Associated Banc Corp Boosts Holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG)

Associated Banc Corp raised its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) by 9.0% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 5,747 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 476 shares during the quarter. Associated Banc Corp’s holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF were worth $619,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of EFG. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 57.4% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 26,597,234 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,720,897,000 after buying an additional 9,697,657 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 49.5% during the second quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 6,599,521 shares of the company’s stock valued at $675,131,000 after acquiring an additional 2,184,037 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 60.9% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 3,742,137 shares of the company’s stock valued at $382,821,000 after purchasing an additional 1,416,067 shares during the last quarter. CWM LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 54.3% in the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 2,767,095 shares of the company’s stock worth $283,074,000 after purchasing an additional 973,742 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Park Avenue Securities LLC grew its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 56.9% during the 2nd quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 2,661,636 shares of the company’s stock worth $272,285,000 after purchasing an additional 965,407 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Trading Up 0.6 %

Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF stock opened at $99.57 on Tuesday. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a 12-month low of $67.58 and a 12-month high of $85.81. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $103.36 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $103.44. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.36 and a beta of 0.97.

About iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

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.