Bank of New York Mellon Corp Acquires 566,934 Shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:HEFA)

Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its stake in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:HEFA) by 199.8% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 850,625 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 566,934 shares during the quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp owned 0.40% of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF worth $30,869,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Golden State Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 236.7% in the 1st quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC now owns 7,545 shares of the company’s stock valued at $274,000 after acquiring an additional 5,304 shares in the last quarter. NBC Securities Inc. lifted its position in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 171,200.0% in the 1st quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 1,713 shares of the company’s stock valued at $62,000 after acquiring an additional 1,712 shares in the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association lifted its position in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 141.8% in the 4th quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 2,791,150 shares of the company’s stock valued at $96,992,000 after acquiring an additional 1,637,004 shares in the last quarter. Vermillion & White Wealth Management Group LLC lifted its position in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 360.6% in the 4th quarter. Vermillion & White Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 4,118 shares of the company’s stock valued at $143,000 after acquiring an additional 3,224 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $862,000.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 7.6%

BATS:HEFA opened at $37.49 on Wednesday. iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $31.39 and a 12 month high of $38.53. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $37.64 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $36.48. The company has a market cap of $6.32 billion, a PE ratio of 15.74 and a beta of 0.67.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF Company Profile

The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (HEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted, USD-hedged index of large- and mid-cap stocks from developed countries outside the US and Canada. HEFA was launched on Jan 31, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.