iShares, Inc. - iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
US ˙ ARCA ˙ US4642872349

SecurityEEM / iShares, Inc. - iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
InstitutionUbs Ag
Latest Disclosed Ownership9,743,867 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 404,956,000
Ubs Ag ownership in EEM / iShares, Inc. - iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

On November 12, 2014 - Ubs Ag filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 9,743,867 shares of iShares, Inc. - iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (US:EEM) valued at $404,955,113 USD as of September 30, 2014. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on August 14, 2014 disclosing 6,470,243 shares of iShares, Inc. - iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF. This represents a change in shares of 50.60% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $681,291,181 USD.

Ubs Ag has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (EEM) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 16,892,800 of underlying shares valued at $702,065,000 USD and put options representing 25,910,000 of underlying shares valued at $1,076,819,000 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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Institutional Put/Call Ratios
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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

EEM / iShares, Inc. - iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F ISHARES TR MSCI EMG MKT ETF 464287234 9,743,867 3,273,624 50.60 404,956 44.78 0.2987
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F ISHARES MSCI EMG MKT ETF 464287234 6,470,243 -4,329,726 -40.09 279,708 -36.85 0.2189
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A-1 ISHARES MSCI EMG MKT ETF 464287234 10,799,969 3,369,762 45.35 442,907 42.62 0.3936
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F ISHARES MSCI EMG MKT ETF 464287234 10,799,969 442,907
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A-1 ISHARES MSCI EMG MKT ETF 464287234 7,430,207 -483,599 -6.11 310,545 -3.72 0.2903
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F ISHARES MSCI EMG MKT ETF 464287234 7,430,207 310,545
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F ISHARES MSCI EMG MKT ETF 464287234 7,913,806 2,039,518 34.72 322,528 42.61 0.3300
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F ISHARES TR MSCI EMERG MKT 464287234 5,874,288 5,874,288 226,161 0.2681
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F ISHARES TR MSCI EMG MKT ETF Call 16,892,800 45.27 702,065 39.66 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F ISHARES MSCI EMG MKT ETF Call 11,628,500 26.66 502,700 33.52 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A ISHARES MSCI EMG MKT ETF Call 9,180,800 12.73 376,505 10.61 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F ISHARES MSCI EMG MKT ETF Call 9,180,800 376,505 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A ISHARES MSCI EMG MKT ETF Call 8,144,203 -70.39 340,387 -69.63 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F ISHARES MSCI EMG MKT ETF Call 8,144,203 340,387 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F ISHARES MSCI EMG MKT ETF Call 27,503,600 115.58 1,120,909 128.21 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F ISHARES TR MSCI EMERG MKT Call 12,757,700 491,171 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2014-11-12 2014-09-30 13F ISHARES TR MSCI EMG MKT ETF Put 25,910,000 20.25 1,076,819 15.61 n/a n/a n/a
2014-08-14 2014-06-30 13F ISHARES MSCI EMG MKT ETF Put 21,546,300 27.66 931,446 34.57 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-16 2014-03-31 13F/A ISHARES MSCI EMG MKT ETF Put 16,878,400 -27.86 692,183 -29.22 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-15 2014-03-31 13F ISHARES MSCI EMG MKT ETF Put 16,878,400 692,183 n/a n/a n/a
2014-05-21 2013-12-31 13F/A ISHARES MSCI EMG MKT ETF Put 23,398,100 39.09 977,923 42.64 n/a n/a n/a
2014-02-14 2013-12-31 13F ISHARES MSCI EMG MKT ETF Put 23,398,100 977,923 n/a n/a n/a
2013-11-13 2013-09-30 13F ISHARES MSCI EMG MKT ETF Put 16,822,600 10.41 685,605 16.88 n/a n/a n/a
2013-08-14 2013-06-30 13F ISHARES TR MSCI EMERG MKT Put 15,236,700 586,613 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.