Pathway Financial Advisors LLC Raises Stock Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Pathway Financial Advisors LLC raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 5.6% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 388,506 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 20,496 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for approximately 4.4% of Pathway Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 6th biggest holding. Pathway Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $37,802,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 179.9% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 18,177,164 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,626,129,000 after buying an additional 40,918,156 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 15.0% during the 4th 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 last quarter. Morgan Stanley lifted its stake 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 worth $9,382,856,000 after acquiring an additional 4,892,313 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.4% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 38,117,521 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,450,779,000 after acquiring an additional 2,957,022 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 227,762,243 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,375,610,000 after acquiring an additional 2,898,995 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 1.2%

IEFA opened at $99.88 on Wednesday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $96.98 and a 200 day moving average of $95.33. The stock has a market cap of $170.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 52-week low of $82.53 and a 52-week high of $100.01.

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.