BCI Securities Inc. Purchases New Holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ

BCI Securities Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund purchased 6,380 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $515,000. iShares MSCI Japan ETF accounts for approximately 4.4% of BCI Securities Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 11th largest holding.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EWJ. Focus Partners Wealth increased its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 39.0% during the first quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 10,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $701,000 after acquiring an additional 2,869 shares during the period. Marshall Wace LLP increased its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 229.1% during the second quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 38,500 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,886,000 after acquiring an additional 26,800 shares during the period. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd increased its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 33,504.6% during the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 389,477 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $29,199,000 after acquiring an additional 388,318 shares during the period. Alliancebernstein L.P. increased its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 6.1% during the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 546,723 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $40,988,000 after acquiring an additional 31,344 shares during the period. Finally, DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main lifted its stake in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 46.3% during the second quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 284,355 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $21,318,000 after purchasing an additional 89,999 shares during the period. 64.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of EWJ opened at $94.12 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $22.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 12 month low of $71.09 and a 12 month high of $94.87. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $90.52 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $87.15.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Profile

iShares MSCI Japan ETF (the fund), formerly Ishares Msci Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Japanese market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Tokyo 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.