Advisory Services Network LLC Buys 104,508 Shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF $VWO

Advisory Services Network LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) by 95.6% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 213,853 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 104,508 shares during the quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF were worth $10,650,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VWO. Wit LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 103,498.2% in the 1st quarter. Wit LLC now owns 34,426,724 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,558,154,000 after acquiring an additional 34,393,493 shares during the last quarter. New Vernon Capital Holdings II LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 5,742.6% during the first quarter. New Vernon Capital Holdings II LLC now owns 8,864,578 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $401,211,000 after purchasing an additional 8,712,854 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 104.6% during the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 13,246,257 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $650,661,000 after purchasing an additional 6,773,228 shares during the last quarter. Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4,672.3% during the second quarter. Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors LLC now owns 3,304,750 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $163,453,000 after acquiring an additional 3,235,502 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4.5% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 74,185,538 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,669,217,000 after acquiring an additional 3,194,696 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 67.19% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Stock Down 0.9%

NYSEARCA:VWO opened at $53.94 on Monday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $54.47 and its 200 day simple moving average is $52.11. The stock has a market cap of $102.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 0.55. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a twelve month low of $39.53 and a twelve month high of $56.04.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Profile

The Fund seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index, that measures the return of stocks issued by companies located in emerging market countries.