iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX Shares Purchased by Cerity Partners LLC

Cerity Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 13.2% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 938,202 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 109,615 shares during the period. Cerity Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF were worth $62,981,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 5.3% during the 3rd 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. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in shares of 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 valued at $194,484,000 after acquiring an additional 2,873,647 shares during the period. UBS Group AG lifted its position in shares of 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 valued at $185,381,000 after acquiring an additional 79,121 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 24.3% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,814,922 shares of the company’s stock valued at $117,955,000 after acquiring an additional 355,253 shares during the period. Finally, Focus Partners Wealth lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 4.8% during the 3rd quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 1,569,446 shares of the company’s stock valued at $102,067,000 after acquiring an additional 71,531 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Trading Up 0.1%

ACWX stock opened at $74.73 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $73.66 and a 200-day moving average of $70.83. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 12-month low of $58.47 and a 12-month high of $77.58. The company has a market cap of $11.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.77.

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.