Scotia Capital Inc. Purchases 115,393 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Scotia Capital Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 112.7% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 217,750 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 115,393 shares during the quarter. Scotia Capital Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $15,304,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in IEFA. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 88,571,458 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,224,802,000 after acquiring an additional 1,150,886 shares in the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.4% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 65,745,847 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,620,618,000 after purchasing an additional 3,362,038 shares in the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association grew its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% in the 4th quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 55,081,925 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,872,502,000 after purchasing an additional 2,594,394 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.0% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 38,824,556 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,728,590,000 after purchasing an additional 2,548,622 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,637,205,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of IEFA opened at $71.43 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $75.39 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $74.13. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $66.95 and a twelve month high of $78.95. The firm has a market cap of $120.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.50 and a beta of 0.88.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 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.