VanEck Announces CNXT ETF Name Change
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NEW YORK, NY (April 21, 2026) – VanEck today announced that the name of the VanEck ChiNext ETF will be changed to the VanEck ChiNext Innovators ETF, effective May 1, 2026.
The ETF will continue to trade on NYSE under the ticker CNXT, which will remain unchanged.
The name change is intended to better reflect the opportunity set of the ChiNext Index, which the ETF seeks to replicate. The Index seeks to track a dynamic segment of China’s equity market, with a focus on innovative, growth-oriented companies across sectors such as technology, healthcare and advanced manufacturing.
There will be no changes to the Fund’s investment objective, investment strategy, or portfolio management team as a result of the name change. The Fund will continue to seek to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the ChiNext Index.
For more information about CNXT, please visit vaneck.com/cnxt.
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An investment in the Fund may be subject to risks which include, but are not limited to, risks related to the Fund’s principal investment strategies, health care sector, industrials sector, information technology sector, financials sector, special risk considerations of investing in China and Chinese-issued A-shares, ChiNext Market, Stock Connect, PRC tax, foreign securities, emerging market issuers, foreign currency, medium-capitalization companies, cash transactions, equity securities, market, operational, index tracking, authorized participant concentration, no guarantee of active trading market, trading issues, passive management, fund shares trading, premium/discount, liquidity of fund shares, non-diversification, index-related concentration and high portfolio turnover risks, all of which may adversely affect the Fund. Emerging market issuers and foreign securities may be subject to securities markets, political and economic, investment and repatriation restrictions, different rules and regulations, less publicly available financial information, foreign currency and exchange rates, operational and settlement, and corporate and securities laws risks. Medium-capitalization companies may be subject to elevated risks. Investments in China may also be subject to risks which include political and economic, inflation, tax changes, nationalization and expropriation, Hong Kong policy, Chinese securities markets, less stringent disclosure, regulatory standards, and publicly available information on Chinese issuers, and Chinese corporate and securities law risks Investments in Chinese-issued A-shares may also be subject to risks related to investment and repatriation restrictions, loss of favorable U.S. tax treatment, tax on retained income and gains, foreign exchange control, custody risks, foreign currency considerations, and China-related index tracking risks.
ChiNext Index: the 100 largest and most liquid stocks listed and trading on the ChiNext Market of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The ChiNext Index is comprised of A-shares.
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