VanEck Vectors Emerging Income Opportunities Active ETF
Performance
Total return to 23 Oct 2026, distributions reinvested, before franking. ASX figures are to 30 Sept 2026 and gross of franking, so they run higher for franked Australian funds.
What it costs to hold
Management fee plus trading costs, compared with similar funds.
A typical fund among fixed income funds would cost $140 (0.28% a year), so EBND is $356 dearer.
Spread is the average gap between buying and selling prices on the ASX. Fees are shown on a flat balance, not compounded on growth. Excludes tax and any adviser or platform fees.
Calendar-year returns
Where the money is
Look-through exposure as at — · 73 securities · top 10 = 37.6%
Monthly returns
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | −0.1 | 0.4 | −2.8 | 2.1 | −0.4 | 3.0 | −1.0 | −0.2 | −2.2 | 0.8 | −0.6YTD | ||
| 2025 | 2.6 | 0.8 | −0.7 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | −0.2 | 13.9 |
| 2024 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | −1.3 | 0.5 | −0.2 | 3.8 | −0.8 | 3.0 | −0.7 | −0.6 | 0.9 | 7.5 |
| 2023 | 3.6 | −1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | −0.5 | 2.6 | 0.8 | −1.8 | −1.5 | −1.6 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 10.0 |
| 2022 | −1.4 | −2.8 | −2.4 | −2.2 | −0.1 | −6.5 | 2.2 | 2.6 | −4.0 | −0.6 | 7.1 | 2.8 | −5.9 |
| 2021 | −0.9 | −2.2 | −1.5 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | −2.2 | −1.6 | −1.1 | 0.9 | −1.6 |
| 2020 | −17.6 | −1.1 | 10.0 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 1.3 | −0.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 |
Total return each month in %, distributions reinvested, before franking. The latest month runs to the last price date. The first year starts from listing.
Top holdings
Most similar funds
Overlap is the share of the portfolio held in common, look-through. Correlation is of daily returns. High overlap means close substitutes.
EBND questions answered
Written from the latest data on this page. General information only, not financial advice.
How diversified is VanEck Vectors Emerging Income Opportunities Active ETF?
VanEck Vectors Emerging Income Opportunities Active ETF holds 73 securities.
Which ETFs does EBND double up with most?
No other ASX fund shares more than 10% of its holdings with EBND, and no fund's returns track it closely, so it offers a fairly distinct exposure.
How is VanEck Vectors Emerging Income Opportunities Active ETF managed – active or passive?
VanEck Vectors Emerging Income Opportunities Active ETF is actively managed. Rather than tracking an index, a fund manager at VanEck decides what to buy and sell, aiming to do better than the market after fees.
Among fixed income funds, active funds charge a median 0.50% a year and index funds 0.22%.
What will I pay in fees for EBND?
EBND charges a management fee of 0.95% a year, about $95 for every $10,000 invested. Only 14% of the 471 ASX ETFs we track charge more, and the median fee is 0.44%. Among fixed income funds, the median is 0.26%.
The fee is taken from the fund's assets and is already reflected in its returns. You'll also pay brokerage when you buy or sell, and the bid-ask spread, which has averaged 0.22% for EBND.
Does VanEck Vectors Emerging Income Opportunities Active ETF follow a theme?
Its focus is income. It favours investments that pay higher, regular distributions. Over the past year it paid out 6.3% of its price, across 12 payments.
What is under the hood of EBND?
The largest issuers among EBND's holdings are Mexican Bonos (5.7% across 2 bonds), Republic Of Poland Government Bond (4.9% across 3 bonds), Bonos De La Tesoreria De La Republica E (3.9% across 3 bonds), Malaysia Government Bond (3.6% across 5 bonds), Republic Of South Africa Government Bon (3.6% across 2 bonds), Peru Government Bond (3.6% across 2 bonds), China Government Bond (3.3% across 3 bonds), Export-Import Bank Of India (3.0% across 2 bonds), Republic Of South Africa Government Int (2.9% across 2 bonds) and Singapore Government Bond (2.4% across 3 bonds).
As an active fund it has no index rule: the manager decides which investments to hold and how much of each, within the limits set out in the PDS.
How well has VanEck Vectors Emerging Income Opportunities Active ETF performed?
Based on its category, VanEck Vectors Emerging Income Opportunities Active ETF aims mainly to pay a regular income, with capital growth secondary.
To 23 Oct 2026, with distributions reinvested, it returned 0.4% over 1 year (median −0.4%; ranked 27 of 66), 9.1% a year over 3 years (median 4.4% a year; ranked 2 of 48) and 4.7% a year over 5 years (median 0.5% a year; ranked 2 of 34). The medians and rankings compare it with fixed income funds. Since listing in 2020 it has returned 3.5% a year.
As an active fund, EBND has no index to track. The fairer test is whether it beats similar funds and its market after fees, over several years.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.