Park Avenue Securities LLC Acquires 53,099 Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ)

Park Avenue Securities LLC lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 309.4% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 70,261 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 53,099 shares during the quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $4,715,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the business. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. lifted its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 31.0% during the second quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 2,968 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $203,000 after purchasing an additional 702 shares during the period. Renaissance Technologies LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $2,011,000. Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 8.9% in the 2nd quarter. Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT now owns 22,285 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,521,000 after buying an additional 1,829 shares during the last quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 43.3% in the second quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 8,181 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $558,000 after acquiring an additional 2,473 shares during the period. Finally, Glass Jacobson Investment Advisors llc increased its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 17.4% during the second quarter. Glass Jacobson Investment Advisors llc now owns 1,048 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $72,000 after acquiring an additional 155 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:EWJ opened at $65.85 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $68.01 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $69.04. The stock has a market capitalization of $16.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.63 and a beta of 0.73. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 52-week low of $60.62 and a 52-week high of $73.24.

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).