Marshall Wace LLP Makes New $129,000 Investment in Aegon Ltd. (NYSE:AEG)

Marshall Wace LLP purchased a new position in Aegon Ltd. (NYSE:AEG) during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor purchased 21,001 shares of the financial services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $129,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AEG. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its position in Aegon by 8.7% during the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 4,920,536 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $30,163,000 after purchasing an additional 394,114 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Aegon by 10.4% during the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 4,140,423 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $23,849,000 after purchasing an additional 389,582 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets acquired a new position in Aegon during the first quarter valued at $1,600,000. First Hawaiian Bank purchased a new position in Aegon in the first quarter valued at about $929,000. Finally, Choreo LLC boosted its stake in shares of Aegon by 876.6% during the 2nd quarter. Choreo LLC now owns 104,363 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $653,000 after acquiring an additional 93,677 shares in the last quarter. 4.32% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Aegon Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:AEG opened at $6.26 on Monday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $6.14 and a 200 day moving average price of $6.25. Aegon Ltd. has a twelve month low of $4.63 and a twelve month high of $6.96.

Aegon Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a semi-annual dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 5th were given a dividend of $0.1723 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 5th. This represents a yield of 4.9%.

About Aegon

Aegon Ltd. provides insurance, pensions, retirement, and asset management services in the United States, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company offers life, accident, property and casualty, and health insurance; annuities, retirement plans, mutual funds, and stable value solutions; residential mortgage and digital baking services; and retail and institutional investment management solutions and retirement savings vehicles and strategies.