Bank of New York Mellon Corp Increases Stock Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 4.6% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 35,160,499 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,557,410 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF comprises 0.6% of Bank of New York Mellon Corp’s portfolio, making the stock its 22nd biggest holding. Bank of New York Mellon Corp’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $3,145,458,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. LGL Partners LLC grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. LGL Partners LLC now owns 33,979 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,040,000 after purchasing an additional 108 shares in the last quarter. Insight Inv LLC grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.4% in the fourth quarter. Insight Inv LLC now owns 4,781 shares of the company’s stock worth $428,000 after purchasing an additional 110 shares in the last quarter. Fairvoy Private Wealth LLC grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.6% in the fourth quarter. Fairvoy Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,530 shares of the company’s stock worth $226,000 after purchasing an additional 111 shares in the last quarter. Holland Advisory Services Inc. grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Holland Advisory Services Inc. now owns 11,073 shares of the company’s stock worth $991,000 after purchasing an additional 112 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Access Financial Services Inc. grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.1% in the fourth quarter. Access Financial Services Inc. now owns 10,719 shares of the company’s stock worth $959,000 after purchasing an additional 113 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

BATS:IEFA opened at $98.15 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $167.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a one year low of $79.82 and a one year high of $98.83. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $94.62 and a 200 day simple moving average of $92.87.

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.