Bollard Group LLC Invests $464,000 in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY

Bollard Group LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 4,776 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $464,000.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 27.8% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 239,956 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $12,967,000 after acquiring an additional 52,259 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning increased its position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 3.6% in the 2nd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 5,021 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $360,000 after acquiring an additional 176 shares in the last quarter. M&T Bank Corp acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at about $203,000. Invesco Ltd. increased its position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 424.3% in the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 94,461 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $6,780,000 after acquiring an additional 76,444 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cresset Asset Management LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 7.0% in the 2nd quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC now owns 8,661 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $622,000 after acquiring an additional 565 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 49.22% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Trading Down 0.7%

EWY opened at $197.45 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $26.27 billion, a PE ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.45. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a 1-year low of $66.11 and a 1-year high of $217.76. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $170.90 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $134.65.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Profile

iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Stock Market Division of the Korean Exchange. The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index with a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no issuer of a component exceeds 25% of the Index weight and all issuers with weight above 5% do not exceed 50% of the Index weight.