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 %
LBG
151
Lloyds Banking Group
United Kingdom
$96.5M -$1.06M -19,553 -1%
Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ)
152
Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ)
Quebec, Canada
$95.8M +$2.28M +42,077 +2%
Nomura Asset Management
153
Nomura Asset Management
Japan
$95.3M +$9.68M +178,879 +11%
RIM
154
RS Investment Management
California
$94.7M +$1.99M +36,762 +2%
KCM
155
Kames Capital Management
United Kingdom
$94.7M +$2.95M +54,422 +3%
Bessemer Group
156
Bessemer Group
New Jersey
$93.5M +$20M +369,891 +27%
EA
157
Euclid Advisors
Connecticut
$92.1M +$25.6M +472,072 +38%
Swedbank
158
Swedbank
Sweden
$90.6M +$90.6M +1,652,300 New
USSCPF
159
United States Steel & Carnegie Pension Fund
New York
$88.6M
Luther King Capital Management (LKCM)
160
Luther King Capital Management (LKCM)
Texas
$88.4M +$6.05M +111,772 +7%
WT
161
Wilmington Trust
Delaware
$88M -$1.3M -23,946 -1%
BMO
162
Beck Mack & Oliver
New York
$87.1M -$7.26M -134,013 -8%
DCM
163
Dupont Capital Management
Delaware
$86.8M -$10.6M -196,055 -11%
Aviva
164
Aviva
United Kingdom
$85.6M -$10.3M -189,843 -11%
TAM
165
Tocqueville Asset Management
New York
$84.6M -$1.93M -35,676 -2%
SC
166
SRB Corp
Massachusetts
$82M
Nuveen Asset Management
167
Nuveen Asset Management
Illinois
$81.4M +$3.96M +73,019 +5%
GC
168
Guggenheim Capital
Illinois
$80.6M -$5.16M -95,341 -6%
ERSOT
169
Employees Retirement System of Texas
Texas
$80.2M +$2.19M +40,348 +3%
AAM
170
Advisors Asset Management
Colorado
$79M +$1.6M +29,529 +2%
EAM
171
Eagle Asset Management
Florida
$78.8M +$2.56M +47,259 +3%
HCM
172
Huber Capital Management
California
$78.4M -$3.42M -63,090 -4%
ASRS
173
Arizona State Retirement System
Arizona
$77.6M -$1.98M -36,576 -2%
First Trust Advisors
174
First Trust Advisors
Illinois
$75.8M -$3.82M -70,570 -5%
CA
175
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft
Germany
$74.7M -$12.4M -228,790 -14%