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John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (HPS) Institutional Ownership

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Institutional Ownership Changes (13F Filings) for John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III (NYSE:HPS)

Number of
Institutional Buyers
(last 12 months)
30
Total
Institutional Inflows
(last 12 months)
$8.65M
Number of
Institutional Sellers
(last 12 months)
12
Total
Institutional Outflows
(last 12 months)
$1.51M
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John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III Major Shareholders & Ownership History

Reporting DateMajor Shareholder NameShares HeldMarket Value% of PortfolioQuarterly Change in SharesOwnership in CompanyDetails
10/16/2026Activest Wealth Management25,057$302K0.1%-7.4%0.000%
10/14/2026Shaker Financial Services LLC91,089$1.10M0.4%N/A0.000%
10/14/2026B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc.12,334$148K0.0%+9.2%0.000%
9/9/2026Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC2,606$38K0.0%N/A0.000%
9/9/2026NewEdge Advisors LLC20,757$302K0.0%+17.9%0.000%
8/23/2026Readystate Asset Management LP17,374$253K0.0%N/A0.000%
8/22/2026Compass Financial Management LLC5,685$81K0.0%N/A0.000%
8/20/2026Wedbush Securities Inc.12,000$174K0.0%-36.0%0.000%
8/12/2026Compass Financial Management LLC5,685$81K0.0%N/A0.000%
7/9/2026Focus Financial Network Inc.14,776$215K0.0%+18.1%0.000%
6/18/2026Western Wealth Management LLC32,208$459K0.0%N/A0.000%
6/8/2026Pine Valley Investments Ltd Liability Co62,232$886K0.0%-2.1%0.000%
6/3/2026NewEdge Advisors LLC17,600$251K0.0%-8.8%0.000%
5/19/2026Western Wealth Management LLC32,208$459K0.0%N/A0.000%
5/19/2026NewEdge Advisors LLC17,600$251K0.0%-8.8%0.000%
5/18/2026Royal Bank of Canada164,919$2.35M0.0%+2.1%0.000%
5/13/2026Cetera Investment Advisers166,660$2.37M0.0%-1.5%0.000%
5/1/2026Fifth Third Bancorp6,473$92K0.0%N/A0.000%
4/22/2026Janney Montgomery Scott LLC22,174$316K0.0%+9.8%0.000%
4/17/2026Arkfeld Wealth Strategies L.L.C.25,464$368K0.1%+3.4%0.000%
3/17/2026Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.7,937$114K0.0%-25.8%0.000%
2/19/2026Invesco Ltd.223,508$3.22M0.0%-16.7%0.000%
2/18/2026NewEdge Advisors LLC19,300$278K0.0%-5.4%0.000%
2/18/2026Readystate Asset Management LP29,044$419K0.0%N/A0.000%
2/17/2026Guggenheim Capital LLC166,776$2.40M0.0%-3.4%0.000%
2/17/2026Cetera Investment Advisers169,146$2.44M0.0%-3.7%0.000%
2/17/2026Royal Bank of Canada161,596$2.33M0.0%+2.5%0.000%
2/13/2026Kestra Advisory Services LLC6,372$92K0.0%N/A0.000%
2/13/2026Wells Fargo & Company MN40,739$587K0.0%-17.7%0.000%
2/13/2026Cohen & Steers Inc.29,447$424K0.0%-14.5%0.000%
2/12/2026Jane Street Group LLC14,887$215K0.0%N/A0.000%
2/12/2026Commonwealth Equity Services LLC48,337$697K0.0%+9.3%0.000%
2/11/2026Janney Montgomery Scott LLC20,187$291K0.0%+13.5%0.000%
2/11/2026LPL Financial LLC296,324$4.27M0.0%+0.7%0.000%
2/11/2026Fiera Capital Corp115,546$1.67M0.0%+18.1%0.000%
2/11/2026J.W. Cole Advisors Inc.60,647$874K0.0%+10.5%0.000%
2/6/2026PNC Financial Services Group Inc.2,071$30K0.0%+2,816.9%0.000%
2/6/2026HighTower Advisors LLC22,666$327K0.0%+6.7%0.000%
1/30/2026Activest Wealth Management60,353$870K0.2%-15.1%0.000%
1/29/2026UBS Group AG1,173,288$16.91M0.0%+2.8%0.000%
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1/21/2026Sowell Financial Services LLC44,913$647K0.0%-3.1%0.000%
1/15/2026Cherry Creek Investment Advisors Inc.10,000$144K0.1%N/A0.000%
1/12/2026Focus Financial Network Inc.12,716$183K0.0%+8.5%0.000%
11/17/2025Bank of America Corp DE147,907$2.28M0.0%+0.6%0.000%
11/17/2025Ameriprise Financial Inc.142,701$2.20M0.0%+3.6%0.000%
11/13/2025Invesco Ltd.268,253$4.14M0.0%+13.7%0.000%
11/13/2025UBS Group AG1,141,593$17.63M0.0%+10.8%0.000%
11/7/2025Fiera Capital Corp97,820$1.51M0.0%+16.1%0.000%
11/7/2025Fifth Third Bancorp2,885$45K0.0%-42.7%0.000%
11/6/2025Stratos Wealth Partners LTD.10,317$159K0.0%N/A0.000%
11/5/2025Post Resch Tallon Group Inc.25,407$392K0.3%+6.4%0.000%
11/3/2025Activest Wealth Management71,064$1.10M0.2%+16.8%0.000%
10/29/2025Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC26,580$415K0.0%+18.0%0.000%
10/20/2025Albion Financial Group UT69,433$1.07M0.1%N/A0.000%
9/4/2025Osaic Holdings Inc.42,264$603K0.0%-3.8%0.000%
8/15/2025Balyasny Asset Management L.P.27,675$395K0.0%N/A0.000%
8/15/2025Bank of America Corp DE147,009$2.10M0.0%+6.5%0.000%
8/15/2025Ameriprise Financial Inc.137,708$1.96M0.0%+9.6%0.000%
8/14/2025Raymond James Financial Inc.18,426$263K0.0%-7.5%0.000%
8/13/2025Cresset Asset Management LLC13,220$189K0.0%N/A0.000%
8/13/2025Guggenheim Capital LLC175,335$2.50M0.0%+55.8%0.000%
8/13/2025Invesco Ltd.235,960$3.37M0.0%+6.2%0.000%
8/12/2025J.W. Cole Advisors Inc.55,106$786K0.0%-2.1%0.000%
8/8/2025Cetera Investment Advisers140,155$2.00M0.0%+3.1%0.000%
8/8/2025Fiera Capital Corp84,277$1.20M0.0%-0.9%0.000%
8/6/2025Wedbush Securities Inc.21,699$309K0.0%-4.6%0.000%
8/5/2025Burney Co.13,040$186K0.0%-33.4%0.000%
8/4/2025Wolverine Asset Management LLC4,127$59K0.0%N/A0.000%
7/29/2025Activest Wealth Management60,846$868K0.2%-11.7%0.000%
7/21/2025Ameritas Advisory Services LLC3,618$52K0.0%N/A0.000%
7/17/2025Janney Montgomery Scott LLC19,591$279K0.0%-7.9%0.000%
7/15/2025Fifth Third Bancorp5,033$72K0.0%N/A0.000%
7/10/2025Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC22,530$326K0.0%N/A0.000%
7/10/2025Focus Financial Network Inc.11,398$163K0.0%+10.9%0.000%
5/15/2025Royal Bank of Canada51,471$772K0.0%+11.4%0.000%
5/15/2025Activest Wealth Management68,920$1.03M0.3%-21.4%0.000%
5/13/2025HighTower Advisors LLC23,686$355K0.0%-20.6%0.000%
5/12/2025Invesco Ltd.222,250$3.33M0.0%-2.2%0.000%
5/7/2025LPL Financial LLC252,703$3.79M0.0%+18.8%0.000%
5/6/2025Cetera Investment Advisers135,961$2.04M0.0%-0.5%0.000%
5/6/2025Wedbush Securities Inc.22,738$341K0.0%-6.1%0.000%
5/6/2025Readystate Asset Management LP10,439$157K0.0%-74.4%0.000%
5/5/2025J.W. Cole Advisors Inc.56,307$845K0.0%N/A0.000%
4/28/2025Private Trust Co. NA2,000$30K0.0%-42.9%0.000%
4/17/2025Janney Montgomery Scott LLC21,260$319K0.0%-10.9%0.000%
4/15/2025Focus Financial Network Inc.10,282$154K0.0%N/A0.000%
4/8/2025Rothschild Investment LLC121,900$1.83M0.1%-18.8%0.000%
2/18/2025Western Wealth Management LLC33,270$500K0.2%-15.7%0.000%
2/17/2025Cetera Investment Advisers136,659$2.05M0.0%+18.8%0.000%
2/17/2025Bank of America Corp DE88,942$1.34M0.0%+17.2%0.000%
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2/17/2025Ameriprise Financial Inc.286,157$4.30M0.0%-5.8%0.000%
2/13/2025Guggenheim Capital LLC21,652$325K0.0%N/A0.000%
2/13/2025Walleye Capital LLC18,116$272K0.0%N/A0.000%
2/13/2025Mariner LLC14,869$223K0.0%N/A0.000%
2/13/2025Philadelphia Trust Co.41,900$630K0.0%-12.5%0.000%
2/13/2025Raymond James Financial Inc.20,679$311K0.0%N/A0.000%
2/13/2025Invesco Ltd.227,301$3.42M0.0%+10.8%0.000%
2/13/2025Wedbush Securities Inc.24,210$364K0.0%+6.3%0.000%
2/13/2025Wells Fargo & Company MN22,044$331K0.0%-16.4%0.000%
2/11/2025LPL Financial LLC212,722$3.20M0.0%+112.0%0.000%


HPS Institutional Ownership - Frequently Asked Questions

During the previous two years, 56 institutional investors and hedge funds held shares of John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III. The most heavily invested institutionals were UBS Group AG ($16.91M), LPL Financial LLC ($4.27M), Invesco Ltd. ($3.22M), Guggenheim Capital LLC ($2.40M), Cetera Investment Advisers ($2.37M), Royal Bank of Canada ($2.35M), and Bank of America Corp DE ($2.28M).Learn more on John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III's institutional investors.

Of the 46 institutional investors that purchased John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III's stock in the last 24 months, the following investors and hedge funds have bought the highest volume of shares: LPL Financial LLC ($154.47K), UBS Group AG ($143.26K), Shaker Financial Services LLC ($91.09K), Guggenheim Capital LLC ($84.47K), Albion Financial Group UT ($69.43K), Invesco Ltd. ($68.16K), and Western Wealth Management LLC ($64.42K).

Institutional investors have bought a total of 597,364 shares in the last 24 months. This purchase volume represents approximately $8.65M in transactions.

Of the 12 institutional investors that sold John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III's stock in the last 24 months, the following investors and hedge funds have sold the highest volume of shares: Invesco Ltd. ($44.75K), Activest Wealth Management ($12.71K), Cetera Investment Advisers ($9.06K), Wells Fargo & Company MN ($8.74K), Wedbush Securities Inc. ($6.75K), Guggenheim Capital LLC ($5.95K), and Cohen & Steers Inc. ($5K).

Institutional investors have sold a total of 105,140 shares in the last 24 months. This volume of shares sold represents approximately $1.51M in transactions.



Institutional ownership data for NYSE:HPS is compiled from quarterly 13F filings submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with the most recent received on 10/16/2026. New 13F filings are added each quarter as they're published.
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