Unified Investment Management Buys Shares of 44,048 iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF (BATS:NEAR)

Unified Investment Management bought a new stake in iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF (BATS:NEAR) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm bought 44,048 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,224,000. iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF makes up approximately 2.5% of Unified Investment Management’s holdings, making the stock its 5th largest position.

Other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Private Trust Co. NA boosted its stake in shares of iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF by 4.1% in the 4th quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 5,079 shares of the company’s stock valued at $256,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Sage Advisory Services Ltd.Co. increased its position in iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF by 48.5% in the 4th quarter. Sage Advisory Services Ltd.Co. now owns 30,265 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,528,000 after buying an additional 9,882 shares in the last quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. grew its stake in iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF by 12.8% in the fourth quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 100,381 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,069,000 after acquiring an additional 11,378 shares during the period. Red Crane Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $5,619,000. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its stake in shares of iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF by 23.8% in the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 9,965 shares of the company’s stock valued at $503,000 after buying an additional 1,917 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF Price Performance

Shares of NEAR opened at $50.89 on Monday. iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF has a 52 week low of $50.10 and a 52 week high of $50.30. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $50.57 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $50.76.

iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 6th. Investors of record on Monday, March 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.1802 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 3rd.

iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF Profile

The iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF (NEAR) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund aims to maximize income and preserve capital using very short maturity, USD-denominated global fixed income securities in an actively-managed fund. NEAR was launched on Sep 25, 2013 and is managed by BlackRock.