Articles tagged "The Vanguard Group"
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Charles Schwab finally launches 'discretionary' version of Schwab Wealth Advisory, removing the last difference with RIAs, and closing a gap with Fidelity and Vanguard
The Westlake, Texas, broker-dealer's CEO revealed the launch of Schwab Wealth Portfolios, where each portfolio move will no longer need investor approval -- a feature long offered by Fido and Vanguard.
July 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
In a massive overhaul, Vanguard will split its $10.4 trillion in funds between two 'distinct' management teams with separate trading desks potentially trading against each other, analyst says
The index fund leader will separate 'hot button' corporate governance by team, and hopes to reap deeper focus, greater flexibility, and more opportunities for growth.
June 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Schwab undercuts Vanguard (and BlackRock) again by slashing ETF fees up to 50% -- math that works when keeping RIAs is a priority
The $10 trillion discount broker cut its international ETF fee by 50%, a fee that is now 25% lower than that of the equivalent Vanguard ETF
June 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Vanguard's and Blackstone's plan to bring 'alts' to the masses revealed in SEC filing, but protagonists take passive role, leading analyst to brand the new fund a 'dud'
Industry analysts expected much more after Vanguard CEO Salim Ramji and Blackstone president and chief operating officer Jon Gray did a joint video, brimming with promise.
May 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Vanguard gets new CFO, Salim Ramji's second, strategic and handpicked selection • High rates but lower-balance money markets • SEC loses nearly 1-in-5 staff -- largely from its legal nerve center
Vanguard CEO puts John Bendl in strategic role • Money markets fall off record highs • Capital Group joins private credit goldrush • John Thiel signs on with DPL • RIA poaches top AssetMark exec, names him president.
April 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Rick Wurster puts hard(er) date on Schwab spot bitcoin launch, after key hire and 400% surge in visits to its 'crypto site,' but isn't pulling down crypto red flags quite yet
The Schwab CEO expects house 'spot' trading by mid-April 2026, though Schwab's site starkly warns crypto has no 'inherent value.'
April 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Vanguard's deal with Blackstone follows its bleak, almost black, market prognosis • SSGA launches another 'Apollo' product, sans Apollo brand • SEC OKs 'green' exchange • Senators call out Trump 'fraud' in letter to new SEC chair
Recession signals grow • Confirmed as chair, SEC's Atkins faces Trump decision • InvestCloud nabs ex-Envestnet COO • Tibergien protégé lands at RIA • RIAs still see direct-indexing as a solution hunting for a problem • Software companies hire & launch.
April 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Betterment trims fee despite 'no pressure,' and can still upcharge 160% over robo fee by upselling CFP humans -- more than 100% over Vanguard -- with RIA-like fees
The New York robo imposed 65 basis points in 2024 on humanized $1-million-plus accounts, but is not competing with RIAs and 'never has been'
April 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Vanguard's new CEO breaks record by zapping $350 million fund-expense, but 'raises the tension' managing brokerage, analyst says
Salim Ramji went big with micro-cuts on 87 fund fees but the average cut is just one basis point, the process is opaque, brokerage fees are rising and service and technology issues remain the real pain point, says Jeff De Maso.
February 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
BlackRock blows off deadline from regulator for third time in three months, leading FDIC to insist it won't tolerate a fourth snub; hogwash, says leading lawyer
The giant New York City asset manager is pushing back because it can, lawyer says, but the bank regulator says it will force the issue if BlackRock continues refusing to play ball.
January 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
2025 will be the year of 'Under New Management' in RIA business, after 2024 brought profusion of CEO-level fires, hires and deals
First seven CEOs were replaced, then myriad big HR dominoes fell as Vanguard, Schwab, Envestnet, InvestCloud, LPL, Cetera and Orion all switched out CEOs and presidents
January 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Vanguard scores quick non-aggression pact with FDIC by surrendering proxy powers but analyst asks: 'Why die on that bridge?'
The Malvern, Pa. fund giant eased fears it might be forced to reduce its bank holdings, which would jeopardize the accuracy of its index fund tracking, but not before signing away much of its power to influence U.S. banks -- and accepting massive ongoing regulatory scrutiny.
December 29, 2024 at 9:49 PM
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.
