Cetera Investment Advisers Grows Position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX

Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 26.7% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 562,554 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 118,507 shares during the quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers owned 0.37% of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF worth $38,518,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ACWX. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $376,668,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 12,239.2% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,897,126 shares of the company’s stock valued at $194,484,000 after purchasing an additional 2,873,647 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 2,864.9% during the 4th quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 2,400,049 shares of the company’s stock worth $161,115,000 after purchasing an additional 2,319,101 shares during the last quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 10,101.6% during the 4th quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 1,294,483 shares of the company’s stock worth $86,899,000 after purchasing an additional 1,281,794 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Koss Olinger Consulting LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 1st quarter worth $81,777,000.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Trading Down 0.3%

Shares of ACWX stock opened at $74.10 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $11.32 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.77. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $75.45 and a 200 day moving average price of $72.83. 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 Dividend Announcement

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