National Bank of Canada FI Acquires 4,940,406 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

National Bank of Canada FI lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 140.8% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 8,449,555 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,940,406 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up 0.7% of National Bank of Canada FI’s holdings, making the stock its 23rd biggest holding. National Bank of Canada FI’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $705,336,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Front Row Advisors LLC boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 695.0% during the 2nd quarter. Front Row Advisors LLC now owns 795 shares of the company’s stock valued at $66,000 after purchasing an additional 695 shares during the last quarter. Evergreen Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 34.9% in the second quarter. Evergreen Capital Management LLC now owns 229,935 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,195,000 after purchasing an additional 59,529 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Investment Advisors MI boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 11.2% during the second quarter. Strategic Investment Advisors MI now owns 582,368 shares of the company’s stock valued at $48,695,000 after buying an additional 58,686 shares during the last quarter. High Falls Advisors Inc boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.7% during the second quarter. High Falls Advisors Inc now owns 7,754 shares of the company’s stock valued at $647,000 after buying an additional 132 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Asset Allocation Strategies LLC bought a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the second quarter worth $3,950,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 28.8%

Shares of BATS:IEFA opened at $89.88 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $88.23 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $85.76. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $66.95 and a 1-year high of $87.36. The stock has a market cap of $153.70 billion, a PE 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.