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Vertex Pharmaceuticals
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Overview Fund Activity

430 hedge funds and large institutions have $26.2B invested in Vertex Pharmaceuticals in 2014 Q3 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 64 funds opening new positions, 161 increasing their positions, 140 reducing their positions, and 41 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed
Holders
430
Holders Change
+19
Holders Change %
+4.62%
% of All Funds
12.49%
Holding in Top 10
8
Holding in Top 10 Change
+2
Holding in Top 10 Change %
+33.33%
% of All Funds
0.23%
New
64
Increased
161
Reduced
140
Closed
41
Calls
$313M
Puts
$459M
Net Calls
-$146M
Net Calls Change
-$332M

Top Buyers

1
Wellington Management Group
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
+$382M
2
Ameriprise
Ameriprise
Minnesota
+$272M
3
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Minnesota
+$120M
4
BA
BlackRock Advisors
Delaware
+$112M
5
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
+$112M

Top Sellers

1
Loomis, Sayles & Company
Loomis, Sayles & Company
Massachusetts
-$288M
2
Norges Bank
Norges Bank
Norway
-$173M
3
Jennison Associates
Jennison Associates
New York
-$159M
4
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs
New York
-$88.2M
5
SAM
Sectoral Asset Management
Quebec, Canada
-$84.2M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Shares
Change %
Principal Financial Group
76
Principal Financial Group
Iowa
$35.2M +$951K +8,469 +3%
U
77
UBS
Switzerland
$34.5M +$5.28M +47,028 +18%
Bank of Montreal
78
Bank of Montreal
Ontario, Canada
$34.5M +$26.1M +232,359 +312%
NFA
79
Nationwide Fund Advisors
Ohio
$34.1M -$2.93M -26,123 -8%
HSBC Holdings
80
HSBC Holdings
United Kingdom
$33.6M +$11.3M +100,336 +51%
TD Asset Management
81
TD Asset Management
Ontario, Canada
$33.1M +$699K +6,227 +2%
MTB
82
Mizuho Trust & Banking
Japan
$33.1M -$1.14M -10,149 -3%
Westfield Capital Management
83
Westfield Capital Management
Massachusetts
$32.4M +$32.4M +288,886 New
BJ
84
BlackRock Japan
Japan
$30.9M +$2M +17,835 +7%
SG Americas Securities
85
SG Americas Securities
New York
$30.7M +$3.33M +29,615 +12%
APG Asset Management
86
APG Asset Management
Netherlands
$29.4M -$2.68M -23,877 -8%
VanEck Associates
87
VanEck Associates
New York
$29.1M -$4.79M -42,648 -14%
Morgan Stanley
88
Morgan Stanley
New York
$28.9M -$15M -133,800 -34%
TAM
89
Tiverton Asset Management
Delaware
$28.1M – – –
PA
90
Perceptive Advisors
New York
$27M -$25.8M -230,000 -49%
Nuveen Asset Management
91
Nuveen Asset Management
Illinois
$26.9M +$4.71M +41,928 +21%
PPA
92
Parametric Portfolio Associates
Washington
$26.8M +$5.07M +45,132 +23%
Macquarie Group
93
Macquarie Group
Australia
$26M -$2.06M -18,334 -7%
Dimensional Fund Advisors
94
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Texas
$25.6M +$243K +2,163 +1%
PAM
95
Panagora Asset Management
Massachusetts
$25.5M +$22.4M +199,610 +730%
Swiss National Bank
96
Swiss National Bank
Switzerland
$25.4M -$393K -3,500 -2%
WF
97
Welch & Forbes
Massachusetts
$23.8M -$82.1K -731 -0.3%
Korea Investment Corp
98
Korea Investment Corp
South Korea
$23.6M +$15M +133,800 +174%
JIC
99
Johnson Investment Counsel
Ohio
$23.4M +$4.49K +40 +0%
ProShare Advisors
100
ProShare Advisors
Maryland
$23M -$3.53M -31,473 -13%
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