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About VanEck Defense UCITS ETF
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Inception date
Mar 31, 2023
Structure
Irish VCIC
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Capitalizes
Primary advisor
VanEck Asset Management BV
ISIN
IE000YYE6WK5
The Funds investment objective is to replicate the price and the performance, before fees and expenses, of an index that provides exposure to entities involved in serving national defense industries.
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Frequently Asked Questions
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a collection of assets (stocks, bonds, commodities, etc.) that track an underlying index and can be bought on an exchange like individual stocks.
DFNS assets under management is 8.07 B USD. AUM is an important metric as it reflects the fund's size and can serve as a gauge of how successful the fund is in attracting investors, which, in its turn, can influence decision-making.
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DFNS invests in stocks. See more details in our Analysis section.
DFNS expense ratio is 0.55%. It's an important metric for helping traders understand the fund's operating costs relative to assets and how expensive it would be to hold the fund.
No, DFNS isn't leveraged, meaning it doesn't use borrowings or financial derivatives to magnify the performance of the underlying assets or index it follows.
No, DFNS doesn't pay dividends to its holders.
DFNS shares are issued by Van Eck Associates Corp.
DFNS follows the MarketVector Global Defense Industry Index - USD - US Dollar - Benchmark TR Net. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
The fund started trading on Mar 31, 2023.
The fund's management style is passive, meaning it's aiming to replicate the performance of the underlying index by holding assets in the same proportions as the index. The goal is to match the index's returns.