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News Corp Class B
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186 hedge funds and large institutions have $890M invested in News Corp Class B in 2019 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 25 funds opening new positions, 59 increasing their positions, 66 reducing their positions, and 16 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

56% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 25 | Existing positions closed: 16

1% more funds holding

Funds holding: 184 → 186 (+2)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 1 (0)

0.34% less ownership

Funds ownership: 31.07% → 30.74% (-0.34%)

4% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $931M → $890M (-$40.2M)

11% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 59 | Existing positions reduced: 66

88% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $48K | Put options by funds: $401K

Holders
186
Holders Change
+2
Holders Change %
+1.09%
% of All Funds
3.67%
Holding in Top 10
1
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.02%
New
25
Increased
59
Reduced
66
Closed
16
Calls
$48K
Puts
$401K
Net Calls
-$353K
Net Calls Change
-$79K

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Truist Financial
Truist Financial
North Carolina
+$31M
2
Janus Henderson Group
Janus Henderson Group
United Kingdom
+$8M
3
Renaissance Technologies
Renaissance Technologies
New York
+$4.33M
4
Invesco
Invesco
Georgia
+$2.32M
5
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
+$2.21M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Vanguard Group
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
-$4.56M
2
MSL
Mackay Shields LLC
New York
-$4.13M
3
Citadel Advisors
Citadel Advisors
Florida
-$2.45M
4
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
-$2.43M
5
Bank of America
Bank of America
North Carolina
-$2.05M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
Fidelity Investments
126
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$87K -$26.2K -1,905 -24%
Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management
127
Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management
Japan
$73K – – –
NMIMC
128
Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company
Wisconsin
$69K +$1.28K +93 +2%
RIM
129
Rampart Investment Management
Connecticut
$59K -$30.4K -2,208 -35%
TRCT
130
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
$54K -$37.3K -2,709 -42%
TRSOTSOK
131
Teachers Retirement System of the State of Kentucky
Kentucky
$54K – – –
MME
132
Meag Munich Ergo
Germany
$40K -$122K -8,882 -76%
ClearBridge Investments
133
ClearBridge Investments
New York
$38K – – –
CIA
134
CSat Investment Advisory
Michigan
$38K +$7.19K +522 +25%
VI
135
Vestcor Inc
New Brunswick, Canada
$31K +$29.1K +2,111 New
SF
136
Synovus Financial
Georgia
$30K – – –
AIP
137
Ameritas Investment Partners
Nebraska
$29K – – –
AAMU
138
Amundi Asset Management US
Massachusetts
$29K – – –
NIT
139
NumerixS Investment Technologies
British Columbia, Canada
$29K +$27.6K +2,000 New
AP
140
Advisors Preferred
Maryland
$29K +$27.9K +2,022 New
AG
141
Advisor Group
Arizona
$27K – – –
MERSOM
142
Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Michigan
Michigan
$24K – – –
Asset Management One
143
Asset Management One
Japan
$23K -$4.62K -335 -18%
CFA
144
Carroll Financial Associates
North Carolina
$23K – – –
Victory Capital Management
145
Victory Capital Management
Texas
$21K -$703 -51 -3%
Rockefeller Capital Management
146
Rockefeller Capital Management
New York
$15K – – –
IUHSA
147
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.
Brazil
$15K +$14.3K +1,035 New
MGIM
148
M&G Investment Management
United Kingdom
$13K +$12.4K +897 New
Nordea Investment Management
149
Nordea Investment Management
Sweden
$11K -$13K -943 -55%
PNC Financial Services Group
150
PNC Financial Services Group
Pennsylvania
$11K -$4.89K -355 -31%
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NWS Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2019 in Review

186 of the 5,075 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in News Corp Class B (NWS) for Q4 2019, worth a combined $890M — down 4.3% from $931M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 25 funds opened new NWS positions and 16 closed out — a net gain of 9 holders — while 59 added to existing stakes and 66 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Truist Financial, opening a new position worth an estimated $31M. The largest seller was Vanguard Group, cutting an estimated $4.56M.

  • 186 institutional investors held News Corp Class B (NWS) as of Q4 2019, up from 184 in Q3 2019.
  • Funds reported $890M of News Corp Class B stock for Q4 2019, down 4.3% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 25 funds opened new News Corp Class B positions in Q4 2019 and 16 closed out, a net change of +9 holders.
  • The largest News Corp Class B buyer in Q4 2019 was Truist Financial, an estimated $31M added.
  • The largest News Corp Class B seller in Q4 2019 was Vanguard Group, an estimated $4.56M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2019.