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VanEck MSCI Multifactor Emerging Markets Equity ETF

About this ETF

The Fund gives investors access to a portfolio of emerging markets listed companies selected from the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (‘Parent Index’) which includes large and mid-cap stocks across 24 Emerging Markets (‘EM’) countries. The index aims to maximise exposure to four factors – Value, Momentum, Quality and Low Size -- while maintaining a risk profile similar to that of the Parent Index.

IssuerVanEck
Management fee (MER)0.69% p.a.
Inception date12 Apr 2018
BenchmarkMSCI EM Diversified Multi-Factor NR USD

Scout Score

51/100
Ranked #36 of 76 in International Shares

An independent score calculated by ETF Scout across 7 real-data factors (cost, diversification, tracking, liquidity, fund strength, performance, income), ranked against other funds in the same category.

Cost8
Diversification50
Tracking41
Liquidity85
Fund Strength64
Performance84
Income97

Strengths

  • Attractive yield — 14.21%, higher than 97% of International Shares peers.
  • Highly liquid — 0.06% bid/ask spread, better than 85% of International Shares peers.
  • Strong long-term return — +19.2% p.a. (blended), beats 84% of rated International Shares peers.

Weaknesses

  • Higher fee — 0.69% p.a., more expensive than 92% of International Shares funds.

Performance (as of 31 Oct 2026)

Total returns, net of fees. Periods longer than 1 year are annualised.

1 Month-9.22%
3 Months-4.60%
YTD+19.44%
1 Year+19.09%
3 Years (p.a.)+24.36%
5 Years (p.a.)+15.19%

Price history

Cumulative return over the selected period, indexed to 0% at the start of the range.

-27%+7%+40%+73%+106%2021-112023-022024-052025-082026-11

Geographic exposure (as at 4 Nov 2026)

Country (where the company is based).

South Korea flagSouth Korea
24.45%
China flagChina
22.25%
India flagIndia
9.89%
Brazil flagBrazil
3.53%
Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
2.48%
South Africa flagSouth Africa
2.42%
United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates
2.03%
Thailand flagThailand
1.40%
Hungary flagHungary
1.00%
Mexico flagMexico
0.72%
Kuwait flagKuwait
0.67%
Canada flagCanada
0.49%
United States flagUnited States
0.48%
Peru flagPeru
0.43%
Chile flagChile
0.42%
Indonesia flagIndonesia
0.41%
Spain flagSpain
0.36%
Malaysia flagMalaysia
0.25%
Qatar flagQatar
0.24%
Czech Republic flagCzech Republic
0.19%
Turkey flagTurkey
0.18%
France flagFrance
0.15%

Sector breakdown (as at 4 Nov 2026)

How your portfolio's holdings are spread across GICS sectors.

Information Technology
43.51%
Financials
15.13%
Consumer Discretionary
7.95%
Materials
7.45%
Industrials
6.00%
Health Care
5.69%
Communication Services
4.87%
Utilities
3.23%
Real Estate
3.13%
Energy
1.60%
Consumer Staples
1.46%

Top holdings (as of 4 Nov 2026)

The fund's largest individual holdings, ranked by portfolio weight.

  1. 1.Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co L13.08%
  2. 2.Samsung Electronics Co Ltd8.67%
  3. 3.SK Hynix Inc7.03%
  4. 4.United Microelectronics Corp2.21%
  5. 5.Hana Financial Group Inc2.05%
  6. 6.Gold Fields Ltd1.74%
  7. 7.Emaar Properties Pjsc1.73%
  8. 8.Kia Corp1.50%
  9. 9.Chroma Ate Inc1.45%
  10. 10.Picc Property & Casualty Co Ltd1.35%
  11. 11.Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd1.33%
  12. 12.King Slide Works Co Ltd1.28%
  13. 13.Largan Precision Co Ltd1.27%
  14. 14.B3 SA - Brasil Bolsa Balcao1.18%
  15. 15.Hcl Technologies Ltd1.17%
  16. 16.China Construction Bank Corp1.10%
  17. 17.Realtek Semiconductor Corp1.00%
  18. 18.Tencent Holdings Ltd logoTencent Holdings Ltd0.99%
  19. 19.Tech Mahindra Ltd0.91%
  20. 20.Innolux Corp0.82%