Syon Capital LLC Lowers Stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB)

Syon Capital LLC cut its stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) by 84.7% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 58,672 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 324,940 shares during the period. Syon Capital LLC’s holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF were worth $5,225,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec lifted its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 32.4% in the third quarter. Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec now owns 4,161,152 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $343,461,000 after buying an additional 1,017,565 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. grew its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 184.7% in the fourth quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. now owns 2,550,683 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $227,164,000 after purchasing an additional 1,654,771 shares during the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC bought a new position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $79,150,000. TIAA Trust National Association bought a new position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter worth about $45,378,000. Finally, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. grew its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 17.3% during the 3rd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. now owns 527,310 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $43,514,000 after acquiring an additional 77,703 shares in the last quarter. 91.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Stock Up 0.4 %

Shares of NASDAQ:EMB traded up $0.38 during trading on Friday, reaching $87.61. The stock had a trading volume of 3,060,840 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,806,417. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a one year low of $79.70 and a one year high of $90.08. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $88.46 and its 200 day simple moving average is $86.66.

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

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 5th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were given a dividend of $0.3656 per share. This represents a $4.39 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.01%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, April 1st.

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.