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iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
USIG

119 hedge funds and large institutions have $1.1B invested in iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF in 2018 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 15 funds opening new positions, 39 increasing their positions, 37 reducing their positions, and 20 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

5.71% more ownership

Funds ownership: 141.02% → 146.73% (+5.7%)

5% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 39 | Existing positions reduced: 37

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 3 → 3 (0)

1% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $1.11B → $1.1B (-$9.25M)

6% less funds holding

Funds holding: 127 → 119 (-8)

25% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 15 | Existing positions closed: 20

Holders
119
Holders Change
-8
Holders Change %
-6.3%
% of All Funds
2.73%
Holding in Top 10
3
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.07%
New
15
Increased
39
Reduced
37
Closed
20
Calls
$403K
Puts
–
Net Calls
+$403K
Net Calls Change
-$572K

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
UBS Group
UBS Group
Switzerland
+$73.1M
2
Allianz Asset Management
Allianz Asset Management
Germany
+$5.31M
3
SS
Simplicity Solutions
Minnesota
+$4.91M
4
UBS AM
UBS AM
Illinois
+$4.78M
5
AWM
AE Wealth Management
Kansas
+$4.52M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
AssetMark Inc
AssetMark Inc
California
-$48M
2
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
-$12.8M
3
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
California
-$9.33M
4
MA
MUFG Americas
New York
-$7.37M
5
Bank of Montreal
Bank of Montreal
Ontario, Canada
-$3.1M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
ML
101
McAdam LLC
Pennsylvania
$22K +$21.9K +400 New
OIA
102
Optimum Investment Advisors
Illinois
$22K +$21.9K +400 New
AWM
103
AllSquare Wealth Management
New York
$14K – – –
Fifth Third Bancorp
104
Fifth Third Bancorp
Ohio
$13K – – –
GI
105
Gradient Investments
Minnesota
$12K -$43.4K -792 -79%
PNC Financial Services Group
106
PNC Financial Services Group
Pennsylvania
$11K -$21.1K -384 -65%
SWP
107
Stratos Wealth Partners
Ohio
$11K – – –
AF
108
Advisornet Financial
Minnesota
$11K +$2.96K +54 +36%
APA
109
American Portfolios Advisors
New York
$6.83K +$5.81K +106 +530%
CCM
110
Cribstone Capital Management
Maine
$5K – – –
SPIA
111
Steward Partners Investment Advisory
New York
$5K – – –
PA
112
Parallel Advisors
California
$4K +$2.63K +48 +171%
MOS
113
MGO One Seven
Ohio
$3K – – –
SSB
114
Sandy Spring Bank
Maryland
$3K – – –
PG
115
Patten Group
Tennessee
$2K -$36.7K -670 -94%
RCAG
116
Rehmann Capital Advisory Group
Michigan
$2K +$2.52K +46 New
Deutsche Bank
117
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$2K +$2.63K +48 New
SIS
118
Sound Income Strategies
Florida
$1K – – –
PWPCM
119
Perella Weinberg Partners Capital Management
New York
– -$2.74M -48,846 Closed
Goldman Sachs
120
Goldman Sachs
New York
– -$2.25M -40,172 Closed
ACP
121
Aveo Capital Partners
Colorado
– -$1.96M -34,980 Closed
BCM
122
Bluefin Capital Management
New York
– -$1.26M -22,470 Closed
EF
123
Empirical Finance
Pennsylvania
– -$976K -17,422 Closed
Nomura Asset Management
124
Nomura Asset Management
Japan
– -$504K -9,000 Closed
HH
125
Hilltop Holdings
Texas
– -$440K -7,860 Closed
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USIG Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2018 in Review

119 of the 4,364 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (USIG) for Q1 2018, worth a combined $1.1B — down 0.84% from $1.11B a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 20 funds closed out of USIG and 15 opened new positions — a net loss of 5 holders — while 37 trimmed existing stakes and 39 added.

The largest buyer was UBS Group, adding an estimated $73.1M. The largest seller was AssetMark Inc, cutting an estimated $48M.

  • 119 institutional investors held iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (USIG) as of Q1 2018, down from 127 in Q4 2017.
  • Funds reported $1.1B of iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF stock for Q1 2018, down 0.84% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 15 funds opened new iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF positions in Q1 2018 and 20 closed out, a net change of -5 holders.
  • The largest iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF buyer in Q1 2018 was UBS Group, an estimated $73.1M added.
  • The largest iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF seller in Q1 2018 was AssetMark Inc, an estimated $48M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2018.