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Contact Public Relations Pressroom Vanguard news and announcements View by: All Search Pressroom August 01, 2019 Vanguard Reopens Dividend Growth Fund Vanguard announced the reopening of the $36.6 billion Vanguard Dividend Growth Fund (VDIGX) to all investors, effective immediately. July 18, 2019 Vanguard Expands Active Roster With Proposed International Core Stock Fund Vanguard filed a preliminary registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for Vanguard International Core Stock Fund. The new actively managed fund will be managed by Wellington Management Company LLP and is expected to be available to investors in the fourth quarter of 2019. July 17, 2019 Vanguard: Small Businesses Adopting Enhanced Retirement Plan Design Features, Driving Improved Investor Outcomes Vanguard issued its sixth annual How America Saves: Small business edition—a comprehensive assessment of plan design trends and participant savings behavior in small business 401(k) plans served by Vanguard Retirement Plan Access (VRPA). June 25, 2019 Vanguard Introduces Commodity Futures Fund Vanguard launched Vanguard Commodity Strategy Fund (VCMDX) for investors seeking low-cost exposure to the commodities market. The fund will be offered in Admiral Shares, with an estimated expense ratio of 0.20%, which is one-sixth the 1.24% average expense ratio of competing broad-based commodity-linked funds. June 19, 2019 Vanguard to Transition Administration of Variable Annuity Offering to Transamerica Vanguard announced plans to transition the client service and account administration for the Vanguard Variable Annuity to Transamerica within the next 12 to 18 months. May 10, 2019 Vanguard Receives First Exemplary Stewardship Award From Morningstar Vanguard CEO Tim Buckley accepted the 2019 U.S. Morningstar Award for Investing Excellence for Exemplary Stewardship at the Morningstar Investment Conferenceone of the three top honors presented by the firm. Vanguard is the inaugural recipient of the award, which recognizes the asset manager that has shown an unwavering focus on serving the best interests of investors. April 04, 2019 Vanguard Announces Plans to Launch Commodities Fund Vanguard filed a preliminary registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for Vanguard Commodity Strategy Fund. The new actively-managed fund, which is expected to launch in June 2019, will offer investors added portfolio diversification, along with a potential hedge against inflation risk by investing primarily in commodities and treasury inflation protected securities (TIPS). March 07, 2019 Vanguard Files for its First Actively Managed ESG Fund Vanguard today added to its current environmental, social, and governance (ESG) fund offerings with Vanguard Global ESG Select Stock Fund. The new active equity fund will be managed by Wellington Management Company LLP and is expected to be available for investment in mid-2019. January 16, 2019 Vanguard Announces The Passing Of Founder John C. Bogle Vanguard announces the passing of John Clifton Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group, who died today in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He was 89. January 03, 2019 Vanguard To Liquidate Convertible Securities Fund Vanguard announced that the $962.5 million Vanguard Convertible Securities Fund has been closed to new investors in advance of a planned liquidation in late March. Shareholders of the fund are being notified and have the opportunity to exchange into another Vanguard fund or redeem shares prior to the liquidation date, at which time the fund’s assets will be sold and the proceeds distributed. December 09, 2020 Vanguard Publishes 2021 Economic and Market Outlook Report In Vanguard’s annual global economic and market outlook, we outline our expectations for growth and market returns and what investors can focus on to increase their odds of investment success. December 03, 2020 Vanguard Announces Senior Leadership Changes Vanguard announced several senior leadership changes. Chris McIsaac, currently head of Vanguard’s Planning and Development Division, has been named head of Vanguard’s International business. December 03, 2020 Vanguard Introduces How America Invests Building upon decades of thought leadership and investor advocacy, Vanguard introduced How America Invests, a comprehensive analysis of Vanguard investor behavior. October 15, 2020 Long-Tenured Principal in Equity Index Group Retires Vanguard announced that Michael Buek, a long-tenured principal in Vanguard Equity Index Group and head of U.S. trading, will retire at the end of December 2020, after 33 years with the firm. October 09, 2020 Vanguard Adds Sprucegrove Investment Management as External Advisor Vanguard announced Sprucegrove Investment Management Ltd. (Sprucegrove) will be added to the firm’s distinguished roster of world-class active management expertise. September 25, 2020 Vanguard Takes Steps to Align Municipal Money Market Lineup with Changing Market Dynamics Vanguard announced steps to align its money market lineup with changing market dynamics. Vanguard has a long history of refining its fund offerings in an effort to best meet investors’ needs and to adapt to shifting market dynamics. After careful review, Vanguard determined that the limited supply of specific short-term municipal securities available in Pennsylvania (PA) and New Jersey (NJ) makes it no longer possible to meet the investment objectives and maintain the diversification and risk profile of the $1.8 billion Vanguard Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Fund and the $1.2 billion Vanguard New Jersey Municipal Money Market Fund. Vanguard has closed both funds to new investors and plans to liquidate each of the funds in November. Vanguard will continue to invest in the PA and NJ money market universes as part of its national Municipal Money Market Fund and its PA and NJ long-term tax-exempt funds. September 24, 2020 Vanguard Launches ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF Vanguard launched its first fixed income environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ETF for U.S. investors, Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF (VCEB). The ESG ETF provides investors access to the U.S. corporate bond market and expands Vanguard’s current index-and-actively-managed ESG offerings. Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF seeks to track the performance of Bloomberg Barclays MSCI U.S. Corporate SRI Select Index and is listed on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe) with a low expense ratio of 0.12%. September 15, 2020 Vanguard Publishes 2020 Annual Investment Stewardship Report Vanguard unveiled its 2020 Investment Stewardship Annual Report, which provides an in-depth view into company engagements, including case studies, the rationale for a number of votes, and summaries of its mutual funds’ voting activities from the year ended June 30, 2020. Additionally, Vanguard also announced the appointment of John Galloway as Vanguard’s new Global Head of Investment Stewardship. August 27, 2020 Vanguard Announces Changes to Money Market Fund Lineup Vanguard announced changes to its taxable money market fund lineup. July 29, 2020 Vanguard to Seek Shareholder Approval for Value Fund Merger and Change to Diversification Status of Five Funds Vanguard announced it would seek shareholder approval to merge the $1.1 billion Vanguard U.S. Value Fund into the $77.2 billion Vanguard Value Index Fund. Effective immediately, Vanguard U.S. Value Fund is closed to new shareholder accounts. The firm also announced plans to seek shareholder approval to change the diversification status of five funds. July 14, 2020 Vanguard and Infosys Announce Strategic Partnership Vanguard announced it will partner with Infosys (NYSE: INFY) as part of its ongoing strategy to enhance and evolve its full-service defined contribution (DC) business. This strategic partnership will deliver a technology-driven approach to plan administration and fundamentally reshape the corporate retirement plan experience for its sponsors and...