FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund
7 hedge funds and large institutions have $142M invested in FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund in 2013 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 5 funds opening new positions, 2 increasing their positions, reducing their positions, and 1 closing their positions.
400% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 5 | Existing positions closed: 1
133% more funds holding
Funds holding: 3 → 7 (+4)
36% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $105M → $142M (+$37.4M)
2.91% less ownership
Funds ownership: 96.18% → 93.27% (-2.9%)
Top Buyers
Top Sellers
| 1 |
Deutsche Bank
Frankfurt Am Main Ge,
Germany
|
-$1.06M |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
Northern Trust
Chicago,
Illinois
| $139M | +$32.9M | +1,072,970 | +31% |
|
2
Royal Bank of Canada
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
| $1.92M | +$706K | +23,057 | +58% |
|
|
NPC
3
National Planning Corporation
El Segundo,
California
| $671K | +$670K | +21,864 | New |
|
|
VKH
4
Virtu KCG Holdings
New York
| $418K | +$419K | +13,693 | New |
|
5
Fifth Third Bancorp
Cincinnati,
Ohio
| $210K | +$211K | +6,900 | New |
|
6
Wells Fargo
San Francisco,
California
| $51K | +$51.1K | +1,667 | New |
|
7
Bank of America
Charlotte,
North Carolina
| $15K | +$15.3K | +500 | New |
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8
Deutsche Bank
Frankfurt Am Main Ge,
Germany
| – | -$1.06M | -35,911 | Closed |
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QDF Hedge Fund Activity: Q3 2013 in Review
7 of the 3,084 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund (QDF) for Q3 2013, worth a combined $142M — up 36% from $105M a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 5 funds opened new QDF positions and 1 closed out — a net gain of 4 holders — while 2 added to existing stakes and 0 trimmed.
The largest buyer was Northern Trust, adding an estimated $32.9M. The largest seller was Deutsche Bank, exiting entirely with an estimated $1.06M sold.
- 7 institutional investors held FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund (QDF) as of Q3 2013, up from 3 in Q2 2013.
- Funds reported $142M of FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund stock for Q3 2013, up 36% quarter-over-quarter.
- 5 funds opened new FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund positions in Q3 2013 and 1 closed out, a net change of +4 holders.
- The largest FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund buyer in Q3 2013 was Northern Trust, an estimated $32.9M added.
- The largest FlexShares Quality Dividend Index Fund seller in Q3 2013 was Deutsche Bank, an estimated $1.06M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q3 2013.