Natixis Advisors LLC Increases Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Natixis Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 5.6% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 2,472,657 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 130,880 shares during the period. Natixis Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $237,449,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of EFA. Northern Trust Corp grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 21,097,652 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,969,888,000 after acquiring an additional 184,934 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 13.9% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC now owns 15,736,766 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,511,202,000 after acquiring an additional 1,922,902 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 359.5% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 11,306,948 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,085,806,000 after acquiring an additional 8,846,240 shares in the last quarter. AlTi Global Inc. raised its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.4% during the 3rd quarter. AlTi Global Inc. now owns 6,000,422 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $560,259,000 after acquiring an additional 141,445 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Causeway Capital Management LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 70,110.5% during the 3rd quarter. Causeway Capital Management LLC now owns 4,959,667 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $463,084,000 after acquiring an additional 4,952,603 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF stock opened at $104.44 on Tuesday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $101.30 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $99.53. The company has a market capitalization of $77.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.78. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $85.68 and a 1-year high of $105.94.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF, formerly iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of its underlying index, MSCI EAFE Index (the Index). The Index has been developed by MSCI Inc as an equity benchmark for its international stock performance. The Index includes stocks from Europe, Australasia and the Far East. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.