iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) Shares Sold by Vicus Capital

Vicus Capital reduced its stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) by 51.8% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 19,935 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 21,397 shares during the period. Vicus Capital’s holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF were worth $1,775,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 77.2% in the third quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 2,385,974 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $223,279,000 after buying an additional 1,039,195 shares during the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC purchased a new position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF in the third quarter valued at $54,052,000. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. increased its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 162.2% in the fourth quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 236,725 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $21,078,000 after buying an additional 146,430 shares during the last quarter. Strategic Wealth Investment Group LLC purchased a new position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $5,588,000. Finally, BNP Paribas increased its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 98.1% in the third quarter. BNP Paribas now owns 111,308 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $10,416,000 after buying an additional 55,115 shares during the last quarter. 91.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:EMB opened at $90.71 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $90.18 and its 200 day moving average price is $91.18. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $86.40 and a 12 month high of $93.97.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.4409 per share. This is a positive change from iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.25. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Company Profile

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF, formerly iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the JPMorgan EMBI Global Core Index (the Index). The Index is a diverse United States dollar-denominated emerging markets debt benchmark, which tracks the total return of actively traded external debt instruments in emerging market countries.