Nordwand Advisors 13F annual report

Nordwand Advisors is an investment fund managing more than $229 billion ran by Gerald Kane. There are currently 140 companies in Mr. Kane’s portfolio. The largest investments include Berkshire Hathaway and Johnson Johnson, together worth $154 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$229 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 29th July 2024, Nordwand Advisors’s top holding is 172 shares of Berkshire Hathaway currently worth over $105 billion and making up 45.9% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Berkshire Hathaway, Nordwand Advisors owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 331,934 shares of Johnson Johnson worth $48.5 billion. The third-largest holding is NovoCure Ltd worth $26 billion and the next is Microsoft worth $9.56 billion, with 21,382 shares owned.

Currently, Nordwand Advisors's portfolio is worth at least $229 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 Nordwand Advisors

The Nordwand Advisors office and employees reside in Radnor, Pennsylvania. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Gerald Kane serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Nordwand Advisors.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Nordwand Advisors revealed that it had opened a new position in American Elec Pwr Co Inc and bought 2,687 shares worth $236 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in J P Morgan Exchange Traded F by buying 1,750 additional shares. This makes their stake in J P Morgan Exchange Traded F total 256,173 shares worth $12.3 billion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Nordwand Advisors is getting rid of from its portfolio. Nordwand Advisors closed its position in UBS AG on 5th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 46,513 shares for $1.43 billion. Gerald Kane also disclosed a decreased stake in Microsoft by 0.2%. This leaves the value of the investment at $9.56 billion and 21,382 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Nordwand Advisors are Zega and Monumental Financial Group Inc. They manage $229 billion and $229 billion respectively.


Gerald Kane investment strategy

Nordwand Advisors’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Finance — making up 46.1% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 41.4% 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 37% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 2.9% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $188 billion.

The complete list of Nordwand Advisors trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 5th 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
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
No change
172
$105,305,452,000 45.93%
Johnson Johnson
No change
331,934
$48,515,473,000 21.16%
NovoCure Ltd
No change
1,515,000
$25,951,950,000 11.32%
Microsoft Corporation
15.73%
21,382
$9,556,685,000 4.17%
J P Morgan Exchange Traded F
0.69%
256,173
$12,308,110,000 5.37%
Grab Holdings Limited
15.34%
1,435,000
$5,094,250,000 2.22%
Ardagh Metal Packaging S A
7.52%
896,193
$3,047,056,000 1.33%
Apple Inc
No change
8,507
$1,791,744,000 0.78%
Spdr Sp 500 Etf Tr
No change
3,000
$1,632,660,000 0.71%
UBS Group AG
Closed
46,513
$1,428,879,000
Lsb Inds Inc
30.21%
155,950
$1,275,671,000 0.56%
Reliance Inc.
Closed
3,667
$1,225,438,000
Watsco Inc.
Closed
2,768
$1,195,693,000
Oaktree Specialty Lending Co
No change
62,856
$1,182,321,000 0.52%
Open Text Corp
Closed
24,718
$959,800,000
MP Materials Corp.
No change
73,140
$931,072,000 0.41%
Series Portfolios Tr
12.01%
27,515
$734,422,000 0.32%
Alcon Ag
Closed
6,905
$575,117,000
Equinor ASA
Closed
20,534
$555,034,000
Ishares Tr
No change
5,296
$1,102,574,000 0.48%
Merck Co Inc
62.78%
3,488
$431,814,000 0.19%
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Ltd
69.59%
2,284
$396,982,000 0.17%
Ishares Inc
No change
7,142
$382,311,000 0.17%
Abbvie Inc
72.70%
1,882
$322,801,000 0.14%
GSK Plc
56.67%
8,171
$314,584,000 0.14%
Verizon Communications Inc
79.88%
7,532
$310,620,000 0.14%
Amazon.com Inc.
No change
1,554
$300,311,000 0.13%
International Business Machs
No change
1,694
$292,977,000 0.13%
Philip Morris International Inc
433.83%
2,888
$292,641,000 0.13%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
74.51%
560
$285,186,000 0.12%
Meta Platforms Inc
No change
550
$277,321,000 0.12%
Mirion Technologies Inc
No change
25,000
$268,500,000 0.12%
Tapestry Inc
79.88%
6,079
$260,120,000 0.11%
Broadcom Inc
85.27%
160
$256,885,000 0.11%
Devon Energy Corp.
79.77%
5,327
$252,500,000 0.11%
Guggenheim Active Alloc Fd
No change
16,500
$246,345,000 0.11%
Alphabet Inc
3,190.24%
1,349
$245,720,000 0.11%
Flutter Entmt Plc
77.30%
1,320
$240,715,000 0.10%
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc
79.30%
7,167
$239,378,000 0.10%
American Elec Pwr Co Inc
Opened
2,687
$235,757,000 0.10%
Honda Motor
Opened
7,059
$227,582,000 0.10%
Logitech Intl S A
Closed
2,500
$223,425,000
Spectrum Brands Hldgs Inc Ne
60.00%
2,500
$214,825,000 0.09%
Pacer Fds Tr
Closed
3,411
$198,213,000
Spdr Index Shs Fds
No change
5,571
$195,431,000 0.09%
Vanguard Tax-managed Fds
No change
3,905
$192,985,000 0.08%
Kb Finl Group Inc
88.46%
3,201
$181,209,000 0.08%
Altus Power Inc
No change
45,933
$180,057,000 0.08%
NVIDIA Corp
900.00%
1,400
$172,956,000 0.08%
Unilever plc
3,029.17%
3,004
$165,190,000 0.07%
Netflix Inc.
No change
240
$161,971,000 0.07%
Emcor Group, Inc.
Opened
438
$159,905,000 0.07%
Hubbell Inc.
90.28%
399
$145,827,000 0.06%
Caterpillar Inc.
No change
420
$139,902,000 0.06%
Crescent Cap Bdc Inc
148.64%
7,310
$137,282,000 0.06%
Atlantica Sustainable Infr P
No change
6,000
$131,700,000 0.06%
Fs Kkr Cap Corp
149.05%
6,575
$129,725,000 0.06%
Ssga Active Etf Tr
150.84%
2,985
$124,773,000 0.05%
Mgic Invt Corp Wis
Opened
5,756
$124,042,000 0.05%
Ferguson Plc New
90.62%
625
$121,031,000 0.05%
Ishares Tr
Closed
780
$124,059,000
Lamar Advertising Co
79.46%
877
$104,828,000 0.05%
Chevron Corp.
No change
643
$100,578,000 0.04%
Sable Offshore Corp
Closed
8,150
$89,324,000
Tesla Inc
66.67%
450
$89,046,000 0.04%
Jpmorgan Chase Co.
No change
439
$88,792,000 0.04%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
No change
185
$83,679,000 0.04%
Citigroup Inc
No change
1,250
$79,325,000 0.03%
Sharecare Inc
Closed
100,000
$76,750,000
Vanguard Scottsdale Fds
No change
1,262
$73,183,000 0.03%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
Closed
3,320
$67,193,000
Vanguard Index Fds
No change
633
$115,833,000 0.05%
Bloom Energy Corp
No change
4,686
$57,357,000 0.03%
Wisdomtree Tr
Closed
1,057
$54,660,000
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
No change
1,220
$53,387,000 0.02%
Simon Ppty Group Inc New
No change
346
$52,523,000 0.02%
Invesco Exchange Traded Fd T
No change
1,375
$52,181,000 0.02%
First Tr Exchange-traded Fd
Closed
1,078
$52,014,000
3M Co.
12.93%
505
$51,606,000 0.02%
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
No change
1,000
$47,440,000 0.02%
Getaround Inc
No change
334,519
$46,833,000 0.02%
Tjx Cos Inc New
No change
400
$44,040,000 0.02%
Citizens Finl Group Inc
No change
1,190
$42,876,000 0.02%
Invesco India Exchange-trade
No change
1,365
$39,899,000 0.02%
Spdr Gold Tr
No change
185
$39,777,000 0.02%
Cisco Sys Inc
No change
770
$36,583,000 0.02%
Omega Healthcare Invs Inc
No change
1,000
$34,250,000 0.01%
American Express Co.
No change
135
$31,259,000 0.01%
Astrazeneca plc
No change
400
$31,196,000 0.01%
Travelers Companies Inc.
No change
150
$30,501,000 0.01%
Visa Inc
No change
115
$30,184,000 0.01%
Oracle Corp.
No change
200
$28,240,000 0.01%
First Tr Exchange Trad Fd Vi
Closed
1,185
$28,108,000
Blackrock Inc.
No change
35
$27,556,000 0.01%
Uber Technologies Inc
22.22%
350
$25,438,000 0.01%
RTX Corp
No change
250
$25,098,000 0.01%
Walmart Inc
No change
366
$24,782,000 0.01%
Ree Automotive Ltd
No change
6,119
$23,968,000 0.01%
Bank America Corp
No change
545
$21,675,000 0.01%
Sun Life Financial, Inc.
No change
438
$21,458,000 0.01%
Novartis AG
No change
200
$21,292,000 0.01%
Disney Walt Co
No change
209
$20,752,000 0.01%
Procter And Gamble Co
No change
125
$20,615,000 0.01%
Emerson Elec Co
No change
175
$19,278,000 0.01%
Public Svc Enterprise Grp In
No change
250
$18,425,000 0.01%
Invesco Exch Traded Fd Tr Ii
Closed
493
$31,370,000
MetLife, Inc.
No change
215
$15,091,000 0.01%
CSX Corp.
No change
450
$15,053,000 0.01%
Honeywell International Inc
No change
65
$13,880,000 0.01%
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
No change
200
$13,722,000 0.01%
Snowflake Inc.
No change
100
$13,509,000 0.01%
Roku Inc
No change
200
$11,986,000 0.01%
Diageo plc
No change
95
$11,978,000 0.01%
Air Prods Chems Inc
No change
45
$11,612,000 0.01%
Global X Fds
Closed
655
$11,390,000
American Airls Group Inc
No change
1,000
$11,330,000 0.00%
Ge Healthcare Technologies I
No change
145
$11,298,000 0.00%
Morgan Stanley
No change
113
$10,982,000 0.00%
Starbucks Corp.
No change
124
$9,653,000 0.00%
Wells Fargo Co New
No change
160
$9,502,000 0.00%
Baidu Inc
No change
100
$8,648,000 0.00%
Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd
No change
120
$8,640,000 0.00%
PayPal Holdings Inc
No change
142
$8,240,000 0.00%
Airbnb, Inc.
No change
50
$7,582,000 0.00%
General Mls Inc
Closed
100
$6,997,000
Pfizer Inc.
44.44%
250
$6,995,000 0.00%
First Tr Value Line Divid In
No change
171
$6,968,000 0.00%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
No change
50
$6,843,000 0.00%
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc
No change
4,000
$6,720,000 0.00%
Ati Physical Therapy Inc
No change
1,500
$6,703,000 0.00%
Campbell Soup Co.
Closed
150
$6,668,000
Solventum Corp
Opened
124
$6,557,000 0.00%
Block Inc
No change
100
$6,449,000 0.00%
Femasys Inc
Opened
5,000
$5,700,000 0.00%
DocuSign Inc
No change
100
$5,350,000 0.00%
Goldman Sachs Etf Tr
No change
45
$4,504,000 0.00%
DHI Group Inc
Opened
2,000
$4,180,000 0.00%
Super League Enterprise Inc
Opened
5,000
$4,000,000 0.00%
Turnstone Biologics Corp
Opened
1,500
$3,930,000 0.00%
Select Sector Spdr Tr
No change
50
$3,829,000 0.00%
Spdr Ser Tr
No change
39
$3,579,000 0.00%
Seer, Inc.
Opened
2,000
$3,360,000 0.00%
Solid Power Inc
Opened
2,000
$3,300,000 0.00%
Pmv Pharmaceuticals Inc
Opened
2,000
$3,240,000 0.00%
Liveone Inc
Opened
2,000
$3,140,000 0.00%
Gogoro Inc
Opened
2,000
$3,080,000 0.00%
V F Corp
Closed
200
$3,068,000
Meiragtx Hldgs Plc
Closed
500
$3,035,000
Mersana Therapeutics Inc
Opened
1,500
$3,015,000 0.00%
Uniqure Nv
Closed
500
$2,600,000
Immuneering Corp
Opened
2,000
$2,560,000 0.00%
Amprius Technologies Inc
Opened
2,000
$2,540,000 0.00%
scPharmaceuticals Inc
Closed
500
$2,510,000
Ceragon Networks Ltd
Opened
1,000
$2,500,000 0.00%
Sophia Genetics Sa
Closed
500
$2,465,000
First Tr Exchange-traded Fd
No change
40
$2,384,000 0.00%
Allogene Therapeutics Inc
Opened
1,000
$2,330,000 0.00%
Rail Vision Ltd
Opened
3,000
$2,220,000 0.00%
Ark Etf Tr
No change
50
$2,198,000 0.00%
Chewy Inc
Closed
100
$1,591,000
Xpeng Inc.
No change
200
$1,466,000 0.00%
Durect Corp
Opened
1,000
$1,290,000 0.00%
Intrusion Inc
Opened
1,000
$1,100,000 0.00%
Aesthetic Med Intl Hldg Gr L
Closed
2,000
$600,000
Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc
Closed
100
$524,000
Applied Dna Sciences Inc
Opened
1,000
$408,000 0.00%
Opendoor Technologies Inc.
No change
200
$368,000 0.00%
Lenz Therapeutics Inc
No change
0
$0
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