Focus Partners Wealth Grows Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Focus Partners Wealth increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 37.9% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 2,945,065 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 808,883 shares during the quarter. Focus Partners Wealth owned approximately 0.17% of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF worth $259,992,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.2% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 224,863,248 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,632,810,000 after purchasing an additional 4,837,732 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 104,883,248 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,382,856,000 after acquiring an additional 4,892,313 shares during the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.8% in the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 79,118,875 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,077,975,000 after acquiring an additional 2,898,461 shares during the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.7% in the third quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 47,576,490 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,143,178,000 after acquiring an additional 786,918 shares during the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.6% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 40,788,933 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,648,978,000 after acquiring an additional 1,799,732 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 0.2%

IEFA opened at $97.97 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $167.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $79.82 and a twelve month high of $98.83. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $96.03 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $93.43.

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.