Osaic Holdings Inc. Increases Stock Position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ

Osaic Holdings Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 22.6% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 78,005 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 14,389 shares during the period. Osaic Holdings Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $5,842,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in 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 worth $200,715,000 after acquiring an additional 1,010,345 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 2,106.3% during the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 2,398,952 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $164,472,000 after purchasing an additional 2,290,221 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 44.9% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,261,058 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $94,540,000 after purchasing an additional 390,526 shares during the period. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 57.6% in 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 0.5% in the second quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. now owns 787,562 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $59,044,000 after purchasing an additional 4,252 shares during the period. 64.60% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of EWJ opened at $80.46 on Tuesday. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a twelve month low of $59.84 and a twelve month high of $85.31. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $82.55 and its two-hundred day moving average is $78.92.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Company Profile

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.