Warburton Capital Management LLC Makes New Investment in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (NASDAQ:ACWI)

Warburton Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (NASDAQ:ACWI) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm purchased 2,381 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $279,000. iShares MSCI ACWI ETF accounts for approximately 0.2% of Warburton Capital Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 29th largest holding.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in ACWI. Granger Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 252.2% during the fourth quarter. Granger Management LLC now owns 1,339,321 shares of the company’s stock valued at $157,370,000 after acquiring an additional 959,000 shares during the last quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 16,345.4% in the third quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 916,174 shares of the company’s stock valued at $109,529,000 after purchasing an additional 910,603 shares during the last quarter. DRW Securities LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 842.9% in the third quarter. DRW Securities LLC now owns 353,777 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,294,000 after purchasing an additional 316,256 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $32,044,000. Finally, Allianz Asset Management GmbH increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 12.5% in the fourth quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 1,728,770 shares of the company’s stock valued at $203,130,000 after purchasing an additional 192,070 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 61.52% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:ACWI opened at $115.80 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI ACWI ETF has a one year low of $104.29 and a one year high of $124.15. The stock has a market cap of $18.71 billion, a PE ratio of 22.13 and a beta of 0.93. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $120.37 and a 200 day moving average price of $119.49.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 17th were given a $1.0662 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 17th.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Profile

The iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (ACWI) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of large- and mid-cap global stocks, covering 85% of the developed and emerging markets capitalization. ACWI was launched on Mar 26, 2008 and is managed by BlackRock.