Sound View Wealth Advisors Group LLC Raises Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Sound View Wealth Advisors Group LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 29.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 44,887 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 10,324 shares during the period. Sound View Wealth Advisors Group LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $3,747,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in IEFA. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% during the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 89,235,188 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,815,663,000 after purchasing an additional 663,730 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 10.1% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 40,235,704 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,358,875,000 after purchasing an additional 3,675,689 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% during the 1st quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 37,782,854 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,858,273,000 after purchasing an additional 258,589 shares during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE raised its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.7% in the second quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 34,386,264 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,870,592,000 after buying an additional 239,082 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.1% in the first quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 34,156,332 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,583,926,000 after buying an additional 1,668,799 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Up 25.9%

Shares of BATS IEFA opened at $87.83 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $150.18 billion, a PE ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12-month low of $66.95 and a 12-month high of $87.36. The company has a 50-day moving average of $87.41 and a 200 day moving average of $84.31.

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.