FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund
30 hedge funds and large institutions have $560M invested in FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund in 2015 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 9 funds opening new positions, 8 increasing their positions, 6 reducing their positions, and 3 closing their positions.
200% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 9 | Existing positions closed: 3
33% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 8 | Existing positions reduced: 6
25% more funds holding
Funds holding: 24 → 30 (+6)
1.8% more ownership
Funds ownership: 85.61% → 87.41% (+1.8%)
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 1 → 1 (0)
2% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $570M → $560M (-$9.47M)
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Northern Trust
Chicago,
Illinois
|
+$24.2M |
| 2 |
RJFSA
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors
St. Petersburg,
Florida
|
+$11.4M |
| 3 |
CWM
Confluence Wealth Management
Portland,
Oregon
|
+$1.59M |
| 4 |
CK
Carnick & Kubik
Colorado Springs,
Colorado
|
+$1.31M |
| 5 |
Morgan Stanley
New York
|
+$860K |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
UBS Group
Zurich,
Switzerland
|
-$7.71M |
| 2 |
LNB
Ledyard National Bank
|
-$2.52M |
| 3 |
SG Americas Securities
New York
|
-$537K |
| 4 |
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
|
-$222K |
| 5 |
LWA
Lenox Wealth Advisors
New York
|
-$203K |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26
Envestnet Asset Management
Chicago,
Illinois
| $53K | +$56K | +1,592 | New |
|
|
LTFS
27
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
Miami,
Florida
| $12K | +$70 | +2 | +0.6% |
|
|
WEC
28
Winslow Evans & Crocker
Boston,
Massachusetts
| $5.01K | – | – | – |
|
29
Bank of Montreal
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
| $1K | +$1.02K | +29 | New |
|
|
30
SG Americas Securities
New York
| – | -$537K | -15,000 | Closed |
|
|
31
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
| – | -$222K | -6,190 | Closed |
|
32
Wells Fargo
San Francisco,
California
| – | -$35K | -970 | Closed |
|
QDF Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2015 in Review
30 of the 3,582 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund (QDF) for Q3 2015, worth a combined $560M — down 1.7% from $570M a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 9 funds opened new QDF positions and 3 closed out — a net gain of 6 holders — while 8 added to existing stakes and 6 trimmed.
The largest buyer was Northern Trust, adding an estimated $24.2M. The largest seller was UBS Group, cutting an estimated $7.71M.
- 30 institutional investors held FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund (QDF) as of Q3 2015, up from 24 in Q2 2015.
- Funds reported $560M of FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund stock for Q3 2015, down 1.7% quarter-over-quarter.
- 9 funds opened new FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund positions in Q3 2015 and 3 closed out, a net change of +6 holders.
- The largest FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund buyer in Q3 2015 was Northern Trust, an estimated $24.2M added.
- The largest FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund seller in Q3 2015 was UBS Group, an estimated $7.71M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2015.