Fisher Asset Management LLC Lowers Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Fisher Asset Management LLC trimmed its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 17.8% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 180,219 shares of the company’s stock after selling 39,064 shares during the quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $14,066,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of IEFA. Stairway Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the third quarter worth $219,879,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.3% during the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 26,054,415 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,892,593,000 after buying an additional 2,219,758 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 185.8% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 3,339,335 shares of the company’s stock worth $247,845,000 after buying an additional 2,170,869 shares during the period. Bank of Montreal Can boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 24.4% during the second quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 10,859,322 shares of the company’s stock worth $793,599,000 after buying an additional 2,129,111 shares during the period. Finally, Sanctuary Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the second quarter worth $131,293,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 0.6 %

IEFA opened at $72.60 on Thursday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52 week low of $56.55 and a 52 week high of $70.84. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $75.04 and a 200-day simple moving average of $74.65. The firm has a market cap of $113.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82.

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.