MormonLeaks posted about the investment portfolios the church owns.
https://mormonleaks.io/wiki/index.php?title=Investment_Portfolios_Connected_to_the_Mormon_Church
I decided to look through the media companies they own shares in. For this look I went through those that are gaming hardware & software makers. Why? It’s because the LDS have frequently slammed games on their official site. Articles such as…
https://www.lds.org/youth/article/addicted-to-video-games
So let’s go down the list. For this i’m going to keep the list of companies at 5 so I won’t spend the whole day here. The information is from Nasdaq’s website with the current number of shares held today by each group (as of May 30th, 2018).
Microsoft: 8,635,712 shares between all these portfolios
Ashmore Wealth Management, LLC - 3,321,238 shares
Elkfork Partners, LLC - 1,646,926 shares
Flinton Capital Management, LLC - 775,024 shares
Glen Harbor Capital Management, LLC - 1,356,292 shares
Meadow Creek Investment Management, LLC - 1,065,658 shares
Tiverton Asset Management, LLC - 470,574 shares
Sony: 139,800 shares between all these portfolios
Neuburgh Advisers, LLC - 24,596 shares
Riverhead Capital Management, LLC - 28,000 shares
Tyers Asset Management, LLC - 31,304 shares
Flinton Capital Management, LLC - 38,012 shares
Meadow Creek Investment Management, LLC - 17,888 shares
Take Two Interactive (publisher of the Grand Theft Auto series): 162,450 shares between all these portfolios
Elkfork Partners, LLC - 36,120 shares
Glen Harbor Capital Management, LLC - 28,380 shares
Meadow Creek Investment Management, LLC - 43,860 shares
Neuburgh Advisers, LLC - 20,640 shares
Riverhead Capital Management, LLC - 31,882 shares
Tiverton Asset Management, LLC - 1,568 shares
Activision Blizzard (makers of the Call Of Duty series): 82,093 shares between all of these portfolios
Elkfork Partners, LLC - 13,354 shares
Glen Harbor Capital Management, LLC - 20,638 shares
Meadow Creek Investment Management, LLC - 16,996 shares
Riverhead Capital Management, LLC - 9,005 shares
Tiverton Asset Management, LLC - 12,388 shares
Tyers Asset Management, LLC - 9,712 shares
Electronic Arts (makers of the Battlefield series): 114,049 shares between all of these portfolios
Flinton Capital Management, LLC - 28,526 shares
Meadow Creek Investment Management, LLC - 13,424 shares
Neuburgh Advisers, LLC - 18,458 shares
Riverhead Capital Management, LLC - 26,466 shares
Tiverton Asset Management, LLC - 3,683 shares
Tyers Asset Management, LLC - 23,492 shares
Long story short… while the Church Of Latter Day Saints were griping about violent games like Grand Theft Auto and Call Of Duty being a ill on society, in private they were also making millions of dollars off said violent games behind the scenes.
