Bleakley Financial Group LLC Acquires Shares of 10,012 iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX

Bleakley Financial Group LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor bought 10,012 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $686,000.

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in ACWX. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 5.3% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 5,636,472 shares of the company’s stock valued at $366,427,000 after acquiring an additional 284,654 shares during the period. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $376,668,000. Morgan Stanley grew its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 5,336,686 shares of the company’s stock worth $358,252,000 after purchasing an additional 34,953 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 12,239.2% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,897,126 shares of the company’s stock worth $194,484,000 after purchasing an additional 2,873,647 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UBS Group AG grew its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 2.9% during the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 2,761,518 shares of the company’s stock worth $185,381,000 after purchasing an additional 79,121 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Down 0.8%

Shares of NASDAQ:ACWX opened at $74.01 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $75.51 and its two-hundred day moving average is $72.58. The company has a market cap of $11.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.77. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 12-month low of $59.67 and a 12-month high of $77.58.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th were issued a dividend of $0.8524 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th.

About iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

The iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (ACWX) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World ex USA index. The fund tracks the performance of a market-cap-weighted index of international stocks. It captures 85% of the publicly available market, thus excluding small-caps. ACWX was launched on Mar 26, 2008 and is managed by BlackRock.