VanEck Launches EM Focus Inflation Bond ETF (EMIL), Targeting Higher Real Yield Beyond U.S. TIPS

EMIL offers investors real yield from inflation-linked government bonds from emerging markets and outside the U.S.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VanEck today announced the launch of the VanEck EM Focus Inflation Bond ETF (NYSE Arca: EMIL), designed to give investors access to inflation-linked government bonds from outside the U.S., with a focus on emerging markets (EM), seeking to provide higher inflation-protected yield versus U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS).

Why EMIL and EM-focused inflation-linked government bonds:

• Rising inflationary pressures globally, driven by ongoing fiscal expansion in developed markets, geopolitical conflict, and extreme weather, among other factors, are pushing investors to rethink traditional inflation protection.
• Inflation linked bonds adjust their principal in line with inflation, which results in higher coupons and preservation of purchasing power over time in periods of inflation.
• As of September 30, 2026, emerging markets inflation-linked bonds offered more than twice the real yield of U.S. TIPS.*

“Inflation has been a global phenomenon driven by structural trends, and for many investors U.S. TIPS are only part of the answer to hedge this risk,” said William Sokol, Director of Product Management at VanEck. “Emerging markets have historically offered significantly higher real yields than U.S. TIPS, and we believe this is structural and will persist. EMIL allows investors to generate attractive inflation-adjusted income in their bond portfolios.”

EMIL seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the FTSE Emerging Markets Focused International Inflation-Linked Securities Index. The index comprises fixed-rate inflation-linked bonds issued by non-U.S. sovereigns and requires at least 65% of its weight to be in emerging markets. Issuers must meet a minimum credit rating of CCC, defaulted bonds are excluded, and the index rebalances monthly. EMIL has a gross expense ratio of 0.30% and intends to pay distributions monthly.

VanEck’s investment philosophy is to identify the 10-year macro trends reshaping global markets to give investors access to differentiated, high-conviction investment opportunities. EMIL joins the firm’s established suite of EM bond funds, which includes the VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF (EMLC) and the actively managed VanEck Emerging Markets Bond ETF (EMBX), building on over 20 years of experience investing in EM debt. Alongside VanEck’s real assets solutions like VanEck Real Assets ETF (RAAX), EMIL provides investors an income-focused approach for hedging inflation.

For more information on EMIL, including holdings, risks, and performance information, please visit: vaneck.com/EMIL. The VanEck team also provides regular updates and research insights on its website.

About VanEck

VanEck has a history of looking beyond the financial markets to identify trends that are likely to create impactful investment opportunities. We were one of the first U.S. asset managers to offer investors access to international markets. This set the tone for the firm’s drive to identify asset classes and trends – including gold investing in 1968, emerging markets in 1993, and exchange traded funds in 2006 – that subsequently shaped the investment management industry.

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Important Disclosures

*Source: FTSE Russell, 9/30/2026. EM inflation-linked bonds: FTSE EM Inflation-Linked Securities Index; TIPS: FTSE US Inflation-Linked Securities Index.

FTSE EM Inflation-Linked Securities Index measures the returns of inflation-linked bonds with fixed-rate coupon payments that are linked to an inflation index.

FTSE Emerging Markets Focused International Inflation-Linked Securities Index: measures the performance of a diversified basket of inflation-linked bonds issued outside the United States, and is designed to concentrate at least 65% in emerging markets issuers.

FTSE US Inflation-Linked Securities Index (USILSI): measures the returns of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) with fixed-rate coupon payments that are linked to the CPI, published by the US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Real yield: is the yield of a bond after adjusting for inflation.

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An investment in the VanEck EM Focus Inflation Bond ETF may be subject to risks which include, among others, risks related to inflation-linked bonds, debt securities, credit, foreign securities, emerging market issuers, high yield securities, foreign currency, interest rate, sovereign bond, liquidity, restricted securities, market, sampling, operational, index tracking, authorized participant concentration, new fund, no guarantee of active trading market, trading issues, passive management, fund shares trading, premium/discount and liquidity of fund shares, non-diversified, index-related concentration, and cash transactions risks, all of which may adversely affect the Fund. Emerging market issuers and foreign securities may be subject to securities markets, political and economic, investment and repatriation restrictions, different rules and regulations, less publicly available financial information, foreign currency and exchange rates, operational and settlement, and corporate and securities laws risks. Special risk considerations apply to investing in Brazilian, European, Latin American, and Mexican issuers.

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