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The $2.4 billion Vanguard International Explorer Fund (VINEX) is being restructured with the addition of Scottish-based manager Baillie Gifford Overseas LTD as an investment advisor.
The Vanguard Whitehall Funds board of trustees approved the move, according to a filing Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Brian Lum, CFA, and Stephen Vaughan will be co-portfolio managers of the Baillie Gifford portion of the fund. Operating since 1908, Baillie Gifford has more than $260 billion in assets.
Vanguard's recent SEC filing shows the following changes to existing managers of the International Explorer Fund: Wellington Management replacing Simon Thomas with Mary L. Pryshiak, CFA, as manager; and Schroder Investment adding Luke Biermann, CFA, as a co-manager with manager Matthew Dobbs set to retire from that role in early 2021.
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According to the prospectus change, "Baillie Gifford analyzes a company's ability to grow at an above-average rate by considering the industry in which it operates, any sustainable competitive advantages the company has within that industry, the ability of management to execute on the market opportunity before them, and whether the company can fund growth with internally generated cash flows."
