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HYEM
VanEck Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF

Fund Description

The VanEck Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF (HYEM®) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the ICE BofA Diversified High Yield US Emerging Markets Corporate Plus Index (EMLH), which is comprised of U.S. dollar-denominated bonds issued by non-sovereign emerging markets issuers that are rated below investment grade and that are issued in the major domestic and Eurobond markets.

 
 

  • Fund Ticker

    HYEM

  • Exchange

    NYSE Arca

  • ETF Structure

    Physical

  • Administrator

    Van Eck Associates

  • Custodian

    State Street Bank and Trust Company

  • Index Ticker

    EMLH

  • Index Rebalancing

    Monthly

  • 2021 Preliminary NAIC
    Designation9

    4.B

 
as of 09/24/21

  • 30-Day SEC Yield1

    4.78%

  • Total Net Assets

    $1.3B

  • Number of Holdings

    1016

  • Options

    Expected

  • Gross Expense Ratio2

    0.40%

  • Net Expense Ratio/TER2

    0.40%

  • Distribution Frequency

    Monthly
1, 2, 9 See Important Disclosure. 
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Index Key Points

The ICE BofA Diversified High Yield US Emerging Markets Corporate Plus Index (EMLH) is comprised of:
U.S. dollar-denominated bonds issued by non-sovereign emerging markets issuers that are rated below investment grade and issued in the major domestic or eurobond markets. In order to qualify for inclusion in the Index, an issuer must have risk exposure to countries other than members of the FX G10, all Western European countries and territories of the U.S. and Western European countries.

Index Weighting: 
The Index constituents are capitalization-weighted based on their current amount outstanding times the market price plus accrued interest, subject to a 10% country of risk cap and a 3% issuer cap. Countries and issuers that exceed the caps are reduced to 10% and 3%, respectively, and the face value of each of their bonds is adjusted on a pro-rata basis.

Index provider: ICE Data Indices, LLC10

Index Profile

  • Ticker

    EMLH

  • Inception Date

    03/03/2015

  • Rebalance Frequency

    Monthly

Index Fundamentals4
as of 09/24/21

  • Yield to Worst

    5.68%

  • Yield to Maturity

    5.87%

  • Effective Duration (yrs)

    3.75

  • Years to Maturity

    5.55

  • Modified Duration (yrs)

    4.03

  • Coupon

    6.06%

 4 See Important Disclosure for definitions.

Top 10 Constituents (%) as of 08/31/21

Total Constituents: 819
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Constituent Name
Coupon
Maturity Weighting (%)
Teva Pharmaceuticals Ne
3.150
10/01/2026
0.74
Teva Pharmaceuticals Ne
2.800
07/21/2023
0.65
Ecopetrol Sa
6.875
04/29/2030
0.63
Southern Gas Corridor
0.000
03/24/2026
0.63
Ecopetrol Sa
0.000
05/28/2045
0.56
Sberbank (Sb Cap Sa)
0.000
10/29/2022
0.55
Ecopetrol Sa
5.875
09/18/2023
0.51
Tullow Oil Plc
10.250
05/15/2026
0.49
Cemex Sab De Cv
0.000
07/11/2031
0.47
First Quantum Minerals L
0.000
04/01/2023
0.43
Top 10 Total (%) 5.66
These are not recommendations to buy or to sell any security. Securities and holdings may vary.

Index Country Weightings (%) as of 08/31/21

  • Country

    % of Net Assets
  • ■

    China

    9.56
  • ■

    Brazil

    9.51
  • ■

    Turkey

    8.13
  • ■

    India

    7.52
  • ■

    Mexico

    7.31
  • ■

    Colombia

    5.97
  • ■

    Israel

    4.31
  • ■

    Russia

    4.27
  • ■

    South Africa

    4.09
  • ■

    Argentina

    4.04
  • ■

    Macau

    2.36
  • ■

    Hong Kong

    2.31
  • ■

    Uae

    2.31
  • ■

    Indonesia

    2.17
  • ■

    Oman

    1.74
  • ■

    Peru

    1.72
  • ■

    Ukraine

    1.51
  • ■

    Chile

    1.30
  • ■

    Azerbaijan

    1.15
  • ■

    Bahrain

    1.10
  • ■

    OTHERS

    17.52

Index Sector Weightings (%) as of 08/31/21

  • Sector

    % of Net Assets
  • ■

    Financial

    31.5
  • ■

    Energy

    21.5
  • ■

    Basic Materials

    11.3
  • ■

    Consumer, Non-cyclical

    7.8
  • ■

    Utilities

    6.3
  • ■

    Communications

    6.3
  • ■

    Industrial

    6.2
  • ■

    Consumer, Cyclical

    6.1
  • ■

    Government

    2.1
  • ■

    Diversified

    0.9

Index Credit Quality (%) as of 08/31/21

Composite % of Net Assets
Non-Investment Grade BB 59.94
B 29.00
CCC 7.02
CC 0.54
D 0.01
Total Non-Investment Grade -- 96.52
Not Rated -- 3.48
Source: Bloomberg. Rating is a proprietary composite of various rating agencies. A bond must be rated by two or more rating agencies to receive a composite rating; otherwise it is classified as Not Rated.

Maturity (%) as of 08/31/21

 Average Maturity: 5.61 Years