C000025040 Fees and Costs — VanEck VIP Emerging Markets Fund, Class S

Data updated: 2026-08-26

The net expense ratio is 1.55%: a 1.00% management fee, a 0.25% 12b-1 fee plus 2.34% other expenses, less a 2.04% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $93K in broker commissions, 0.1129% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 34%.

C000025040 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000025040. Prospectus, as of May 1, 2026.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee1.00%
12b-1 fee0.25%
Other expenses2.34%
Gross expense ratio3.59%
Fee waiver−2.04%
Net expense ratio1.55%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000025040 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000025040, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $1,026 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.75% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 1.55%)$163$504$868
Trading costs (broker commissions)$12$37$63
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$27$95
Total costs$175$568$1,026
Value after costs$10,325$11,008$11,736
Impact on return, per year1.75%1.75%1.75%

C000025040 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.1129%
  • Total broker commissions: $93K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $53.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 34%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $2.6M
  • Net income from securities lending: $17K (0.020% of average net assets)

C000025040 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.$13K17.68%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$10K13.92%
BofA Securities, Inc.$9K11.84%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$7K9.78%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$7K9.26%
Eurobank Ergasias Services and Holdings S.A.$7K9.02%
UBS Securities LLC$6K8.48%
Jefferies LLC$5K6.83%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$5K6.66%
CLSA Americas, LLC$5K6.53%

C000025040 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$53.4M99.28%
FirstRand Bank Limited$277K0.51%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$108K0.20%

VanEck VIP Emerging Markets Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000025038Initial Class1.30%—
C000025040Class S1.55%—

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.