iShares MSCI Canada ETF $EWC Shares Bought by The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company increased its holdings in iShares MSCI Canada ETF (NYSEARCA:EWC) by 52.4% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 4,841,833 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,663,788 shares during the quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company owned 5.42% of iShares MSCI Canada ETF worth $265,284,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Assetmark Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 5.4% during the first quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,800,052 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $98,625,000 after buying an additional 91,652 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 22.8% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,769,516 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $81,752,000 after purchasing an additional 328,742 shares during the period. Korea Investment CORP boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 5.7% in the 4th quarter. Korea Investment CORP now owns 1,757,957 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $94,807,000 after purchasing an additional 94,857 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its stake in iShares MSCI Canada ETF by 1.4% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,534,679 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $62,538,000 after purchasing an additional 21,113 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Balyasny Asset Management L.P. acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI Canada ETF during the 2nd quarter worth about $51,589,000.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Trading Up 0.5%

EWC stock opened at $59.39 on Tuesday. iShares MSCI Canada ETF has a one year low of $45.66 and a one year high of $59.69. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $58.43 and a two-hundred day moving average of $57.01. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.05 billion, a PE ratio of 19.77 and a beta of 0.86.

iShares MSCI Canada ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Canada ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Canadian market, as measured by the MSCI Canada Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Canadian equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.