BlueCrest Capital Management’s Returns, AUM, and Holdings

In the second quarter of 2018, BlueCrest Capital made many changes to its extensive equity portfolio, with around 1440 holdings at the end of the quarter. During the quarter, the fund added around 690 new positions to its portfolio, while dumping nearly an equal amount. Some of the largest new positions the fund acquired during that period include Pepsico Inc (PEP), as the fund obtained 225,960 shares worth around $27.87 million, and Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDS), in which the fund attained a position valued at $18.3 million and counting 264,286 shares.

Though Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDS) enjoyed an increase in the number of bullish investors from Insider Monkey’s database during the second quarter, to 39 at the end of June from 36 at the end of March, it remains a stock that is less popular among the smart money than other companies with similar market caps, which tends to be the case with most large oil companies.

The next in line among the fund’s large new acquisitions is Union Pacific Corp (UNP), in which the fund established a position worth $18.12 million as of the end of Q2 and counting 127,883 shares. Among the biggest positions the fund said goodbye to were two companies that were recently acquired: Monsanto Co. and TimeWarner Inc.

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