- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Global
- Address
- 1 Iron Street Boston MA United States of America 2210
- IPO Date
- Jan 17, 2007
- Business
- SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF (CWI) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to provide investment results, before fees and expenses, corresponding generally to the total return performance of the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index, a float-adjusted market capitalization index designed to measure the combined equity market performance of large- and mid-cap securities in developed and emerging market countries excluding the United States. The fund offers investors broad exposure to approximately 85% of the global equity opportunity set outside the U.S., with holdings spanning 1,294 securities across key sectors including financials (24.80%), industrials (14.62%), information technology (14.07%), and consumer discretionary (10.94%); top country weights include Japan (13.82%), the United Kingdom (9.34%), China (9.33%), and Canada (8.40%), as well as top holdings such as Taiwan Semiconductor (3.50%), Tencent Holdings (1.69%), and ASML Holding (1.22%). It provides market-cap weighted access to large- and mid-cap stocks in virtually all developed and emerging markets outside the U.S., targeting institutional and retail investors seeking diversified international equity exposure with a gross expense ratio of 0.30%.
Launched on January 10, 2007, and domiciled in the United States with shares listed on NYSE Arca under the ticker CWI (CUSIP 78463X848), the ETF is managed and distributed by State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), a division of State Street Corporation headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The fund maintains a diversified portfolio that may become non-diversified under certain index tracking conditions, with performance characteristics including a 30-day SEC yield of 2.07%, price/earnings ratio (FY1) of 15.99, and price/book ratio of 2.17 as of September 30, 2025.
In recent developments, institutional investors such as US Bancorp DE acquired new stakes valued at approximately $829,000 in the second quarter of 2025, reflecting sustained interest amid the fund's year-to-date market value return of 26.74% through September 2025. While SSGA has expanded its SPDR ETF lineup with launches including the SPDR SSGA US Equity Premium Income ETF (SPIN), SPDR S&P Emerging Markets ex-China ETF (XCNY), and SPDR Bloomberg Enhanced Roll Yield Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF (CERY) in 2024 to enhance portfolio customization options, CWI itself continues to operate without reported structural changes, acquisitions, or rebenchmarking in the last 1-2 years. The ETF hit a 52-week high of $31.44 in May 2025 despite some fund outflows, underscoring its resilience in tracking international equities.