Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd Boosts Stock Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 262.2% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 23,252 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 16,833 shares during the quarter. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $2,105,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of IEFA. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 179.9% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 18,177,164 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,626,129,000 after acquiring an additional 40,918,156 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 15.0% in the 4th quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 43,144,722 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,859,727,000 after purchasing an additional 5,635,481 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 104,883,248 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,382,856,000 after purchasing an additional 4,892,313 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 224,863,248 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,632,810,000 after purchasing an additional 4,837,732 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company MN increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.8% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 79,118,875 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,077,975,000 after purchasing an additional 2,898,461 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 0.7%

BATS IEFA opened at $96.31 on Thursday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12-month low of $81.17 and a 12-month high of $98.83. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $96.71 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $94.46. The stock has a market cap of $164.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84.

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.