The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Lowers Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company decreased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFAFree Report) by 1.8% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 587,914 shares of the company’s stock after selling 11,000 shares during the quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $56,781,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. Lloyd Advisory Services LLC. purchased a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Robinswood Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Kopp Family Office LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Security National Bank purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Finally, Wilkerson Advisory Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $29,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 1.0%

Shares of BATS:IEFA opened at $99.50 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $98.98 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $96.38. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12-month low of $85.03 and a 12-month high of $101.44. The stock has a market capitalization of $170.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Profile

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The iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of developed-market stocks in Europe, Australasia and the Far East, and excludes North America IEFA was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

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