HYEMVanEck Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF
Seeks to replicate the price and yield performance of the ICE BofA Diversified High Yield US Emerging Markets Corporate Plus Index.
By VanEck · Launched 2012
Annual Cost
0.40%
#2,016 of 5,854 · average
Fund Size
$534M
#1,535 of 5,854 · large
Dividend YieldGoal
6.52%
Track Record
14 years
#994 of 5,854 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$10,512+5.1%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
Fixed incomeRegion
Emerging marketsStrategy
Index tracking
Index tracked
ICE BofA Diversified High Yield US Emerging Markets Corporate Plus Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 11.0% of fund✓ well diversified
State Street Global Advisors
4.6%
PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRE
1.6%
SAMARCO MINERACAO SA
0.7%
DIG INTL FIN/DIFL US LLC
0.7%
YPF SOCIEDAD ANONIMA
0.6%
GRUPO NUTRESA SA
0.6%
GRUPO NUTRESA SA
0.6%
TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS NE
0.6%
FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS L
0.5%
ECOPETROL SA
0.5%
Asset allocation
Bonds
99.2%
Cash
0.8%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
4.4%Low
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-31.0%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
1.11Strong risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.64Good downside protection
Bond profile
Duration
7.3 years
Credit ratings
US Government
4.8%
BBB
2.8%
BB
51.2%
B
32.1%
Below B
5.4%
Other
8.5%
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks to replicate the price and yield performance of the ICE BofA Diversified High Yield US Emerging Markets Corporate Plus Index.
- Strategy
- Uses a passive indexing approach to replicate the Emerging Markets High Yield Index by investing at least 80% in U.S. dollar denominated bonds issued by non-sovereign emerging market issuers with below investment grade ratings. Employs a sampling methodology to approximate the index's risk and return characteristics, concentrating in financials, energy, and basic materials sectors.
- Inception date
- May 8, 2012
- Fund family
- VanEck
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Data updated on 2026-08-03