Nationwide Fund Advisors Has $217.52 Million Holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Nationwide Fund Advisors boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 53.8% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 2,875,315 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,005,358 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up about 18.5% of Nationwide Fund Advisors’ holdings, making the stock its 2nd biggest holding. Nationwide Fund Advisors owned about 0.17% of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF worth $217,518,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. Curat Global LLC bought a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 1st quarter valued at $26,000. WFA Asset Management Corp bought a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 1st quarter valued at $26,000. Hopwood Financial Services Inc. bought a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 4th quarter worth $28,000. Integrity Financial Corp WA raised its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 171.2% in the 4th quarter. Integrity Financial Corp WA now owns 396 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 250 shares in the last quarter. Finally, IFS Advisors LLC bought a new position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF in the 1st quarter worth $29,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 16.8%

Shares of BATS IEFA opened at $81.54 on Thursday. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $66.95 and a 12 month high of $84.22. The firm has a market capitalization of $139.43 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $80.71 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $76.17.

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.