State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
SPY
1,901 hedge funds and large institutions have $175B invested in State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust in 2018 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 107 funds opening new positions, 763 increasing their positions, 777 reducing their positions, and 104 closing their positions.
3% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 107 | Existing positions closed: 104
2% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $172B → $175B (+$3.32B)
1% less funds holding
Funds holding: 1,917 → 1,901 (-16)
2% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 763 | Existing positions reduced: 777
1.95% less ownership
Funds ownership: 68.42% → 66.47% (-1.9%)
4% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 612 → 589 (-23)
28% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $125B | Put options by funds: $174B
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bank of America
Charlotte,
North Carolina
|
+$8.93B |
| 2 |
Goldman Sachs
New York
|
+$1.18B |
| 3 |
Citigroup
New York
|
+$1.04B |
| 4 |
UBS Group
Zurich,
Switzerland
|
+$1.01B |
| 5 |
NMIFOAC
National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives
Tokyo, Japan,
Japan
|
+$1.01B |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
HSBC Holdings
London,
United Kingdom
|
-$3.41B |
| 2 |
JP Morgan Chase
New York
|
-$2.58B |
| 3 |
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
Paris,
France
|
-$1.58B |
| 4 |
Royal Bank of Canada
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
|
-$1.37B |
| 5 |
Morgan Stanley
New York
|
-$1.31B |
SPY Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2018 in Review
1,901 of the 4,385 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) for Q2 2018, worth a combined $175B — up 1.9% from $172B a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 107 funds opened new SPY positions and 104 closed out — a net gain of 3 holders — while 763 added to existing stakes and 777 trimmed.
The largest buyer was Bank of America, adding an estimated $8.93B. The largest seller was HSBC Holdings, cutting an estimated $3.41B.
- 1,901 institutional investors held State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) as of Q2 2018, down from 1,917 in Q1 2018.
- Funds reported $175B of State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust stock for Q2 2018, up 1.9% quarter-over-quarter.
- 107 funds opened new State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust positions in Q2 2018 and 104 closed out, a net change of +3 holders.
- The largest State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust buyer in Q2 2018 was Bank of America, an estimated $8.93B added.
- The largest State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust seller in Q2 2018 was HSBC Holdings, an estimated $3.41B sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2018.