Vanguard's fine centers on December 2020 actions related to the asset manager's target-date funds and capital gains taxes. Here's what you need to know.
Vanguard Group will pay more than $106 million to settle US Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that it made misleading statements about capital gains distributions and tax consequences to retail investors who held popular target-date retirement funds in taxable accounts.
More than 15,000 New York investors, including 2,700 Long Islanders, were forced to pay higher capital gains taxes after Vanguard made changes to retirement funds.
Vanguard Group will pay $106.4 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges alleging it failed to disclose important tax information about its popular target-date funds, resulting in hundreds of thousands of ordinary investors getting stuck with inflated tax bills.
The Malvern investment giant was accused of alleged misleading statements to retail investors in targeted retirement funds.
The regulator determined that the firm failed to provide accurate details regarding the capital gains and tax consequences associated with a change in investment minimums.
The $106.41 million penalty will be paid out to hundreds of thousands of investors, whom investigators say Vanguard failed to adequately inform of a critical change to its retirement funds.
Vanguard Group will pay $106.41 million to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation related to its target-date retirement funds, the agency said Friday. The asset manager failed to di
New York AG secures $106M from Vanguard for not informing investors about changes leading to unexpected taxes.
UMB Bank n.a. acquired a new position in Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF (BATS:VCEB – Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The money will go to target-date fund investors whom the company failed to warn about capital gains tax hits, the SEC said.
Merit Financial Group LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (NYSEARCA:VT – Free Report) by 42.3% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).