iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA Shares Purchased by The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 3.5% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 598,914 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 20,000 shares during the quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $54,220,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of IEFA. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 227,762,243 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,375,610,000 after buying an additional 2,898,995 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley grew its position in shares of 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 valued at $9,382,856,000 after buying an additional 4,892,313 shares during the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN raised its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.8% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 79,118,875 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,077,975,000 after acquiring an additional 2,898,461 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. raised its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 15.0% during the fourth quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 43,144,722 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,859,727,000 after acquiring an additional 5,635,481 shares during the period. Finally, LPL Financial LLC raised its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.6% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 40,788,933 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,648,978,000 after acquiring an additional 1,799,732 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Down 0.5%

Shares of BATS IEFA opened at $96.23 on Thursday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $96.87 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $95.14. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52-week low of $81.17 and a 52-week high of $98.83. The stock has a market capitalization of $164.55 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.