# VanEck CLO Opportunities Fund and Van Eck Associates Corporation
**AGENCY:**
Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission” or “SEC”).
**ACTION:**
Notice.
Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”) for an exemption from sections 18(a)(2), 18(c) and 18(i) of the Act, under sections 6(c) and 23(c) of the Act for an exemption from rule 23c-3 under the Act, and for an order pursuant to section 17(d) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act.
**Summary of Application:**
Applicants request an order to permit certain registered closed-end investment companies to issue multiple classes of shares and to impose asset-based distribution and/or service fees and early withdrawal charges.
**Applicants:**
VanEck CLO Opportunities Fund and Van Eck Associates Corporation.
**Filing Date:**
The application was filed on January 8, 2026.
**Hearing or Notification of Hearing:**
An order granting the requested relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. Interested persons may request a hearing on any application by emailing the SEC's Secretary at *[email protected]* and serving the Applicants with a copy of the request by email, if an email address is listed for the relevant Applicant below, or personally or by mail, if a physical address is listed for the relevant Applicant below. The email should include the file number referenced above.
Hearing requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m., Eastern time on March 20, 2026, and should be accompanied by proof of service on the Applicants, in the form of an affidavit, or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. Pursuant to rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing requests should state the nature of the writer's interest, any facts bearing upon the desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason for the request, and the issues contested.
If the writer's interest, any facts bearing upon the desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason for the request, and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing may request notification by emailing the Commission's Secretary.
**ADDRESSES:**
The Commission: *[email protected].* Applicants: Jonathan, R. Simon, Esq., Van Eck Associates Corporation, 666 Third Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10017, with copies to Fabio Battaglia, Esq., Nicole Simon, Esq., and Michael E. Schapiro, Esq., Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, 2005 Market Street, Suite 2600, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Rachel Loko, Senior Special Counsel, at (202) 551-6825 (Division of Investment Management, Chief Counsel's Office).
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
For Applicants' representations, legal analysis, and conditions, please refer to Applicants' application, dated January 8, 2026, which may be obtained via the Commission's website by searching for the file number at the top of this document, or for an Applicant using the Company name search field on the SEC's EDGAR system. The SEC's EDGAR system may be searched at *https://www.sec.gov/search-filings.* You may also call the SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy at (202) 551-8090.
For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, under delegated authority.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.