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News Corp Class A

392 hedge funds and large institutions have $6.74B invested in News Corp Class A in 2014 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 36 funds opening new positions, 130 increasing their positions, 144 reducing their positions, and 41 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

20% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $7.77M | Put options by funds: $6.45M

8% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $6.24B → $6.74B (+$498M)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1919 (0)

10% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 130 | Existing positions reduced: 144

2% less funds holding

Funds holding: 401392 (-9)

12% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 36 | Existing positions closed: 41

Holders
392
Holders Change
-9
Holders Change %
-2.24%
% of All Funds
11.27%
Holding in Top 10
19
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
0.55%
New
36
Increased
130
Reduced
144
Closed
41
Calls
$7.77M
Puts
$6.45M
Net Calls
+$1.32M
Net Calls Change
-$313K
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
D.E. Shaw & Co
26
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
$69.7M -$3.77M -218,368 -5%
Geode Capital Management
27
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$69.1M +$3.8M +220,102 +6%
SAM
28
Sheffield Asset Management
Illinois
$68.4M +$1.81M +105,000 +3%
SRFM
29
Shannon River Fund Management
New York
$56.6M +$1.12M +65,000 +2%
PAM
30
Panagora Asset Management
Massachusetts
$53.4M -$7M -405,233 -12%
CIM
31
Contrarius Investment Management
Jersey
$51.8M -$3.2M -185,057 -6%
Goldman Sachs
32
Goldman Sachs
New York
$50.2M -$5.73M -332,024 -11%
HCMT
33
Highland Capital Management (Texas)
Texas
$47.6M -$12.5M -721,439 -21%
LCM
34
Lakewood Capital Management
New York
$46.6M +$1.99M +115,000 +5%
BG
35
BlackRock Group
United Kingdom
$46M -$8.46M -489,867 -16%
New York State Common Retirement Fund
36
New York State Common Retirement Fund
New York
$44.3M
Morgan Stanley
37
Morgan Stanley
New York
$43.4M -$9.97M -577,496 -19%
CCM
38
Corsair Capital Management
New York
$43M +$813K +47,079 +2%
California Public Employees Retirement System
39
California Public Employees Retirement System
California
$38.4M +$181K +10,500 +0.5%
AQR Capital Management
40
AQR Capital Management
Connecticut
$38.4M +$7.58M +439,100 +26%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
41
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$36.4M +$2.03M +117,699 +6%
CC
42
Coastland Capital
California
$35.8M -$8.61M -498,480 -20%
Mackenzie Financial
43
Mackenzie Financial
Ontario, Canada
$34M +$2.01M +116,551 +7%
FCM
44
Freshford Capital Management
New York
$33.8M +$4.74M +274,202 +17%
RFC
45
Russell Frank Company
Washington
$30.2M +$586K +33,922 +2%
Legal & General Group
46
Legal & General Group
United Kingdom
$29.4M +$219K +12,665 +0.8%
Point72 Asset Management
47
Point72 Asset Management
Connecticut
$29.1M +$28M +1,619,400 New
Deutsche Bank
48
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$28M -$10.5M -609,562 -28%
SAM
49
Steinberg Asset Management
New York
$27.7M -$1.07M -62,136 -4%
Macquarie Group
50
Macquarie Group
Australia
$27.5M -$3.33M -193,100 -11%

NWSA Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2014 in Review

392 of the 3,479 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in News Corp Class A (NWSA) for Q2 2014, worth a combined $6.74B — up 8% from $6.24B a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 41 funds closed out of NWSA and 36 opened new positions — a net loss of 5 holders — while 144 trimmed existing stakes and 130 added.

The largest buyer was Norges Bank, adding an estimated $160M. The largest seller was Janus Henderson Investors US, cutting an estimated $38.9M.

  • 392 institutional investors held News Corp Class A (NWSA) as of Q2 2014, down from 401 in Q1 2014.
  • Funds reported $6.74B of News Corp Class A stock for Q2 2014, up 8% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 36 funds opened new News Corp Class A positions in Q2 2014 and 41 closed out, a net change of -5 holders.
  • The largest News Corp Class A buyer in Q2 2014 was Norges Bank, an estimated $160M added.
  • The largest News Corp Class A seller in Q2 2014 was Janus Henderson Investors US, an estimated $38.9M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2014.