Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Buys 15,517 Shares of iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF $NEAR

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF (BATS:NEAR) by 113.7% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 29,170 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 15,517 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC’s holdings in iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF were worth $1,483,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in NEAR. Focus Financial Network Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF by 115.4% in the 4th quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. now owns 47,730 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,439,000 after purchasing an additional 25,574 shares during the period. Carrera Capital Advisors acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $550,000. Bond & Devick Financial Network Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF by 2,475.4% in the fourth quarter. Bond & Devick Financial Network Inc. now owns 120,040 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,134,000 after buying an additional 115,379 shares in the last quarter. Valley National Advisers Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF by 10.1% in the fourth quarter. Valley National Advisers Inc. now owns 180,042 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,199,000 after buying an additional 16,523 shares during the period. Finally, Integrated Investment Consultants LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF by 11.4% in the third quarter. Integrated Investment Consultants LLC now owns 353,983 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,152,000 after buying an additional 36,180 shares during the period.

iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF Stock Performance

iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF stock opened at $50.49 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $50.62 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $50.88. iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF has a one year low of $50.45 and a one year high of $51.37.

About iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF

The iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF (NEAR) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund aims to maximize income and preserve capital using very short maturity, USD-denominated global fixed income securities in an actively-managed fund. NEAR was launched on Sep 25, 2013 and is managed by BlackRock.