iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA Shares Acquired by Cerity Partners LLC

Cerity Partners LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 18.8% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 11,680,694 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,848,563 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up about 1.7% of Cerity Partners LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 9th largest holding. Cerity Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $975,105,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% in the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 89,235,188 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,815,663,000 after purchasing an additional 663,730 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 10.1% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 40,235,704 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,358,875,000 after buying an additional 3,675,689 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% during the first quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 37,782,854 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,858,273,000 after acquiring an additional 258,589 shares in the last quarter. US Bancorp DE lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% in the second quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 34,386,264 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,870,592,000 after acquiring an additional 239,082 shares during the period. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.1% in the 1st quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 34,156,332 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,583,926,000 after purchasing an additional 1,668,799 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of BATS IEFA opened at $89.29 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $152.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $88.05 and its 200-day simple moving average is $85.49. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $66.95 and a 12 month high of $87.36.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Company Profile

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.