Affiance Financial LLC Buys 19,102 Shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA)

Affiance Financial LLC lifted its stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) by 8.9% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 233,028 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 19,102 shares during the period. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF makes up about 4.4% of Affiance Financial LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th biggest position. Affiance Financial LLC’s holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF were worth $18,188,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

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

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of IEFA stock opened at $76.73 on Monday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $75.65 and a two-hundred day moving average of $74.40. The firm has a market cap of $120.47 billion, a PE ratio of 14.38 and a beta of 0.82. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $56.55 and a 1-year high of $70.84.

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.