Bank of New York Mellon Corp Boosts Stock Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 8.4% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 38,117,521 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 2,957,022 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up approximately 0.6% of Bank of New York Mellon Corp’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 21st largest position. Bank of New York Mellon Corp owned approximately 2.23% of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF worth $3,450,779,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Apella Capital LLC raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.3% in the 4th quarter. Apella Capital LLC now owns 447,787 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,059,000 after purchasing an additional 38,001 shares in the last quarter. Colony Family Offices LLC grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.1% during the fourth quarter. Colony Family Offices LLC now owns 650,927 shares of the company’s stock worth $58,232,000 after buying an additional 13,562 shares in the last quarter. Enclave Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 22.9% during the fourth quarter. Enclave Advisors LLC now owns 151,627 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,565,000 after buying an additional 28,244 shares in the last quarter. Emergent Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 18.3% during the fourth quarter. Emergent Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 85,633 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,661,000 after buying an additional 13,255 shares during the period. Finally, Certified Advisory Corp increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 21.3% during the fourth quarter. Certified Advisory Corp now owns 144,356 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,914,000 after buying an additional 25,338 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 0.7%

Shares of BATS:IEFA opened at $97.54 on Thursday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $96.87 and its 200 day moving average price is $94.72. The stock has a market cap of $166.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $81.17 and a fifty-two week high of $98.83.

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.