iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) Holdings Lifted by Checchi Capital Advisers LLC

Checchi Capital Advisers LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) by 20.0% during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 19,833 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 3,310 shares during the quarter. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF were worth $1,257,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the business. Jane Street Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 10,093.7% during the fourth quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 2,574,107 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $145,386,000 after buying an additional 2,548,855 shares in the last quarter. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 97,913.0% during the second quarter. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich now owns 2,069,054 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $131,137,000 after buying an additional 2,066,943 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 129.2% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 1,754,380 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $99,087,000 after buying an additional 988,955 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 84.2% during the first quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 1,750,438 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $124,683,000 after buying an additional 800,235 shares in the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 40.3% during the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,025,778 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $62,797,000 after buying an additional 294,453 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Trading Up 0.9 %

Shares of EWY stock opened at $62.87 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $59.46 and its 200-day simple moving average is $62.26. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a 1-year low of $54.49 and a 1-year high of $67.95. The company has a market capitalization of $3.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.39 and a beta of 1.05.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Profile

iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Stock Market Division of the Korean Exchange.