iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF $EMB Shares Purchased by Vicus Capital

Vicus Capital lifted its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) by 1.4% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 16,900 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 228 shares during the quarter. Vicus Capital’s holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF were worth $1,565,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 44.5% in the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 6,520,797 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $590,719,000 after purchasing an additional 2,009,412 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 89.4% in the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 3,111,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $281,846,000 after acquiring an additional 1,468,781 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 19.7% in the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,315,715 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $119,191,000 after acquiring an additional 216,159 shares during the last quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. raised its stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 2.0% in the 1st quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. now owns 1,143,647 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $103,603,000 after acquiring an additional 22,861 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 16.5% in the 1st quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,020,707 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $92,470,000 after acquiring an additional 144,488 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 Stock Performance

Shares of EMB stock opened at $95.12 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $94.17 and a 200 day moving average of $91.72. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $84.78 and a 1 year high of $95.90.

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

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, October 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 1st will be paid a $0.3925 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.0%.

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.