Arete Wealth Advisors LLC Has $2.73 Million Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Arete Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 53.6% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 38,801 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 13,539 shares during the quarter. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $2,729,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $2,637,205,000. Life Planning Partners Inc lifted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 6,920.2% in the 4th quarter. Life Planning Partners Inc now owns 8,435,918 shares of the company’s stock worth $592,876,000 after buying an additional 8,315,752 shares in the last quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $302,005,000. Brooklyn FI LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 6,704.8% during the 4th quarter. Brooklyn FI LLC now owns 3,403,698 shares of the company’s stock valued at $250,452,000 after acquiring an additional 3,353,679 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 9.5% in the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 30,101,231 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,115,515,000 after acquiring an additional 2,608,901 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 8.7 %

Shares of BATS:IEFA opened at $75.85 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $128.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.50 and a beta of 0.88. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $68.74 and a 1 year high of $78.95. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $75.87 and a 200 day simple moving average of $74.42.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Company Profile

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.