VanEck Reduces CLO ETF (CLOI) Management Fee to 0.29%

Fee cut aims to enhance outcomes amid growing demand for risk-managed, efficient CLO investment exposure.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VanEck today announced a reduction in the management fee for the VanEck CLO ETF (CLOI), effective October 7, 2026. CLOI’s total expense ratio will decrease from 0.36% to 0.29%.

This is the second fee cut for CLOI in the last year, underscoring VanEck’s commitment to cost-efficient access to collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) and reinforcing CLOI’s leadership within the CLO ETF space.

“The floating rate and enhanced yield exposure that CLOs provide is attractive in today’s challenging fixed income environment, characterized by rising and volatile long-term bond yields and tight credit spreads. The asset class is once again outperforming other segments of the fixed income market this year, as it has over the past decade.* We continue to believe CLOI’s active investment strategy provides more opportunities to generate attractive yields and control risk exposures versus a ratings-constrained approach,” said William Sokol, Director of Product Management at VanEck. “Reducing fees reflects our conviction in this strategy as an attractive way for investors to build a more robust core bond portfolio."

Actively managed by MetLife Investment Management (MIM), CLOI’s portfolio management team brings decades of experience and expertise in structured credit and leveraged finance, helping investors navigate a market historically reserved for institutional investors. CLOI delivers risk-managed exposure to investment-grade CLO tranches, offering investors a differentiated source of yield, diversification benefits, and structural protections—all within a liquid, transparent, and operationally efficient ETF vehicle.

CLOI continues to outperform against its benchmark and recently marked its four-year track record, offering investors the potential for higher income and more attractive total return opportunities.

Alongside CLOI, VanEck’s leadership in CLO investing includes the VanEck CLO AA-BB ETF (CLOB), also sub-advised by MIM. The actively managed CLOB invests primarily in AA to BB rated tranches of CLOs of any maturity. VanEck’s dynamic lineup of income ETFs also features the VanEck IG Floating Rate ETF (FLTR), which invests in U.S.-denominated floating rate notes issued by corporate issuers and rated investment grade.

VanEck provides ongoing insights and updates on CLOs and income investing strategies on its website. For more information on the VanEck CLO ETF (CLOI), please visit here.

*Source: VanEck, as of 9/30/2026 based on the returns of JPM US CLO Index, ICE BofA US Broad Market Index, ICE BofA US Corporate Index, Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan 100 Index, JP Morgan 50% EMBI Global Diversified/50% GBI EM GLOBAL DIV, ICE BofA US Treasury Index, ICE BofA US Mortgage Backed Securities Index, MVIS® US Investment Grade Floating Rate Note Index, ICE BofA US ABS & CMBS Index, ICE BofA Global Broad Market Index

Average Annual Total Returns^† as of September 30, 2026
	3 MO	YTD	1 Yr	5 Yr	10 YR
CLOI (NAV)	1.29	3.74	5.10	--	--
CLOI (Market Price)	1.26	3.67	6.54	--	--
J.P. Morgan CLO IG Index	1.28	3.77	5.10	--	--
^†Returns less than one year are not annualized.
CLOI Gross Expense Ratio – 0.36%

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An investment in the VanEck AA-BB CLO ETF (CLOB) and VanEck CLO ETF (CLOI) may be subject to risks which include, but are not limited to, risks related to Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLO), debt securities, foreign currency, foreign securities, investment focus, newly-issued securities, extended settlement, affiliated fund investment, management and capital preservation, derivatives, currency management strategies, cash transactions, market, Sub-Adviser, operational, authorized participant concentration, no guarantee of active trading market, trading issues, fund shares trading, premium/discount, liquidity of fund shares, non-diversified, seed investor, and new fund risks, all of which may adversely affect the Funds. Investments in debt securities may expose the Fund to other risks, such as risks related to liquidity, interest rate, floating rate obligations, credit, call, extension, high yield securities, income, valuation, privately-issued securities, covenant lite loans, default of the underlying asset and CLO manager risks, all of which may impact the Fund’s performance. Derivatives may involve certain costs and risks such as liquidity, interest rate, and the risk that a position could not be closed when most advantageous.

An investment in the VanEck Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF (FLTR) may be subject to risk which includes, among others, foreign securities, foreign currency, investing in Japanese and United Kingdom issuers, credit, interest rate, floating rate, floating rate LIBOR, restricted securities, financial, market, operational, sampling, index tracking, authorized participant concentration, no guarantee of active trading market, trading issues, passive management, fund shares trading, premium/discount risk and liquidity of fund shares, non-diversified and concentration risks, all of which may adversely affect the Fund.

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