iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF $EMB Shares Bought by TIAA Trust National Association

TIAA Trust National Association boosted its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) by 66.2% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 2,269,776 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 904,419 shares during the period. TIAA Trust National Association owned about 1.30% of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF worth $218,534,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Napier Financial LLC acquired a new position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $1,520,000. Syon Capital LLC raised its position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Syon Capital LLC now owns 89,878 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $8,653,000 after buying an additional 1,397 shares during the last quarter. First Command Advisory Services Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 21.1% in the fourth quarter. First Command Advisory Services Inc. now owns 236,875 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $22,806,000 after buying an additional 41,217 shares during the last quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC raised its position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 31.3% in the fourth quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC now owns 12,174 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,172,000 after buying an additional 2,901 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 21.4% in the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,663,938 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $160,204,000 after buying an additional 293,360 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.08% of the company’s stock.

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

NASDAQ:EMB opened at $95.28 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $95.42 and a 200-day simple moving average of $95.97. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $90.46 and a 1-year high of $97.80.

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

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 1st were given a $0.407 dividend. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 1st.

About iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

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. The Fund invests in a representative sample of the securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.