Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA Acquires 16,276 Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ

Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA lifted its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 27.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 76,596 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 16,276 shares during the period. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $6,144,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of EWJ. Fisher Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 60.6% during the second quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 2,677,275 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $200,715,000 after purchasing an additional 1,010,345 shares during the period. Johns Hopkins University purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the second quarter valued at about $57,761,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 44.9% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,261,058 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $94,540,000 after acquiring an additional 390,526 shares during the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 33,504.6% in the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 389,477 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $29,199,000 after purchasing an additional 388,318 shares during the last quarter. Finally, BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp increased its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 57.6% during the 2nd quarter. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp now owns 1,037,186 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $77,758,000 after purchasing an additional 378,947 shares during the period. 64.60% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Price Performance

EWJ opened at $91.29 on Tuesday. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a one year low of $59.84 and a one year high of $91.48. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $83.73 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $81.59. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68.

About iShares MSCI Japan ETF

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.