Vanguard preps global environmental fund

Vanguard preps global environmental fund
The active fund will be subadvised by Ninety One North America and will hold about 25 global 'environmental companies' in its portfolio.
AUG 25, 2022

Vanguard is preparing to launch an actively managed mutual fund that will invest primarily in “environmental companies,” according to a regulatory filing made last week.

The financial giant’s Vanguard Global Environmental Opportunities Stock Fund could go live as soon as Nov. 2 and will be subadvised by Ninety One North America, a subsidiary of the similarly named UK-based firm.

The forthcoming fund will hold about 25 global companies in its portfolio, including those the adviser finds contribute “positively to environmental change.” That will be determined by “mapping such company's revenues to certain industry sub-sectors … aligned to the process of decarbonization,” the initial prospectus states. Those holdings can be related to renewable energy, electrification and resource efficiency, but are not limited to them.

The fund will come in Vanguard’s investor and admiral shares, which have total annual fees of 75 basis points and 60 bps, respectively.

Portfolio managers for the fund will be Ninety One’s Deirdre Cooper and Graeme Baker, according to the filing.

This story was originally published on ESG Clarity.

Lower end of RIA M&A market still offers 'good value'

Latest News

A year after sale, Commonwealth Financial and LPL start cutting staff
A year after sale, Commonwealth Financial and LPL start cutting staff

Commonwealth Financial joins a number of firm that have recently cut jobs.

Pension funds sue Primoris, allege it hid solar cost overruns from investors
Pension funds sue Primoris, allege it hid solar cost overruns from investors

A slow drip of disclosures, an executive exit, and a stock that fell hard before the suit landed

Unpaid caregivers face steeper financial hurdles on path to retirement, EBRI finds
Unpaid caregivers face steeper financial hurdles on path to retirement, EBRI finds

New research finds unpaid caregivers are more likely to struggle with debt, lower savings and diminished retirement confidence than non-caregivers.

Volatility: Best and worst of times
Volatility: Best and worst of times

Large broker-dealers and registered investment advisors have, since 2020, been developing or sticking to strategies and tactics to combat the pain of intense, short-term market volatility

Want to win in the advisor wars? Then make sure you’re offering plenty of choices
Want to win in the advisor wars? Then make sure you’re offering plenty of choices

Centaurus Financial touts its independence as a key selling point at a time when many firms are being swallowed up.

SPONSORED Direct indexing webinar targets tax-loss harvesting amid market swings

Northern Trust’s Ken Lassner shows advisors how to convert volatility into after-tax portfolio gains

SPONSORED Who builds the income when the pension disappears?

Dan Biagini of American Equity says the steady decline of pensions, longer lifespans and a reset in interest rates are rewriting how advisors build retirement income