Checchi Capital Advisers LLC Raises Stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF $VGK

Checchi Capital Advisers LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) by 1,860.5% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 72,244 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 68,559 shares during the period. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF were worth $5,955,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 11.7% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 44,594,011 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,728,505,000 after acquiring an additional 4,677,424 shares during the period. Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan increased its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 3.4% during the 4th quarter. Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan now owns 9,136,296 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $763,886,000 after purchasing an additional 300,845 shares during the last quarter. Mather Group LLC. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 2.5% during the 4th quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 8,695,326 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $727,016,000 after purchasing an additional 214,473 shares during the last quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 6,294,468 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $526,658,000 after purchasing an additional 40,667 shares during the period. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 8.7% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,379,766 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $366,192,000 after purchasing an additional 349,648 shares during the period.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Trading Up 0.5%

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF stock opened at $88.30 on Wednesday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $88.27 and its 200 day simple moving average is $86.77. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a 12 month low of $74.79 and a 12 month high of $90.75. The company has a market cap of $29.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.04 and a beta of 0.84.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Company Profile

Vanguard European Stock Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks issued by Companies located in the markets of Europe. The Fund on focuses indexing investment approach by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the common stocks included in the FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index. The Fund’s investment advisor is The Vanguard Group, Inc