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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 %
Capital World Investors
1
Capital World Investors
California
$2.88B -$81.4M -725,000 -3%
Wellington Management Group
2
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
$2.23B +$382M +3,397,356 +21%
Vanguard Group
3
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$1.94B +$59.9M +533,587 +3%
T. Rowe Price Associates
4
T. Rowe Price Associates
Maryland
$1.59B +$36.4M +323,978 +2%
Fidelity Investments
5
Fidelity Investments
Massachusetts
$1.57B +$112M +994,150 +8%
JPMorgan Chase & Co
6
JPMorgan Chase & Co
New York
$1.19B +$107M +955,407 +10%
Jennison Associates
7
Jennison Associates
New York
$1.17B -$159M -1,416,257 -12%
State Street
8
State Street
Massachusetts
$1.1B -$23.4M -208,163 -2%
Ameriprise
9
Ameriprise
Minnesota
$1.07B +$272M +2,419,288 +34%
ClearBridge Investments
10
ClearBridge Investments
New York
$853M +$5.59M +49,753 +0.7%
BIT
11
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$695M +$14.5M +129,338 +2%
BFA
12
BlackRock Fund Advisors
California
$630M -$20.5M -182,528 -3%
WRF
13
Waddell & Reed Financial
Kansas
$431M +$3.17M +28,200 +0.7%
Bank of New York Mellon
14
Bank of New York Mellon
New York
$403M +$29.2M +259,581 +8%
Northern Trust
15
Northern Trust
Illinois
$357M +$26.9M +239,143 +8%
Invesco
16
Invesco
Georgia
$320M -$17.3M -153,621 -5%
Adage Capital Partners
17
Adage Capital Partners
Massachusetts
$291M -$42.2M -375,690 -13%
Lazard Asset Management
18
Lazard Asset Management
New York
$284M -$11.5M -102,657 -4%
Deutsche Bank
19
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$273M +$26.2M +233,581 +11%
O
20
OppenheimerFunds
New York
$269M +$10.9M +97,250 +4%
BG
21
BlackRock Group
United Kingdom
$246M +$18.4M +164,212 +8%
BA
22
BlackRock Advisors
Delaware
$239M +$112M +1,000,568 +88%
Goldman Sachs
23
Goldman Sachs
New York
$228M -$88.2M -785,372 -28%
Geode Capital Management
24
Geode Capital Management
Massachusetts
$196M +$553K +4,930 +0.3%
Norges Bank
25
Norges Bank
Norway
$173M -$173M -1,540,270 -50%
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