Products September 28, 2004

Vanguard Unveils Four VIPER Offerings

September 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Vanguard Group is scheduled to launch exchange traded class of shares for four sector index funds on Wednesday.
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The suburban Philadelphia mutual fund company said the new offerings would start trading on the American Stock Exchange Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. The new VIPER offerings with their indices and expense ratios are as follows:

  • Vanguard REIT VIPERs (Morgan Stanley REIT Index),  0.18%
  • Vanguard Energy VIPERs (MSCI US Investable Market Energy Index),  0.28%
  • Vanguard Industrials VIPERs (MSCI US Investable Market Industrials Index),  0.28%
  • Vanguard Telecommunication Services (MSCI US Investable Market Telecommunication Services Index), 0.28%

With the additions, Vanguard will offer a total of 20 VIPERs with 11 tracking specific sectors and nine tracking more diversified market segments, the company said. Vanguard’s VIPER shares are structured as a separate share class of existing Vanguard funds.

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