Bank of Nova Scotia Acquires Shares of 14,800 Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF $VPL

Bank of Nova Scotia acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF (NYSEARCA:VPL) in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 14,800 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,446,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Rathbones Group PLC raised its stake in Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 8.2% in the 4th quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 187,534 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,953,000 after acquiring an additional 14,199 shares during the period. Summit Financial Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $445,000. Assetmark Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 6.2% in the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 356,213 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,202,000 after purchasing an additional 20,666 shares in the last quarter. WealthBridge Investment Counsel Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 72.8% in the fourth quarter. WealthBridge Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 119,165 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,773,000 after purchasing an additional 50,223 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Silphium Asset Management Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $16,145,000.

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF Trading Down 1.5%

VPL opened at $104.91 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $113.30 and a 200 day moving average of $106.46. The company has a market cap of $7.77 billion, a PE ratio of 14.65 and a beta of 0.80. Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF has a 12 month low of $81.42 and a 12 month high of $121.23.

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF Profile

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF, formerly Vanguard MSCI Pacific ETF, is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment performance of the MSCI Pacific Index that consists of common stocks of companies located in Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing investment approach by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the common stocks included in the MSCI Pacific Index (the Index).