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453 hedge funds and large institutions have $9.8B invested in Nasdaq in 2017 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 47 funds opening new positions, 154 increasing their positions, 169 reducing their positions, and 35 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

35% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $14.6M | Put options by funds: $10.8M

34% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 47 | Existing positions closed: 35

10% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $8.92B → $9.8B (+$880M)

2% more funds holding

Funds holding: 446453 (+7)

0.61% more ownership

Funds ownership: 226.69%227.3% (+0.61%)

9% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 154 | Existing positions reduced: 169

25% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 43 (-1)

Holders
453
Holders Change
+7
Holders Change %
+1.57%
% of All Funds
11.29%
Holding in Top 10
3
Holding in Top 10 Change
-1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-25%
% of All Funds
0.07%
New
47
Increased
154
Reduced
169
Closed
35
Calls
$14.6M
Puts
$10.8M
Net Calls
+$3.82M
Net Calls Change
+$2.12M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
IA
1
Investor AB
Sweden
$1.5B
Massachusetts Financial Services
2
Massachusetts Financial Services
Massachusetts
$1.1B -$80.2M -3,226,308 -7%
Vanguard Group
3
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$910M +$19.5M +784,083 +2%
BlackRock
4
BlackRock
New York
$716M +$6.84M +275,298 +1%
State Street
5
State Street
Massachusetts
$397M -$4.22M -169,842 -1%
ClearBridge Investments
6
ClearBridge Investments
New York
$333M +$15.8M +636,960 +5%
Invesco
7
Invesco
Georgia
$274M +$7.82M +314,742 +3%
Bank of America
8
Bank of America
North Carolina
$223M +$91.5M +3,682,284 +75%
Bessemer Group
9
Bessemer Group
New Jersey
$186M +$5.07M +203,925 +3%
Wellington Management Group
10
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
$176M -$4.49M -180,885 -3%
JP Morgan Chase
11
JP Morgan Chase
New York
$172M +$11.3M +455,592 +7%
Goldman Sachs
12
Goldman Sachs
New York
$143M +$40.7M +1,639,734 +42%
Deutsche Bank
13
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$115M -$3.87M -155,907 -3%
PG
14
Pendal Group
Australia
$106M -$193K -7,782 -0.2%
Northern Trust
15
Northern Trust
Illinois
$106M +$8.23M +331,260 +9%
AQR Capital Management
16
AQR Capital Management
Connecticut
$105M -$8.79M -353,610 -8%
Geode Capital Management
17
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$99.7M +$4.3M +173,175 +5%
FCM
18
Frontier Capital Management
Massachusetts
$97M +$1.21M +48,792 +1%
NIPH
19
NN Investment Partners Holdings
Netherlands
$90.9M -$460K -18,495 -0.5%
Bank of New York Mellon
20
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$82.4M -$1.01M -40,821 -1%
TCM
21
TimesSquare Capital Management
New York
$81M -$11.8M -476,100 -13%
Fidelity Investments
22
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$77.2M +$54.7M +2,200,908 +280%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
23
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$72.6M -$93.5K -3,762 -0.1%
D.E. Shaw & Co
24
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
$70.2M -$7.76M -312,417 -10%
Millennium Management
25
Millennium Management
New York
$68.2M +$30.4M +1,221,663 +86%

NDAQ Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2017 in Review

453 of the 4,011 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Nasdaq (NDAQ) for Q3 2017, worth a combined $9.8B — up 9.9% from $8.92B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 47 funds opened new NDAQ positions and 35 closed out — a net gain of 12 holders — while 154 added to existing stakes and 169 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Bank of America, adding an estimated $91.5M. The largest seller was Massachusetts Financial Services, cutting an estimated $80.2M.

  • 453 institutional investors held Nasdaq (NDAQ) as of Q3 2017, up from 446 in Q2 2017.
  • Funds reported $9.8B of Nasdaq stock for Q3 2017, up 9.9% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 47 funds opened new Nasdaq positions in Q3 2017 and 35 closed out, a net change of +12 holders.
  • The largest Nasdaq buyer in Q3 2017 was Bank of America, an estimated $91.5M added.
  • The largest Nasdaq seller in Q3 2017 was Massachusetts Financial Services, an estimated $80.2M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2017.