As things stand, that fee hike would still qualify it as the cheapest among the three ETFs specifically focused on esports and online gaming.
The VanEck Vectors Video Gaming and eSports ETF (ESPO), which launched last October, charges 0.55 percent and has $23.7 million in assets under management. The three-year-old ETFMG Video Game Tech ETF (GAMR) charges 0.82 percent and has garnered $92.6 million in assets.
These two funds take different approaches to the esports/online gaming sector, and that perhaps explains their different year-to-date share price returns. ESPO’s leaner focus on esports has produced a nearly 18 percent gain this year versus the 8.3 percent uptick in the GAMR fund, which takes a broader view on the online gaming industry.