Align Financial LLC Purchases New Shares in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX

Align Financial LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 296,245 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $19,887,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. Integrated Advisors Network LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 2,745.7% in the fourth quarter. Integrated Advisors Network LLC now owns 380,959 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,574,000 after buying an additional 367,572 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 10.8% in the fourth quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 26,514 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,780,000 after buying an additional 2,580 shares during the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 140.9% in the fourth quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 142,062 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,537,000 after buying an additional 83,092 shares during the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 44.6% in the fourth quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 444,047 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,809,000 after buying an additional 136,976 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Colter Lewis Investment Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $349,000.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Stock Down 0.5%

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF stock opened at $76.03 on Thursday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $74.54 and a 200 day simple moving average of $71.28. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 12-month low of $58.47 and a 12-month high of $77.58. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.77.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.8524 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is 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.