Vontobel Holding Ltd. Lowers Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA

Vontobel Holding Ltd. cut its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 17.9% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 9,267 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 2,015 shares during the period. Vontobel Holding Ltd.’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $828,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 20.2% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 46,571,506 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,806,289,000 after acquiring an additional 7,811,598 shares in the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc raised its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 29.7% during the first quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 8,517,440 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $696,130,000 after purchasing an additional 1,949,126 shares in the last quarter. Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.5% during the first quarter. Sand Hill Global Advisors LLC now owns 2,825,948 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $230,965,000 after purchasing an additional 96,306 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.0% during the first quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,343,426 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $191,528,000 after purchasing an additional 46,879 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp raised its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.3% during the first quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 2,231,792 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $182,404,000 after purchasing an additional 151,364 shares in the last quarter. 79.80% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 0.8%

Shares of NYSEARCA EFA opened at $92.98 on Tuesday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $92.36 and its 200-day moving average price is $88.31. The stock has a market capitalization of $67.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.86. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12-month low of $72.14 and a 12-month high of $95.53.

About iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF, formerly iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of its underlying index, MSCI EAFE Index (the Index). The Index has been developed by MSCI Inc as an equity benchmark for its international stock performance.