Merkkuri Wealth Advisors LLC Buys Shares of 21,732 iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX

Merkkuri Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm bought 21,732 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,488,000.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 12,239.2% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,897,126 shares of the company’s stock valued at $194,484,000 after purchasing an additional 2,873,647 shares during the period. Jane Street Group LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 2,864.9% during the fourth quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 2,400,049 shares of the company’s stock worth $161,115,000 after purchasing an additional 2,319,101 shares during the last quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 10,101.6% during the fourth quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 1,294,483 shares of the company’s stock worth $86,899,000 after purchasing an additional 1,281,794 shares during the period. Jennison Associates LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 593.1% during the fourth quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 837,174 shares of the company’s stock worth $56,200,000 after purchasing an additional 716,382 shares during the period. Finally, WHI TRUST Co LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $35,456,000.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:ACWX opened at $75.01 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average is $75.06 and its two-hundred day moving average is $71.70. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 1-year low of $59.67 and a 1-year high of $77.58. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.77.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th were given a dividend of $0.8524 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was 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.