iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA Position Raised by Islay Capital Management LLC

Islay Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFAFree Report) by 37.5% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 32,002 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 8,732 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF accounts for about 1.7% of Islay Capital Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 19th biggest position. Islay Capital Management LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $2,863,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of IEFA. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.8% during the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 551,668 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,771,000 after purchasing an additional 19,941 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the second quarter valued at about $238,000. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the second quarter valued at about $1,160,000. Bank of Nova Scotia bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the second quarter valued at about $217,000. Finally, Squarepoint Ops LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the second quarter valued at about $2,102,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Down 1.0%

Shares of BATS IEFA opened at $96.98 on Tuesday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a fifty-two week low of $79.82 and a fifty-two week high of $98.83. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $96.14 and its 200 day simple moving average is $93.54. The stock has a market cap of $165.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84.

About iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

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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.

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