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News Corp Class B
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133 hedge funds and large institutions have $1.07B invested in News Corp Class B in 2015 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 16 funds opening new positions, 39 increasing their positions, 49 reducing their positions, and 23 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 7 → 7 (0)

5% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $1.12B → $1.07B (-$52.2M)

6% less funds holding

Funds holding: 141 → 133 (-8)

20% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 39 | Existing positions reduced: 49

30% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 16 | Existing positions closed: 23

Holders
133
Holders Change
-8
Holders Change %
-5.67%
% of All Funds
3.54%
Holding in Top 10
7
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.19%
New
16
Increased
39
Reduced
49
Closed
23
Calls
$84K
Puts
–
Net Calls
+$84K
Net Calls Change
+$4K

Top Buyers

1
TSW
Thompson Siegel & Walmsley
Virginia
+$18.3M
2
SCM
Sterling Capital Management
North Carolina
+$5.52M
3
TCM
Tensile Capital Management
California
+$5.2M
4
MP
Marlowe Partners
New York
+$4.36M
5
Citadel Advisors
Citadel Advisors
Florida
+$4.23M

Top Sellers

1
State of Wisconsin Investment Board
State of Wisconsin Investment Board
Wisconsin
-$25.6M
2
Macquarie Group
Macquarie Group
Australia
-$23M
3
MP
Manikay Partners
New York
-$18.7M
4
Marshall Wace
Marshall Wace
United Kingdom
-$11.7M
5
Point72 Asset Management
Point72 Asset Management
Connecticut
-$11.1M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
IVA
1
International Value Advisers
$203M -$597K -37,906 -0.3%
SCM
2
Sterling Capital Management
North Carolina
$104M +$5.52M +350,021 +6%
Alkeon Capital Management
3
Alkeon Capital Management
New York
$95.7M -$2.13M -135,100 -2%
Pzena Investment Management
4
Pzena Investment Management
New York
$87.3M -$3.12M -198,208 -3%
NM
5
Newtyn Management
New York
$61.1M +$3.94M +250,000 +7%
TCM
6
Tensile Capital Management
California
$37.5M +$5.2M +330,000 +16%
SAM
7
Sheffield Asset Management
Illinois
$30.9M -$765K -48,514 -2%
MP
8
Manikay Partners
New York
$30M -$18.7M -1,186,542 -39%
Vanguard Group
9
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$22.5M +$661K +41,934 +3%
D.E. Shaw & Co
10
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
$22.2M -$10.3M -650,417 -32%
MP
11
Marlowe Partners
New York
$21.8M +$4.36M +276,600 +25%
Citadel Advisors
12
Citadel Advisors
Florida
$19.1M +$4.23M +268,177 +29%
TSW
13
Thompson Siegel & Walmsley
Virginia
$18.4M +$18.3M +1,158,059 New
Norges Bank
14
Norges Bank
Norway
$16.6M – – –
SC
15
Sessa Capital
New York
$15.9M – – –
California Public Employees Retirement System
16
California Public Employees Retirement System
California
$14.4M – – –
Franklin Resources
17
Franklin Resources
California
$13.7M +$1.48M +94,000 +12%
DSC
18
Donald Smith & Co
New York
$13.7M -$1.26K -80 -0%
EM
19
Elliott Management
New York
$12.4M – – –
GF
20
Gabelli Funds
New York
$12.4M – – –
Arrowstreet Capital
21
Arrowstreet Capital
Massachusetts
$11.1M -$1.08M -68,834 -9%
GI
22
GAMCO Investors
Connecticut
$10.9M +$516K +32,767 +5%
Legal & General Group
23
Legal & General Group
United Kingdom
$10.1M -$539K -34,182 -5%
BG
24
BlackRock Group
United Kingdom
$9.7M -$177K -11,247 -2%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
25
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$8.74M +$111K +7,019 +1%
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NWS Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2015 in Review

133 of the 3,752 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in News Corp Class B (NWS) for Q1 2015, worth a combined $1.07B — down 4.7% from $1.12B a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 23 funds closed out of NWS and 16 opened new positions — a net loss of 7 holders — while 49 trimmed existing stakes and 39 added.

The largest buyer was Thompson Siegel & Walmsley, opening a new position worth an estimated $18.3M. The largest seller was State of Wisconsin Investment Board, exiting entirely with an estimated $25.6M sold.

  • 133 institutional investors held News Corp Class B (NWS) as of Q1 2015, down from 141 in Q4 2014.
  • Funds reported $1.07B of News Corp Class B stock for Q1 2015, down 4.7% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 16 funds opened new News Corp Class B positions in Q1 2015 and 23 closed out, a net change of -7 holders.
  • The largest News Corp Class B buyer in Q1 2015 was Thompson Siegel & Walmsley, an estimated $18.3M added.
  • The largest News Corp Class B seller in Q1 2015 was State of Wisconsin Investment Board, an estimated $25.6M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2015.