iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX Shares Bought by Ramirez Asset Management Inc.

Ramirez Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 3,449.7% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 40,608 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 39,464 shares during the quarter. Ramirez Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF were worth $2,726,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in 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 worth $366,427,000 after buying an additional 284,654 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its holdings in 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 worth $194,484,000 after buying an additional 2,873,647 shares in the last quarter. UBS Group AG lifted its holdings in 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 worth $185,381,000 after buying an additional 79,121 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in 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 worth $117,955,000 after buying an additional 355,253 shares in the last quarter. Finally, German American Bancorp Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 3.2% in the 3rd quarter. German American Bancorp Inc. now owns 1,619,716 shares of the company’s stock valued at $105,298,000 after purchasing an additional 49,962 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Trading Down 3.9%

Shares of NASDAQ:ACWX opened at $73.92 on Friday. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 52 week low of $58.47 and a 52 week high of $77.58. The company’s 50 day moving average is $73.33 and its two-hundred day moving average is $70.66. The company has a market cap of $11.18 billion, a PE ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.77.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Profile

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.