WBH Advisory Inc. Buys 2,568 Shares of iShares MSCI World ETF $URTH

WBH Advisory Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI World ETF (NYSEARCA:URTH) by 15.7% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 18,917 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,568 shares during the period. WBH Advisory Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI World ETF were worth $3,204,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Royal Bank of Canada raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI World ETF by 8.2% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 1,458,304 shares of the company’s stock valued at $223,383,000 after buying an additional 110,083 shares during the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI World ETF by 1.1% in the first quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 623,606 shares of the company’s stock valued at $95,524,000 after buying an additional 6,989 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI World ETF by 2.1% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 604,708 shares of the company’s stock valued at $92,629,000 after buying an additional 12,282 shares during the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares MSCI World ETF in the first quarter valued at about $72,340,000. Finally, Barings LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI World ETF by 26.2% in the first quarter. Barings LLC now owns 314,245 shares of the company’s stock valued at $48,136,000 after buying an additional 65,203 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI World ETF Stock Up 0.4%

iShares MSCI World ETF stock opened at $181.64 on Monday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $178.63 and a 200 day simple moving average of $167.73. iShares MSCI World ETF has a 12-month low of $132.93 and a 12-month high of $183.91. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.04 and a beta of 0.96.

iShares MSCI World ETF Profile

The iShares MSCI World ETF (URTH) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI World index, a market-cap-weighted index of stocks that cover 85% of the developed world’s market capitalization. URTH was launched on Jan 10, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.