Who owns John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III?
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Institutional ownership of HPS from SEC Form 13F filings across 70 reporting managers. All positions are from one synchronized reporting period — 2026-06-30 books, filed up to 45 days after quarter end — so every row is comparable.
As of the 2026-06-30 reporting period, 70 institutions disclosed 4.4M shares of John Hancock Preferred Income Fund III worth $61.3M — about 13.5% of shares outstanding; the largest disclosed holder is UBS Group AG. Source: SEC Form 13F filings, parsed by EvidInvest.
70
13F holders
$61.3M
value, 2026 filers
13.5%
of shares outstanding (4.4M sh)
16
new positions (2026 filers)
Top institutional holders
ordered by shares owned · positions as of 2026-06-30 · % of fund = share of the manager's own book · % of co. = share of HPS's shares outstanding
| # | Manager | Shares | Value | % of fund | % of co. | Δ shares QoQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UBS Group AG | 1.3M | $18.8M | 0.0% | 4% | +4.9% |
| 2 | MORGAN STANLEY | 837,423 | $12.2M | 0.0% | 2.6% | +7.9% |
| 3 | LPL Financial LLC | 298,403 | $4.3M | 0.0% | 0.9% | -5.5% |
| 4 | Invesco Ltd. | 217,859 | $3.2M | 0.0% | 0.7% | +1.3% |
| 5 | AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | 176,393 | $2.6M | 0.0% | 0.5% | +4.8% |
| 6 | Cetera Investment Advisers | 176,029 | $2.6M | 0.0% | 0.5% | +5.6% |
| 7 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 156,415 | $2.3M | 0.0% | 0.5% | -5.2% |
| 8 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | 149,439 | $2.2M | 0.0% | 0.5% | +1.7% |
| 9 | Fiera Capital Corp | 114,018 | $1.7M | 0.0% | 0.4% | +3.0% |
| 10 | OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. | 65,386 | $950,756 | 0.0% | 0.2% | +37.6% |
| 11 | COHEN & STEERS, INC. | 61,234 | $890 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| 12 | J.W. COLE ADVISORS, INC.NEW | 58,240 | $846,813 | 0.0% | 0.2% | new |
| 13 | COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC | 52,099 | $757,520 | 0.0% | 0.2% | -0.1% |
| 14 | GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC | 48,366 | $703,242 | 0.0% | 0.2% | -57.2% |
| 15 | Sowell Financial Services LLC | 46,397 | $674,612 | 0.0% | 0.1% | -3.6% |
| 16 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | 45,587 | $662,836 | 0.0% | 0.1% | +12.6% |
| 17 | Pine Valley Investments Ltd Liability CoNEW | 44,953 | $653,617 | 0.0% | 0.1% | new |
| 18 | Live Oak Private Wealth LLC | 38,630 | $561,680 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| 19 | Western Wealth Management, LLC | 32,232 | $468,649 | 0.0% | 0.1% | +0.1% |
| 20 | PHILADELPHIA TRUST CO | 27,820 | $405 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| 21 | Activest Wealth Management | 27,057 | $393,403 | 0.1% | 0.1% | -53.8% |
| 22 | Post Resch Tallon Group Inc. | 25,836 | $375,661 | 0.3% | 0.1% | +0.1% |
| 23 | Arkfeld Wealth Strategies, L.L.C. | 25,815 | $376,904 | 0.1% | 0.1% | +1.4% |
| 24 | WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC | 25,380 | $370,040 | 0.0% | 0.1% | -4.5% |
| 25 | Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 23,705 | $345 | 0.0% | 0.1% | +6.9% |
Source: SEC Form 13F-HR filings (institutional managers over $100M in US-listed positions). 13Fs disclose long positions only, up to 45 days after quarter end; each manager's latest filed quarter is shown per row and dollar values are the manager's filed marks. Aggregates labeled "2026 filers" count only managers whose latest book is a 2026 quarter. Related: valuation · options positioning · supply chain. Research, not investment advice.