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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · VanEck Merk Gold ETF (OUNZ)

VanEck Merk Gold Trust (OUNZ) to switch gold pricing index on August 7, 2023

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 other Written later

Merk Investments, sponsor of the VanEck Merk Gold Trust, said the Trust will change the benchmark used to value its gold from the LBMA PM Gold Price to the Solactive Gold Spot Index effective August 7, 2023. The change was first announced in May 2023 and the date has now been finalized, with the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, instructed to use the new index to calculate the Trust's net asset value from that date.

Key points

  • Benchmark changes from the LBMA PM Gold Price to the Solactive Gold Spot Index (SOLAGOLD)
  • Index Change Date is August 7, 2023
  • Change was first announced in May 2023; the date was finalized in this August 2, 2023 release
  • The Bank of New York Mellon, the trustee, will use SOLAGOLD to determine net asset value from the Index Change Date

The filing

CompanyVanEck Merk Gold ETF (OUNZ)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECAug 2, 2023, 4:45 PM ET
Accession number0001213900-23-062598

Items reported: 8.01 Other Events

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 9, 2026, 8:38 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on August 02, 2023.

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