iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF $EMB Shares Purchased by Nationwide Fund Advisors

Nationwide Fund Advisors raised its position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) by 3.8% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 2,156,276 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 78,441 shares during the period. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF accounts for about 8.9% of Nationwide Fund Advisors’ holdings, making the stock its 7th largest holding. Nationwide Fund Advisors’ holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF were worth $202,539,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Keystone Global Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 16.3% during the first quarter. Keystone Global Partners LLC now owns 10,306 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $968,000 after buying an additional 1,441 shares in the last quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 1.3% during the first quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. now owns 171,924 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $16,149,000 after buying an additional 2,270 shares during the period. Venturi Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 3,177.6% during the first quarter. Venturi Wealth Management LLC now owns 431,469 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $40,528,000 after acquiring an additional 418,305 shares during the last quarter. First United Bank & Trust boosted its position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 34.2% during the first quarter. First United Bank & Trust now owns 1,016 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $95,000 after acquiring an additional 259 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Foster & Motley Inc. grew its stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 7.4% in the 1st quarter. Foster & Motley Inc. now owns 105,482 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $9,908,000 after acquiring an additional 7,294 shares during the period. 91.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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

Shares of EMB opened at $96.20 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $95.91 and a two-hundred day moving average of $95.98. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $91.22 and a fifty-two week high of $97.80.

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

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, July 7th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st will be given a $0.3997 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 1st.

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