iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA Shares Purchased by The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 3.5% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 598,914 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 20,000 shares during the quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $54,220,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 179.9% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 18,177,164 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,626,129,000 after purchasing an additional 40,918,156 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 15.0% during the 4th quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 43,144,722 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,859,727,000 after buying an additional 5,635,481 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 104,883,248 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,382,856,000 after buying an additional 4,892,313 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.4% in the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 38,117,521 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,450,779,000 after buying an additional 2,957,022 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 227,762,243 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,375,610,000 after buying an additional 2,898,995 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of IEFA opened at $96.23 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $164.55 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a one year low of $81.17 and a one year high of $98.83. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $96.87 and a 200 day moving average price of $95.14.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Company Profile

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.