RiverFront Investment Group LLC Purchases 101,553 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

RiverFront Investment Group LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 4.0% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,617,261 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 101,553 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up approximately 5.0% of RiverFront Investment Group LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd largest holding. RiverFront Investment Group LLC owned approximately 0.17% of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF worth $190,118,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. TIAA Trust National Association boosted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.5% during the 1st quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 58,621,198 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,350,865,000 after acquiring an additional 270,565 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.7% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 38,878,766 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,824,154,000 after purchasing an additional 1,020,859 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 4.6% during the second quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 34,769,372 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,525,647,000 after purchasing an additional 1,529,043 shares in the last quarter. US Bancorp DE grew its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.4% in the 2nd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 32,212,225 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,339,952,000 after purchasing an additional 768,822 shares during the period. Finally, Raymond James & Associates raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.2% in the 2nd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 29,746,936 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,160,817,000 after buying an additional 362,644 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of IEFA stock opened at $77.43 on Wednesday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $75.06 and its 200 day simple moving average is $74.22. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a one year low of $56.55 and a one year high of $70.84. The firm has a market cap of $121.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82.

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.