Wellington Management Group LLP Buys 175,184 Shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX

Wellington Management Group LLP increased its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 148.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 293,334 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 175,184 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP owned about 0.19% of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF worth $22,326,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $250,000. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 8.2% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 19,813 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,099,000 after buying an additional 1,498 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.9% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,222,535 shares of the company’s stock valued at $67,790,000 after buying an additional 23,283 shares in the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd bought a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $1,467,000. Finally, Ieq Capital LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 41.6% in the 2nd quarter. Ieq Capital LLC now owns 61,462 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,746,000 after buying an additional 18,045 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ ACWX opened at $78.50 on Friday. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a one year low of $62.89 and a one year high of $78.60. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $76.17 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $74.12. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.99 billion, a P/E 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.