Balanced Rock Investment Advisors 13F annual report

Balanced Rock Investment Advisors is an investment fund managing more than $119 billion ran by Thomas Higgins. There are currently 58 companies in Mr. Higgins’s portfolio. The largest investments include Ishares Tr and Vanguard Mun Bd Fds, together worth $59.8 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$119 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 24th July 2024, Balanced Rock Investment Advisors’s top holding is 1,091,426 shares of Ishares Tr currently worth over $53.4 billion and making up 44.9% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 127,509 shares of Vanguard Mun Bd Fds worth $6.39 billion. The third-largest holding is Manager Directed Portfolios worth $3.99 billion and the next is Pimco Equity Ser worth $3.88 billion, with 109,989 shares owned.

Currently, Balanced Rock Investment Advisors's portfolio is worth at least $119 billion. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.

Careers at Balanced Rock Investment Advisors

The Balanced Rock Investment Advisors office and employees reside in Roslindale, Massachusetts. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Thomas Higgins serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Balanced Rock Investment Advisors.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Balanced Rock Investment Advisors revealed that it had opened a new position in First Tr Exch Traded Fd Iii and bought 11,927 shares worth $219 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Ishares Tr by buying 38,904 additional shares. This makes their stake in Ishares Tr total 1,091,426 shares worth $53.4 billion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Balanced Rock Investment Advisors is getting rid of from its portfolio. Balanced Rock Investment Advisors closed its position in Advent Technologies Holdng I on 31st July 2024. It sold the previously owned 40,000 shares for $7.2 million. Thomas Higgins also disclosed a decreased stake in Vanguard Mun Bd Fds by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $6.39 billion and 127,509 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Balanced Rock Investment Advisors are Bruce G. Allen Investments and Brewster Planning. They manage $119 billion and $119 billion respectively.


Thomas Higgins investment strategy

Balanced Rock Investment Advisors’s portfolio is diversified across 9 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 2.1% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 34.5% of the portfolio companies are based in the United States.

The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks. Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up 31% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 1.7% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $263 billion.

The complete list of Balanced Rock Investment Advisors trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on July 31st based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.

Security Shares Owned Value Allocation
Ishares Tr
3.70%
1,091,426
$53,404,764,000 44.91%
Vanguard Mun Bd Fds
7.08%
127,509
$6,389,476,000 5.37%
Manager Directed Portfolios
5.01%
412,844
$3,992,205,000 3.36%
Pimco Equity Ser
5.72%
109,989
$3,875,913,000 3.26%
Vanguard Whitehall Fds
3.66%
61,533
$3,871,031,000 3.25%
Vanguard World Fd
0.05%
77,351
$6,416,475,000 5.40%
Vanguard Bd Index Fds
1.52%
38,607
$2,781,634,000 2.34%
Vanguard Charlotte Fds
3.69%
49,628
$2,415,403,000 2.03%
Vanguard Malvern Fds
1.50%
39,711
$1,927,560,000 1.62%
Nushares Etf Tr
0.16%
61,073
$2,332,876,000 1.96%
Pimco Etf Tr
9.17%
30,891
$1,670,276,000 1.40%
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
5.70%
27,705
$1,598,024,000 1.34%
Vanguard Tax-managed Fds
3.53%
30,252
$1,495,036,000 1.26%
Vanguard Index Fds
0.62%
27,741
$4,602,555,000 3.87%
Ishares Inc
0.57%
48,092
$1,723,912,000 1.45%
Schwab Strategic Tr
0.25%
35,578
$1,889,560,000 1.59%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
5.46%
45,088
$1,878,585,000 1.58%
Toronto Dominion Bk Ont
1.38%
14,959
$822,147,000 0.69%
Millicom Intl Cellular S A
7.37%
30,772
$755,453,000 0.64%
Aercap Holdings Nv
1.83%
7,450
$694,340,000 0.58%
Criteo S.A
1.32%
15,869
$598,579,000 0.50%
General Mtrs Co
2.02%
12,441
$578,009,000 0.49%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
14.60%
28,875
$783,370,000 0.66%
WPP Plc.
1.43%
12,002
$549,452,000 0.46%
PagSeguro Digital Ltd
0.11%
46,173
$539,762,000 0.45%
MercadoLibre Inc
1.22%
324
$532,462,000 0.45%
Citigroup Inc
1.81%
8,372
$531,287,000 0.45%
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
0.48%
8,229
$478,516,000 0.40%
Salesforce Inc
1.86%
1,851
$475,892,000 0.40%
Microsoft Corporation
2.48%
1,060
$473,767,000 0.40%
AMGEN Inc.
3.07%
1,515
$473,362,000 0.40%
Alphabet Inc
1.56%
2,467
$449,369,000 0.38%
Apple Inc
3.38%
2,085
$439,048,000 0.37%
Comcast Corp New
1.42%
11,160
$437,026,000 0.37%
Brookfield Renewable Corporation
1.54%
14,881
$422,323,000 0.36%
Medtronic Plc
2.25%
5,253
$413,464,000 0.35%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
0.48%
5,993
$411,180,000 0.35%
VanEck ETF Trust
4.02%
35,964
$753,160,000 0.63%
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
0.64%
1,390
$392,494,000 0.33%
Heidrick & Struggles Intl In
0.34%
10,478
$330,895,000 0.28%
Hanesbrands Inc
1.00%
64,273
$316,866,000 0.27%
Lindblad Expeditions Hldgs I
3.49%
32,065
$309,427,000 0.26%
Eli Lilly & Co
7.73%
334
$302,397,000 0.25%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
1.88%
680
$276,624,000 0.23%
scPharmaceuticals Inc
10.27%
63,130
$274,616,000 0.23%
Veeva Sys Inc
2.23%
1,467
$268,476,000 0.23%
Zumiez Inc
3.19%
13,603
$264,986,000 0.22%
Blackrock Inc.
9.02%
333
$262,178,000 0.22%
Boston Beer Co., Inc.
3.17%
847
$258,377,000 0.22%
Unilever plc
4.33%
4,489
$246,850,000 0.21%
QuidelOrtho Corporation
5.10%
6,784
$225,364,000 0.19%
First Tr Exch Traded Fd Iii
Opened
11,927
$219,099,000 0.18%
Johnson & Johnson
4.32%
1,397
$204,186,000 0.17%
Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd
0.81%
2,830
$203,760,000 0.17%
CVS Health Corp
11.12%
3,445
$203,462,000 0.17%
Woodside Energy Group Ltd
Opened
10,059
$189,210,000 0.16%
Cumulus Media Inc.
12.73%
90,579
$184,781,000 0.16%
Warner Bros.Discovery Inc
5.86%
15,716
$116,927,000 0.10%
Advent Technologies Holdng I
Closed
40,000
$7,200,000
No transactions found
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