iShares MSCI EAFE ETF $EFA Shares Acquired by Bank of Nova Scotia

Bank of Nova Scotia increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (NYSEARCA:EFA) by 7.2% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 2,240,841 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 149,919 shares during the period. Bank of Nova Scotia’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $209,227,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EFA. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.6% during the 3rd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC now owns 13,813,864 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,289,800,000 after acquiring an additional 211,523 shares during the last quarter. AlTi Global Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 2.4% in the 3rd quarter. AlTi Global Inc. now owns 6,000,422 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $560,259,000 after purchasing an additional 141,445 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 50.7% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,768,279 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $504,181,000 after purchasing an additional 1,939,941 shares during the period. Causeway Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 70,110.5% in the third quarter. Causeway Capital Management LLC now owns 4,959,667 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $463,084,000 after purchasing an additional 4,952,603 shares during the period. Finally, Bessemer Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE ETF by 87.0% during the third quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 4,430,239 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $413,652,000 after purchasing an additional 2,061,536 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.80% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA EFA opened at $96.30 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $101.19 and a 200 day moving average price of $96.68. iShares MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $72.14 and a 1-year high of $105.94. The company has a market cap of $71.07 billion, a PE ratio of 16.48 and a beta of 0.84.

About iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF, formerly iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of its underlying index, MSCI EAFE Index (the Index). The Index has been developed by MSCI Inc as an equity benchmark for its international stock performance. The Index includes stocks from Europe, Australasia and the Far East. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.