Vontobel Holding Ltd. Buys 1,044,941 Shares of iShares MSCI Australia ETF $EWA

Vontobel Holding Ltd. bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Australia ETF (NYSEARCA:EWA) during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund bought 1,044,941 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $29,593,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI Australia ETF by 6.6% during the third quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. now owns 173,064 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,850,000 after acquiring an additional 10,737 shares during the last quarter. Mather Group LLC. acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Australia ETF in the third quarter worth approximately $150,000. Columbus Macro LLC boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Australia ETF by 1.6% in the third quarter. Columbus Macro LLC now owns 31,146 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $882,000 after acquiring an additional 486 shares during the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Australia ETF by 10.0% in the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 8,997 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $255,000 after acquiring an additional 821 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Boltwood Capital Management bought a new stake in iShares MSCI Australia ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $292,000. 59.69% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI Australia ETF Trading Down 0.3%

NYSEARCA:EWA traded down $0.08 on Friday, reaching $28.73. 2,653,117 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,578,476. iShares MSCI Australia ETF has a 1-year low of $24.94 and a 1-year high of $30.48. The company’s 50 day moving average is $29.24 and its 200-day moving average is $29.03. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.89 and a beta of 0.98.

iShares MSCI Australia ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Australia ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, of publicly traded securities in the Australian market, as represented by the MSCI Australia Index (the Index). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Australian equity market.