NEW YORK, February 8 (FinanceEnquiry.com) - New York-based investment management company Van Eck Global has rolled out a muni-focused blog, "MUNI NATION", which concentrates on investor and advisor education. The company has declared that its municipal bond Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) family has recently crossed the $1 billion mark in combined assets under management (AUM).

Since late 2007, when the company unveiled its first municipal bond ETF, it has gradually added the funds to its list. Now the complete range of the firm's full range of muni-income oriented ETF offerings include the Market Vectors High-Yield Municipal Index ETF, the Market Vectors Long Municipal Index ETF, the Market Vectors Intermediate Municipal Index ETF, the Market Vectors Short Municipal Index ETF and the Market Vectors Pre-Refunded Municipal Index ETF.

Moreover, to fulfill its commitment to educate investors and advisors, the firm has recently launched a weekly blog on its website with a title MUNI NATION,  where the portfolio manager and senior municipal strategist of Van Eck Global, Jim Colby, expresses his views on the state of the muni marketplace, themes and trends of note, key statistics and more.