Bleakley Financial Group LLC Raises Holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF $VWO

Bleakley Financial Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) by 124.1% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 61,155 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 33,866 shares during the quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF were worth $3,288,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of VWO. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 104.6% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 13,246,257 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $650,661,000 after purchasing an additional 6,773,228 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 5.6% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 81,373,362 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,374,632,000 after acquiring an additional 4,319,682 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4.5% in the third quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 74,834,185 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,054,516,000 after acquiring an additional 3,217,413 shares in the last quarter. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $147,665,000. Finally, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV lifted its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 19.6% in the third quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 15,303,927 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $829,163,000 after acquiring an additional 2,503,000 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 67.19% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of NYSEARCA VWO opened at $60.29 on Thursday. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a 12-month low of $46.73 and a 12-month high of $61.03. The stock has a market cap of $122.64 billion, a PE ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 0.59. The company has a 50-day moving average of $57.15 and a 200 day moving average of $56.06.

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.