RNEW Fees and Costs — VanEck Green Infrastructure ETF

Data updated: 2025-05-27

The net expense ratio is 0.47%: a 0.45% management fee plus 0.02% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $262 in broker commissions, 0.0147% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 5%.

RNEW Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of RNEW. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.45%
12b-1 fee—
Other expenses0.02%
Gross expense ratio0.47%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.47%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

RNEW Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in RNEW, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $306 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.51% 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 0.47%)$49$155$270
Trading costs (broker commissions)$2$5$8
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$8$28
Total costs$51$168$306
Value after costs$10,449$11,409$12,456
Impact on return, per year0.51%0.51%0.51%

RNEW Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0147%
  • Total broker commissions: $262
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $2.0M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 5%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $220K
  • Net income from securities lending: $8K (0.447% of average net assets)

RNEW Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Jefferies LLC$18470.21%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$6825.87%
UBS Securities LLC$20.90%
BofA Securities, Inc.$20.77%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$20.76%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$20.74%
Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated$10.42%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$10.33%

RNEW Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
National Securities Clearing Corporation$2.0M99.99%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$380.00%
Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated$330.00%
BofA Securities, Inc.$170.00%
UBS Securities LLC$150.00%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$90.00%

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.