iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA is Ballentine Partners LLC’s 2nd Largest Position

Ballentine Partners LLC boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 2.2% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 6,504,442 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 138,167 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up about 7.9% of Ballentine Partners LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd biggest position. Ballentine Partners LLC owned approximately 0.38% of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF worth $567,903,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Denver PWM LLC lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.4% in the 2nd quarter. Denver PWM LLC now owns 29,189 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,437,000 after purchasing an additional 117 shares during the last quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.4% during the second quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 2,830 shares of the company’s stock valued at $236,000 after purchasing an additional 120 shares during the last quarter. Retirement Planning Group LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.4% in the third quarter. Retirement Planning Group LLC now owns 5,094 shares of the company’s stock valued at $445,000 after purchasing an additional 120 shares during the period. First Bank & Trust raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.6% in the third quarter. First Bank & Trust now owns 21,171 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,848,000 after purchasing an additional 123 shares during the period. Finally, FWG Investments LLC. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.8% in the third quarter. FWG Investments LLC. now owns 2,715 shares of the company’s stock worth $237,000 after buying an additional 124 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 36.6%

BATS IEFA opened at $95.32 on Wednesday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $66.95 and a 1 year high of $87.36. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $90.07 and a 200 day simple moving average of $87.65. The company has a market cap of $162.99 billion, a P/E 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.