VanEck Expands Into Brazil Through Partnership With Banco Bradesco for Four ETF BDRs

March 15, 2022 at 08:00 AM EDT

VanEck today announced that it has partnered with the depository bank Banco Bradesco S.A. to make four VanEck Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) available to Brazilian investors as ETF BDRs (Brazilian Depository Receipts).

The four funds are:

VanEck Gold Miners ETF
- Trading name: GDXB
- Ticker: GDXB39
VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF
- Trading name: MOTB
- Ticker: MOTB39
VanEck Steel ETF
- Trading name: SLXB
- Ticker: SLXB39
VanEck Social Sentiment ETF
- Trading name: BUZZ
- Ticker: BUZZ39

“Brazil has a fast-growing and highly sophisticated investor marketplace, and we are very excited to be making these funds available via the Brazilian Depository Receipt process,” said Jan van Eck, CEO with VanEck. “We look forward to further engaging with investors in Brazil and continuing to bring more of our lineup of industry-leading investment solutions to market via the BDR approach.”

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