abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF
PPLT
76 hedge funds and large institutions have $302M invested in abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF in 2013 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 3 funds opening new positions, 25 increasing their positions, 22 reducing their positions, and 6 closing their positions.
14% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 25 | Existing positions reduced: 22
1.18% less ownership
Funds ownership: 302.53% → 301.35% (-1.2%)
4% less funds holding
Funds holding: 79 → 76 (-3)
9% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $333M → $302M (-$30.4M)
20% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 5 → 4 (-1)
50% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 3 | Existing positions closed: 6
Top Buyers
| 1 |
U
UBS
Zurich,
Switzerland
|
+$3.24M |
| 2 |
VAM
Visium Asset Management
New York
|
+$1.71M |
| 3 |
BG
BlackRock Group
London,
United Kingdom
|
+$927K |
| 4 |
Morgan Stanley
New York
|
+$893K |
| 5 |
Schroder Investment Management Group
London,
United Kingdom
|
+$877K |
Top Sellers
| 1 |
LCM
Lonestar Capital Management
San Francisco,
California
|
-$19.7M |
| 2 |
USGIU
U.S. Global Investors (USGI)
San Antonio,
Texas
|
-$5.69M |
| 3 |
HighTower Advisors
Chicago,
Illinois
|
-$2.2M |
| 4 |
VF
Virtu Financial
New York
|
-$2.19M |
| 5 |
CS
Credit Suisse
Zurich,
Switzerland
|
-$2.12M |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
WTC
76
WhitTier Trust Company
Reno,
Nevada
| $5K | – | – | – |
|
|
CTC
77
Central Trust Company
Jefferson City,
Missouri
| $4K | -$1.85K | -130 | -33% |
|
|
1IC
78
1919 Investment Counsel
Baltimore,
Maryland
| $2K | – | – | – |
|
|
LCM
79
Lonestar Capital Management
San Francisco,
California
| – | -$19.7M | -1,500,000 | Closed |
|
|
VF
80
Virtu Financial
New York
| – | -$2.19M | -166,950 | Closed |
|
81
Nomura Holdings
Tokyo,
Japan
| – | -$726K | -55,700 | Closed |
|
|
SI
82
Scharf Investments
Los Gatos,
California
| – | -$701K | -53,500 | Closed |
|
|
UOC
83
UBS O'Connor
Chicago,
Illinois
| – | -$524K | -40,000 | Closed |
|
|
TWA
84
TCI Wealth Advisors
Tucson,
Arizona
| – | -$31K | -2,330 | Closed |
|
PPLT Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2013 in Review
76 of the 3,084 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF (PPLT) for Q3 2013, worth a combined $302M — down 9.1% from $333M a quarter earlier.
Sellers outnumbered buyers: 6 funds closed out of PPLT and 3 opened new positions — a net loss of 3 holders — while 22 trimmed existing stakes and 25 added.
The largest buyer was UBS, adding an estimated $3.24M. The largest seller was Lonestar Capital Management, exiting entirely with an estimated $19.7M sold.
- 76 institutional investors held abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF (PPLT) as of Q3 2013, down from 79 in Q2 2013.
- Funds reported $302M of abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF stock for Q3 2013, down 9.1% quarter-over-quarter.
- 3 funds opened new abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF positions in Q3 2013 and 6 closed out, a net change of -3 holders.
- The largest abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF buyer in Q3 2013 was UBS, an estimated $3.24M added.
- The largest abrdn Physical Platinum Shares ETF seller in Q3 2013 was Lonestar Capital Management, an estimated $19.7M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2013.