O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC Boosts Stock Position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF $ACWX

O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX) by 31.8% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 293,985 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 70,850 shares during the period. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC owned approximately 0.24% of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF worth $19,735,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in ACWX. Brighton Jones LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $250,000. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 8.2% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 19,813 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,099,000 after buying an additional 1,498 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 1.9% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 1,222,535 shares of the company’s stock valued at $67,790,000 after acquiring an additional 23,283 shares during the period. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd purchased a new position in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $1,467,000. Finally, Ieq Capital LLC grew its stake in iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF by 41.6% during the second quarter. Ieq Capital LLC now owns 61,462 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,746,000 after acquiring an additional 18,045 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF Trading Up 1.0%

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF stock opened at $74.65 on Tuesday. iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF has a 1-year low of $58.47 and a 1-year high of $77.58. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.29 billion, a PE ratio of 16.03 and a beta of 0.77. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $73.49 and its 200 day simple moving average is $70.76.

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.