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News Corp Class B
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181 hedge funds and large institutions have $801M invested in News Corp Class B in 2017 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 13 funds opening new positions, 68 increasing their positions, 62 reducing their positions, and 19 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

9% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $738M → $801M (+$63.5M)

10% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 68 | Existing positions reduced: 62

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 4 → 4 (0)

1.56% less ownership

Funds ownership: 31.31% → 29.76% (-1.6%)

7% less funds holding

Funds holding: 194 → 181 (-13)

32% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 13 | Existing positions closed: 19

100% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $0 | Put options by funds: $1K

Holders
181
Holders Change
-13
Holders Change %
-6.7%
% of All Funds
4.51%
Holding in Top 10
4
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.1%
New
13
Increased
68
Reduced
62
Closed
19
Calls
–
Puts
$1K
Net Calls
-$1K
Net Calls Change
+$49K

Top Buyers

1
BlackRock
BlackRock
New York
+$77.8M
2
State Street
State Street
Massachusetts
+$3.69M
3
ACM
Altalis Capital Management
New York
+$2.45M
4
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
+$2.09M
5
Citigroup
Citigroup
New York
+$1.98M

Top Sellers

1
Vanguard Group
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
-$13.9M
2
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
California
-$12M
3
SCM
Sterling Capital Management
North Carolina
-$6.97M
4
TSW
Thompson Siegel & Walmsley
Virginia
-$6.59M
5
IVA
International Value Advisers
-$4.75M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
SL
1
SOF Ltd
Cayman Islands
$132M – – –
BlackRock
2
BlackRock
New York
$83.2M +$77.8M +6,033,204 +4,628%
SCM
3
Sterling Capital Management
North Carolina
$72.6M -$6.97M -540,787 -9%
State Street
4
State Street
Massachusetts
$56.6M +$3.69M +286,012 +7%
IVA
5
International Value Advisers
$47.5M -$4.75M -368,209 -9%
Vanguard Group
6
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$44.2M -$13.9M -1,081,041 -25%
TCM
7
Tensile Capital Management
California
$23.6M – – –
PL
8
Perpetual Ltd
Australia
$20.7M – – –
Dimensional Fund Advisors
9
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$20.2M +$2.09M +161,953 +12%
TSW
10
Thompson Siegel & Walmsley
Virginia
$18.2M -$6.59M -511,515 -27%
Geode Capital Management
11
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$16.6M +$1.33M +103,524 +9%
Norges Bank
12
Norges Bank
Norway
$16.1M – – –
Northern Trust
13
Northern Trust
Illinois
$15.9M +$626K +48,590 +4%
Franklin Resources
14
Franklin Resources
California
$14.7M +$1.82M +141,100 +15%
GC
15
Guggenheim Capital
Illinois
$11.3M -$511K -39,670 -5%
Bank of New York Mellon
16
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$11.2M -$35.1K -2,720 -0.3%
Wells Fargo
17
Wells Fargo
California
$11M -$12M -928,835 -53%
GI
18
GAMCO Investors
Connecticut
$9.8M +$212K +16,416 +2%
Pzena Investment Management
19
Pzena Investment Management
New York
$8.86M -$2.19M -169,773 -21%
Legal & General Group
20
Legal & General Group
United Kingdom
$8.83M +$404K +31,331 +5%
GF
21
Gabelli Funds
New York
$7.65M – – –
Charles Schwab
22
Charles Schwab
California
$7.13M +$279K +21,664 +4%
Deutsche Bank
23
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$6.08M +$987K +76,554 +20%
Macquarie Group
24
Macquarie Group
Australia
$4.84M -$3.06M -237,295 -40%
Invesco
25
Invesco
Georgia
$4.7M +$260K +20,167 +6%
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NWS Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2017 in Review

181 of the 4,017 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in News Corp Class B (NWS) for Q1 2017, worth a combined $801M — up 8.6% from $738M a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 19 funds closed out of NWS and 13 opened new positions — a net loss of 6 holders — while 62 trimmed existing stakes and 68 added.

The largest buyer was BlackRock, adding an estimated $77.8M. The largest seller was Vanguard Group, cutting an estimated $13.9M.

  • 181 institutional investors held News Corp Class B (NWS) as of Q1 2017, down from 194 in Q4 2016.
  • Funds reported $801M of News Corp Class B stock for Q1 2017, up 8.6% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 13 funds opened new News Corp Class B positions in Q1 2017 and 19 closed out, a net change of -6 holders.
  • The largest News Corp Class B buyer in Q1 2017 was BlackRock, an estimated $77.8M added.
  • The largest News Corp Class B seller in Q1 2017 was Vanguard Group, an estimated $13.9M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2017.