First Merchants Corp Sells 2,847 Shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB)

First Merchants Corp lessened its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) by 8.2% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 31,861 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 2,847 shares during the quarter. First Merchants Corp’s holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF were worth $2,837,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 77.2% during the 3rd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 2,385,974 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $223,279,000 after acquiring an additional 1,039,195 shares in the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $54,052,000. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 162.2% during the fourth quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 236,725 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $21,078,000 after purchasing an additional 146,430 shares in the last quarter. Retirement Investment Advisors Inc. grew its stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 5.6% in the third quarter. Retirement Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 231,274 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $21,643,000 after purchasing an additional 12,353 shares during the period. Finally, Stairway Partners LLC raised its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 3.7% in the fourth quarter. Stairway Partners LLC now owns 228,951 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $20,386,000 after purchasing an additional 8,073 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.08% of the company’s stock.

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

Shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF stock opened at $90.71 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $90.18 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $91.18. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $86.40 and a 12 month 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 paid a dividend of $0.4409 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd. This is a positive change from iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.25.

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.