Arete Wealth Advisors LLC Has $4.10 Million Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG)

Arete Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) by 8.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 42,236 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,312 shares during the period. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF were worth $4,098,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in EFG. LPL Financial LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 45.7% in the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 9,151,951 shares of the company’s stock valued at $886,183,000 after buying an additional 2,871,169 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 22.7% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 7,275,923 shares of the company’s stock valued at $704,528,000 after acquiring an additional 1,345,376 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 20.1% during the fourth quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 4,234,850 shares of the company’s stock valued at $410,061,000 after acquiring an additional 709,383 shares in the last quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 22.4% during the fourth quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 2,926,949 shares of the company’s stock worth $283,416,000 after purchasing an additional 536,191 shares during the period. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 18.7% in the 4th quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 1,651,191 shares of the company’s stock worth $159,885,000 after purchasing an additional 260,304 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Trading Up 4.5 %

Shares of EFG stock opened at $100.39 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $102.98 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $102.02. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a 12 month low of $94.82 and a 12 month high of $108.91. The firm has a market capitalization of $12.65 billion, a PE ratio of 26.76 and a beta of 0.93.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI EAFE Growth Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI EAFE Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a subset of the MSCI EAFE Index and constituents of the Index include securities from Europe, Australasia (Australia and Asia), and the Far East.