FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund
56 hedge funds and large institutions have $1.29B invested in FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund in 2016 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 9 funds opening new positions, 17 increasing their positions, 17 reducing their positions, and 3 closing their positions.
200% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 9 | Existing positions closed: 3
12% more funds holding
Funds holding: 50 → 56 (+6)
6% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $1.22B → $1.29B (+$70.9M)
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 4 → 4 (0)
0% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 17 | Existing positions reduced: 17
1.82% less ownership
Funds ownership: 91.2% → 89.38% (-1.8%)
Top Buyers
| 1 |
TCT
TIAA CREF Trust
St Louis,
Missouri
|
+$15.5M |
| 2 |
Northern Trust
Chicago,
Illinois
|
+$13.9M |
| 3 |
APCM
Alaska Permanent Capital Management
Anchorage,
Alaska
|
+$5.29M |
| 4 |
Jane Street
New York
|
+$1.73M |
| 5 |
Morgan Stanley
New York
|
+$949K |
Top Sellers
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
GWM
51
Geneos Wealth Management
Englewood,
Colorado
| $9K | +$114 | +3 | +1% |
|
52
Creative Planning
Overland Park,
Kansas
| $8K | -$6.63K | -175 | -47% |
|
|
WEC
53
Winslow Evans & Crocker
Boston,
Massachusetts
| $5.68K | – | – | – |
|
|
FNBT
54
FineMark National Bank & Trust
Fort Myers,
Florida
| $5K | -$2.27K | -60 | -33% |
|
|
SC
55
Savant Capital
Rockford,
Illinois
| – | -$218K | -5,962 | Closed |
|
|
S
56
SignatureFD
Atlanta,
Georgia
| – | -$156K | -4,261 | Closed |
|
|
BC
57
Bartlett & Co
Cincinnati,
Ohio
| – | -$55K | -1,500 | Closed |
|
|
FANJ
58
Financial Architects (New Jersey)
Marlton,
New Jersey
| – | -$30.3K | -801 | -100% |
|
QDF Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2016 in Review
56 of the 3,748 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund (QDF) for Q3 2016, worth a combined $1.29B — up 5.8% from $1.22B a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 9 funds opened new QDF positions and 3 closed out — a net gain of 6 holders — while 17 added to existing stakes and 17 trimmed.
The largest buyer was TIAA CREF Trust, adding an estimated $15.5M. The largest seller was RiverFront Investment Group, cutting an estimated $2.22M.
- 56 institutional investors held FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund (QDF) as of Q3 2016, up from 50 in Q2 2016.
- Funds reported $1.29B of FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund stock for Q3 2016, up 5.8% quarter-over-quarter.
- 9 funds opened new FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund positions in Q3 2016 and 3 closed out, a net change of +6 holders.
- The largest FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund buyer in Q3 2016 was TIAA CREF Trust, an estimated $15.5M added.
- The largest FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund seller in Q3 2016 was RiverFront Investment Group, an estimated $2.22M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2016.