The Vanguard Group
| The Vanguard Group
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| legal form | Incorporated |
| founding | 1975 |
| Seat |
Malvern , Pennsylvania ,
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| management | Mortimer J. Buckley |
| Number of employees | 17,600 |
| Branch | Investment funds |
| Website | www.vanguard.com |
| As of March 11, 2020 | |
The Vanguard Group is a US financial services company based in Malvern, Pennsylvania in the greater Delaware Valley . With over $ 5 trillion in assets under management , the company is currently the largest bond fund and the second largest asset manager in the world after BlackRock . Vanguard was founded in 1975 by John C. Bogle . The company's success is based on the sale of index funds to investors, which are offered at lower prices than actively managed funds. Vanguard currently has more than 14,000 employees. There are branches around the globe, in all of the world's major financial centers .
Doing business in Germany
In Germany, over 240 Vanguard index funds are tradable on the German Xetra and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges, among others .
Vanguard is considered to be a late starter among providers of index funds on the German market. Vanguard index funds are among the most popular in Germany.
Investments
Vanguard is involved in the following companies, among others:
| Participation | Shares | Stand and source |
|---|---|---|
| Aixtron | 3.32% | October 21, 2011 |
| Alphabet Inc. A | 7.10% | 20th September 2018 |
| Apple | 6.64% | 15th December 2017 |
| Caterpillar | 7.25% | December 31, 2017 |
| Deere & Company | 5.9% | December 31, 2017 |
| Delivery Hero | 3.07% | May 11, 2018 |
| Diebold Nixdorf | 5.13% | 22nd September 2016 |
| HelloFresh | 5.2% | November 21, 2017 |
| home24 | 7.45% | June 29, 2018 |
| McCormick & Co | 11.4% | April 7, 2019 |
| Neenah, Inc. | 5.7% | December 31, 2017 |
| PayPal | 6.80% | 3rd April 2018 |
| Zalando | 3.03% | April 25, 2016 |
Ownership structure
The Vanguard Group is not listed on the stock exchange , but belongs to the Vanguard funds and ETFs domiciled in the USA . These in turn belong to the investors who invest in these funds. This results in an ownership structure similar to that of a cooperative .
literature
- Jens Berger: Who will protect the world from the financial corporations? The secret rulers and their assistants. Westend, Frankfurt am Main 2020, ISBN 978-3-86489-260-8 (with notes and references).
Individual evidence
- ^ Vanguard: Our management team. Retrieved March 11, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c Vanguard: Fast facts about Vanguard. Retrieved March 11, 2020 .
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↑ Vanguard The largest bond fund in the world FAZ from May 10, 2015
The World's 500 Largest Asset Managers - Year end 2014 Tower Watson - ↑ Vanguard: Vanguard Germany - product list. Retrieved January 4, 2020 .
- ↑ Market for index funds: Vanguard is a late starter in Germany . ( handelsblatt.com [accessed November 26, 2017]).
- ↑ The most popular ETFs on extraETF.com (04/2020) - investing with ETFs. Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Notifiable party / subsidiary (T): Vanguard International Growth Fund , at www.bafin.de , accessed on September 20, 2018.
- ↑ Alphabet Inc. (A) (formerly Google) Share | Company profile | Dates | A14Y6F | US02079K3059. In: www.onvista.de. Retrieved March 25, 2016 .
- ^ DEF-14A report. In: www.sec.gov. Retrieved September 20, 2018 .
- ^ DEF-14A report. In: www.sec.gov. Retrieved September 20, 2018 .
- ^ DEF-14A report. In: www.sec.gov. Retrieved September 20, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c d Notifiable party / subsidiary (T): VANGUARD WORLD FUND , at www.bafin.de , accessed on September 20, 2018.
- ↑ Notifiable party / subsidiary (T): Vanguard Index Funds , at www.bafin.de , accessed on September 20, 2018.
- ↑ MCCORMICK company profile | Information on MCCORMICK. Retrieved April 7, 2019 .
- ^ DEF-14A report. In: www.sec.gov. Retrieved September 20, 2018 .
- ^ DEF-14A report. Retrieved September 20, 2018 .
- ↑ About us | Vanguard Germany. Retrieved November 26, 2017 .