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Inception date
May 8, 2012
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
Van Eck Associates Corp.
Distributor
Van Eck Securities Corp.
HYEM holds dollar-denominated high-yield debt issued in the US or Europe by corporations located in or serving emerging market economies. The fund holds bonds issued by firms from countries ranging from Brazil to the Philippines, and largely ignores bonds with more than 10 years in maturity. This makes for a portfolio with less interest-rate risk and a lower yield than longer-dated portfolios. Constituents of the underlying index are market-value-weighted, capped at 10% per country and 3% per issuer. HYEM uses a sampling method and only holds a subset of securities with approximately the same risk and return characteristics as the index. Rebalancing is done on a monthly basis.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Corporate
Stocks0.00%
Transportation0.00%
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Corporate95.65%
Government3.59%
Cash0.76%
Miscellaneous0.00%
Stock breakdown by region
Europe29.43%
Latin America20.96%
North America20.54%
Asia18.46%
Africa5.88%
Middle East4.58%
Oceania0.14%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
HYEM invests in bonds. The fund's major sectors are Corporate, with 95.65% stocks, and Government, with 3.59% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the Europe region.
HYEM top holdings are Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited 3.2% PERP and Province of Buenos Aires 6.625% 01-SEP-2037, occupying 2.26% and 1.65% of the portfolio correspondingly.
HYEM last dividends amounted to 0.11 USD. The month before, the issuer paid 0.11 USD in dividends, which shows a 0.27% increase.
HYEM assets under management is 380.10 M USD. It's risen 0.53% over the last month.
HYEM fund flows account for −4.75 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, HYEM pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 6.58%. The last dividend (Jun 5, 2025) amounted to 0.11 USD. The dividends are paid monthly.
HYEM shares are issued by Van Eck Associates Corp. under the brand VanEck. The ETF was launched on May 8, 2012, and its management style is Passive.
HYEM expense ratio is 0.40% meaning you'd have to pay 0.40% of your investment to help manage the fund.
HYEM follows the ICE BofA Diversified High Yield US Emerging Markets Corporate Plus. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
HYEM invests in bonds.
HYEM price has risen by 2.96% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 1.88% increase. See more dynamics on HYEM price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 1.87% over the last month, showed a 1.18% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 10.02% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 1.87% over the last month, showed a 1.18% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 10.02% in a year.
HYEM trades at a premium (0.63%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.