Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC Sells 44,419 Shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF $EWJ

Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC reduced its position in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EWJ) by 5.5% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 759,224 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 44,419 shares during the period. iShares MSCI Japan ETF comprises 1.3% of Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 18th largest holding. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC owned approximately 0.39% of iShares MSCI Japan ETF worth $61,300,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in EWJ. Focus Partners Wealth grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 39.0% during the first quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 10,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $701,000 after purchasing an additional 2,869 shares during the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 229.1% during the second quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 38,500 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,886,000 after purchasing an additional 26,800 shares during the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 33,504.6% during the second 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 during the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 6.1% during the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 546,723 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $40,988,000 after purchasing an additional 31,344 shares during the last quarter. Finally, DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Japan ETF by 46.3% during the second quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 284,355 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $21,318,000 after purchasing an additional 89,999 shares during the last quarter. 64.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Trading Down 0.9%

NYSEARCA:EWJ opened at $88.30 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $20.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.63 and a beta of 0.68. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $86.89 and its 200-day moving average is $85.02. iShares MSCI Japan ETF has a 1-year low of $71.09 and a 1-year high of $94.28.

iShares MSCI Japan ETF Profile

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.