VanEck Small Companies Masters invests in a diversified portfolio of ASX listed securities with the aim of providing investment returns (before Management fees) that closely track the performance of the MVIS Australia Small-Cap Dividend Payers Index.
The MVIS Australia Small-Cap Dividend Payers Index is a pure play index designed to capture the performance of dividend paying Australian small cap equities, with real diversification across both securities and sectors.
The Index includes the most liquid small cap ASX listed companies that did not omit their latest dividend payment and that generate at least 50% of their revenues in Australia. Individual Index components are determined using a stringent rules based methodology focusing on liquidity, with a minimum of 25 securities, each with a maximum weighting of 8%.