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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.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

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: 315316 (+1)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 3636 (0)

4.54% less ownership

Funds ownership: 85.92%81.38% (-4.5%)

Holders
316
Holders Change
+1
Holders Change %
+0.32%
% of All Funds
7.87%
Holding in Top 10
36
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
0.9%
New
62
Increased
117
Reduced
109
Closed
52
Calls
$4.02B
Puts
$3.37B
Net Calls
+$645M
Net Calls Change
+$2.34B
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
Bank of America
1
Bank of America
North Carolina
$501M +$183M +1,520,816 +58%
Goldman Sachs
2
Goldman Sachs
New York
$331M +$181M +1,507,937 +123%
Morgan Stanley
3
Morgan Stanley
New York
$268M +$75.4M +627,914 +39%
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
4
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
France
$204M +$96.3M +802,793 +90%
Fidelity Investments
5
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$204M +$183M +1,525,466 +940%
QIM
6
Quantitative Investment Management
Virginia
$191M +$190M +1,580,600 New
QI
7
QS Investors
New York
$183M -$8.65M -72,112 -5%
WIM
8
Windhaven Investment Management
Massachusetts
$154M -$15M -124,759 -9%
TD Asset Management
9
TD Asset Management
Ontario, Canada
$140M +$133M +1,105,900 +2,164%
SCM
10
SCS Capital Management
Massachusetts
$129M +$55.6M +463,304 +77%
MLICM
11
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife)
New York
$127M +$13.1M +109,051 +12%
Envestnet Asset Management
12
Envestnet Asset Management
Illinois
$118M +$22.6M +188,707 +24%
UBS Group
13
UBS Group
Switzerland
$110M -$29.5M -246,004 -21%
BlackRock
14
BlackRock
New York
$93.7M +$34.1M +284,195 +58%
CI Investments Inc
15
CI Investments Inc
Ontario, Canada
$89M -$2.02M -16,800 -2%
Ameriprise
16
Ameriprise
Minnesota
$88.3M +$56.8M +473,533 +184%
AssetMark Inc
17
AssetMark Inc
California
$88.1M +$10.9M +91,112 +14%
VOYA Investment Management
18
VOYA Investment Management
Georgia
$87.7M +$788K +6,566 +0.9%
Wells Fargo
19
Wells Fargo
California
$83.5M -$26.5M -220,927 -24%
PAG
20
Pinnacle Advisory Group
Maryland
$69.4M -$2.92M -24,317 -4%
Royal Bank of Canada
21
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
$63.2M -$254M -2,114,135 -80%
FIM
22
Frontier Investment Management
Texas
$60.5M +$60.1M +500,965 New
Bank of New York Mellon
23
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$59.9M +$52.8M +439,891 +777%
B
24
Bailard
California
$51.1M +$50.8M +423,376 New
FEG
25
Fund Evaluation Group
Ohio
$50.2M +$356K +2,964 +0.7%

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.