Independence Bank of Kentucky Acquires New Shares in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB)

Independence Bank of Kentucky bought a new position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund bought 500 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $45,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in EMB. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 112.1% during the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 26,014 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,434,000 after acquiring an additional 13,751 shares in the last quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc grew its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 1.6% during the third quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 32,478 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,039,000 after purchasing an additional 525 shares during the last quarter. Future Financial Wealth Managment LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 5.8% during the third quarter. Future Financial Wealth Managment LLC now owns 14,355 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,343,000 after purchasing an additional 789 shares during the last quarter. Tsfg LLC raised its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 5.7% in the 3rd quarter. Tsfg LLC now owns 7,128 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $667,000 after buying an additional 382 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. boosted its position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 280.2% during the 3rd quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. now owns 3,827,913 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $358,216,000 after buying an additional 2,821,148 shares during the period. 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 $90.55 on Monday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $90.38 and its 200 day moving average is $91.12. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $86.40 and a twelve month high of $93.97.

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

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 30th were issued a dividend of $0.2545 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 30th.

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.