iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY Shares Newly Bought by Shayne & Jacobs LLC

Shayne & Jacobs LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 3,860 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $706,000.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 102.5% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 10,928,797 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,344,351,000 after purchasing an additional 5,532,980 shares in the last quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 135.8% during the first quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 1,823,820 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $224,348,000 after purchasing an additional 1,050,220 shares in the last quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 1,764.2% during the fourth quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 1,897,337 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $184,457,000 after purchasing an additional 1,795,557 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company increased its holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 368.1% during the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 303,408 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $61,258,000 after buying an additional 238,591 shares during the period. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 217.3% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 232,371 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $46,916,000 after buying an additional 159,136 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 49.22% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Stock Up 1.9%

Shares of NYSEARCA:EWY opened at $156.88 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $22.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.51. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a 52 week low of $86.90 and a 52 week high of $220.89. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $178.64 and a 200 day moving average of $176.69.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Profile

iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Stock Market Division of the Korean Exchange. The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index with a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no issuer of a component exceeds 25% of the Index weight and all issuers with weight above 5% do not exceed 50% of the Index weight.