International Assets Investment Management LLC Has $379,000 Holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

International Assets Investment Management LLC cut its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 13.7% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 16,799 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,678 shares during the quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $379,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in GOVT. Morningstar Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $144,757,000. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 64.7% in the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 14,350,003 shares of the company’s stock worth $330,624,000 after buying an additional 5,635,763 shares during the period. School Employees Retirement Board of Ohio purchased a new position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the second quarter valued at $84,018,000. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 581.8% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 3,177,425 shares of the company’s stock valued at $72,350,000 after buying an additional 2,711,371 shares during the period. Finally, GLOBALT Investments LLC GA acquired a new position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $60,738,000.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of BATS GOVT opened at $23.24 on Friday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $22.95 and its 200-day simple moving average is $22.65.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, July 1st were given a $0.0606 dividend. This is an increase from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.06. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, July 1st.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the ICE U.S. Treasury Core Bond index. The fund tracks a market-weighted index of fixed-rate nonconvertible U.S. Treasury securities with a remaining maturity of one year or more. GOVT was launched on Feb 14, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.