iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY Stake Raised by TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.

TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) by 5,693.2% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 28,271 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 27,783 shares during the quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF were worth $5,253,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 102.5% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 10,928,797 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,344,351,000 after buying an additional 5,532,980 shares during the period. Hsbc Holdings PLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 1,764.2% in the fourth quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 1,897,337 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $184,457,000 after acquiring an additional 1,795,557 shares during the last quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 135.8% in the first quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 1,823,820 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $224,348,000 after acquiring an additional 1,050,220 shares during the last quarter. Temasek Holdings Private Ltd raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 116.6% during the fourth quarter. Temasek Holdings Private Ltd now owns 1,594,998 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $155,066,000 after acquiring an additional 858,598 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 31.5% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,405,205 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $331,054,000 after acquiring an additional 814,877 shares in the last quarter. 49.22% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Stock Performance

EWY opened at $188.87 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $174.19 and a 200 day moving average price of $165.98. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a 1 year low of $73.12 and a 1 year high of $220.89. The stock has a market cap of $27.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.51.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Profile

iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Stock Market Division of the Korean Exchange. The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index with a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no issuer of a component exceeds 25% of the Index weight and all issuers with weight above 5% do not exceed 50% of the Index weight.