J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. Grows Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (NASDAQ:ACWI)

J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (NASDAQ:ACWI) by 4.5% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 4,432 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 192 shares during the period. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF were worth $521,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. P E Global LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 5.4% during the fourth quarter. P E Global LLC now owns 2,229,221 shares of the company’s stock worth $261,933,000 after buying an additional 114,345 shares during the last quarter. Granger Management LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 252.2% in the fourth quarter. Granger Management LLC now owns 1,339,321 shares of the company’s stock valued at $157,370,000 after purchasing an additional 959,000 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 12.9% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 926,523 shares of the company’s stock valued at $110,766,000 after purchasing an additional 105,951 shares during the period. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its position in 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 period. Finally, National Bank of Canada FI lifted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 6.1% in the third quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 892,006 shares of the company’s stock valued at $106,639,000 after purchasing an additional 51,481 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 61.52% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Stock Down 0.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ:ACWI opened at $123.98 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $20.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.74 and a beta of 0.93. iShares MSCI ACWI ETF has a 52 week low of $104.29 and a 52 week high of $124.15. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $120.22 and a 200 day moving average price of $118.71.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Dividend Announcement

The company 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.