CIBC Asset Management Inc Has $817,000 Position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ

CIBC Asset Management Inc reduced its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 58.0% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 10,124 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 14,005 shares during the period. CIBC Asset Management Inc’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $817,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in EWJ. Focus Partners Wealth boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 39.0% during the 1st quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 10,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $701,000 after acquiring an additional 2,869 shares in the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 229.1% during the 2nd quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 38,500 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,886,000 after acquiring an additional 26,800 shares in the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 33,504.6% during the 2nd quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 389,477 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $29,199,000 after acquiring an additional 388,318 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 6.1% during the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 546,723 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $40,988,000 after acquiring an additional 31,344 shares in the last quarter. Finally, DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 46.3% during the 2nd quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 284,355 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $21,318,000 after acquiring an additional 89,999 shares in the last quarter. 64.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Stock Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF stock opened at $91.95 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $21.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a twelve month low of $71.09 and a twelve month high of $94.28. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $89.55 and its 200-day simple moving average is $86.69.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.