Vanguard announced the addition of four new equity index funds to its Investor Choice program, marking the most significant expansion since the program launched in 2023. With approximately 10 million eligible investors across close to $1 trillion in assets1, Vanguard Investor Choice now provides more individual investors access to proxy voting choice than any other program.
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Recent Vanguard research demonstrated strong investor individual interest in proxy voting choice, finding that most investors (83%) believe it’s important that asset managers consider their preferences when casting proxy votes, and nearly six in ten investors (57%) would participate in a program that would allow them to influence how their asset manager votes. Vanguard Investor Choice empowers individual investors, their advisors, 529 plans, and retirement plan sponsors to make their voices heard on important shareholder matters at portfolio companies held in participating Vanguard funds.
“Investor participation is the keystone of a healthy corporate governance ecosystem and a basic right of company ownership,” said John Galloway, Global Head of Investment Stewardship at Vanguard. “Grounded in our mission to take a stand for investors, we are committed to continuing to democratize access to proxy voting for individual investors in all of our U.S. equity index funds to ensure they can align their policy selection with their personal preferences.”
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Expanding to New Funds
With the expansion, Vanguard Investor Choice will span 12 funds with nearly $1 trillion in assets during the 2025 proxy season, including:
- Vanguard Growth Index Fund*2
- Vanguard Value Index Fund*
- Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund*
- Vanguard Large-Cap Index Fund*
- Vanguard S&P 500 Growth Index Fund
- Vanguard Russell 1000 Index Fund
- Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF
- Vanguard Mega Cap Index Fund
- Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund
- Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund
- Vanguard Tax-Managed Capital Appreciation Fund
- Vanguard Tax-Managed Small-Cap Fund
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Investor Choice Policies
Vanguard Investor Choice offers a range of straightforward, distinct, and deliberately curated voting policy options that determine how investors’ proportionate shares are voted. To learn more about the proxy voting policy options, please click here. As Vanguard continues to scale Investor Choice, individual Vanguard investors holding a fund directly through Vanguard are invited to select a proxy voting policy here. Policy selections for those investors will automatically be applied as additional funds are added to the program.
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Source: PRnewswire
