Vicus Capital Purchases 24,396 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Vicus Capital grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 2.0% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 1,260,429 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 24,396 shares during the quarter. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up 8.7% of Vicus Capital’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd largest holding. Vicus Capital’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $105,221,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of IEFA. Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% in the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 89,235,188 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,815,663,000 after buying an additional 663,730 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% during the first quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 37,782,854 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,858,273,000 after purchasing an additional 258,589 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.1% during the first quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 34,156,332 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,583,926,000 after purchasing an additional 1,668,799 shares in the last quarter. US Bancorp DE increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 3.7% during the first quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 34,147,182 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,583,248,000 after buying an additional 1,232,333 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.2% during the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 32,276,425 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,441,712,000 after buying an additional 2,175,194 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Up 26.0%

BATS IEFA opened at $87.92 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $150.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $66.95 and a twelve month high of $87.36. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $85.58 and a 200 day simple moving average of $81.69.

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.