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iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

390 hedge funds and large institutions have $7.57B invested in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in 2018 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 103 funds opening new positions, 126 increasing their positions, 125 reducing their positions, and 68 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

59% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $5.44B | Put options by funds: $3.42B

51% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 103 | Existing positions closed: 68

46% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 3551 (+16)

10.07% more ownership

Funds ownership: 80.17%90.24% (+10%)

9% more funds holding

Funds holding: 358390 (+32)

1% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 126 | Existing positions reduced: 125

3% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $7.78B → $7.57B (-$209M)

Holders
390
Holders Change
+32
Holders Change %
+8.94%
% of All Funds
8.69%
Holding in Top 10
51
Holding in Top 10 Change
+16
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+45.71%
% of All Funds
1.14%
New
103
Increased
126
Reduced
125
Closed
68
Calls
$5.44B
Puts
$3.42B
Net Calls
+$2.01B
Net Calls Change
+$2.72B
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
Fidelity Investments
1
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$624M -$67.8M -585,637 -10%
Morgan Stanley
2
Morgan Stanley
New York
$456M -$49.7M -429,420 -10%
BlackRock
3
BlackRock
New York
$363M +$173M +1,496,437 +101%
UBS Group
4
UBS Group
Switzerland
$329M +$215M +1,858,608 +219%
Legal & General Group
5
Legal & General Group
United Kingdom
$309M +$294M +2,540,053 New
Ameriprise
6
Ameriprise
Minnesota
$262M -$267M -2,304,917 -52%
Bank of America
7
Bank of America
North Carolina
$259M -$55.6M -480,288 -18%
BA
8
Bridgewater Associates
Connecticut
$237M -$2.25M -19,397 -1%
WI
9
WBI Investments
New Jersey
$214M +$204M +1,759,226 New
Millennium Management
10
Millennium Management
New York
$209M +$184M +1,588,378 +1,176%
Envestnet Asset Management
11
Envestnet Asset Management
Illinois
$178M +$53.1M +458,959 +46%
Barclays
12
Barclays
United Kingdom
$137M -$6.57M -56,766 -5%
CSIA
13
Charles Schwab Investment Advisory
California
$136M -$6.75M -58,291 -5%
Royal Bank of Canada
14
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
$132M +$764K +6,599 +0.6%
HSBC Holdings
15
HSBC Holdings
United Kingdom
$122M +$116M +998,064 +10,712%
MLICM
16
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife)
New York
$121M
SG Americas Securities
17
SG Americas Securities
New York
$117M +$108M +930,379 +2,954%
QI
18
QS Investors
New York
$112M -$43M -371,294 -29%
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
19
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
France
$106M +$48.9M +422,556 +94%
Deutsche Bank
20
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$90.3M -$107M -921,051 -55%
Toronto Dominion Bank
21
Toronto Dominion Bank
Ontario, Canada
$89.4M +$78.6M +678,916 +1,191%
CS
22
Credit Suisse
Switzerland
$87.2M +$54.8M +473,656 +194%
AssetMark Inc
23
AssetMark Inc
California
$85.1M -$16.3M -141,058 -17%
Parallax Volatility Advisers
24
Parallax Volatility Advisers
California
$83.7M +$79.7M +688,704 +68,870,400%
OA
25
Oxbow Advisors
Texas
$81.7M +$2.57M +22,181 +3%

TLT Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2018 in Review

390 of the 4,488 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) for Q4 2018, worth a combined $7.57B — down 2.7% from $7.78B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 103 funds opened new TLT positions and 68 closed out — a net gain of 35 holders — while 126 added to existing stakes and 125 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Legal & General Group, opening a new position worth an estimated $294M. The largest seller was JP Morgan Chase, cutting an estimated $621M.

  • 390 institutional investors held iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) as of Q4 2018, up from 358 in Q3 2018.
  • Funds reported $7.57B of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF stock for Q4 2018, down 2.7% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 103 funds opened new iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF positions in Q4 2018 and 68 closed out, a net change of +35 holders.
  • The largest iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF buyer in Q4 2018 was Legal & General Group, an estimated $294M added.
  • The largest iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF seller in Q4 2018 was JP Morgan Chase, an estimated $621M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2018.