iShares MSCI ACWI ETF $ACWI Stock Position Lifted by Ayalon Insurance Comp Ltd.

Ayalon Insurance Comp Ltd. boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (NASDAQ:ACWI) by 0.3% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 231,772 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 722 shares during the period. iShares MSCI ACWI ETF comprises 8.6% of Ayalon Insurance Comp Ltd.’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd largest position. Ayalon Insurance Comp Ltd. owned approximately 0.13% of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF worth $29,806,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of ACWI. Rector Church Wardens & Vestrymen of Trinity Church in the City of New York purchased a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF in the first quarter worth $179,665,000. Sarasin & Partners LLP purchased a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF in the first quarter worth $164,781,000. Jennison Associates LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 494.0% in the first quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 790,200 shares of the company’s stock worth $91,971,000 after purchasing an additional 657,162 shares during the last quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia boosted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 106.0% in the first quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 833,168 shares of the company’s stock worth $96,972,000 after purchasing an additional 428,735 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ieq Capital LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF by 303.4% in the first quarter. Ieq Capital LLC now owns 500,305 shares of the company’s stock worth $58,230,000 after purchasing an additional 376,273 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 61.52% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF Trading Down 0.4%

ACWI stock opened at $137.30 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $23.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.91 and a beta of 0.93. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $133.27 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $124.85. iShares MSCI ACWI ETF has a 1-year low of $101.25 and a 1-year high of $138.66.

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.