Van Eck Global traces its origins to 1955, when John C. van Eck founded International Investors Inc., which would later become the Van Eck Associates Corporation. The fund is among the first US money managers to offer international mutual funds. In 1968, Van Eck created the first US gold fund. He followed up this milestone by creating one of the first global bond funds in 1987.
Van Eck created the first long “hard assets” fund in 1984, a fund in Russia focusing on Eastern and Central European companies, as well as the first gold shares exchange-traded fund in the US in 2006.
Today, Van Eck Global offers exchange-traded funds, separate accounts and alternative investments in addition to mutual funds, and invests in hard assets, emerging markets, precious metals such as gold, and various other assets.
The company remains in the hands of the van Eck family, with Jan F. van Eck acting as the Principal and Director of the Van Eck Associates Corporation, heading alternative, international and institutional businesses for Van Eck, including the Market Vectors ETF businesses which debuted in 2006, and Derek S. van Eck serving as the lead investment team member of the Global Hard Assets Fund with additional oversight of the fund's investment process, risk controls, and hiring of new investment team members.
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Key People:
Jan Van Eck President and Chief Executive Officer, Van Eck Global
Joseph Mcbrien General Counsel and Secretary, Van Eck Global
Bruce Smith Chief Financial Officer, Van Eck Global
Thomas Lynch Chief Compliance Officer, Van Eck Global
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