Cooper Investors PTY Ltd. Sells 19,487 Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ

Cooper Investors PTY Ltd. reduced its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 27.1% during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 52,363 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 19,487 shares during the period. iShares MSCI Japan ETF accounts for about 2.2% of Cooper Investors PTY Ltd.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 21st biggest position. Cooper Investors PTY Ltd.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $4,884,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EWJ. Royal Bank of Canada grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 98.6% during the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 5,048,553 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $426,300,000 after buying an additional 2,506,472 shares in the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 2,279.0% in the first quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 1,670,435 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $141,051,000 after purchasing an additional 1,600,219 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 511.5% in the fourth quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 1,830,745 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $147,814,000 after purchasing an additional 1,531,363 shares in the last quarter. Quadrature Capital Ltd increased its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 1,593.2% in the fourth quarter. Quadrature Capital Ltd now owns 992,110 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $80,103,000 after purchasing an additional 933,517 shares during the last quarter. Finally, National Bank of Canada FI purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF during the third quarter valued at $50,155,000. 64.60% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Trading Up 1.8%

Shares of NYSEARCA:EWJ opened at $94.61 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $22.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $92.86 and a 200 day moving average price of $89.74. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 12 month low of $74.79 and a 12 month high of $97.52.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.