Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Makes New $7.65 Million Investment in iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF $NEAR

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF (BATS:NEAR) during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm purchased 149,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,646,000. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans owned 0.23% of iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF by 8.8% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 3,503,322 shares of the company’s stock valued at $179,020,000 after buying an additional 284,084 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF by 22.3% in the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 918,189 shares of the company’s stock worth $46,891,000 after acquiring an additional 167,210 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF by 30.9% in the second quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 737,364 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,679,000 after acquiring an additional 174,240 shares in the last quarter. Americana Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF by 6.4% in the third quarter. Americana Partners LLC now owns 415,586 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,311,000 after acquiring an additional 24,977 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Alexander Randolph Advisory Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF by 23.8% during the second quarter. Alexander Randolph Advisory Inc. now owns 364,871 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,645,000 after acquiring an additional 70,118 shares during the period.

iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF Price Performance

Shares of BATS:NEAR opened at $51.17 on Friday. iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF has a 12 month low of $50.25 and a 12 month high of $51.40. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $51.14 and its 200 day moving average price is $51.16.

iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF Company 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.