Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. Raises Holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB)

Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. increased its position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) by 12.8% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 111,288 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 12,608 shares during the quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. owned about 0.08% of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF worth $10,082,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EMB. OLD Point Trust & Financial Services N A bought a new position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF in the fourth quarter worth $28,000. ORG Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF in the 1st quarter worth about $30,000. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. boosted its stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 89.5% in the 4th quarter. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. now owns 415 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $37,000 after purchasing an additional 196 shares during the period. Wintrust Investments LLC grew its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 92.1% during the 4th quarter. Wintrust Investments LLC now owns 534 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $47,000 after buying an additional 256 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameriflex Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $76,000. 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 NASDAQ:EMB opened at $91.90 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $90.26 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $90.18. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a one year low of $84.78 and a one year high of $93.97.

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

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 5th. Investors of record on Monday, June 2nd were paid a $0.4054 dividend. This represents a $4.86 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.29%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 2nd. This is a boost from iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.40.

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.