The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Lowers Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company lowered its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 1.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 587,914 shares of the company’s stock after selling 11,000 shares during the period. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $56,781,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Breakwater Capital Group lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.8% in the 1st quarter. Breakwater Capital Group now owns 12,963 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,174,000 after acquiring an additional 105 shares during the last quarter. LGL Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. LGL Partners LLC now owns 33,979 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,040,000 after purchasing an additional 108 shares during the last quarter. Eclectic Associates Inc. ADV raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.4% in the 2nd quarter. Eclectic Associates Inc. ADV now owns 3,283 shares of the company’s stock worth $317,000 after purchasing an additional 108 shares during the period. Insight Inv LLC raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.4% in the 4th quarter. Insight Inv LLC now owns 4,781 shares of the company’s stock worth $428,000 after purchasing an additional 110 shares during the period. Finally, GW&K Investment Management LLC raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. GW&K Investment Management LLC now owns 12,993 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,162,000 after purchasing an additional 111 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 1.0%

BATS IEFA opened at $99.50 on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $98.98 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $96.38. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12-month low of $85.03 and a 12-month high of $101.44. The firm has a market cap of $170.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84.

About iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

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.