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Emerging Markets Fund - Class A
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Class I Class Y Class Z

Emerging Markets Fund - Class A
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Class I Class Y Class Z

  • NAV
    $20.81

    as of May 13, 2026
  • YTD RETURNS
    21.55%

    as of May 13, 2026
  • Net Assets (All Classes)
    $355.60M

    as of April 30, 2026
  • Gross Expense Ratio
    1.63%
  • Net Expense Ratio
    1.61%
  • Inception Date
    12/20/1993

Overview

The VanEck Emerging Markets Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in equity securities in emerging markets around the world. The Fund invests in high-quality, structural growth companies at a reasonable price poised to represent future development and growth of emerging markets.

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Overview

Highlights

  • Focuses on companies across regions, sectors, and market capitalization positioned to capture trends in consumption and innovation and not often well captured in widely used indices.
  • Active, bottom-up, fundamental research process targets companies with structural growth-at a reasonable price (“SGARP”) profiles
  • Benefits from the experience, philosophy and process of a seasoned emerging markets investment team who lived or worked in the areas they cover

Performance

Performance History:

Average Annual Total Returns* (%)

1 MO 3 MO YTD 1 YR 3 YR 5 YR 10 YR LIFE
(12/20/93)
VanEck Emerging Markets Fund: Class A
At Net Asset Value
 14.07 5.76 13.67 42.05 16.94 0.74 6.39 --
At Maximum 5.75% Sales Charge
 7.51 -0.32 7.13 33.88 14.65 -0.44 5.76 --
MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Markets Index (IMI)
 14.54 5.18 14.27 45.42 20.34 6.29 9.22 --
MSCI Emerging Markets IMI Growth Index
 16.67 5.93 14.98 48.19 20.79 4.37 9.75 --
1 MO 3 MO YTD 1 YR 3 YR 5 YR 10 YR LIFE
(12/20/93)
VanEck Emerging Markets Fund: Class A
At Net Asset Value -10.73 -0.35 -0.35 27.30 11.98 -1.32 5.12 --
At Maximum 5.75% Sales Charge -15.86 -6.08 -6.08 19.98 9.79 -2.48 4.50 --
MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Markets Index (IMI) -12.81 -0.24 -0.24 28.88 14.67 4.03 7.82 --
MSCI Emerging Markets IMI Growth Index -13.05 -1.45 -1.45 29.63 13.86 1.79 8.06 --

*Returns less than one year are not annualized.

The Fund's inception date was December 20, 1993, but prior to December 18, 2002, it operated with a substantially different investment strategy. Specifically, it invested primarily in the common stocks and other equity securities of global large-cap growth companies and could invest no more than 10% of its assets in emerging markets securities.

The table presents past performance which is no guarantee of future results and which may be lower or higher than current performance. Returns reflect temporary contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the Fund incurred all expenses and fees, investment returns would have been reduced. Expenses: Class A: Gross 1.63% and Net 1.61%. Expenses are capped contractually through 05/01/27 at 1.60% for Class A. Investment returns and Fund share values will fluctuate so that investors' shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund returns assume that dividends and capital gains distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV.

Holdings

Top 10 Holdings (%)

Holdings
Sector
 % of Net Assets
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co L
Information Technology
 14.04
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Information Technology
 7.35
Sk Hynix Inc
Information Technology
 7.27
Chroma Ate Inc
Information Technology
 4.52
Tencent Holdings Ltd
Communication Services
 3.57
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
Consumer Discretionary
 2.48
Reliance Industries Ltd
Energy
 2.29
Hd Hyundai Electric Co Ltd
Industrials
 2.10
Hdfc Bank Ltd
Financials
 2.03
International Container Terminal Servic
Industrials
 1.65
Top 10 Total 47.30

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