Vicus Capital Purchases New Shares in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB)

Vicus Capital purchased a new stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm purchased 10,353 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $922,000.

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec grew its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 32.4% during the 3rd quarter. Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec now owns 4,161,152 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $343,461,000 after acquiring an additional 1,017,565 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. grew its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 184.7% during the 4th quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. now owns 2,550,683 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $227,164,000 after acquiring an additional 1,654,771 shares in the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC acquired a new position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF during the 4th quarter worth $79,150,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 190.1% in the 1st quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 771,628 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $66,540,000 after buying an additional 505,676 shares during the period. Finally, TIAA Trust National Association acquired a new position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $45,378,000. 91.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of NASDAQ EMB traded up $0.25 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $87.52. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 5,003,992 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,875,891. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $79.70 and a 1-year high of $90.08. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $88.42 and its 200-day moving average price is $86.51.

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

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 5th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were issued a $0.3656 dividend. This represents a $4.39 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.01%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, April 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.