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abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF
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78 hedge funds and large institutions have $293M invested in abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF in 2014 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 16 funds opening new positions, 8 increasing their positions, 26 reducing their positions, and 13 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

132% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $5M | Put options by funds: $2.15M

23% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 16 | Existing positions closed: 13

1% more funds holding

Funds holding: 77 → 78 (+1)

14% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $340M → $293M (-$47.1M)

17.86% less ownership

Funds ownership: 333.45% → 315.6% (-18%)

50% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 → 1 (-1)

69% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 8 | Existing positions reduced: 26

Holders
78
Holders Change
+1
Holders Change %
+1.3%
% of All Funds
2.08%
Holding in Top 10
1
Holding in Top 10 Change
-1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-50%
% of All Funds
0.03%
New
16
Increased
8
Reduced
26
Closed
13
Calls
$5M
Puts
$2.15M
Net Calls
+$2.85M
Net Calls Change
+$2.1M

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
ACM
Avalon Capital Management
California
+$3.06M
2
CWM
Concert Wealth Management
California
+$2.62M
3
VF
Virtu Financial
New York
+$1.99M
4
VKH
Virtu KCG Holdings
New York
+$645K
5
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
California
+$369K

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
JPC
Jabodon PT Co
Nevada
-$26.8M
2
BA
BlackRock Advisors
Delaware
-$9.34M
3
Bank of America
Bank of America
North Carolina
-$2.11M
4
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank
Germany
-$1.92M
5
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
-$1.85M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
AIG
51
American International Group
New York
$183K -$5.41K -460 -3%
MCM
52
Manchester Capital Management
Vermont
$178K +$181K +15,400 New
PNC Financial Services Group
53
PNC Financial Services Group
Pennsylvania
$156K – – –
AAC
54
Asset Advisors Corp
Georgia
$151K – – –
NPC
55
National Planning Corporation
California
$88.3K +$87.6K +7,440 New
PSI
56
Pinnacle Summer Investments
Virginia
$88K -$8.83K -750 -9%
GT
57
Glenmede Trust
Pennsylvania
$81K – – –
SSB
58
Sandy Spring Bank
Maryland
$73K -$417K -35,410 -85%
LNB
59
Ledyard National Bank
$62K – – –
PSC
60
Prentiss Smith & Co
Vermont
$57K – – –
Goldman Sachs
61
Goldman Sachs
New York
$45K -$205K -17,440 -82%
Bank of Montreal
62
Bank of Montreal
Ontario, Canada
$43K +$17.7K +1,500 +68%
Creative Planning
63
Creative Planning
Kansas
$42K – – –
NFG
64
Next Financial Group
Texas
$36K +$36.5K +3,100 New
VSWA
65
Vontobel Swiss Wealth Advisors
Switzerland
$35K +$35.3K +3,000 New
MAS
66
Madden Advisory Services
Florida
$29K – – –
BFEC
67
Benjamin F. Edwards & Company
Missouri
$23K – – –
WA
68
WFG Advisors
Texas
$19K -$694K -59,000 -97%
NCM
69
Nelson Capital Management
California
$19K – – –
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
70
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
France
$11.6K – – –
MFS
71
MSI Financial Services
Massachusetts
$9K – – –
AA
72
Apriem Advisors
California
$8K -$4.47K -380 -37%
BCI
73
Brinker Capital Investments
Pennsylvania
$7K – – –
NES
74
New England Securities
New York
$7K – – –
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management
75
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management
Wisconsin
$7K +$6.94K +590 New
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SGOL Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2014 in Review

78 of the 3,750 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF (SGOL) for Q4 2014, worth a combined $293M — down 14% from $340M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 16 funds opened new SGOL positions and 13 closed out — a net gain of 3 holders — while 8 added to existing stakes and 26 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Avalon Capital Management, opening a new position worth an estimated $3.06M. The largest seller was Jabodon PT Co, exiting entirely with an estimated $26.8M sold.

  • 78 institutional investors held abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF (SGOL) as of Q4 2014, up from 77 in Q3 2014.
  • Funds reported $293M of abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF stock for Q4 2014, down 14% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 16 funds opened new abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF positions in Q4 2014 and 13 closed out, a net change of +3 holders.
  • The largest abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF buyer in Q4 2014 was Avalon Capital Management, an estimated $3.06M added.
  • The largest abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF seller in Q4 2014 was Jabodon PT Co, an estimated $26.8M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2014.