National Bank of Canada FI Increases Stock Holdings in iShares MSCI World ETF (NYSEARCA:URTH)

National Bank of Canada FI boosted its stake in iShares MSCI World ETF (NYSEARCA:URTH) by 73.4% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 189 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 80 shares during the quarter. National Bank of Canada FI’s holdings in iShares MSCI World ETF were worth $28,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI World ETF by 12.6% in the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 685,060 shares of the company’s stock valued at $91,127,000 after purchasing an additional 76,665 shares during the last quarter. UBS Group AG boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI World ETF by 6.4% during the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 671,450 shares of the company’s stock valued at $89,316,000 after buying an additional 40,124 shares during the last quarter. Evensky & Katz LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI World ETF by 1.2% during the second quarter. Evensky & Katz LLC now owns 278,825 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,124,000 after buying an additional 3,204 shares in the last quarter. Partners Capital Investment Group LLP increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI World ETF by 23.7% in the fourth quarter. Partners Capital Investment Group LLP now owns 270,334 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,960,000 after buying an additional 51,769 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. raised its holdings in iShares MSCI World ETF by 86.8% in the first quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 151,737 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,988,000 after acquiring an additional 70,524 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI World ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA URTH opened at $153.14 on Monday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $149.73 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $146.13. The company has a market capitalization of $3.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.13 and a beta of 0.96. iShares MSCI World ETF has a 12 month low of $114.70 and a 12 month high of $154.29.

iShares MSCI World ETF Profile

The iShares MSCI World ETF (URTH) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI World index, a market-cap-weighted index of stocks that cover 85% of the developed world’s market capitalization. URTH was launched on Jan 10, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.