Could be shortselling since DEC 1I had to have a look to see which houses were selling the most FTN commons since DEC 1 and not much of a surprise aas ANON was by far and away the biggest seller.
In my experience , ANON is used almost exclusively by big brokers who want to hide their actions. Normally ANON covering will happen just before ex divvy date. I am sure they expected FTN holdings to do worse than they are. But they seem to be trying to keep a cap on the FTN rise , as I can imagine no other reason for FTN trading at a 1% premium.
House Positions for C:FTN from 20231201 to 20231213 |
7 TD Sec | 886,430 | 6,175,703 | 6.967 | 676,604 | 4,705,549 | 6.955 | 209,826 | -1,470,154 |
19 Desjardins | 128,718 | 899,668 | 6.989 | 34,305 | 239,307 | 6.976 | 94,413 | -660,361 |
33 Canaccord | 71,955 | 499,717 | 6.945 | 13,600 | 95,088 | 6.992 | 58,355 | -404,629 |
85 Scotia | 139,909 | 974,755 | 6.967 | 85,194 | 597,673 | 7.015 | 54,715 | -377,082 |
9 BMO Nesbitt | 86,587 | 605,675 | 6.995 | 38,947 | 270,977 | 6.958 | 47,640 | -334,698 |
2 RBC | 344,398 | 2,404,726 | 6.982 | 297,429 | 2,081,757 | 6.999 | 46,969 | -322,969 |
88 Credential | 64,522 | 451,903 | 7.004 | 24,200 | 168,126 | 6.947 | 40,322 | -283,777 |
80 National Bank | 164,261 | 1,151,806 | 7.012 | 134,460 | 937,381 | 6.971 | 29,801 | -214,425 |
59 PI | 23,419 | 162,635 | 6.945 | 0 | | 23,419 | -162,635 |
14 Virtu ITG | 20,075 | 140,449 | 6.996 | 8,392 | 58,497 | 6.971 | 11,683 | -81,952 |
39 Merrill Lynch | 59,750 | 417,501 | 6.987 | 54,951 | 385,486 | 7.015 | 4,799 | -32,015 |
48 Laurentian | 2,000 | 14,100 | 7.05 | 0 | | 2,000 | -14,100 |
28 CI | 643 | 4,532 | 7.048 | 0 | | 643 | -4,532 |
76 iA | 2,600 | 18,308 | 7.042 | 2,315 | 16,394 | 7.082 | 285 | -1,914 |
84 ITG84 | 270 | 1,867 | 6.915 | 267 | 1,855 | 6.948 | 3 | -12 |
62 Haywood | 0 | | 160 | 1,100 | 6.875 | -160 | 1,100 |
36 Latimer | 4,984 | 34,825 | 6.987 | 5,471 | 38,337 | 7.007 | -487 | 3,512 |
53 Morgan Stanley | 400 | 2,809 | 7.023 | 900 | 6,314 | 7.016 | -500 | 3,505 |
70 Manulife | 0 | | 960 | 6,672 | 6.95 | -960 | 6,672 |
89 Raymond James | 78 | 550 | 7.051 | 4,952 | 34,658 | 6.999 | -4,874 | 34,108 |
5 Citadel | 2,597 | 18,137 | 6.984 | 8,681 | 60,778 | 7.001 | -6,084 | 42,641 |
13 Instinet | 5,600 | 38,702 | 6.911 | 11,800 | 82,622 | 7.002 | -6,200 | 43,920 |
22 Fidelity | 98 | 690 | 7.041 | 9,195 | 63,514 | 6.907 | -9,097 | 62,824 |
25 Odlum | 0 | | 10,000 | 68,743 | 6.874 | -10,000 | 68,743 |
124 Questrade | 66,763 | 465,892 | 6.978 | 80,838 | 567,267 | 7.017 | -14,075 | 101,375 |
57 Interactive | 6,166 | 42,792 | 6.94 | 21,939 | 153,335 | 6.989 | -15,773 | 110,543 |
79 CIBC | 354,629 | 2,474,390 | 6.977 | 387,391 | 2,707,771 | 6.99 | -32,762 | 233,381 |
1 Anonymous | 495,243 | 3,454,191 | 6.975 | 1,019,144 | 7,107,141 | 6.974 | -523,901 | 3,652,950 |
TOTAL | 2,932,095 | 20,456,323 | 6.977 | 2,932,095 | 20,456,342 | 6.977 | 0 | 19 |