HighTower Advisors LLC Grows Stock Position in iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF $QLTA

HighTower Advisors LLC increased its holdings in iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:QLTA) by 4.9% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,064,474 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 49,975 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC owned about 2.97% of iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF worth $51,191,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the business. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF by 111.5% in the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 22,735 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,081,000 after purchasing an additional 11,984 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. purchased a new position in iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF in the 1st quarter valued at about $14,357,000. Guggenheim Capital LLC lifted its holdings in iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF by 122.8% in the 2nd quarter. Guggenheim Capital LLC now owns 17,058 shares of the company’s stock valued at $816,000 after purchasing an additional 9,403 shares in the last quarter. Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF by 4.2% in the 2nd quarter. Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. now owns 18,099 shares of the company’s stock valued at $866,000 after purchasing an additional 732 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF by 36.6% in the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 412,430 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,726,000 after purchasing an additional 110,606 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:QLTA opened at $47.22 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average is $47.52 and its two-hundred day moving average is $48.01. iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $46.39 and a 12-month high of $49.02.

iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares Aaa – A Rated Corporate Bond ETF (QLTA) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-weighted index of dollar-denominated fixed-rate corporate bonds rated AAA-A issued by US and non-US corporations with maturities of at least one year. QLTA was launched on Feb 14, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.