Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. Acquires 177,592 Shares of iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF $IEMG

Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:IEMG) by 25.0% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 887,182 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 177,592 shares during the period. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF were worth $72,004,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF by 10.2% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 48,001,963 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,226,692,000 after purchasing an additional 4,457,585 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its holdings in iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF by 29.5% in the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 20,828,872 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,452,814,000 after buying an additional 4,743,399 shares in the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF by 12.0% during the 4th quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 9,541,588 shares of the company’s stock valued at $641,386,000 after acquiring an additional 1,021,822 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF by 22.1% during the 4th quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 3,901,270 shares of the company’s stock valued at $262,243,000 after acquiring an additional 704,984 shares during the period. Finally, Valeo Financial Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF by 3.7% during the 2nd quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC now owns 3,067,830 shares of the company’s stock worth $245,493,000 after acquiring an additional 110,846 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF Stock Up 1.4%

Shares of IEMG traded up $1.12 on Monday, reaching $83.48. The stock had a trading volume of 2,696,126 shares, compared to its average volume of 14,530,628. iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF has a twelve month low of $64.07 and a twelve month high of $86.49. The firm has a market capitalization of $164.34 billion, a PE ratio of 14.65 and a beta of 0.74. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $80.95 and a 200 day moving average of $79.31.

About iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

The iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (IEMG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Emerging Markets IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of emerging-market firms, covering 99% of market capitalization. IEMG was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.