Retirement Investment Advisors Inc. Purchases 11,335 Shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB)

Retirement Investment Advisors Inc. grew its position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) by 4.9% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 242,609 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 11,335 shares during the quarter. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF accounts for 2.3% of Retirement Investment Advisors Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th largest holding. Retirement Investment Advisors Inc.’s holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF were worth $21,602,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in EMB. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,099,556 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $97,904,000 after acquiring an additional 5,825 shares during the period. Flow Traders U.S. LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $54,052,000. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 162.2% during the 4th quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 236,725 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $21,078,000 after purchasing an additional 146,430 shares during the period. Stairway Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 3.7% in the 4th quarter. Stairway Partners LLC now owns 228,951 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $20,386,000 after purchasing an additional 8,073 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Citizens & Northern Corp boosted its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 18.3% during the fourth quarter. Citizens & Northern Corp now owns 128,456 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $11,438,000 after buying an additional 19,854 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.08% of the company’s stock.

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

Shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF stock opened at $90.39 on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $90.79 and a two-hundred day moving average of $91.12. 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 Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 6th. Investors of record on Monday, March 3rd were paid a $0.3856 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 3rd.

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.