Park Avenue Securities LLC Boosts Stock Position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX

Park Avenue Securities LLC grew its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 40.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 288,124 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 83,187 shares during the period. Park Avenue Securities LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF were worth $19,342,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $250,000. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its position in 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 worth $1,099,000 after buying an additional 1,498 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its stake in 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 acquiring an additional 23,283 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 4.0% during the 2nd quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 275,868 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,811,000 after acquiring an additional 10,680 shares during the period. Finally, Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $204,000.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:ACWX opened at $68.46 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.79. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 1-year low of $48.99 and a 1-year high of $74.92. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $71.29 and its 200-day moving average price is $67.77.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Company 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.