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iShares MSCI ACWI ETF

681 hedge funds and large institutions have $8.73B invested in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF in 2025 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 41 funds opening new positions, 192 increasing their positions, 269 reducing their positions, and 69 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

386% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $211M | Put options by funds: $43.5M

2.35% less ownership

Funds ownership: 48.82%46.47% (-2.4%)

5% less funds holding

Funds holding: 720681 (-39)

7% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $9.37B → $8.73B (-$632M)

8% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 5248 (-4)

29% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 192 | Existing positions reduced: 269

41% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 41 | Existing positions closed: 69

Holders
681
Holders Change
-39
Holders Change %
-5.42%
% of All Funds
9.13%
Holding in Top 10
48
Holding in Top 10 Change
-4
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-7.69%
% of All Funds
0.64%
New
41
Increased
192
Reduced
269
Closed
69
Calls
$211M
Puts
$43.5M
Net Calls
+$168M
Net Calls Change
+$355M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
EF
301
Empirical Finance
Pennsylvania
$1.45M
LWA
302
Lifelong Wealth Advisors
Minnesota
$1.45M
HT
303
Headlands Technologies
Illinois
$1.44M -$2.01M -16,795 -58%
CL
304
Choreo LLC
Illinois
$1.44M -$82.9K -692 -5%
ACA
305
Atlas Capital Advisors
Wyoming
$1.42M +$71.9K +600 +5%
GSC
306
G&S Capital
Colorado
$1.41M +$53.9K +450 +4%
GWWM
307
Great Waters Wealth Management
Minnesota
$1.4M -$22.2K -185 -2%
ECM
308
Evergreen Capital Management
Washington
$1.39M
AWM
309
Activest Wealth Management
Florida
$1.37M +$76K +634 +6%
SFG
310
Shum Financial Group
California
$1.35M +$26.8K +224 +2%
CCM
311
Causeway Capital Management
California
$1.35M -$1.37M -11,444 -50%
QCM
312
Quantinno Capital Management
New York
$1.35M +$665K +5,554 +92%
TWP
313
TFO Wealth Partners
Ohio
$1.34M +$1.38M +11,527 New
EMCIP
314
Ewing Morris & Co Investment Partners
Ontario, Canada
$1.34M -$59.9K -500 -6%
QC
315
Quadrature Capital
United Kingdom
$1.32M +$1.36M +11,366 New
CIA
316
Choate Investment Advisors
Massachusetts
$1.32M +$118K +988 +10%
RhumbLine Advisers
317
RhumbLine Advisers
Massachusetts
$1.31M
Squarepoint
318
Squarepoint
New York
$1.3M +$727K +6,066 +118%
CIAS
319
Capital Investment Advisory Services
North Carolina
$1.3M -$11.1K -93 -0.8%
KIA
320
KCM Investment Advisors
California
$1.3M
NA
321
NewEdge Advisors
Louisiana
$1.27M +$190K +1,585 +17%
BAM
322
Berkshire Asset Management
Pennsylvania
$1.26M
SQA
323
Simon Quick Advisors
New Jersey
$1.23M -$31.8K -265 -2%
PAA
324
Peregrine Asset Advisers
Oregon
$1.22M -$25.3K -211 -2%
EAM
325
Erste Asset Management
Austria
$1.22M +$28.5M +237,954 +4,758%

ACWI Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2025 in Review

681 of the 7,458 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (ACWI) for Q1 2025, worth a combined $8.73B — down 6.7% from $9.37B a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 69 funds closed out of ACWI and 41 opened new positions — a net loss of 28 holders — while 269 trimmed existing stakes and 192 added.

The largest buyer was Rector, Church-Wardens & Vestrymen of Trinity Church in the city of New-York, opening a new position worth an estimated $185M. The largest seller was MKP Capital Management, exiting entirely with an estimated $263M sold.

  • 681 institutional investors held iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (ACWI) as of Q1 2025, down from 720 in Q4 2024.
  • Funds reported $8.73B of iShares MSCI ACWI ETF stock for Q1 2025, down 6.7% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 41 funds opened new iShares MSCI ACWI ETF positions in Q1 2025 and 69 closed out, a net change of -28 holders.
  • The largest iShares MSCI ACWI ETF buyer in Q1 2025 was Rector, Church-Wardens & Vestrymen of Trinity Church in the city of New-York, an estimated $185M added.
  • The largest iShares MSCI ACWI ETF seller in Q1 2025 was MKP Capital Management, an estimated $263M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2025.