Stairway Partners LLC Buys 3,142,395 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Stairway Partners LLC bought a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 3,142,395 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $304,435,000. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF comprises about 14.5% of Stairway Partners LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd biggest holding.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Wells Fargo & Company MN boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.8% in the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 79,118,875 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,077,975,000 after buying an additional 2,898,461 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC increased its holdings in shares of 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 buying an additional 1,799,732 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.4% in the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 38,117,521 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,450,779,000 after acquiring an additional 2,957,022 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 179.9% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 18,177,164 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,626,129,000 after acquiring an additional 40,918,156 shares during the last quarter. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.4% in the 1st quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 16,811,167 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,521,915,000 after acquiring an additional 68,617 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 1.0%

Shares of BATS IEFA opened at $95.95 on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $99.34 and a two-hundred day moving average of $96.74. The company has a market cap of $164.07 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $85.03 and a 1-year high of $101.44.

About iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

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.