Lombard Odier Asset Management USA Corp Purchases Shares of 8,439 iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY

Lombard Odier Asset Management USA Corp acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund acquired 8,439 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $820,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Morgan Stanley boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 31.5% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,405,205 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $331,054,000 after purchasing an additional 814,877 shares during the last quarter. Bridgewater Associates LP boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 1.8% in the 4th quarter. Bridgewater Associates LP now owns 2,072,358 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $201,475,000 after purchasing an additional 37,242 shares during the last quarter. Temasek Holdings Private Ltd boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 116.6% in the 4th quarter. Temasek Holdings Private Ltd now owns 1,594,998 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $155,066,000 after purchasing an additional 858,598 shares during the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 85.5% in the 3rd quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 1,536,532 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $123,076,000 after purchasing an additional 708,000 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Schroder Investment Management Group boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 18.0% in the 3rd quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 1,257,343 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $100,889,000 after purchasing an additional 191,723 shares during the last quarter. 49.22% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF stock opened at $205.91 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a one year low of $66.61 and a one year high of $217.76. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $174.33 and its 200 day moving average is $136.62. The firm has a market cap of $27.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.45.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Stock Market Division of the Korean Exchange. The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index with a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no issuer of a component exceeds 25% of the Index weight and all issuers with weight above 5% do not exceed 50% of the Index weight.