iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ Stake Trimmed by Pasadena Private Wealth LLC

Pasadena Private Wealth LLC cut its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 64.5% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 26,888 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 48,897 shares during the period. Pasadena Private Wealth LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI Japan ETF were worth $2,157,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Fisher Asset Management LLC increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 60.6% in the second quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 2,677,275 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $200,715,000 after acquiring an additional 1,010,345 shares in the last quarter. Johns Hopkins University purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $57,761,000. Strs Ohio acquired a new position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $35,041,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 44.9% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,261,058 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $94,540,000 after purchasing an additional 390,526 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd grew its position in iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 33,504.6% during the 2nd quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 389,477 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $29,199,000 after purchasing an additional 388,318 shares in the last quarter. 64.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Stock Up 2.1%

Shares of NYSEARCA:EWJ opened at $84.61 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $82.35 and its two-hundred day moving average is $79.68. The company has a market cap of $16.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 12-month low of $59.84 and a 12-month high of $85.31.

About iShares MSCI Japan ETF

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.