VanEck Global Healthcare Leaders ETF

The VanEck Global Healthcare Leaders ETF is an equity-based exchange-traded fund that provides investors with exposure to many of the world’s largest and most fundamentally strong healthcare companies outside Australia. The primary function of this ETF is to track the performance of the MarketGrader Developed Markets ex-Australia Health Care Index, which identifies 50 healthcare sector leaders in developed markets according to key fundamentals such as growth, value, profitability, and cash flow. This ETF employs a passive, physical replication strategy and offers a diversified portfolio that includes companies from various segments of the healthcare industry, such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, healthcare technology, and medical devices. Its equal-weighting approach ensures no single company dominates the portfolio, thus enhancing diversification and risk balance. The fund is designed to capture growth opportunities driven by global demographic shifts, innovation in medical technology, and increasing demand for healthcare solutions. By accessing this ETF, market participants gain a cost-effective and efficient way to invest in the backbone of global health innovation, benefiting from annual distributions and the defensiveness historically associated with the healthcare sector.