Royal Bank of Canada Acquires 153,429 Shares of iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF $NEAR

Royal Bank of Canada raised its stake in shares of iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF (BATS:NEAR) by 26.9% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 723,098 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 153,429 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada owned approximately 1.11% of iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF worth $36,759,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Investment Advisory Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF by 1.1% during the fourth quarter. Investment Advisory Group LLC now owns 18,053 shares of the company’s stock valued at $923,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Fortis Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Fortis Advisors LLC now owns 14,489 shares of the company’s stock worth $740,000 after purchasing an additional 226 shares during the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF by 11.2% in the fourth quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 2,293 shares of the company’s stock worth $117,000 after purchasing an additional 231 shares during the last quarter. Lane Brothers & Co. Inc. grew its position in iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF by 1.5% in the 1st quarter. Lane Brothers & Co. Inc. now owns 17,676 shares of the company’s stock worth $899,000 after purchasing an additional 260 shares during the period. Finally, AdvisorNet Financial Inc grew its position in iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF by 10.5% in the 1st quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc now owns 3,238 shares of the company’s stock worth $165,000 after purchasing an additional 308 shares during the period.

iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF Trading Down 0.3%

Shares of NEAR opened at $50.39 on Tuesday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $50.56 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $50.80. iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF has a 1-year low of $50.32 and a 1-year high of $51.37.

About iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF

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.