Articles tagged "The Vanguard Group"
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Salim Ramji will match, then 'exceed,' Vanguard rivals' technology with Amazon help -- a move Fidelity has already made -- and he's an outright 'Boglehead,' he says in new interview
The new Vanguard CEO acknowledges the company 'could have started earlier' than three years ago, and his domain architect, Joseph Wagner, Jr., says starting fresh is helping purge 'weird errors.'
September 6, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Vanguard reads the room then launches new long and short duration active muni ETFs
The short and longer-term products out of Malvern, PA. are part of a longer arc and 'fixed income is sort of the final frontier,' Morningstar analyst opined
August 17, 2024 at 1:58 AM
Vanguard Group updates SEC disclosures to warn its sheer 'ownership' is a growing and serious investment risk because of what regulators are intimating
The Malvern, Pa., giant follows BlackRock warning that tracking indexes could lose precision or that the fixes -- derivatives or funds -- have their own downside... added expense.
July 25, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Salim Ramji takes Vanguard CEO helm with good vibes but the company's 50 million 'owners' may expect more privileges -- like better service, basic transparency and to know what, if any, rights they have
The ex-BlackRock exec began life yesterday at the mega RIA and asset manager knowing his mission is financial and ecumenical in nature, but with the calls for a turnaround centering more on the latter.
July 9, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Vanguard warns its phone-reliant investors of 'termination' -- without warning or explanation -- under new contract, effective July 1
Investors who 'excessively rely' on telephone calls may first face longer hold times and pay fees for overburdening call centers after the $9-trillion manager amended its brokerage compact with new terms
June 19, 2024 at 1:53 PM
FDIC bid to strip BlackRock and Vanguard of superpower 'has legs' and reckoning may start with curbs on self-certification of passive index funds
The bank deposit insurer could make the $17-trillion ETF power bloc lose the ability to self-certify as 'passive' funds because their sheer scale could make them an active menace to the banking regulator, at least in this political climate.
April 25, 2024 at 1:29 AM
The RIA services of Vanguard, Schwab and Fidelity -- for two big reasons -- are cutting into RIA (and wirehouse) market share, Cerulli says
The Big Three, with $30 trillion of AUA, are cross-selling like crazy and have figured out a call center business model that the mass affluent finds appealing.
April 23, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Tim Buckley sends shockwaves by retiring as Vanguard CEO after adding $750 billion per year during his stay in the executive suite
The 54 year-old lasted just over six years in the job, delivered on targets, but he also made head-scratching decisions and never solved its technology woes
March 1, 2024 at 3:35 AM
Schwab only platforms third-party spot Bitcoin ETFs, mostly Fidelity and BlackRock, but don't be surprised if it 'shocks the world' with deep-cheap ETF, analyst says
The Westlake, Texas $8.5 trillion giant avoids conflicts and marketing costs, but could it go 'big and disruptive' at any time in a fee-sensitive market
January 27, 2024 at 2:59 AM
Vanguard's rampant re-engineering binge now includes handing off $60-billion AUA TAMP-like unit to Mercer
The $7.6-trillion, Malvern, Pa., asset manager did not explain the sale's purpose but alluded to challenges keeping pace with 'increasingly complex rules.
December 6, 2023 at 2:21 AM
Vanguard sets an April 1 sell-by-date for some RIA clients to downgrade service or pay $300 upcharge, part of a concerning 'MBA-ization,' analyst says
The $7.2 trillion Malvern, Pa, money manager grew its RIA to a staggering $300 billion in eight years, but it's ready to crack down on investors who get premium service with pedestrian investment balances.
November 22, 2023 at 1:14 AM
SEC forces Vanguard -- and host of other fund firms -- to impose hefty back-end fees on muni money market fund investors who sell into financial panics, in an effort to bullet-proof 'critical investment'
Vanguard's threatened penalty fee is 200 basis points, an anomaly and symptom of previous failed efforts by the SEC to stem MMF runs after the 2008 financial meldown and 2020 COVID lockdown; will the third time be the charm if Middle East war goes regional?
October 25, 2023 at 2:47 AM
Vanguard raises fees on two funds after full-fee, third-party humans replace ineffective, indentured, in-house Vanguard robot
The Malvern, Pa. manager of $7.2 trillion gave 'careful consideration' before humble act of self-demotion and adding to fees.
June 3, 2023 at 2:32 AM
How fooling around with ESG put Vanguard and BlackRock on countdown for still selling many ETFs as 'passive' indexing portfolios
The duopoly has near $10 trillion of passive indexes but not for long if red state AGs have their way
June 1, 2023 at 2:39 AM
With 15,000 Fidelity, Schwab and Vanguard staffers there, Dallas metroplex notches Fisher Investments headquarters almost as a formality; Ken Fisher and 1,200 staff are already Lone Star denizens
The $189-billion national RIA of Camas, Wash. evinced being incensed over a Washington state court ruling upholding a state capital gains tax--the final straw behind the move.
