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Vanguard Financials ETF
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84 hedge funds and large institutions have $715M invested in Vanguard Financials ETF in 2013 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 14 funds opening new positions, 33 increasing their positions, 23 reducing their positions, and 11 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

43% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 33 | Existing positions reduced: 23

33% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 3 → 4 (+1)

27% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 14 | Existing positions closed: 11

21% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $589M → $715M (+$126M)

4% more funds holding

Funds holding: 81 → 84 (+3)

2.35% more ownership

Funds ownership: 39.14% → 41.49% (+2.3%)

100% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $0 | Put options by funds: $351K

Holders
84
Holders Change
+3
Holders Change %
+3.7%
% of All Funds
2.44%
Holding in Top 10
4
Holding in Top 10 Change
+1
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+33.33%
% of All Funds
0.12%
New
14
Increased
33
Reduced
23
Closed
11
Calls
–
Puts
$351K
Net Calls
-$351K
Net Calls Change
-$1.5M

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Bank of America
Bank of America
North Carolina
+$30.3M
2
CA
Cetera Advisors
Colorado
+$4.91M
3
NSLI
Nan Shan Life Insurance
Taiwan
+$4.08M
4
U
UBS
Switzerland
+$4.05M
5
MAA
Managed Account Advisors
New Jersey
+$3.92M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
QA
Quantitative Advantage
Minnesota
-$3.92M
2
HighTower Advisors
HighTower Advisors
Illinois
-$2.1M
3
TRCT
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
-$1.97M
4
VKH
Virtu KCG Holdings
New York
-$1.21M
5
TU
TDAM USA
Ontario, Canada
-$1.04M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
Goldman Sachs
26
Goldman Sachs
New York
$1.74M -$53.6K -1,249 -3%
CB
27
Chemical Bank
Michigan
$1.73M -$142K -3,300 -8%
Commonwealth Equity Services
28
Commonwealth Equity Services
Massachusetts
$1.72M +$929K +21,660 +127%
SCM
29
SOL Capital Management
Maryland
$1.68M – – –
V
30
Veritable
Delaware
$1.39M – – –
FWM
31
Focused Wealth Management
New York
$1.38M +$141K +3,295 +12%
NAMP
32
NorthStar Asset Management (Pennsylvania)
Pennsylvania
$1.23M +$786K +18,330 +195%
CFS
33
Community Financial System
New York
$1.06M -$84.7K -1,975 -8%
BF
34
BOK Financial
Oklahoma
$1.05M – – –
Janney Montgomery Scott
35
Janney Montgomery Scott
Pennsylvania
$935K -$28.1K -655 -3%
LTFS
36
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services
Florida
$875K +$54.1K +1,262 +7%
BFG
37
Bouchey Financial Group
New York
$753K +$720K +16,787 New
DS
38
DRW Securities
Illinois
$673K +$650K +15,148 New
FIG
39
Fusion Investment Group
Pennsylvania
$611K +$589K +13,746 New
NFC
40
Northeast Financial Consultants
Connecticut
$557K +$537K +12,529 New
MFS
41
MSI Financial Services
Massachusetts
$536K +$396K +9,233 +325%
HighTower Advisors
42
HighTower Advisors
Illinois
$494K -$2.1M -49,034 -82%
LS
43
Lattice Strategies
Pennsylvania
$482K +$47.2K +1,100 +11%
CWM
44
Concert Wealth Management
California
$473K +$181K +4,212 +65%
Creative Planning
45
Creative Planning
Kansas
$465K +$66.3K +1,545 +17%
MCWS
46
McKinley Carter Wealth Services
West Virginia
$441K -$39.7K -926 -9%
FAAS
47
First Allied Advisory Services
California
$412K -$577K -13,452 -59%
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors
48
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors
Iowa
$351K -$7.5K -175 -2%
GLRA
49
Gerald L. Ray & Associates
Texas
$320K – – –
BC
50
Burney Company
Virginia
$316K -$729 -17 -0.2%
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VFH Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2013 in Review

84 of the 3,445 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in Vanguard Financials ETF (VFH) for Q4 2013, worth a combined $715M — up 21% from $589M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 14 funds opened new VFH positions and 11 closed out — a net gain of 3 holders — while 33 added to existing stakes and 23 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Bank of America, adding an estimated $30.3M. The largest seller was Quantitative Advantage, exiting entirely with an estimated $3.92M sold.

  • 84 institutional investors held Vanguard Financials ETF (VFH) as of Q4 2013, up from 81 in Q3 2013.
  • Funds reported $715M of Vanguard Financials ETF stock for Q4 2013, up 21% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 14 funds opened new Vanguard Financials ETF positions in Q4 2013 and 11 closed out, a net change of +3 holders.
  • The largest Vanguard Financials ETF buyer in Q4 2013 was Bank of America, an estimated $30.3M added.
  • The largest Vanguard Financials ETF seller in Q4 2013 was Quantitative Advantage, an estimated $3.92M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2013.