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iShares MSCI Turkey ETF
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67 hedge funds and large institutions have $149M invested in iShares MSCI Turkey ETF in 2015 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 17 funds opening new positions, 16 increasing their positions, 23 reducing their positions, and 9 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

89% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 17 | Existing positions closed: 9

12% more funds holding

Funds holding: 60 → 67 (+7)

3.43% less ownership

Funds ownership: 51.56% → 48.13% (-3.4%)

15% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $174M → $149M (-$25.5M)

30% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 16 | Existing positions reduced: 23

88% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $2.89M | Put options by funds: $23.4M

Holders
67
Holders Change
+7
Holders Change %
+11.67%
% of All Funds
1.76%
Holding in Top 10
–
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
–
New
17
Increased
16
Reduced
23
Closed
9
Calls
$2.89M
Puts
$23.4M
Net Calls
-$20.5M
Net Calls Change
-$18.5M

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Jane Street
Jane Street
New York
+$8.48M
2
GI
Glovista Investments
New Jersey
+$5.61M
3
FTUS
Flow Traders U.S.
New York
+$5.05M
4
BIT
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
+$1.58M
5
BC
Brookfield Corp
Ontario, Canada
+$1.35M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
DILH
Dai-ichi Life Holdings
Japan
-$10.5M
2
USAA
United Services Automobile Association
Texas
-$6.51M
3
ED
Exane Derivatives
France
-$6.17M
4
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
-$5.12M
5
Citigroup
Citigroup
New York
-$4.12M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
Bank of America
26
Bank of America
North Carolina
$709K -$161K -4,067 -17%
UBS Group
27
UBS Group
Switzerland
$700K -$119K -3,014 -14%
HSBC Holdings
28
HSBC Holdings
United Kingdom
$652K -$33K -835 -4%
BCM
29
Bluefin Capital Management
New York
$598K +$650K +16,437 New
AG
30
Ashmore Group
United Kingdom
$579K +$301K +7,622 +92%
AGM
31
Alpine Global Management
New York
$570K +$620K +15,686 New
TYCC
32
Texas Yale Capital Corp
Florida
$509K -$54.1K -1,370 -9%
CC
33
Curian Capital
Colorado
$481K -$2.42M -61,189 -82%
JP Morgan Chase
34
JP Morgan Chase
New York
$428K +$170K +4,300 +57%
Ameriprise
35
Ameriprise
Minnesota
$412K +$449K +11,355 New
SEI Investments
36
SEI Investments
Pennsylvania
$348K -$209K -5,297 -36%
ZIM
37
Zacks Investment Management
Illinois
$317K -$235K -5,957 -41%
ED
38
Exane Derivatives
France
$296K -$6.17M -156,185 -95%
Axa
39
Axa
France
$294K – – –
LPL Financial
40
LPL Financial
California
$273K +$307K +7,770 New
Bank of Montreal
41
Bank of Montreal
Ontario, Canada
$251K +$103K +2,600 +60%
Millennium Management
42
Millennium Management
New York
$235K +$256K +6,476 New
NA
43
Nottingham Advisors
New York
$227K -$2.96K -75 -1%
Ninety One (UK)
44
Ninety One (UK)
United Kingdom
$214K +$909 +23 +0.4%
Creative Planning
45
Creative Planning
Kansas
$182K – – –
CG
46
Cutler Group
California
$123K +$134K +3,399 New
HL
47
Harding Loevner
New Jersey
$122K +$133K +3,360 New
CLOS
48
Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA
Switzerland
$66K – – –
Barclays
49
Barclays
United Kingdom
$52K +$12.5K +317 +29%
MFS
50
MSI Financial Services
Massachusetts
$19K -$395 -10 -2%
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TUR Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2015 in Review

67 of the 3,812 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (TUR) for Q4 2015, worth a combined $149M — down 15% from $174M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 17 funds opened new TUR positions and 9 closed out — a net gain of 8 holders — while 16 added to existing stakes and 23 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Jane Street, adding an estimated $8.48M. The largest seller was Dai-ichi Life Holdings, exiting entirely with an estimated $10.5M sold.

  • 67 institutional investors held iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (TUR) as of Q4 2015, up from 60 in Q3 2015.
  • Funds reported $149M of iShares MSCI Turkey ETF stock for Q4 2015, down 15% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 17 funds opened new iShares MSCI Turkey ETF positions in Q4 2015 and 9 closed out, a net change of +8 holders.
  • The largest iShares MSCI Turkey ETF buyer in Q4 2015 was Jane Street, an estimated $8.48M added.
  • The largest iShares MSCI Turkey ETF seller in Q4 2015 was Dai-ichi Life Holdings, an estimated $10.5M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2015.