LFA Lugano Financial Advisors SA Acquires New Stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF $ESGD

LFA Lugano Financial Advisors SA acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (NASDAQ:ESGD) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 229,552 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,481,000. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF makes up 12.1% of LFA Lugano Financial Advisors SA’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd biggest holding.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ESGD. Focus Financial Network Inc. grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 8.2% in the second quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. now owns 3,667 shares of the company’s stock valued at $327,000 after purchasing an additional 279 shares during the period. Brown Advisory Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 59.7% in the 1st quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 5,160 shares of the company’s stock valued at $422,000 after purchasing an additional 1,929 shares during the last quarter. World Investment Advisors boosted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 56.7% in the 2nd quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 4,670 shares of the company’s stock valued at $417,000 after purchasing an additional 1,690 shares during the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 59.1% during the 1st quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 16,477 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,345,000 after buying an additional 6,121 shares during the period. Finally, IMPACTfolio LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.3% during the 2nd quarter. IMPACTfolio LLC now owns 390,322 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,825,000 after buying an additional 15,948 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of ESGD opened at $93.82 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $10.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.73 and a beta of 0.85. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $93.16 and its 200 day simple moving average is $90.06. iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF has a twelve month low of $72.33 and a twelve month high of $95.63.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF Company Profile

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (ESGD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE Extended ESG Focus index. The fund tracks an index of developed market international companies that have been selected and weighted for positive environmental, social, and governance characteristics. ESGD was launched on Jun 28, 2016 and is managed by BlackRock.