Nuveen Asset Management LLC Raises Stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Nuveen Asset Management LLC boosted its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 7.5% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 4,407,833 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 306,784 shares during the period. Nuveen Asset Management LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $309,783,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vontobel Holding Ltd. purchased a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $270,000. Shepherd Financial Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Shepherd Financial Partners LLC now owns 686,669 shares of the company’s stock valued at $48,259,000 after buying an additional 1,730 shares in the last quarter. PBMares Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 14.6% during the 4th quarter. PBMares Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,651 shares of the company’s stock valued at $327,000 after buying an additional 594 shares in the last quarter. Knuff & Co LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $197,000. Finally, Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 10.1% during the 4th quarter. Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 695,279 shares of the company’s stock valued at $48,864,000 after buying an additional 64,002 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

BATS:IEFA opened at $80.21 on Thursday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $66.95 and a 1 year high of $80.69. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $76.36 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $74.33. The company has a market cap of $135.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.84.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF 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.