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News Corp Class B
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200 hedge funds and large institutions have $735M invested in News Corp Class B in 2019 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 27 funds opening new positions, 83 increasing their positions, 59 reducing their positions, and 22 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

41% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 83 | Existing positions reduced: 59

23% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 27 | Existing positions closed: 22

11% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $660M → $735M (+$75.5M)

2% more funds holding

Funds holding: 196 → 200 (+4)

1.31% more ownership

Funds ownership: 28.16% → 29.47% (+1.3%)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 1 (0)

100% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $0 | Put options by funds: $347K

Holders
200
Holders Change
+4
Holders Change %
+2.04%
% of All Funds
4.33%
Holding in Top 10
1
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.02%
New
27
Increased
83
Reduced
59
Closed
22
Calls
–
Puts
$347K
Net Calls
-$347K
Net Calls Change
-$725K

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
IFP
Independent Franchise Partners
United Kingdom
+$19.6M
2
State of Wisconsin Investment Board
State of Wisconsin Investment Board
Wisconsin
+$16.7M
3
CC
CQS Cayman
Cayman Islands
+$10M
4
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
+$6.91M
5
State Street
State Street
Massachusetts
+$5.38M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
IVA
International Value Advisers
-$43.6M
2
PL
Perpetual Ltd
Australia
-$11.1M
3
TCM
Tensile Capital Management
California
-$4.79M
4
UBS AM
UBS AM
Illinois
-$3.55M
5
SCM
Sterling Capital Management
North Carolina
-$3.15M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
HNB
176
Huntington National Bank
Ohio
$5K – – –
KPW
177
Kore Private Wealth
New York
$5K – – –
Fifth Third Bancorp
178
Fifth Third Bancorp
Ohio
$5K +$4.66K +365 +3,650%
GLI
179
Guardian Life Insurance
New York
$4K – – –
IRC
180
Investors Research Corp
Georgia
$4K +$4.47K +350 New
SLF
181
Sun Life Financial
Ontario, Canada
$3K -$1.67K -131 -38%
TA
182
Thor Advisors
New York
$3K +$3.27K +256 New
MC
183
Machina Capital
France
$2K – – –
BFC
184
Bedel Financial Consulting
Indiana
$1K – – –
EARNEST Partners
185
EARNEST Partners
Georgia
$1K – – –
GWMIA
186
Global Wealth Management Investment Advisory
Florida
$1K – – –
MFW
187
Mosaic Family Wealth
Missouri
$1K – – –
WAM
188
Wealthspire Advisors (Maryland)
Maryland
$1K +$357 +28 +67%
GRP
189
Global Retirement Partners
California
$1K +$536 +42 New
Rockefeller Capital Management
190
Rockefeller Capital Management
New York
$1K +$995 +78 New
CI
191
CX Institutional
Indiana
$1K +$1.42K +111 New
GT
192
Glenmede Trust
Pennsylvania
$1 +$128 +10 +8%
IVA
193
International Value Advisers
– -$43.6M -2,835,432 Closed
Pzena Investment Management
194
Pzena Investment Management
New York
– -$1.89M -163,648 Closed
EGM
195
Engineers Gate Manager
New York
– -$630K -54,574 Closed
Millennium Management
196
Millennium Management
New York
– -$504K -43,658 Closed
SO
197
STRS Ohio
Ohio
– -$404K -35,038 Closed
TI
198
Trexquant Investment
Connecticut
– -$289K -24,980 Closed
LCM
199
Landscape Capital Management
New Jersey
– -$279K -24,132 Closed
DTL
200
Dynamic Technology Lab
Singapore
– -$248K -21,507 Closed
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NWS Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2019 in Review

200 of the 4,620 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in News Corp Class B (NWS) for Q1 2019, worth a combined $735M — up 11% from $660M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 27 funds opened new NWS positions and 22 closed out — a net gain of 5 holders — while 83 added to existing stakes and 59 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Independent Franchise Partners, adding an estimated $19.6M. The largest seller was International Value Advisers, exiting entirely with an estimated $43.6M sold.

  • 200 institutional investors held News Corp Class B (NWS) as of Q1 2019, up from 196 in Q4 2018.
  • Funds reported $735M of News Corp Class B stock for Q1 2019, up 11% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 27 funds opened new News Corp Class B positions in Q1 2019 and 22 closed out, a net change of +5 holders.
  • The largest News Corp Class B buyer in Q1 2019 was Independent Franchise Partners, an estimated $19.6M added.
  • The largest News Corp Class B seller in Q1 2019 was International Value Advisers, an estimated $43.6M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2019.