Parallel Advisors LLC Grows Stock Position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF $VWO

Parallel Advisors LLC boosted its position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) by 7.9% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 306,488 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 22,493 shares during the period. Parallel Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF were worth $16,483,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other large investors have also bought and sold shares of VWO. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 104.6% in 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 acquiring an additional 6,773,228 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings 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 worth $4,374,632,000 after acquiring an additional 4,319,682 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4.5% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 78,224,671 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,205,358,000 after acquiring an additional 3,390,486 shares during the period. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF in the third quarter worth $147,665,000. Finally, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV boosted its holdings 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 worth $829,163,000 after acquiring an additional 2,503,000 shares during the period. 67.19% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Price Performance

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF stock opened at $60.31 on Friday. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a one year low of $47.46 and a one year high of $61.35. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $57.93 and a 200-day moving average price of $56.29. The firm has a market capitalization of $122.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 0.59.

About Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF

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.