iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF $EMB Holdings Lifted by Stairway Partners LLC

Stairway Partners LLC increased its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) by 9.2% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 264,121 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 22,280 shares during the period. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF comprises about 1.2% of Stairway Partners LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 14th largest holding. Stairway Partners LLC owned approximately 0.17% of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF worth $25,472,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. SBI Okasan Asset Management Co.Ltd. acquired a new position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $650,474,000. Nationwide Fund Advisors boosted its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 883.0% during the fourth quarter. Nationwide Fund Advisors now owns 2,077,835 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $200,054,000 after purchasing an additional 1,866,453 shares during the period. Payden & Rygel purchased a new position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $96,566,000. TIAA Trust National Association grew its position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 66.2% during the fourth quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 2,269,776 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $218,534,000 after purchasing an additional 904,419 shares in the last quarter. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 15.9% in the 4th quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 3,556,458 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $342,416,000 after buying an additional 488,302 shares during the period. 91.08% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Trading Up 0.1%

EMB stock opened at $94.75 on Tuesday. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $92.87 and a 12-month high of $97.80. The company has a 50 day moving average of $95.83 and a two-hundred day moving average of $95.83.

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

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, August 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 3rd will be paid a $0.4136 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 3rd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.2%.

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

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. The Fund invests in a representative sample of the securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.