Bank of New York Mellon Corp Raises Stock Position in iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF $EWT

Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWT) by 10.0% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 576,657 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 52,499 shares during the quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp owned 0.56% of iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF worth $40,897,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF by 13,656.2% during the fourth quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 176,354 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $11,204,000 after purchasing an additional 175,072 shares during the period. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF by 3.1% in the 4th quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC now owns 1,023,668 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $65,034,000 after purchasing an additional 30,853 shares during the period. IFP Advisors Inc boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF by 73,693.6% in the 4th quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 92,242 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $5,860,000 after purchasing an additional 92,117 shares during the period. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF by 6.8% during the 4th quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 167,482 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $10,640,000 after purchasing an additional 10,606 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Aberdeen Group plc bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $3,572,000.

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:EWT opened at $98.01 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $102.38 and its 200 day moving average is $84.62. iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF has a fifty-two week low of $57.56 and a fifty-two week high of $112.78. The firm has a market capitalization of $10.01 billion, a PE ratio of 17.58 and a beta of 1.08.

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF Company Profile

Ishares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Taiwan IndexSM (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.