Temasek Holdings Private Ltd Makes New Investment in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF $EWZ

Temasek Holdings Private Ltd bought a new stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (NYSEARCA:EWZ) during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 1,076,815 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $41,339,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 12,304.8% during the first quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 3,119,561 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $119,760,000 after buying an additional 3,094,413 shares in the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Brazil ETF in the first quarter worth $108,733,000. SG Americas Securities LLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 645.6% in the first quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 2,344,250 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $89,996,000 after acquiring an additional 2,029,838 shares in the last quarter. MKP Capital Management L.L.C. raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 3.0% in the fourth quarter. MKP Capital Management L.L.C. now owns 2,286,900 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $72,655,000 after acquiring an additional 66,900 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil ETF by 19.2% during the 4th quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. now owns 2,218,204 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $70,457,000 after acquiring an additional 357,853 shares during the last quarter. 72.69% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA EWZ opened at $35.62 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $9.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.58 and a beta of 0.61. iShares MSCI Brazil ETF has a 12 month low of $26.30 and a 12 month high of $42.02. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $35.15 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $36.67.

iShares MSCI Brazil ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Brazil Capped Index Fund (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Brazil Index 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 Brazilian market, as measured by the MSCI Brazil Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Brazilian equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.