iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX Shares Purchased by Jennison Associates LLC

Jennison Associates LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 593.1% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 837,174 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 716,382 shares during the quarter. Jennison Associates LLC’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF were worth $56,200,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in ACWX. Rossmore Private Capital purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Caitlin John LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the third quarter worth $33,000. Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $48,000. Archer Investment Corp raised its holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 77.8% in the fourth quarter. Archer Investment Corp now owns 800 shares of the company’s stock valued at $54,000 after acquiring an additional 350 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ramirez Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 807.9% during the 3rd quarter. Ramirez Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,144 shares of the company’s stock valued at $74,000 after acquiring an additional 1,018 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Price Performance

Shares of ACWX stock opened at $73.63 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $71.02 and a two-hundred day moving average of $69.10. The firm has a market cap of $11.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.76. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 1-year low of $56.77 and a 1-year high of $75.08.

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.