Mr. Morris joined VanEck in 2012. He serves as Portfolio Manager for VanEck’s CM Commodity Index Strategy and Strategist for VanEck’s Global Hard Asset Strategy, focusing on macro strategies, commodities trading, and client development. Prior to joining VanEck, Mr. Morris was a macro/commodities trading specialist, manager of a futures clearing and execution service, and a client relationship manager at various top financial services companies. Mr. Morris earned a BA in Economics from the University of Vermont.

Mr. Mailloux joined VanEck in 2007. He serves as Trader for VanEck’s Emerging Markets Equity Strategy, Global Hard Assets Strategy and Gold Strategy. He is responsible for trade execution, researching portfolio performance and attribution as well as other portfolio management tasks. From 2007 to 2010, he supported VanEck’s trading desk, settled and reconciled trades and maintained cash and portfolio positions for numerous VanEck funds. Prior to VanEck, Mr. Mailloux worked as a global data analyst at Bloomberg. Mr. Mailloux is a CFA Charterholder and a member of the member of the CFA Society New York. He earned a BS in Finance from Lehigh University.