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VanEck Video Gaming and eSports UCITS ETF

Fund Description

At a time when the video gaming industry is growing meteorically, the VanEck Video Gaming and eSports UCITS ETF provides exposure to the sector’s innovators. They are disrupting traditional media and sport, bringing together entertainment, video gaming, sports and media.

  • Fast-growing, cutting-edge industry
  • Young fans and new technologies look set to support future expansion
  • Disrupting traditional media and sport
  • First UCITS ETF to offer investors access to a diversified portfolio of esports and video gaming companies
  • Excludes companies that severely violate UN Global Compact Principles or derive any revenue from Controversial Weapons according to ISS data.
  • Excludes companies that derive more than 5% of their revenue from sectors including, but not limited to Thermal Coal, Fossil Fuels, Oil Sands, Nuclear Power, Civilian Firearms, Military Equipment and Tobacco


Risk Factors: Equity Market Risk, Industry or Sector Concentration Risk, Risk of investing in smaller companies



Underlying Index

MarketVector Global Video Gaming and eSports ESG Index (MVESPGTR)

Fund Details
 

  • Fund Ticker

    ESPO

  • Management Company

    VanEck Asset Management B.V.

  • Custodian

    State Street Custodial Services (Ireland) Limited

  • Domicile

    Ireland

  • UCITS Compliant

    Yes

  • Index Ticker

    MVESPGTR

  • Index Provider

    MarketVector Indexes

  • Rebalance Frequency

    Quarterly
1The "Net Asset Value" (NAV) of all ETFs is determined at the close of each business day, and represents the value of one share of the fund; it is calculated by taking the total assets of the fund, subtracting total liabilities, and dividing by the total number of shares outstanding. The NAV is not necessarily the same as the ETF 's intraday trading value. Investors should not expect to buy or sell ETF shares at NAV.

2The date the fund was launched prior to quotation on the stock exchange.

 
as of 26 Jan 2023

  • NAV1

    31.47

  • Shares Outstanding

    16,300,000

  • Number of Holdings

    26

  • Base Currency

    USD

  • Net Assets

    $513.0M

  • Product Structure

    Physical (Full Replication)

  • Income Treatment

    Reinvestment

  • Distribution Frequency

    None

  • Total Expense Ratio

    0.55%

  • SFDR Classification

    Article 8
  • Fact Sheet
  • Fund Holiday Calendar

Trading Information as of 26 Jan 2023

Deutsche
Börse
EUR
Exchange Ticker ESP0
ISIN IE00BYWQWR46
SEDOL --
Bloomberg ESP0 GY
Reuters (RIC) ESP0.DE
Valor 48637719
Bloomberg iNAV ESPOEUIV
Reuters iNAV ESGBEURINAV=IHSM
WKN A2PLDF
Trading Currency EUR
Last Traded Price 28.80
Day's Move 0.58
Volume 16,425
30 Day Volume 14,899
VWAP Volume 16,425

NAVs as of 26 Jan 2023

Base
Currency 		NAV Daily
Change
NAV 		YTD
Change
NAV 		NAV Price
History 		Total
Expense
Ratio
ESPO USD $31.47 $0.46 / +1.48% +14.49%
0.55

Performance History* (%)

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  1 MO* 3 MO* YTD* 1 YR 3 YR 5 YR 10 YR ETF INCEPTION
ETF -3.43 6.79 -34.09 -34.09 5.90 -- -- 9.46
MVESPGTR (Index) -3.38 6.94 -33.70 -33.70 6.50 8.95 -- 10.04
Performance differential (ETF – Index) -0.05 -0.15 -0.39 -0.39 -0.60 -- -- -0.58
  1 MO* 3 MO* YTD* 1 YR 3 YR 5 YR 10 YR ETF INCEPTION
ETF -3.43 6.79 -34.09 -34.09 5.90 -- -- 9.46
MVESPGTR (Index) -3.38 6.94 -33.70 -33.70 6.50 8.95 -- 10.04
Performance differential (ETF – Index) -0.05 -0.15 -0.39 -0.39 -0.60 -- -- -0.58
  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
ETF -- -- 83.67 -1.88 -34.09
MVESPGTR (Index) -10.86 42.56 84.67 -1.32 -33.70

Effective December 16, 2021 the MVIS® Global Video Gaming and eSports Index has been replaced with the MarketVector™ Global Video Gaming & eSports ESG Index

Past performance does not predict future returns.

ETF returns not available if there is less than one year’s performance data.

*Periods greater than one year are annualised.

Investing is subject to risk, including the possible loss of principal. You must read the Prospectus and KIID before investing, which are available at the Document section of the fund on www.vaneck.com.

ETF performance: Current performance may be lower or higher than average annual returns shown. Discrete performance shows 12-month performance for each of the last 10 years where available. E.g. '1st year' shows the most recent of these 12-month periods and '2nd year' shows the previous 12 month period and so on.

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Returns may increase or decrease as a result of currency fluctuations.

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For more information on the Index performance, please consult the Index Provider´s website.

MVIS® Global Video Gaming and eSports Index is the exclusive property of MarketVector Indexes GmbH (a wholly owned subsidiary of Van Eck Associates Corporation), which has contracted with Solactive AG to maintain and calculate the Index. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards MarketVector Indexes GmbH (“MarketVector”), Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Index to third parties. The VanEck Video Gaming and eSports UCITS ETF is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by MarketVector and MarketVector makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

Market Makers

Top 10 Holdings (%) as of 31 Dec 2022 View All Holdings »

Total Holdings: 25
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Holding Name
Ticker
 Shares Market Value
(USD) 		% of Net
Assets
TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD 700 HK 954,140 40,830,852 9.06
NVIDIA CORP NVDA US 228,190 33,347,687 7.40
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INC ATVI US 393,615 30,131,228 6.68
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC AMD US 458,885 29,721,981 6.59
NINTENDO CO LTD 7974 JP 652,300 27,348,695 6.07
ELECTRONIC ARTS INC EA US 200,691 24,520,426 5.44
NETEASE INC NTES US 336,113 24,411,887 5.41
TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE INC TTWO US 207,972 21,656,124 4.80
BANDAI NAMCO HOLDINGS INC 7832 JP 319,502 20,132,173 4.47
ROBLOX CORP RBLX US 672,444 19,137,756 4.24
Top 10 Total (%) 60.16
These are not recommendations to buy or to sell any security. Securities and holdings may vary.

Country Weightings (%) as of 31 Dec 2022

  • Country

    % of Net Assets
  • ■

    United States

    41.42
  • ■

    Japan

    21.25
  • ■

    China

    18.87
  • ■

    South Korea

    6.50
  • ■

    Taiwan Region

    5.82
  • ■

    Australia

    4.16
  • ■

    Sweden

    1.91
  • ■

    Other/Cash

    0.06

Sector Weightings (%) as of 31 Dec 2022

  • Sector

    % of Net Assets
  • ■

    Communication Services

    69.4
  • ■

    Information Technology

    19.5
  • ■

    Consumer Discretionary

    11.1
  • ■

    Other/Cash

    0.1

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