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News Corp Class A
NWSA

379 hedge funds and large institutions have $6.03B invested in News Corp Class A in 2014 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 27 funds opening new positions, 104 increasing their positions, 169 reducing their positions, and 36 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

131% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $13M | Put options by funds: $5.63M

3% less funds holding

Funds holding: 392 → 379 (-13)

11% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $6.74B → $6.03B (-$711M)

25% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 27 | Existing positions closed: 36

38% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 104 | Existing positions reduced: 169

47% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 19 → 10 (-9)

Holders
379
Holders Change
-13
Holders Change %
-3.32%
% of All Funds
11%
Holding in Top 10
10
Holding in Top 10 Change
-9
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-47.37%
% of All Funds
0.29%
New
27
Increased
104
Reduced
169
Closed
36
Calls
$13M
Puts
$5.63M
Net Calls
+$7.39M
Net Calls Change
+$6.07M

Top Buyers

1
IVA
International Value Advisers
+$254M
2
Harris Associates
Harris Associates
Illinois
+$146M
3
T. Rowe Price Associates
T. Rowe Price Associates
Maryland
+$91.2M
4
Franklin Resources
Franklin Resources
California
+$39.1M
5
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank
Germany
+$15.2M

Top Sellers

1
Norges Bank
Norges Bank
Norway
-$186M
2
PAM
Panagora Asset Management
Massachusetts
-$51.2M
3
HCMT
Highland Capital Management (Texas)
Texas
-$47.6M
4
JHIU
Janus Henderson Investors US
Colorado
-$32.7M
5
Point72 Asset Management
Point72 Asset Management
Connecticut
-$29.1M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
Victory Capital Management
26
Victory Capital Management
Texas
$56.5M -$20.5M -1,167,587 -25%
NMVA
27
New Mountain Vantage Advisers
New York
$50M -$15.8M -899,081 -23%
JHIU
28
Janus Henderson Investors US
Colorado
$49.5M -$32.7M -1,857,385 -38%
LCM
29
Lakewood Capital Management
New York
$42.4M – – –
BG
30
BlackRock Group
United Kingdom
$41.5M -$407K -23,164 -0.9%
New York State Common Retirement Fund
31
New York State Common Retirement Fund
New York
$40.9M +$520K +29,552 +1%
Deutsche Bank
32
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$39.7M +$15.2M +862,219 +55%
CCM
33
Corsair Capital Management
New York
$38.1M -$1.14M -64,682 -3%
California Public Employees Retirement System
34
California Public Employees Retirement System
California
$35.3M +$274K +15,600 +0.7%
CIM
35
Contrarius Investment Management
Jersey
$34.8M -$13.4M -763,467 -26%
Morgan Stanley
36
Morgan Stanley
New York
$34M -$5.96M -338,658 -14%
SAM
37
Steinberg Asset Management
New York
$33.9M +$9.33M +530,364 +34%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
38
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$32.7M -$548K -31,183 -2%
CC
39
Coastland Capital
California
$32.6M – – –
Goldman Sachs
40
Goldman Sachs
New York
$31.5M -$15.4M -873,807 -31%
Mackenzie Financial
41
Mackenzie Financial
Ontario, Canada
$31M – – –
SRFM
42
Shannon River Fund Management
New York
$27.8M -$25.6M -1,453,000 -46%
RFC
43
Russell Frank Company
Washington
$27.5M -$13.2K -749 -0%
Legal & General Group
44
Legal & General Group
United Kingdom
$24.9M -$2.05M -116,827 -7%
Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management
45
Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management
California
$24.5M +$120K +6,800 +0.5%
LCS
46
Levin Capital Strategies
New York
$22.9M +$4.47M +253,935 +22%
UBS AM
47
UBS AM
Illinois
$22.7M +$1.2M +68,264 +5%
TCM
48
Tensile Capital Management
California
$22.4M – – –
APG Asset Management
49
APG Asset Management
Netherlands
$20.1M +$175K +9,969 +0.8%
Charles Schwab
50
Charles Schwab
California
$19.1M +$982K +55,826 +5%
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NWSA Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2014 in Review

379 of the 3,446 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in News Corp Class A (NWSA) for Q3 2014, worth a combined $6.03B — down 11% from $6.74B a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 36 funds closed out of NWSA and 27 opened new positions — a net loss of 9 holders — while 169 trimmed existing stakes and 104 added.

The largest buyer was International Value Advisers, adding an estimated $254M. The largest seller was Norges Bank, cutting an estimated $186M.

  • 379 institutional investors held News Corp Class A (NWSA) as of Q3 2014, down from 392 in Q2 2014.
  • Funds reported $6.03B of News Corp Class A stock for Q3 2014, down 11% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 27 funds opened new News Corp Class A positions in Q3 2014 and 36 closed out, a net change of -9 holders.
  • The largest News Corp Class A buyer in Q3 2014 was International Value Advisers, an estimated $254M added.
  • The largest News Corp Class A seller in Q3 2014 was Norges Bank, an estimated $186M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2014.