iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
316 hedge funds and large institutions have $5.13B invested in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in 2017 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 62 funds opening new positions, 117 increasing their positions, 109 reducing their positions, and 52 closing their positions.
19% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 62 | Existing positions closed: 52
19% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $4.02B | Put options by funds: $3.37B
13% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $4.56B → $5.13B (+$574M)
7% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 117 | Existing positions reduced: 109
0% more funds holding
Funds holding: 315 → 316 (+1)
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 36 → 36 (0)
4.54% less ownership
Funds ownership: 85.92% → 81.38% (-4.5%)
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
QIM
Quantitative Investment Management
Charlottesville,
Virginia
|
+$190M |
| 2 |
Fidelity Investments
Boston,
Massachusetts
|
+$183M |
| 3 |
Bank of America
Charlotte,
North Carolina
|
+$183M |
| 4 |
Goldman Sachs
New York
|
+$181M |
| 5 |
TD Asset Management
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
|
+$133M |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Royal Bank of Canada
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
|
-$254M |
| 2 |
Citigroup
New York
|
-$237M |
| 3 |
PC
Passport Capital
San Francisco,
California
|
-$207M |
| 4 |
CC
Coastland Capital
Palo Alto,
California
|
-$72M |
| 5 |
OA
Oxbow Advisors
Austin,
Texas
|
-$70.8M |
TLT Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2017 in Review
316 of the 4,017 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) for Q1 2017, worth a combined $5.13B — up 13% from $4.56B a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 62 funds opened new TLT positions and 52 closed out — a net gain of 10 holders — while 117 added to existing stakes and 109 trimmed.
The largest buyer was Quantitative Investment Management, opening a new position worth an estimated $190M. The largest seller was Royal Bank of Canada, cutting an estimated $254M.
- 316 institutional investors held iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) as of Q1 2017, up from 315 in Q4 2016.
- Funds reported $5.13B of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF stock for Q1 2017, up 13% quarter-over-quarter.
- 62 funds opened new iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF positions in Q1 2017 and 52 closed out, a net change of +10 holders.
- The largest iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF buyer in Q1 2017 was Quantitative Investment Management, an estimated $190M added.
- The largest iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF seller in Q1 2017 was Royal Bank of Canada, an estimated $254M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2017.