iShares MSCI ACWI ETF $ACWI Shares Bought by Blair William & Co. IL

Blair William & Co. IL raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (NASDAQ:ACWI) by 182.6% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 20,085 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 12,979 shares during the period. Blair William & Co. IL’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF were worth $2,777,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of ACWI. Mawer Investment Management Ltd. purchased a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF in the third quarter valued at $5,644,000. Permanent Capital Management LP acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF during the 3rd quarter worth about $7,584,000. Drake & Associates LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 11.5% during the 3rd quarter. Drake & Associates LLC now owns 204,224 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,706,000 after purchasing an additional 20,997 shares during the last quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 11.9% in the 3rd quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 61,579 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,513,000 after buying an additional 6,538 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Assetmark Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 73.1% in the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 788,333 shares of the company’s stock worth $108,979,000 after buying an additional 332,908 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 61.52% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Trading Down 1.7%

NASDAQ:ACWI opened at $140.45 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $145.22 and a two-hundred day moving average of $141.19. iShares MSCI ACWI ETF has a 12 month low of $101.25 and a 12 month high of $148.75. The firm has a market cap of $25.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.91 and a beta of 0.93.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 16th were issued a dividend of $1.2353 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 16th. This represents a dividend yield of 176.0%.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Profile

The iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (ACWI) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of large- and mid-cap global stocks, covering 85% of the developed and emerging markets capitalization. ACWI was launched on Mar 26, 2008 and is managed by BlackRock.