48,618 Shares in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF $EFG Bought by Sterling Capital Management LLC

Sterling Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 48,618 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,826,000.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EFG. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 5.4% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 23,610,616 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,937,631,000 after purchasing an additional 1,210,805 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 35.0% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 4,708,538 shares of the company’s stock worth $524,390,000 after buying an additional 1,221,082 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 125.2% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 2,208,206 shares of the company’s stock valued at $245,928,000 after buying an additional 1,227,595 shares during the period. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 2.8% in the second quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 1,892,107 shares of the company’s stock valued at $235,416,000 after buying an additional 52,153 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 166.6% in the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,472,363 shares of the company’s stock valued at $163,977,000 after buying an additional 920,188 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Trading Down 0.6%

Shares of EFG opened at $117.75 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.98 and a beta of 0.96. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $121.68 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $121.60. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a 12 month low of $107.17 and a 12 month high of $127.44.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF’s stock is set to split on the morning of Thursday, November 5th. The 3-1 split was recently announced. The newly created shares will be distributed to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, November 4th.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Profile

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI EAFE Growth Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI EAFE Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a subset of the MSCI EAFE Index and constituents of the Index include securities from Europe, Australasia (Australia and Asia), and the Far East. The Fund invests in sectors, such as consumer staples, industrials, consumer discretionary, materials, healthcare, financials, information technology, energy, telecommunication services and utilities.