- CEO
- Jan van Eck
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 666 Third Avenue, 9th Floor New York NY United States of America 10017
- IPO Date
- Jan 10, 2008
- Business
- VanEck Long Muni ETF (MLN) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to replicate, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the ICE Long AMT-Free Broad National Municipal Index (MBNL), which tracks the overall performance of the U.S. dollar-denominated long-term tax-exempt municipal bond market. The fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in investment-grade, publicly traded municipal bonds issued by U.S. states, local governments, and agencies with remaining maturities of 17 years or more; these include general obligation bonds, revenue bonds for transportation, utilities, housing, health care facilities, education, and water/sewer systems from issuers such as City of New York NY, North Carolina Turnpike Authority, Texas Transportation Finance Corp, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It provides tax-exempt income generally exempt from federal taxes and the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), with a focus on high overall credit quality, targeted interest rate risk through long-duration holdings, a total expense ratio of 0.24%, and assets under management of approximately $640.50 million as of December 2025.
Launched on January 2, 2008 and domiciled in the United States, MLN operates nationwide with holdings spanning issuers across all U.S. states and territories, managed by Van Eck Associates Corporation and distributed by Van Eck Securities Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary based at 666 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017. Prior to September 1, 2020, the fund operated as the VanEck AMT-Free Long Municipal Index ETF, reflecting a name change aligned with index transition updates. The underlying index underwent transitions, including from the Bloomberg AMT-Free Long Continuous Municipal Index through March 1, 2022, a brief ICE Long AMT-Free Broad National Municipal Transition Index until November 30, 2022, and fully to the current MBNL index thereafter, ensuring continuity in tracking long-term AMT-free municipal bonds. No major acquisitions, funding rounds, or new product launches have been reported in the last 1-2 years, with ongoing monthly distributions supporting investor income needs amid stable performance of 1.85% YTD return and 4.10% 30-day SEC yield as of December 17, 2025.