Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF $BSV Shares Acquired by Alps Advisors Inc.

Alps Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:BSV) by 5.5% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 389,324 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 20,335 shares during the period. Alps Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF were worth $30,683,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 11.1% in the third quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 37,853,211 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,986,997,000 after purchasing an additional 3,776,279 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 28.7% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 32,337,635 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,548,529,000 after purchasing an additional 7,213,590 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 2.4% in the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 19,624,938 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,546,641,000 after purchasing an additional 464,718 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 8.8% in the third quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 10,810,141 shares of the company’s stock valued at $853,028,000 after purchasing an additional 874,382 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF by 23.1% in the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 9,197,184 shares of the company’s stock valued at $725,750,000 after purchasing an additional 1,728,431 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of BSV opened at $77.84 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $78.09 and a 200 day moving average price of $78.53. Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $77.57 and a 52-week high of $79.32.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF Profile

Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the performance of a market-weighted bond index with a short-term, dollar-weighted average maturity. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing strategy designed to track the performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. 1-5 Year Government/Credit Bond Index (the Index). The Index includes all medium and larger issues of the United States Government, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities of between 1 and 5 years and are publicly issued.