BankPlus Trust Department Invests $209,000 in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB)

BankPlus Trust Department bought a new position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 2,348 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $209,000.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 43.7% in the third quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 385 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 117 shares during the period. First Financial Corp IN acquired a new position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $40,000. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB lifted its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 125.5% in the fourth quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 451 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $40,000 after buying an additional 251 shares during the period. Independence Bank of Kentucky acquired a new position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $45,000. Finally, Transcendent Capital Group LLC lifted its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 67.3% in the third quarter. Transcendent Capital Group LLC now owns 962 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $90,000 after buying an additional 387 shares during the period. 91.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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

Shares of NASDAQ EMB opened at $90.91 on Tuesday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $90.01 and its 200 day simple moving average is $91.24. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $86.40 and a fifty-two week high of $93.97.

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

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 6th. Investors of record on Monday, February 3rd were issued a $0.4409 dividend. This is a positive change from iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.25. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd.

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.