GAMMA Investing LLC Increases Stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB)

GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) by 172.3% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 12,263 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,760 shares during the quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC’s holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF were worth $1,085,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in EMB. Brevan Howard Capital Management LP boosted its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 167.4% during the 4th quarter. Brevan Howard Capital Management LP now owns 1,244,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $110,791,000 after purchasing an additional 3,089,000 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. grew its holdings in shares of 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 during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 312.0% in the 4th quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,433,655 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $127,681,000 after acquiring an additional 1,085,683 shares in the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association lifted its position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 134.4% during the first quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 1,250,692 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $112,300,000 after buying an additional 717,196 shares during the period. Finally, Bessemer Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 16.1% during the 1st quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 2,033,197 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $182,317,000 after buying an additional 281,339 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 91.08% of the company’s stock.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Stock Down 0.8 %

Shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF stock traded down $0.72 during trading on Monday, hitting $89.89. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 6,803,395 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,136,477. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $79.70 and a 52 week high of $90.64. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $89.30 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $88.65.

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

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, August 6th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 1st will be given a dividend of $0.3909 per share. This represents a $4.69 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.22%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 1st. This is a positive change from iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.38.

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