Cerity Partners LLC Grows Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Cerity Partners LLC lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 18.8% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 11,680,694 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,848,563 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up about 1.7% of Cerity Partners LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 9th largest position. Cerity Partners LLC owned approximately 0.68% of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF worth $975,105,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.6% in the 2nd quarter. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 224,378 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,731,000 after purchasing an additional 7,772 shares in the last quarter. Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.0% during the 2nd quarter. Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE now owns 97,851 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,169,000 after purchasing an additional 6,435 shares in the last quarter. Curi RMB Capital LLC increased its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 21.7% during the 1st quarter. Curi RMB Capital LLC now owns 246,055 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,614,000 after purchasing an additional 43,891 shares in the last quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 140.3% in the second quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp now owns 16,881 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,409,000 after buying an additional 9,857 shares during the last quarter. Finally, 49 Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 23.9% during the second quarter. 49 Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,260,146 shares of the company’s stock worth $105,197,000 after buying an additional 242,762 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of IEFA opened at $89.29 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $88.05 and its 200-day moving average price is $85.49. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $66.95 and a 1-year high of $87.36. The firm has a market capitalization of $152.68 billion, a PE 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.