VanEck

Founded in 1955, VanEck?s mission is to offer investors forward-looking, intelligently designed strategies. VanEck?s approach is to think outside the confines of financial markets as they exist today and identify what major historical trends?political and technological?will change the opportunity set of these markets. Being one of the first to offer investors access to international markets in 1955 set the tone for our drive to identify and define investment trends. Our story evolves with the early identification of asset classes and trends that went on to shape the investment management business: in 1968 with monetary policy and gold, in 1993 with China and emerging markets, and in 2006 with exchange traded funds. Mission: VanEck's mission is to offer investors intelligently designed investment strategies that take advantage of targeted market opportunities. We seek to provide long-term, superior performance in all our offerings, giving investors a choice between active and index strategies.