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Vanguard registers for seven bond ETFs
The Vanguard Group Inc. last week filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer seven bond index exchange traded funds in what some industry experts think will be a direct challenge to iShares, the dominant fixed-income ETF provider.
Vanguard restricts investments in Primecap Core Fund
The Vanguard Group Inc. has restricted investments in its Primecap Core Fund to high-net-worth clients.
Vanguard registers for seven bond ETFs
Vanguard today filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer seven new bond index exchange traded funds in what some industry experts believe to be a direct challenge to iShares, the dominant fixed-income ETF provider.
Genocide-free investing policy urged for Fidelity funds
Shareholders of 13 Fidelity funds will vote next week on a non-binding resolution that asks the funds' boards of trustees to establish a policy of so-called genocide-free investing.
Pershing asks advisers to pay surcharges for more funds
Pershing LLC, the largest provider of back-office services and financing to small and independent broker-dealers, this month began charging shareholder servicing fees to brokers and financial advisers who buy certain mutual funds from its Fund Center platform.
Vanguard to meld two money market mutual funds
The Malvern, Pa.-based fund firm will merge the $6.7 billion Vanguard Treasury Money Market Fund (VMPXX) into the lower-cost $21.8 billion Vanguard Admiral Treasury Money Market Fund (VUSXX).
Report: Vanguard made $5B bid for Barclays’ iShares
The Vanguard Group Inc. has made a $5 billion bid to purchase the iShares exchange traded fund business from Barclays PLC of London, the Sunday Telegraph of London reported on Saturday, citing unidentified sources.
Vanguard Group cuts costs for Nevada college savings plan
The Vanguard Group Inc. today announced expense cuts across the lineup of investment options in The Vanguard 529 College Savings Plan, sponsored by the state of Nevada.
Schwab aims to grab index fund assets from competitors
Having slashed its equity index fund fees, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. is hoping to undercut its rivals in an attempt to take away index fund assets.
ETF giant iShares is going after 401(k) market
Led by the iShares exchange traded fund group, exchange traded funds are poised to break the stranglehold that mutual funds have on 401(k) retirement plans.
Vanguard adds to its ETF roster
The Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Exchange Traded Fund (VSS), which seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Global Small-Cap ex-US Index, began trading today, The Vanguard Group Inc. of Malvern, Pa., announced.
Vanguard ups expense ratios for 29 funds
Reacting to asset declines from the market downturn, The Vanguard Group Inc. is increasing expense ratios.
Vanguard says new global fund first of its kind
The Vanguard Group Inc. is offering what it says is the first of its kind: a fund that offers exposure to small-cap stocks in both emerging and developed markets outside the United States.
Vanguard tops fund companies for ’08 sales
The Vanguard Group Inc. led all mutual fund companies in sales last year, according to new data from Financial Research Corp.
Vanguard establishes human-rights investment policy
Shareholder resolutions calling for the adoption of a “genocide-free” investing policy might be withdrawn before Vanguard’s July 2 shareholders’ meeting because the firm has established a formal policy.
Vanguard unveils broad-market bond index fund
The Vanguard Group Inc. of Malvern, Pa., has added a broad-market bond index fund as a component of its Target Retirement and LifeStrategy funds.
Vanguard equity fund picks Jennison as advisory firm
The board of trustees of Vanguard Growth Equity Fund has named Jennison Associates LLC to its investment advisory team after firing Berwyn, Pa.-based Turner Investment Partners Inc.
Vanguard to leave Pershing and self-clear
Vanguard Brokerage Services, the broker-dealer unit of The Vanguard Group Inc., is ending its decade-long relationship with Pershing LLC and will self-clear its trades, according to Amy Chain, a spokeswoman for the fund manager.
Vanguard Morgan Growth adds two managers
The Vanguard Group has added Frontier Capital Management and Kalmar Investment Advisers to manage its Vanguard Morgan Growth Fund. The two replace Franklin Portfolio Associates in managing about 20% of the $6.4 billion fund.
Vanguard board elects McNabb CEO
F. William McNabb III succeeds John J. Brennan, who will remain board chairman and head of the Vanguard funds.
