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VanEck Merk Gold ETF — fact timeline

Source-grounded facts extracted from VanEck Merk Gold ETF's SEC 8-K filings across all families, newest first. Each cites a verbatim SEC excerpt.

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Auditor Changes

VanEck Merk Gold ETF engaged Cohen & Company as its auditor.

“Merk, as Sponsor of the Registrant, has approved the engagement of Cohen to serve as the Registrant's independent registered public accounting firm for the Registrant's year ended January 31, 2023.”
Auditor Changes

BBD, LLP resigned as auditor of VanEck Merk Gold ETF.

“On March 8, 2023, Merk Investments LLC ("Merk"), as Sponsor of the VanEck Merk Gold Trust (the "Registrant"), was notified that BBD, LLP ("BBD"), the independent registered public accounting firm for the Registrant, completed a business combination with Cohen & Company ("Cohen") on March 6, 2023. As a result of this transaction, BBD has resigned its engagement with the Registrant immediately.”

Facts are extracted by an LLM and gated to those whose source quote is present verbatim in the filing text. Coverage is best-effort while backfill and monitoring mature; this is not yet a full-market index. See methodology.