1,190,897 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA Acquired by Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd.

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor purchased 1,190,897 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $115,374,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.4% in the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 38,117,521 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,450,779,000 after buying an additional 2,957,022 shares during the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.4% in the 1st quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 16,811,167 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,521,915,000 after buying an additional 68,617 shares during the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 6.7% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 11,479,180 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,039,210,000 after buying an additional 720,499 shares during the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 8,847,558 shares of the company’s stock valued at $800,969,000 after acquiring an additional 28,030 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Assetmark Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.9% in the first quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 8,778,321 shares of the company’s stock valued at $794,701,000 after acquiring an additional 413,330 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 0.9%

Shares of IEFA opened at $96.31 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $164.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $98.06 and a 200 day moving average of $96.29. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $85.03 and a 12 month high of $101.44.

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.