UBS Group AG Cuts Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF $EWM

UBS Group AG lowered its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF (NYSEARCA:EWM) by 16.9% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 587,662 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 119,838 shares during the period. UBS Group AG owned approximately 5.40% of iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF worth $16,078,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Zacks Investment Management increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF by 4.1% in the third quarter. Zacks Investment Management now owns 22,913 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $594,000 after acquiring an additional 892 shares in the last quarter. BOCHK Asset Management Ltd grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF by 250.0% during the 4th quarter. BOCHK Asset Management Ltd now owns 2,800 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $77,000 after purchasing an additional 2,000 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $84,000. Mount Lucas Management LP grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF by 10.7% during the 3rd quarter. Mount Lucas Management LP now owns 36,984 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $959,000 after purchasing an additional 3,566 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF by 30.7% during the 4th quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 18,743 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $513,000 after purchasing an additional 4,400 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.75% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF Trading Up 0.1%

EWM opened at $30.16 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $28.97 and a 200 day simple moving average of $28.13. The firm has a market cap of $377.60 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.29 and a beta of 0.48. iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF has a twelve month low of $23.34 and a twelve month high of $30.64.

About iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF

iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Malaysia Index Fund (the 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 Malaysian market, as measured by the MSCI Malaysia Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Malaysian equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.