed
63
Calls
$1.01B
Puts
$731M
Net Calls
+$277M
Net Calls Change
-$157M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Shares
Change %
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System
76
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System
Florida
$260M -$30M -554,382 -10%
RhumbLine Advisers
77
RhumbLine Advisers
Massachusetts
$256M -$7.59M -140,076 -3%
GE
78
General Electric
Ohio
$254M -$6.23M -115,020 -2%
SB
79
Suntrust Banks
Georgia
$246M -$16.7M -307,715 -6%
SCCM
80
Schafer Cullen Capital Management
New York
$242M -$5.46M -100,861 -2%
AIM
81
abrdn Investment Management
United Kingdom
$240M +$106M +1,958,286 +79%
PI
82
PGGM Investments
Netherlands
$240M -$27.3M -503,337 -10%
MTB
83
Mizuho Trust & Banking
Japan
$232M -$6.26M -115,550 -3%
LCS
84
Levin Capital Strategies
New York
$228M -$54.3M -1,003,041 -19%
BGIM
85
Brandywine Global Investment Management
Pennsylvania
$226M -$53.4M -985,484 -19%
Swiss National Bank
86
Swiss National Bank
Switzerland
$226M -$14.2M -262,314 -6%
Lazard Asset Management
87
Lazard Asset Management
New York
$223M -$13.1M -242,516 -6%
Principal Financial Group
88
Principal Financial Group
Iowa
$223M +$33.3M +614,348 +18%
TG
89
TCW Group
California
$217M +$70.5M +1,301,379 +48%
O
90
OppenheimerFunds
New York
$214M +$19.1M +352,919 +10%
State of Wisconsin Investment Board
91
State of Wisconsin Investment Board
Wisconsin
$209M +$5.8M +107,095 +3%
Axa
92
Axa
France
$203M +$83.9M +1,548,373 +70%
BJ
93
BlackRock Japan
Japan
$197M +$5.95M +109,881 +3%
USAA
94
United Services Automobile Association
Texas
$191M +$2.24M +41,415 +1%
Victory Capital Management
95
Victory Capital Management
Texas
$170M +$14.4M +266,528 +9%
CI Investments Inc
96
CI Investments Inc
Ontario, Canada
$166M +$5.54M +102,180 +3%
AQR Capital Management
97
AQR Capital Management
Connecticut
$164M +$81.4M +1,503,497 +99%
US Bancorp
98
US Bancorp
Minnesota
$154M +$846K +15,617 +0.6%
Canada Life
99
Canada Life
Manitoba, Canada
$153M -$589K -10,940 -0.4%
TD Asset Management
100
TD Asset Management
Ontario, Canada
$147M -$54.8M -1,011,296 -27%